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Surely it is inexact to put the Communist Party "on a par with all other sections of the American Left." Even under your definition of the American Left, socialist groups must be conceded a special place, and a special responsibility. Scandalously small as it is, the CPUSA alone among such groups has any claim to numbers, to influence, or to authority in the field of Marxism-Leninism-and I hope you are not going to exclude Marxism-Leninism from your American Left. This CPUSA has won, and lost, some great battles, and is the only group which hitherto has shown any capacity to organize struggles for civil liberties, for the rights of minorities, for the rescue of destined victims of Jim Crow.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website

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