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{{Infobox politician|name=Chris Helali|birth_place=Worcester, [[Massachusetts]], [[United States of America|United States]]|political_line=[[Patriotic socialism]]|political_party=[[Party of Communists USA]]<br>[[American Communist Party]] (2024–)|image=Chris Helali.png}} | {{Infobox politician|name=Chris Helali|birth_date=1988 or 1989|birth_place=Worcester, [[Massachusetts]], [[United States of America|United States]]|political_line=[[Patriotic socialism]]|political_party=[[Party of Communists USA]]<br>[[American Communist Party]] (2024–)|website=https://christopherhelali.com/|image=Chris Helali.png}}{{Stub}} | ||
Helali | '''Christopher Joseph Helali''' (born 1988/89 in [[Worcester (Massachusetts)|Worcester]], [[Commonwealth of Massachusetts|Massachussetts]]) is a [[United States of America|Statesian]] lawyer, journalist, activist, and public official concurrently serving as the High Bailiff of [[Orange County (Vermont)|Orange County]], [[State of Vermont|Vermont]] and the International Secretary of the [[American Communist Party (current)|American Communist Party]] (ACP). He was previously the International Secretary of the [[Party of Communists USA]] before leaving that organisation in 2024. Helali unsuccessfully ran for [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] of [[Vermont's at-large congressional district]] in [[2020 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont|the 2020 election]]. | ||
During the [[war on terror]], despite supposedly being a [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] at the time, Helali voluntarily chose to participate in U.S. [[imperialism]] for his own benefit, joining the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] to pay for his education. He avoided [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|deployment to Afghanistan]], serving in the [[Chaplain Corps (U.S. Army)|Chaplain Corps]] and retiring with a [[commissioned officer]] rank. Then he served in [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|Rojava]]'s [[International Freedom Battalion]].<ref>https://eastisapodcast.libsyn.com/war-is-hell-wchristopher-helali</ref> | |||
In November 2024, Helali was declared to have won a county election in the [[ | Helali was formerly an [[Anarcho-communism|anarcho-communist]] and the Secretary-Treasurer of the Boston Branch of the [[Industrial Workers of the World|IWW]] in 2016 before being disgraced and accused of embezzlement of organisation funds to the amount of $4,510 by the IWW Boston in a Facebook post.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Boston IWW|newspaper=Facebook|title=The Boston General Membership Branch of the IWW passed the following resolution by unanimous vote at the February 2019 branch meeting...|date=2019-03-24|url=https://www.facebook.com/IWWBoston/posts/the-boston-general-membership-branch-of-the-iww-passed-the-following-resolution-/2279028628978513/|archive-url=https://archive.ph/jWNsd}}</ref> | ||
Zipporah Legarde, Helali’s ex-partner, stated that the two had decided to have a child, but that Helali abandoned her after she fell pregnant, refusing to take responsibility for the child.<ref name=":0" /> On 2 May 2019, Zipporah wrote a statement on Google Docs explaining that Helali had filed a temporary restraining order against her and had been purposely avoiding child support and paternity papers, noting that his legal actions and emotional abuse jeopardized her safety and warning that those who supported her should not engage with Helali since this might extend the conflict, writing, "we should honor his choice, especially as disobeying puts me in danger of further involvement with the State."<ref>{{Web citation|author=Zipporah Legarde|title=Update on Former YPG Heval Christopher Helali|date=2019-05-02|url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MoZo58Lnm6_qwV8MixDKXLXn1MFhhPgNeHxhZG4iFRU|archive-url=https://pdfhost.io/v/ClUNqf9fJ_Update_on_Former_YPG_Heval_Christopher_Helali|archive-date=2023-07-13}}</ref> | |||
In November 2024, Helali was declared to have won a county election in the [[State of Vermont]] for the office of High Bailiff. As per the state's statutes, "A high bailiff may serve writs which the sheriff is incompetent to serve, and his or her fees shall be the same as those of the sheriff,"<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=The Vermont Statutes Online|title=24 V.S.A. § 332|url=https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/24/005/00332}}</ref> effectively making him an agent of the [[police]]. Local newspaper ''The Herald'' reported on November 7 however that the election was still undecided as county clerks were counting votes.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Tim Calabro|newspaper=The Herald|title=High Bailiff Still Undecided as Clerks Count Write-Ins|date=2024-11-07|url=https://www.ourherald.com/articles/high-bailiff-still-undecided-as-clerks-count-write-ins/}}</ref> Helali was one of two write-in candidates as neither had sent their applications before the August deadline.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Isabel Dreher|newspaper=The Herald|title=Sudden Interest In Unsung Office|date=2024-10-31|url=https://www.ourherald.com/articles/sudden-interest-in-unsung-office/}}</ref> | |||
