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The Communist Party, United States of America (Provisional) also known as the Communist Party, United States of America (Provisional Wing), Provisional Communist Party, Provisional Party, Provisional Party of Communists, Order of Lenin〔Whitnack, Jeff, (Gino Perente, NATLFED & the Provisional Party ) ''Public Eye'', 1984, Vol. 4, Nos. 3-4.〕 or simply the Formation is a Communist political party in the United States founded by Gino Perente, a controversial farm labor organizer who died in 1995. The party includes much of the leadership of the National Labor Federation (NATLFED), and may have no further substance at all. Outside estimates cap membership at between 100 and 300 core members. Those alleged to be members make no public use of the name, and have virtually no identifiable offices or centers of operations.〔〔Smith, Matt. (Charitable Front, ) ''SF Weekly'', Dec. 9, 2009〕 The party, also referred to as the Formation, is clandestine and its exact origins and extent are obscure. There are no party publications, no conventions or leadership elections. During Perente’s lifetime he exercised full control over the party, communicating directly with members through long orations held at his Carroll Street office in Brooklyn, New York, through audiotapes of those speeches sent out to members running the various NATLFED entities, or through rare printed manuals, such as Perente's 1973 mimeographed ''The Essential Organizer''. Party members do not openly acknowledge its existence. Members of the party are full-time volunteers in NATLFED entities. ==Membership and history== Membership in the party is by invitation, and invitation comes to volunteers in NATLFED entities as a revelation of the existence of the party, an explanation of the party's goals and strategy, and a brief "history" of the party, called the "genesis." This "genesis" is reportedly a narrative which includes claims that the party was part of a secret International including the Communist Party of Cuba, the Sandinistas and revolutionaries in Chile and El Salvador, and that members of the Weather Underground were among its founders.〔 In 2006 the CPUSA(PW) attained a small victory versus the state of California in ''Vega v. Mallory'', when the State Legislature allocated $61,000 to settle the suit, which alleged that migrant laborers were overcharged for housing in a state-run program.〔California State Assembly, (Assembly Bill No. 1784 (2006) )〕 The Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals and the Western Farmworkers Association, both NATLFED-linked groups, were instrumental in attaining a successful outcome for the plaintiffs.〔Alvarado, Miguel. (Migrant Farmworkers Win Victory ). ''ZNet'', June 13, 2004.〕 In 2009 the party was reported to have been involved, again through some of its front groups, in a civic struggle around the proposed rebuilding of a hospital in a low-income area of San Francisco, USA.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Communist Party USA (Provisional)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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