The Communist Party is what you'd expect: a political party that supports communism and socialism. It was established in 1919 and is a group that supports equality. Only months after being founded, they had accumulated over 50,000 members, while the Socialist Party only had about 40,000 at this point in time, 20 years after its founding. It's current chairman is Sam Webb and is based at 235 W. 23rd Street, New York, New York 10011. There have been no members of this party that have taken any major roles in our government system.
I can understand why this party is around because there are people with different ideals than the norm, and this party was created before communism was generally considered "bad." I think that the main following of this group is just people who follow the philosophy of "I do what I want" and want to be rebellious.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_USA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Webb_(politician)
http://www.cpusa.org/
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A bit brief on their platform but good overall.