Wally Kaufman

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F. Wallace "Wally" Kaufman is an Ohio based Communist Party USA activist. He is the brother of the late Roy Kaufman.

CPUSA

In 2009 Wally Kaufman was a contributing editor and a member of the [1] of the Editorial Collective of Political Affairs, theoretical journal of the Communist Party USA.

As at June 1999, Wally Kaufman served as Ohio District organizer for the Communist Party USA.[2] As at October 1999 he served on the National Board for the CPUSA and chairman of the Ohio CPUSA.[3]

Supported Communist Party call

In May 1992 the Communist Party USA newspaper Peoples Weekly World published a May Day supplement which included a call to "support our continuing struggle for justice and dignity"

Endorsers of the call included F. Wallace Kaufman, Pres., Painters Local 867.[4]

Communist Party's May Day Salute

In 1995 the Communist Party USA newspaper People's Weekly World, published a "May Day salute" to the "heroes in the class war zone". More than 100 unionists/activists endorsed the call, mostly known affiliates, or members of the Communist Party.

Wallace Kaufman, Painters Local 683, Cleveland Ohio, was one of those listed[5].

Communist Party MLK tribute

On January 19, 2002, the Communist Party USA newspaper, Peoples Weekly World published a signed tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr..

We salute Dr. King’s courage and vision. He saw and struggled for an America and world that can be. We pledge in his memory to work to reorder our nation’s priorities “so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war.”

Signatories included, Wally Kaufman. Almost all signatories were confirmed members of the Communist Party USA[6].

Backing the PWW

In January 1998 fourteen Ohio labor leaders, headed by Dick Acton, vice president of the Ohio AFL-CIO, sent a letter to their contemporaries urging their financial support of the Communist Party USA's People's Weekly World. The letter, which was sent to 50 labor leaders in the Cleveland area of Northeast Ohio said the World "tells our story and unhesitatingly takes our side. It was there when we needed it and now it needs is."

CPUSA leader

In 2004, Wally Kaufman was Ohio leader Communist Party USA's "Midwest Project".[7]

Defeating the Republicans

Labor, civil rights, family farm and community allies rallied in rural Ashtabula, Ohio Aug. 21 2010 to kick off the campaign to elect Democrats in November.

The occasion was the opening of the county Democratic headquarters, but the event had been initiated by a grassroots progressive coalition.

Wally Kaufman, vice president of the AFL-CIO Retirees Council, said he and activists from the NAACP, the Farmers Union and other groups had planned a picnic to mobilize for the elections, but at the request of the Democrats, agreed to combine the event with the opening of the party's headquarters.

"We plan to set up an Ashtabula Progressive Forum to hear speakers and discuss issues, especially in relation to the elections," he said.

Kim Parker, president of the Democratic Women's Caucus welcomed about 50 people in attendance to the brightly lit storefront stressing the critical battle shaping up. George Williams, president of the NAACP, also gave words of greetings and an invocation.

Ray Gruber, president of the Ashtabula AFL-CIO, said labor was already making 20,000 calls a week, on behalf of its endorsed candidates, out of phone banks throughout the state.

He said the race for the U.S. Senate seat left open by the retirement of Republican Senator George Voinovich was critical. There could not be a clearer choice, he said, than between Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, the Democrat, and Rob Portman, the Republican, who served as trade representative and budget director under President George W. Bush.

"Portman was the architect of the Free Trade Agreements and budget policies that have cost Ohio hundreds of thousands of jobs," he said.

Diana Sowry, secretary of the AFL-CIO, warned about the intense anger felt by many young people in the community.

"They feel they have no future. We need to hit the streets and fight back against the dark force," she said, referring to the Republicans. She urged people to take part in the national march on Washington for jobs, peace, education and justice set for Oct. 2.

Bill O'Neill, Democratic candidate for Congress, said there is deep-seated anger about the bailout of the banks and the unfunded wars.

"Now there is also growing fear," he said. "Young people are in debt. The dreams of a safe, secure retirement are disappearing. Home values are gone."

He called for efforts to stop the continuing loss of jobs by ending tax breaks for corporations that go overseas and insisting that wind turbines and other equipment in new green energy industries be manufactured in the United States. He also called for tax incentives for small business to create jobs.

Kevin Boyce, candidate for state Treasurer, stressed the importance of re-electing Gov. Ted Strickland and the Democratic slate of statewide candidates.

Strickland, he said, was a "people's candidate, you can trust." His opponent, John Kasich, however, was an executive with Lehman Brothers, the giant Wall St. bank that collapsed last September. Kasich is calling for privatizing the state's department of economic development, which would end transparency and open the door to corruption.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/static/17/1/3/,,
  2. ↑ Political Affairs, June 1999, page 11
  3. ↑ Political Affairs, July 1999, page 12
  4. ↑ PWW, May Day Supplement May 2, 1992
  5. ↑ People's Weekly World May 6 1995 p 2
  6. ↑ http://transitional.pww.org/so-that-the-pursuit-of-peace-will-take-precedence/
  7. ↑ PWW Dec. 4. 2004. page 5
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