Does the CPUSA advocate the overthrow of the government?

Does the CPUSA advocate the violent overthrow of the government? Don't all communists advocate violence?

The actual sentence referring to "violent revolution" in the Communist Manifesto says: "In depicting the most general phases of the development of the proletariat, we traced the more or less veiled civil war, raging within existing society, up to the point where that war breaks out into open revolution, and where the violent overthrow of the bourgeoisie lays the foundation for the sway of the proletariat." This is more a description than a prescription.

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[GuyaRicanMC]

You know damn well that Marx thought that the proletarian revolution could only come about thru violent means since the bourgeoisie would stop any attempt at abolishing private property thru violent means [via the state]. While Marx wanted the new, post-revolution society to be as peaceful and nonviolent as possible, he never expected or wrote that the proletarian revolution itself would be peaceful or nonviolent. Communism requires the violent overthrow of capitalism.

[Sturm580]

@alivsfrazier12 Look at Lenin's reign of Russia , that didnt fail they already had a mixed Government and was starting to go towards the idea of marxism

[malignantpoodle]

you can't claim to be Marxist-Leninist and then claim to be against violent overthrow.

CPUSA = 90 years of party history to date which is nothing more than 318 members worldwide and an entrenched revisionist leadership.

[alivsfrazier12]

to socialism yes. communism no. by the way communism is actually a load of crap. great theory that fails 100% of the time.

[jessesky206]

theres no need 4 violence when people are exposed 2 socialism they would willingly turn 2 the red side promethues i.e. socilism brought the light 2 man he did not mean 2 burn them only 2 illuminate