VACPUSA

Virginia District of the Communist Party USA

  • The November Elections in Virginia: A View From a Communist Party USA Member

    The Democratic Party in Virginia runs a weak game against the forces of the ultra-right within the red state. The Story So Far As of this writing, Glenn Youngkin’s administration has purged thousands of early votes from the database that tallies all the votes in total. This was mainly people with a felony conviction, though…

  • My Experience at the November 4th Pro-Palestine March

    On the afternoon of November 4th, 2023, a comrade and I attended the pro-Palestine march in Washington DC. I donned an Adidas sweater and gray pants alongside a face mask (due to concerns around both doxxing and COVID). About three blocks from Freedom Plaza, traffic was already heavily congested and we saw Palestinian flags and…

  • The natural world vs Governor Youngkin

    By worker-correspondent Emily Jane Dennis Content warning: discussion of policies targeting gender-diverse people, discussion of sex and reproduction. Virginia’s Education Department released the “2023 Model Policies on Ensuring Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents” this week, which withdraws and replaced the “2021 Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s…

  • Tenants, Minority Working Class Community Fight for Housing as a Right in the Shadow of Amazon

    Emile Schepers Barcroft Apartments is a multi-unit apartment complex in Arlington Virginia, a Washington DC suburb which Amazon has chosen to be the site of its huge new HQ2 complex.  Since the initial announcement by Amazon of the choice of this community for its headquarters, local residents have been worried that the move will bring accelerated…

  • AdvanSix Workers Still on Strike

    AdvanSix Workers Still on Strike At least 340 workers with United Steelworkers have been on strike since April 6th, after long negotiations about wage increases and on-the-job safety had failed at AdvanSix, a chemical plant located in Hopewell, VA. This chemical plant produces caprolactam, which is the primary feedstock in the production of nylon polymer…

  • A Union for Hospitality Workers?

    By a worker in the hospitality industry in Virginia….. I have spent my entire working life in the restaurant industry. From dishwasher, busboy, to chef, I have done it all. No matter what position I have been in, or what restaurant I have been in, the situation is always the same. The workers are disorganized,…