In my grandfather's time, the FN was founded largely as an anti-Communist party.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The A.N.C. was established in 1912 and the S.A. Communist Party in 1921, and so there has been an overlapping of membership all along the line.
It is often suggested that the A.N.C. is controlled by the Communist Party, by Communists. Well, I have been long enough in the A.N.C. to know that that has never been true.
I joined the Communist Party because I felt I had to be in some organization.
When I joined the Communist movement in 1935 it was based upon the belief that mankind's future was to be found there. Certainly, millions who joined it the world over, like myself, didn't join it for profit.
I joined the Communist Party late in 1934. I got out a year and a half later.
I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement.
The citizen parties, by an absolute majority, elected a National Socialist Government.
My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor.
Hungarian communists were the most talented. They convinced everybody that reforming the communist party was better than making a new party.
My great-great-grandfather Julius founded the Communist Party in New York.