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Chairperson
  
Jim Lane

House leader
  
None

Headquarters
  
Austin

Senate leader
  
None

Founded
  
1919 (1919)

Youth wing
  
Young Communist League

Communist Party of Texas

The Communist Party of Texas is a political party in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a member of the Communist Party USA and operates as a state district. The party is headquartered in Austin and is chaired by Jim Lane.

The Communist Party's aim is the abolition of private ownership and control of capital and the construction of a classless, moneyless, and stateless society thereafter. In 1951, the state passed the "Communist Control Act" which required party members to register with authorities and prescribed a two- to ten-year prison term for failure to comply with the law. Its most recent state conference was held in April 2014.

The party has city clubs in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Lufkin, and San Antonio.

Platforms

  • Free Texas from monopoly control! Bring the New Deal to Texas! For democracy, security, jobs, peace! (1938)
  • 1940 State Platform
  • What the people of Texas need; the Communist Program for the Lone Star State (1945)
  • References

    Communist Party of Texas Wikipedia


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