== Works == | |||
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=== Articles === | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140323091556/http://paxmarxista.org/paradise-lost-global-capitalisms-banished-masses/ ''Paradise Lost: Global Capitalism's Banished Masses''] (2013-08-09). ''Pax Marxista''. | |||
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140323130506/http://paxmarxista.org/pax-romana-pax-americana-pax-marxista/<s>Pax Romana Pax Americana</s> Pax Marxista!]'' (2013-08-09). ''Pax Marxista''. | |||
=== Books === | |||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Greeks-Worcester-Images-America-Christopher/dp/1467108138 ''Greeks of Worcester''] (2022-08-15). [[Arcadia Publishing|''Arcadia Publishing'']]. | |||
=== Chapters === | |||
* ''Unipolarity to Multipolarity: The Birth of a New International Order'' in [[Darwis Khudori]] (2022).: ''Bandung-Belgrade-Havana in Global History and Perspective: The Deployment of Bandung Constellation towards a Global Future''. [[Airlangga University Press]]. | |||
* ''Sacred Objects and Cosmic Justice in Indiana Jones'' in [[Dean A. Kowalski]]; [[William Irwin (philosopher)|William Irwin]] (2023-06-06).: [https://www.amazon.com/Indiana-Jones-Philosophy-Socrates-Blackwell/dp/B0C5S1MM2J ''Indiana Jones and Philosophy'']. ''[[Wiley-Blackwell]]''. | |||
* ''Devoted to the Cause of Freedom: Jonathan Peckham Miller, Philhellenism, and the Transatlantic Struggle for Liberation'' in [[Yianni Cartledge]]; [[Andrekos Varnava]] (2022-11-23).: ''[https://www.amazon.com/New-Perspectives-Greek-War-Independence-ebook/dp/B0BN7PCX5S/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1D3PMQ6N0BBAR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.DFS_VmLa4OC6TdL0xzB4anHlmJiF3RoxrMh6snplGO0.hiRZ2ZvrUVnWSwzFVvLC_JavhpGQQ4WCMi72SzGA4PM&dib_tag=se&keywords=new+perspectives+on+the+greek+war+of+independence&qid=1757144241&s=books&sprefix=new+perspectives+on+the+greek+war+of+independenc%2Cstripbooks%2C66&sr=1-1 New Perspectives on the Greek War of Independence: Myths, Realities, Legacies and Reflections]. [[Palgrave Macmillan]]''. | |||
=== Interviews === | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131208091346/http://www.thewheatandchaff.com/helali/ ''Marxist Army Officer Chris Helali on Buddhism, Marx, and the Democratic Left''] (2012-12-12). ''The Wheat and Chaff''. | |||
* [https://chomsky.info/20130312/ ''Noam Chomsky on Revolutionary Violence, Communism and the American Left''] (2013-03-12). ''Chomsky.info''. | |||
* [https://www.vermontpublic.org/vpr-news/2021-10-22/we-were-instantly-suspect-9-11-changed-everything-for-this-iranian-american-family ''We 'were instantly suspect': 9/11 changed everything for this Iranian-American family''] (2021-10-22). [[Vermont Public|''Vermont Public'']]. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Members of the American Communist Party]] | [[Category:Members of the American Communist Party (current)]] | ||
[[Category:Members of | [[Category:Members of the Party of Communists USA]] | ||
[[Category:Patriotic socialists]] | [[Category:Patriotic socialists]] | ||
[[Category:Politicians in the United States]] | [[Category:Politicians in the United States]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Statesian activists]] | ||
[[Category:Statesian conscientious objectors]] | |||
[[Category:Statesian journalists]] | |||
[[Category:Statesian lawyers]] | |||
[[Category:Statesian reactionaries]] | |||
[[Category:Statesians of Greek descent]] | |||
[[Category:Statesians of Iranian descent]] | |||
[[Category:Statesians of Kurdish descent]] | |||
Revision as of 08:42, 6 September 2025
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| Born | 1988 or 1989 Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Political orientation | Patriotic socialism |
| Political party | Party of Communists USA American Communist Party (2024–) |
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Christopher Joseph Helali (born 1988/89 in Worcester, Massachussetts) is a Statesian lawyer, journalist, activist, and public official concurrently serving as the High Bailiff of Orange County, Vermont and the International Secretary of the American Communist Party (ACP). He was previously the International Secretary of the Party of Communists USA before leaving that organisation in 2024. Helali unsuccessfully ran for Representative of Vermont's at-large congressional district in the 2020 election.
