Re: Gus Hall Dies

["Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx 10/16/00 10:36PM >>>
In 1958, W. E. B. DuBois urged Africans to reject Western capital and
to accept aid from the Soviet Union and Red China.  In 1961, just
prior to emigrating to Ghana (where he eventually became a citizen),
he applied for membership in the Communist Party, U.S.A.  He died in
Ghana in 1963.  DuBois's criticism of American racism & imperialism,
as well as of capitalism, was such that he eventually even renounced
his American citizenship.  All _after_ Khruschev's criticism of
Stalin.  Whether or not you remained or became a Communist depended
on your view of racism, imperialism, & capitalism.

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CB: This is a good point. I considered exactly this when I ... uh...I am not 
now nor
have I ever been....

A related point is that Dubois joined after decades of politically symbiotic but
critical struggle with the CPUSA on U.S. domestic issues.  He was a critic who 
was won
over after a long time of considering the CPUSA's faults and strengths.

Of course,  Dubois had a more developed consciousness than most people, so his 
wise
conduct was sadly not repeated by many others.