The Communist Party suffered greatly after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The parties goal is "the communist society, the ending of all class divisions, a society of equality, the withering away of the state". The party has attempted many movements to try and gain even just a little power. One thing they must do says Webb, the current leader, is "to defeat America's "extreme right" by contributing to a broader coalition of left-wing groups that campaign against economic inequality and minority rights". The Occupy Movement, which was the election of Socialist Kshama Sawant to Seattle's city Council and Bill De Blasio winning the may oral race in New York, was a recent event. Many critics have no idea why the party even exist; most referring to it as a sect or cult.

U.S. Communist Party