Communist March in Brooklyn Sets Off Alarm Bells

Chinese Communist Party flag displayed displayed at the Beijing Exhibition Center on Oct 10, 2017. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images

News Analysis

On Feb. 25, hundreds of marchers carrying red flags with scythes and hammers appeared in Brooklyn, New York, shouting slogans for a communist revolution, which attracted a lot of attention. The public appearance of communist organizations and communist marches in the United States may come as a surprise to many people, especially the Chinese, but the United States is, in fact, one of the countries that the international communist movement pays the most attention to. So, what kind of organization is the Revolutionary Communists of America? What is the history of this party? What is its relationship to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)? How much political influence can they exert in the United States in the future?

Development of Communism in Europe and US

Guo Jun, president of the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times, said on the “Pinnacle View” TV program that this group of American communists proposed a new party name, adding the word “revolutionary” before “Communists,” which suggests that it may be more dangerous than the traditional American Communist Party.