Keynote given by party co-chair Joe Sims to the CPUSA National Committee October 12, 2025.
As we meet today, the resistance to the Trump regime continues to grow. There is also a new awareness of the danger we face. Listen to what the NAACP said when declining to invite Trump to their national convention last summer: “Donald Trump is attacking our democracy and our civil rights. He believes more in the fascist playbook than in the U.S. Constitution.”
Speaking directly to the issue of MAGA’s disregard for the Constitution, Jane Fonda, supported by over 1,000 Hollywood actors and other cultural workers, has revived the Committee for the Protection of the First Amendment, an organization supported by her father, Henry Fonda, in the 1950s. Their relaunching statement said, “The federal government is once again engaged in a coordinated campaign to silence critics in the government, the media, the judiciary, academia, and the entertainment industry. We refuse to stand by and let that happen.”
If anyone had any doubts about the nature of the threat we face, they need only look to the city of Chicago, where Black Hawk helicopters were used in a raid last week that zip-tied and arrested 100 people, including four children and senior citizens. Trump is now calling for the arrest of Mayor Johnson and Governor Pritzker and threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act — that would mean military rule.
Keep the faith
Let’s not forget that MAGA is now in a panic. They have greatly overreached, and their support is dropping fast. Public reaction to this overreach is strong. As the midterms approach, the question before us is how to organize it. In this regard, free speech and freedom of assembly issues, including the right to organize, will be particularly strong.
We should champion these issues in the election campaign, including with our candidates. Let’s remember that there’s a strong left sentiment at the grassroots and impatience with old-guard politics: the Mamdani campaign is an indication of that. And we have to identify with this sentiment and continue to fight for our public presence and right to participate in the political process.
As we go forward, we have to be mindful of the climate and take whatever measures are necessary, but forward we go. And as we march forward, as our late comrade Arturo Griffith used to say, we must keep the faith. And for Arturo, it wasn’t a blind faith; no, it was faith in the class, faith in the mass movement, a faith based in science and Marxist practice, a confidence that despite all the ups and downs, twists, and turns, the outcome of the struggle is sure. So keep the faith, comrades!
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