Re: A Question to Members of the CPUSA II

[iwp.ilo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (CEP )]

    Okey.  Let's get serious about this.  I have genuine and honest
    questions.  Godenas said he doesn't look for Gus Hall to give
    him ideas about what to say.  I think that's good insofar the
    history of the CPUSA.  At least one member, Godenas, may support
    Sendero over the Paredes group in Peru (according to Godenas the
    CPUSA supports Paredes)and that doesn't mean an expulsion.  Good.
    He also said he supports North Korea politically.  Charlotte said
    she supports North Korea also and I gather that that is the
    "official" line of the CPUSA (If I'm wrong, please correct me).
    But Charlotte is not sure whether to support Sendero or not, but
    tend to believe that Godenas is always right.

    I'm assuming we are talking about "support or solidarity against
    imperialism" but *political support*.

    Now the questions:

    1. Does the CPUSA accept members that support internationally a
    tendency declared Maoist as Sendero and when those members opposse
    with this act the policies of the party of supporting another group
    (Paredes) in the same country?

    2. What is the present position of the CPUSA about China? Does the
    CPUSA give political support (not just "slidarity against
    imperialism") to the present regime in China?  If it does, on which
    grounds?

    3. Does the CPUSA give political support to Castro (I Know they did
    before, is that still the case ... I assume the answer is yes,
    but...)  If the answer is yes, what is the position of the CPUSA
    about the Peruvian MRTA (supported by Cuba) and the United Left
    (also supported by Cuba)?

    4. Is freedom of opinion so widespread nowadays in the CPUSA that
    some members can openly support organizations such as Sendero which
    have political and physical confrontations with the groups the
    party and Cuba support (IU, United Left --- MRTA, etc)?

    5. What is the position of the CPUSA about the recent meeting
    between the Chinese and the Cubans?  Does the CPUSA support a
    possible political agreement between the Chinese and the Cubans
    to regroup forces internationally with a common organization?

    6.  If the answer to the previous question is yes .. why? if the
    question to the previous question is no .... why?

    7. Is the CPUSA proposing some kind of regroupment with, let's say
    similar forces around the word to reconstitute some kind of
    international center?  If the answer is yes, with whom?

    I ask these questions because I didn't follow the CPUSA closely for
    the last five or so years, so I'm really perplexed by the
    statements of some of its members in this list.  Don't make me
    wrong: I don't support neither Sendero or Paredes in Peru but I
    will say that if the CPUSA leave its own members to believe and
    support whoever they want publicly will be andvanteagous, though
    a little be confusing, as to the experience of the previous party
    regime.

    8. Waht is the present position of the CPUSA about CoC?  Would they
    allow membes of the CoC join back if they so request it?  Would the
    CPUSA allow the CoC function as a tendency inside the CPUSA if they
    so request it?  Is the CPUSA allowing tendencies and factions
    nowadays?  If the answer is yes ... when, how and why?

    Sincerely,
    Carlos


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