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rurallib

(62,444 posts) Wed Apr 11, 2012, 09:50 PM Apr 2012

Does the Communist Party really have a card?

If so, what does it look like?
I have heard of these "card carrying Communists" all my life, but no one has ever shown me a card so I could be on the lookout.

Does it look like this?

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Does the Communist Party really have a card? (Original Post) rurallib Apr 2012 OP

this, supposedly, once upon a time HiPointDem Apr 2012 #1

Thank you. I always thought the "card" was a fiction rurallib Apr 2012 #2

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)

1. this, supposedly, once upon a time

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 10:18 PM

Apr 2012

I thought if any of you wanted to impress your friends by convincing them you were once a diehard Communist, here’s your chance. Below is the front and back of a blank membership card in the Workers’ Party of America, which was actually the above-ground unit of the Communist Party USA formed after its leadership was forced underground in the 1920s by the the goon squad, also known as the Justice Department â€” ironically.

http://thekisseloffcollection.com/wordpress/KC/?p=438

rurallib

(62,444 posts)

2. Thank you. I always thought the "card" was a fiction

Reply to HiPointDem (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 10:21 PM

Apr 2012

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