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The Communist League, often referred to simply as "the League", is a recently formed clandestine Communist organization, based in the United States , but also having members in other countries, that works for the overthrow of capitalism and the capitalist state, and the establishment of a workers' republic (or working people's republic) as the first step toward Communism . In the United States , the Communist League also calls the workers' republic the "Third Republic". This is because they see the US from the Civil War to the 2000 election as the "Second Republic", which was terminated with the victory of the regime of George W. Bush . The Communist League was formed in November 2004 at a Provisional Convention held in an undisclosed location in the United States . The impetus for the formation of the League was the aftermath of the 2004 election in the US, which they contend was a second Coup D'etat by the Bush regime. Though it does not formally recognize itself as such, the Communist League is guided by principles and theories associated with Marxism . However, the Communist League does not associate itself with any of the 20th century's Marxist trends, such as Leninism , Trotskyism , Maoism or the "official" Communist Parties . The Communist League has two central publications, ''Working People's Advocate'' and ''Workers' Republic''. ''Working People's Advocate'' is a monthly tabloid newspaper, the "voice of the Central Committee of the Communist League". ''Workers' Republic'' is a quarterly "political journal" containing programmatic statements from the League, called Bulletins, and longer analytical and theoretical articles. The Communist League also produces other literature, including leaflets, pamphlets and books. Because of its clandestine character, the names of its members, and its total membership, are kept secret. The only known name of a member of the Communist League is Henry "Hank" Miles, who is the editor of ''Workers' Republic'' and a public spokesperson for the organization. The Communist League is an organizational affiliate of the International Working People's Association , which is a public organization, and its members participate in the IWPA's local bodies. The Communist League has no relation to, and should not be confused with, groups outside of the United States that go by the name "Communist League", which are affiliated with the Pathfinder Tendency and led by the Socialist Workers Party (United States) . http://www.communistleague.org/ |
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