Obama's radical pal plans grassroots assault

WND ^ | November 15, 2010 | Aaron Klein

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NEW YORK – A longtime radical associate of President Obama has proposed the creation of a massive grassroots organization to petition for a "progressive" agenda, including on health care and the environment.

Marilyn Katz, an extremist activist in Chicago with close ties to Weather Underground terrorist group founder William Ayers, urged the formation of a "national grassroots vehicle" that would not only articulate a "progressive agenda" and interact with congressional leaders, "but also be broad and creative enough in their thinking to involve the ordinary, everyday people who found both meaning and community in 2008."

Katz, who sat on the finance committee of Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, was writing at In These Times, a Chicago-based socialist journal that boasts an editorial board including Ayers and his wife, co-founder of the Weather Underground, Benardine Dohrn.

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http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/6629/what_we_lost_after_we_won_in_2008/

November 10, 2010
What We Lost After We Won in 2008
An anti-war activist explains what the Democratic establishment fails to understand.
By Marilyn Katz

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From WND:

After Obama became president, Katz reportedly tried to convince Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to appoint Valerie Jarrett, Obama’s top adviser, to Obama’s open U.S. Senate seat. The New York Times describes Katz as “a friend” of Jarrett's who encouraged her to step out of Obama’s shadow and “be the sun.”

[circlecity]

They are trying to artificially manufacture a “tea party” of their own. But you just can’t buy a legitimate grass roots uprising. No even you Mr. Soros.

[Venturer]

Maybe Soros will send her a check to finance it.

[screaminsunshine]

Cops need to stock up on Bear Spray, Tear Gas and rubber bullets.

[maggief]

Oops, meant to ping you.

[Halgr]

Lucifer (and his Marxist agents) are first of all.....Liars, thieves and reprobates.

[Finop]

A Pig with lipstick

[pgkdan]

Maybe Soros will send her a check to finance it.

He probably already has...

[maggief]

http://romanticpoet.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/the-marxist-web-of-chicago-marilyn-katz-the-enabler-of-valerie-jarrett/

The Marxist Web of Chicago: Marilyn Katz the Enabler of Valerie Jarrett

[mosaicwolf]

Ummmm. I thought the public school system was already doing this.

[Inwoodian]

Another Commie for Obammy. Did I just hear Tailgunner Joe’s car warming up?

[silverleaf]

Dear Mr Soros,

You can’t buy an army to be led by sociopaths, you can only rent them.

We are not the Ukraine.

[maggief]

http://jstreet.org/supporters/advisory_council

Marilyn Katz
President, MK Communications

http://thejewishchronicle.net/view/full_story/9677607/article-J-Street-owns-up-to-Soros-funding?instance=home_news_nation_right

J Street owns up to Soros funding

[y6162]

The Tea Party is grassroots.

Left wing organizing? Not!

[y6162]

The Tea Party is grassroots.

Left wing organizing? Not!

[maggief]

http://inthesetimes.com/community/profile/119886/

Katz has founded and led many groups, from the Chicago Women’s Union, Reproductive Rights National Network, Chicago Women Organized for Reproductive Choice in the 1960s and 1970s to the Chicagoans Against War in Iraq in 2002 which organized the October 2, 2002 rally at which President Barack Obama made his now-famous anti-war speech.

While Katz’ early professional life was spent as a filmmaker, after serving as media and press consultant for Harold Washington’s unexpected 1983 mayoral win, she founded MK Communications, a full-service media, community and government relations company which represents numerous government, community, nonprofit and philanthropic entities throughout the nation.

A fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago, Katz serves on numerous boards, including local community and corporate boards, Human Rights Watch Chicago and the national board of J Street.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0910/Soros_and_J_Street.html

Soros and J Street

[silverleaf]

Marilyn Katz- a terror groupie all her life

Yet another sad sick sociopath attracted to the Ayers orbit

An angry teenager who never grew up

and sucking public tax dollars all these years, out of a system she is dedicated to destroying

check it out- a middle aged yenta with sensible shoes and that “Anita Dunn” madness in her eyes

http://www.theobamafile.com/_associates/MarilynKatz.htm

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/Articles/mkatz2.html

[andy58-in-nh]

A very brief history of Marilyn Katz:

    * Former activist with the Students for a Democratic Society
    * Participated in 1968 and 1969 Chicago riots
    * Founded (in 1972) the New American Movement, an organization devoted to the
     teachings of the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci
    * Founded a public-relations firm in 1983, which deals with many leftist clients
    * Friend, advisor, and political supporter of Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama, and
     Michelle Obama

Much more here:

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2417

She is a real-deal, red diaper Communist with an impressive list of contacts. I am surprised that Glenn Beck has not yet identified her as a major player in the Obama organization, especially given her close ties to Valerie Jarrett.  

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Coffee Party Redux?