During the war on terror, despite supposedly being a Marxist–Leninist at the time, Helali voluntarily chose to participate in U.S. imperialism for his own benefit, joining the U.S. Army to pay for his education. He avoided deployment to Afghanistan, serving in the Chaplain Corps and retiring with a commissioned officer rank. Then he served in Rojava's International Freedom Battalion.[1]
Helali was formerly an anarcho-communist and the Secretary-Treasurer of the Boston Branch of the IWW in 2016 before being disgraced and accused of embezzlement of organisation funds to the amount of $4,510 by the IWW Boston in a Facebook post.[2]
Zipporah Legarde, Helali’s ex-partner, stated that the two had decided to have a child, but that Helali abandoned her after she fell pregnant, refusing to take responsibility for the child.[2] On 2 May 2019, Zipporah wrote a statement on Google Docs explaining that Helali had filed a temporary restraining order against her and had been purposely avoiding child support and paternity papers, noting that his legal actions and emotional abuse jeopardized her safety and warning that those who supported her should not engage with Helali since this might extend the conflict, writing, "we should honor his choice, especially as disobeying puts me in danger of further involvement with the State."[3]
In November 2024, Helali was declared to have won a county election in the State of Vermont for the office of High Bailiff. As per the state's statutes, "A high bailiff may serve writs which the sheriff is incompetent to serve, and his or her fees shall be the same as those of the sheriff,"[4] effectively making him an agent of the police. Local newspaper The Herald reported on November 7 however that the election was still undecided as county clerks were counting votes.[5] Helali was one of two write-in candidates as neither had sent their applications before the August deadline.[6]
Works
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Articles
- Paradise Lost: Global Capitalism's Banished Masses (2013-08-09). Pax Marxista.
Pax Romana Pax AmericanaPax Marxista! (2013-08-09). Pax Marxista.
Books
- Greeks of Worcester (2022-08-15). Arcadia Publishing.
Chapters
- Unipolarity to Multipolarity: The Birth of a New International Order in Darwis Khudori (2022).: Bandung-Belgrade-Havana in Global History and Perspective: The Deployment of Bandung Constellation towards a Global Future. Airlangga University Press.
- Sacred Objects and Cosmic Justice in Indiana Jones in Dean A. Kowalski; William Irwin (2023-06-06).: Indiana Jones and Philosophy. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Devoted to the Cause of Freedom: Jonathan Peckham Miller, Philhellenism, and the Transatlantic Struggle for Liberation in Yianni Cartledge; Andrekos Varnava (2022-11-23).: New Perspectives on the Greek War of Independence: Myths, Realities, Legacies and Reflections. Palgrave Macmillan.
Interviews
- Marxist Army Officer Chris Helali on Buddhism, Marx, and the Democratic Left (2012-12-12). The Wheat and Chaff.
- Noam Chomsky on Revolutionary Violence, Communism and the American Left (2013-03-12). Chomsky.info.
- We 'were instantly suspect': 9/11 changed everything for this Iranian-American family (2021-10-22). Vermont Public.
References
- ↑ https://eastisapodcast.libsyn.com/war-is-hell-wchristopher-helali
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boston IWW (2019-03-24). "The Boston General Membership Branch of the IWW passed the following resolution by unanimous vote at the February 2019 branch meeting..." Facebook. Archived from the original.
- ↑ Zipporah Legarde (2019-05-02). "Update on Former YPG Heval Christopher Helali" Archived from the original on 2023-07-13.
- ↑ "24 V.S.A. § 332". The Vermont Statutes Online.
- ↑ Tim Calabro (2024-11-07). "High Bailiff Still Undecided as Clerks Count Write-Ins" The Herald.
- ↑ Isabel Dreher (2024-10-31). "Sudden Interest In Unsung Office" The Herald.