Prescient. I sympathize with the poet and his CPUSA background.. Alot of the intelligentsia dabbled with it but recoiled from the party discipline required of dedicated members. Some of the most idealistic people of that generation considered themselves communists. Like this poet, they are forgotten figures.
Your working class haiku was great. "Nothing's too good for the workers!"
Not sure if Srabian was a member of the CPUSA? The League of American Writers was initially organised by them, but you weren't required to be a party member to be involved. Some were, while others (from what I have read, the bulk of them) were simply in agreement with the overall political thrust of CPUSA (anti-fascism, support of the working class, etc.), but not subject to the formal discipline of party members.
Thanks for the kind comments on my haiku. Much appreciated. ☀️
Prescient. I sympathize with the poet and his CPUSA background.. Alot of the intelligentsia dabbled with it but recoiled from the party discipline required of dedicated members. Some of the most idealistic people of that generation considered themselves communists. Like this poet, they are forgotten figures.
Your working class haiku was great. "Nothing's too good for the workers!"
Not sure if Srabian was a member of the CPUSA? The League of American Writers was initially organised by them, but you weren't required to be a party member to be involved. Some were, while others (from what I have read, the bulk of them) were simply in agreement with the overall political thrust of CPUSA (anti-fascism, support of the working class, etc.), but not subject to the formal discipline of party members.
Thanks for the kind comments on my haiku. Much appreciated. ☀️