Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Cloward-Piven Strategy: Forcing Political Change Through Orchestrated Crisis
discoverthenetworks.org ^ | 12/14/2005 | discoverthenetworks.org

Posted on 10/09/2008 2:54:46 PM PDT by johncocktoasten

Strategy for forcing political change through orchestrated crisis

First proposed in 1966 and named after Columbia University sociologists Richard Andrew Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, the “Cloward-Piven Strategy” seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse.

Inspired by the August 1965 riots in the black district of Watts in Los Angeles (which erupted after police had used batons to subdue a black man suspected of drunk driving), Cloward and Piven published an article titled "The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty" in the May 2, 1966 issue of The Nation. Following its publication, The Nation sold an unprecedented 30,000 reprints. Activists were abuzz over the so-called "crisis strategy" or "Cloward-Piven Strategy," as it came to be called. Many were eager to put it into effect.

(Excerpt) Read more at discoverthenetworks.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clowardpiven; markets; obama; soros
All Credit to Frantzie and Shady Ray. After their links, I did some additional research on the topic. Amazingly enough, read whose name you find at the bottom of the article as sponsor of this blue print.

Additional link to American Thinker article on the subject.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html

Once again, thanks to Frantzie and Shady Ray

1 posted on 10/09/2008 2:54:46 PM PDT by johncocktoasten
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: johncocktoasten

Very hard to believe that the current financial crises was not anticipated by responsible figures in government.


2 posted on 10/09/2008 2:58:57 PM PDT by Brian S. Fitzgerald
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: johncocktoasten

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094322/posts

Related video and much easier to digest for most IMHO. The lefty tactics never change, as someone else mentioned communists are great chess players and play politics the same way.


3 posted on 10/09/2008 2:59:16 PM PDT by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: johncocktoasten

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html

very interesting article


4 posted on 10/09/2008 2:59:55 PM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: johncocktoasten
Great bit of research! Spot on.

They may be surprised that the opportunity has actually come; but... they know exactly how to “capitalize” on this catastrophe. Having a communist assume the presidency at a time of financial crisis assures the demise of America as we know it! Our culture, heritage and hope will be destroyed under a new Leftist regime.

Sad day for America.

5 posted on 10/09/2008 3:01:30 PM PDT by April Lexington (I'm voting for McCain in 2008 and Jefferson Davis in 2012)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: johncocktoasten

This is also the method Saul Alinsky promoted, and BO loves Alinsky. In Alinsky’s words, “Society has good reason to fear the Radical. Every shaking advance of mankind toward equality and justice has come from the Radical. He hits, he hurts, he is dangerous. Conservative interests know that while Liberals are most adept at breaking their own necks with their tongues, Radicals are most adept at breaking the necks of Conservatives.” This is what Obama has in mind for conservatives...and Liberals won’t be treated much better.


6 posted on 10/09/2008 3:03:29 PM PDT by kittymyrib
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brian S. Fitzgerald

“Very hard to believe that the current financial crises was not anticipated by responsible figures in government.”

Yes, here we are putting our shampoo in little plastic bags and stripping for the TSA expecting the next attack when the Gucci clad terrorists were in Washington and on Wall Street!

Go figure!


7 posted on 10/09/2008 3:04:55 PM PDT by April Lexington (I'm voting for McCain in 2008 and Jefferson Davis in 2012)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: johncocktoasten

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the
populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to
safety) by menacing it with an endless series of
hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
- H. L. Mencken

If all Americans want is security, they can go to
prison.
They’ll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof
over their heads.
But if an American wants to preserve his dignity and
his equality as a human being, he must not bow his
neck to any dictatorial government.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower , Dec.9, 1949


8 posted on 10/09/2008 3:06:13 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Obama and ITS thugs are made paranoid by Sarahnoia. (stole from molly_jack2007))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: johncocktoasten

Soros and his hedge fund pals are doing part of the strategy on the markets. Shorting, options and credit default swaps (CDS).

Options = Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).
CDS = Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)

Other strategies also running in tandem is ACORN vote theft.

