>What distinguished the Communst Party from left liberals was their
>Soviet loyalism, rhetoric and part of their history. Their political
>program is very similar.
You could make a longish list of the things that have been wrong with the CPUSA, but is there any other radical organization that contributed so much to practical politics here? Civil rights, union organizing? It's really hard to engage with the real world and not look like a sellout to those who don't.
Doug