Caleb Maupin
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| Born | 1988 Orville, Ohio |
| Education | Baldwin Wallace College |
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| Political party | Center for Political Innovation, Workers World Party |
| Spouse(s) | Meches Rosales-Maupin |
Caleb Maupin (born in 1988)is a New York-based author[1] political commentator, reporter for Russia Today[2] and activist known for his support of populist communism.
Biography
Maupin started to gain attention during his college years while pursuing his political science degree at Ohio’s Baldwin-Wallace College.[3] He was a member of the Fight Imperialism-Stand Together (FIST), a group that advocated Marxist ideologies.[4]
During the 2000s, he became a member of the Workers World Party. During this period until 2010, he was a participant in anti-imperialist events, having spoken with far-right Russian intellectual Aleksandr Dugin.[5]
Maupin was employed in an insurance company when he became involved with the Occupy Wall Street movement.[6][7] Maupin is the founder of Center for Political Innovation (CPIUSA), a think tank that aims to promote American socialism.[8] Maupin has described his activism as a form of populism and had also spoken favorably of the history of the Communist Party of the United States in the 1930s and 1940s.[5]
In May 2015, he accompanied a mission of the Red Crescent Society of the Iran to Yemen, on the Iran Shahed Rescue Ship.The ship did not reach Yemen, but was diverted to the port of Djibouti.[9]
July 8, 2017, he debated Augustus Sol Invictus, an alt-right activist who participated in the infamous Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia .The debate, entitled "The Revolutionary Left vs. The Revolutionary Right" was promoted on social media by Julian Assange.
In 2021, the Ukrainian government included Maupin in the list of Americans who it considers Russian propagandists.[10] A year later, Maupin and CPIUSA attracted controversy when they held a conference supporting Vladimir Putin in the Russo-Ukrainian War.[8] For his activities and his association with RT and Russia, Maupin was banned from using Twitter and PayPal.[11]
One of Maupin's earliest works involved the documentation of two female students being subjected to a violent arrest by police.[12]
Maupin has been featured on CNN[13], RT and Press TV as well as other major news outlets.
References
- ↑ Maupin, Caleb (2018-02-21). Getting Rich Without Capitalism: America's Way Out. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-9839-3881-8.
- ↑ "Caleb Maupin". RT International. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ↑ FIST member defends socialism; Worker’s World; [1]
- ↑ Cecily McMillan, Imperialism, and Marxism-Leninism - Interview with Caleb Maupin on "Insurrection", retrieved 2023-01-05
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Signaling left, turning right: The “radicals” rebranding populism; CPUSA; [https://www.cpusa.org/article/signaling-left-turning-right-the-radicals-rebranding-populism/ ]
- ↑ "Occupy Wall Street reunites five years later: 'It never ended for most of us'". the Guardian. 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ↑ Kilkenny, Allison (2013-09-17). "Occupy Celebrates Two Years Of Resistance". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 American Socialists Fly Pro-Putin Flags at Conference—Viral Video; Newsweek; [2]
- ↑ Maupin, Caleb (2016). ""Iranian Ship Carried Aid and Activists into Waters Off Yemen"". Reuters.
- ↑ Carbonaro, Giulia (2022-07-26). "Tulsi Gabbard, Rand Paul Placed on List of Russian Propagandists by Ukraine". Newsweek. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ↑ "PayPal shuts accounts of anti-war publications Consortium News and MintPress News". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ↑ Swenson, Kyle. "THE COMMIES NEXT DOOR". Cleveland Scene. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ↑ "CNN.com - Transcripts". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
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