Communist Party Member Elected to City Council of Ashland, Wisconsin

On April 2, Ashland, Wisconsin, held a non-partisan election for city office.  Wahsayah Whitebird was elected in ward six.  He is a member of the Communist Party, and he defeated the incumbent, David Mettille.  The vote was 52-42.  Here is an article in the Peoples World about this election.

Ashland has a population of 8,216.  The city council has twelve members.


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Communist Party Member Elected to City Council of Ashland, Wisconsin — 18 Comments

  1. So… The CPUSA? I didn’t think they run candidates anywhere anymore in the U.S. When talking about leftist third=parties, I end to ignore them for this very reason.

  2. How did he manage that, I wonder. I might have to look into some more news media or other media involving that election to see what he did to get elected, because to get elected as a Communist in this country these days, even in a technically non-partisan race, takes incredible political skill and/or luck. Could be useful for my likely campaign for County Board next year…

  3. ALL sorts of RED communists elected in various alleged *nonpartisan* legislative bodies

    — esp in ghetto older cities and suburbs — via DECEPTION.

    One more reason to abolish *nonpartisan* elections for legislative bodies.

    PR partisan legis

    AppV nonpartisan exec/judic

  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_USA

    How much of the commie agenda has been enacted by RED commie Donkeys — since 1929-1932 ???

    How many top New Age RED Donkeys are de facto RED commies — esp in Devil City, CA, NY, etc. ???

    One major EVIL deception – the Red/Blue color switch by Tim Russert in 2000
    — followed by many other RED commies in the media.

  5. We love to see it, folks

    Workers of the world unite, join a union, etc. etc.

    Best of luck to Mr. Whitebird

  6. VE Day May 8, 1945 commies win — Germany nazi killers/enslavers surrender.

    Note the socialist in nazi.

  7. Demo – The date you are looking for is May, 1932. The the event is the national convention of the CPUSA. The resolution:

    > The chief task before the working class, and therefore, above all, before the Communists, is to defeat the offensive of finance capital and block the road to fascism in the conditions of the developing economic crisis. To achieve this aim, it is necessary to unify and consolidate all labor and progressive forces into one single democratic front. This demands the strengthening of all trade unions, all economic and political organizations of labor: the building of the C.I.O., the organization of joint action between the unions of the A. F. of L. and the C.I.O., as well as the Railroad Brotherhoods, especially in the forthcoming elections, leading toward the achievement of full trade union unity; the strengthening of the Workers Alliance; labor’s initiative in gathering the farmers, the middle classes and all progressives into the general democratic front; and to defeat all efforts to split this front by reactionary Republicans operating behind a progressive shield.

    The CPUSA really liked FDR and and thought the Republicans were a bunch of capitalists, “reactionaries”, and “fascists”. The CPUSA also stated:

    > Points of this program (that is, the CPUSA legislative agenda, which I am not listing) have found expression in recent speeches of President Roosevelt

    and

    > Therefore, all such groups must rise above all differences of ultimate programs and, by organized common action in a single front, they must win the victory for democracy against reaction and fascism.

    So in short, the Communists loved FDR, hated Republicans, and believed that they had to unite behind a single “democratic front” in order to defeat the Republicans. Which basically means… vote for Democrats and work within the Democratic Party.

  8. How many fascist/capitalist/Elephant members of the USA FBI were nominal members of the CPUSA in 1932-1953 ???

    and even later 1954-1991 [end of USSR regime] ???

    — uncover reporting to FBI HQ of the various CPUSA machinations —

    esp espionage during/after WW II and the 1950-1953 Korean War.

  9. Congratulations to Comrade Whitebird and in Solidarity with your cause, from the Oxfordshire Branch of the Communist Party of Britain.

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