Note in Cloward-Piven - open borders. HUD today said illegals account for 5 million mortgages that have blown up or are total fraud. I was amazed someone at HUD let that out.

We have been telling Bush and McCain for 8 + years about illegals.

The bombs, like Ayers SDS bombs, were set with CRA in lawsuits against banks files by Acord lawyers like...OBAMA, infiltrating Fannie and Freddie to sell off junk mortgages to infect banks and investment banks. Infect all banks on a global basis like a virus.

Followed by Soros and his hedge fund pals to pick off the companies one by one in cooridinated attacks - Countrywide, Fannie & Freddie, Bear Stears, Indy Mac, Lehman, Wachovia and on and on. They made tens of billions.

Now take down the markets. Followed by bringing dear leader on CBS, Fox and NBC to assure us.

The good news is we know what they are doing. I hope McCain-Palin also knows. This is going to get uglier.


9 posted on 10/09/2008 3:07:11 PM PDT by Frantzie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kittymyrib
“This is also the method Saul Alinsky promoted, and BO loves Alinsky. In Alinsky’s words, “Society has good reason to fear the Radical. Every shaking advance of mankind toward equality and justice has come from the Radical. He hits, he hurts, he is dangerous. Conservative interests know that while Liberals are most adept at breaking their own necks with their tongues, Radicals are most adept at breaking the necks of Conservatives.” This is what Obama has in mind for conservatives...and Liberals won’t be treated much better.”

The Communists of the 1930s became the professors of the 1960s and the students of the 1960s are now destroying our country. Stalin's plan worked. They are still on attack long after the Soviet Dream collapsed. Or did it?

10 posted on 10/09/2008 3:08:37 PM PDT by April Lexington (I'm voting for McCain in 2008 and Jefferson Davis in 2012)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: johncocktoasten

Thanks for posting this.

The “American Thinker” article is quite detailed and has a lot more links. It also includes a chart which shows relationships and dollar flow between people and organizations (Obama, Soros, Ayers, ACORN, MoveOn, Woods Fund, etc.).


11 posted on 10/09/2008 3:13:18 PM PDT by nanetteclaret (MSM = Socialist Propaganda)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Frantzie
“Soros and his hedge fund pals are doing part of the strategy on the markets. Shorting, options and credit default swaps (CDS).”

Soros made his first billion shorting the British Pound. He's plenty smart enough to crush the US economy in an attempt to get Obama elected. The FBI and the anti-terrorist police should be looking into this fast!

12 posted on 10/09/2008 3:13:24 PM PDT by April Lexington (I'm voting for McCain in 2008 and Jefferson Davis in 2012)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: johncocktoasten

I can’t post this video often enough as the whole mess including the media for a socialist was predicted by Yuri Brezmenov the KGB defector in 1985. All of my friends got 2 copies.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6KUDv1wzraWhwlBt1

This Orchestrated Crisis has gotten out of control to even the creators. And taxpayers got billed $700 billion + so far and many of us have lost much on investments. Maybe if we can prevent Obama and his thugs from taking over, the lessons learned might help clean house in DC. Few if any there work for the people.


13 posted on 10/09/2008 3:42:36 PM PDT by nclaurel (No white flags from America in Iraq--hear that Biden!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: April Lexington

Trade Soros to Putin for Georgia.


14 posted on 10/09/2008 4:07:51 PM PDT by Dead Dog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: nclaurel

An amazing article. I think “Project Vote” was what BO came to Chicago with.

It is imperative that we have a swift counter movement and as suggested, “Clean out” the Lefties from Washington. After stopping the election fraud. It must happen now.

The subversives in Washington have sabatoged every administration since Reagan.

And the MSM with them.


15 posted on 10/09/2008 4:07:57 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: johncocktoasten
just look at calf being forced to dump 100's of millions on the prison system by some judge and the stroke of his pen... let alone they are damn near bankrupt
16 posted on 10/09/2008 4:09:40 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - McCain/Palin'08 = http://www.johnmccain.com/)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: johncocktoasten

Scary. And that reminds me. Reparations have already been paid.


17 posted on 10/09/2008 4:57:31 PM PDT by manic4organic (Obama/Biden Palin comparison.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson