Posted on 06/10/2010 7:02:13 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
On Monday, June 7, Nancy Pelosi was greeted by hecklers, who bordered on violence, as they began to throw items in the audience at a Washington conference for progressive activists. Only minutes after Pelosi began to speak, protesters attired in orange shirts began to shout over her. One of the protesters from Code Pink, an anti-war, pro-socialist group, shouted, “Stop funding Israel terror.”
CBS claims that the critics have “expressed anger and impatience with President Obama and the Democratic majority for failing to seemingly live up to their expectations and for failing to respond to progressives’ growing resentment.” Likewise, many in the Far Left have voiced opposition to Obama’s Supreme Court nominees, claiming that they are not liberal enough. Harsh criticism of Democrats by fringe left-wing groups have political analysts wondering, “Is there a civil war brewing in the Democratic Party?”
On yesterday’s episode of Glenn Beck, he outlined the argument that there is indeed a civil war brewing between the radical leftists and many Democrats. The extreme leftists in question are people like Jodie Evans of Code Pink and Van Jones, a self-proclaimed Marxist, and revolutionaries Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, former members of the domestic terrorist group “Weathermen.” These leftists have teamed up on liberal politicians like Nancy Pelosi, the Clintons, Harry Reid, etc., who perhaps believed that they could rein in the extremists and meet their agenda halfway.
Slowly but surely, however, it is becoming evident that the Marxist revolutionaries are unwilling to compromise and are ready to throw their own political liberal allies overboard. Pelosi and company may find themselves in danger as they begin to be targeted for “betrayal” by the radicals who expected so much more from them.
Beck argues that radicals are the most dangerous when they detect that their reign is coming to an end. In the first two years of Obama’s presidency, with a Democratic majority, the progressives and radicals have enjoyed relative autonomy with little opposition to their agenda. Now, however, as it becomes clear that the Democrats will likely lose their majority in November, the extremists are radicalizing further.
On June 7, former SEIU President Andy Stern said, “American needs a 21st century economic plan because we now know the market-worshipping, privatizing, deregulating, dehumanizing American financial plan has failed and should never be revived, worshipping the market again. It has failed America and everyone that works here.” Of course, as Stern likely well knows, free markets haven't been allowed to work in the United states for years, and almost every bit of government "deregulation" came with boatloads of new government regulations, begetting the corruption and financial problems we now have.
It is language like Stern’s that truly reveals the radical Marxist agenda, especially as it mimics Marxist language. Marx wrote, “At a certain stage of their development, the material forces of production in society come in conflict with the existing relations of production … with the change of the economic foundation the entire immense superstructure is more or less rapidly transformed, in considering such transformations the distinction should always be made between the material transformation of the economic conditions of production which can be determined with the precision of natural science and the legal, political, religious, aesthetic or philosophic — in short, ideological forms in which men become conscious of this conflict and fight it out.” Marx is describing a fundamental transformation, and the way to bring about the transformation is to eradicate the enemy: capitalism and the free market.
Van Jones has admitted that he dropped his “radical pose” in favor of “radical ends.” Van Jones is the same man believed to have written the handbook for the Marxist group STORM (Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement). Just yesterday, at a conference for America’s Future Now, Jones declared, “This week will mark a historic inflection point when progressives decided to be progressives again in this country.” STORM’s handbook states, “STORM did have an agenda. We wanted to help lay the groundwork for a revolutionary period…. We could build strong organizations (and therefore power) in oppressed communities. We could promote revolutionary politics and ideas.”
In the announcement for the America’s Future Now conference, the website indicated that the conference will outline strategies to achieve the true progressive agenda and will create a “progressive majority that challenges both obstructionist Republicans and timid Democrats.”
And even as the federal government was declaring Tea Parties and Rush Limbaugh to be dangerously capable of inciting violence, an anonymous French group called the Invisible Committee published a book called The Coming Insurrection, a call to arms for a violent revolution to bring down capitalism. The movement started in France, spread to Greece (and we see how well that is working out), and found its way to the United States in August 2009.
The book declares, “Take up arms. Do everything possible to make their use unnecessary. There is no such thing as a peaceful insurrection. Weapons are necessary.” Also, “It’s a question of knowing how to fight, to pick locks, to set broken bones and treat sicknesses; how to build a pirate radio transmitter; how to set up street kitchens; how to aim straight.”
Not surprisingly, the Communist Party USA is also calling for a Marxist revolution. They’ve declared, “The main barrier to socialist transformation is the US state. The capitalist state must be dismantled or de-constructed and replaced by a proletarian state and socialist republic.”
Leftist groups against Obama have popped up on Facebook and LastFM. From June 17-20, Socialism 2010 will be holding a conference in Chicago, Illinois. The website for the event declares: “With the economy in shambles and with wars and occupations continuing, the challenge to change these conditions confronts us all. More than a year ago, millions placed their hopes in Barack Obama and the Democrats to solve these problems. But after months of broken promises and concessions to conservatives, jobs are scarce, health care reform is on life support, and full equality for LGBT people remains elusive. Socialism 2010 … will provide an unparalleled opportunity for new and veteran activists and scholars to explore questions about how we got into this mess and how we can get out of it.”
Clearly, the radicals do not believe Obama is the solution, despite his lean toward socialism and Marxism.
Determining which of the liberal politicians are in fact Marxist revolutionaries is a conundrum in some cases. Do people like Pelosi and Biden understand the movement within their own party, or are they blind to it? Do they seek a Marxist revolution? Americans need to do their homework to find out the truth.
What Americans need to realize, unfortunately, is that if the alleged “civil war” is taking place within the Democratic Party, the fate of the country may well be determined by the winner.
Here’s how. President Obama has been the most progressive President in American history — a quick overview of his 19 months in office proves it. As an example, if passed, the financial regulation bill will place 70 percent of the economy in government control. Freedom of speech and press and Internet freedom is under attack. American citizens are losing their rights of “habeas corpus.” The movement toward global government through American affiliation with the United Nations, Council of Foreign Relations, and the International Monetary Fund is underway. Yet, the radicals are not happy. Why? Because they seek a revolution — a Marxist revolution. If the radicals win the “civil war,” all bets are off.
The question remains: Is there a civil war brewing within the Democratic Party? It is likely that the answer will soon reveal itself.
Can't come soon enough.
In the interests of common ground, I believe we can all agree that President Obama is doing a lousy job.
Was it a year ago that they were administering last rites to the Republican Party?
Marxist use people to edge closer to their end. When Nancy Pelousey no longer meets their needs, they will throw her under the bus.
alinsky, the ends justify the means.
Pelosi has been an enabler for the communist thugs (Obama and crew) who seized the the democrat party.
You can never please the commies, however.
More like a Stalinist Purge I suspect. but which side of the DNC will be the purger and which side the purgee?
Obama’s let the genie out of the bottle. The Left knows that he is one of them, and he has raised their expectations. We live in interesting times.
That Pelosi speech was a thing of beauty - leftists just being themselves.
Listen to the radicals who took democrats to power and are now shouting Nancy Pelosi and others down.
They’re demanding total marxism now, or else.
Probably be something harder than a dinner roll, too.
That depends actually.
I voted for Alan Keyes.
Obama is making the moves I expected, and the country is reacting against him, also as I expected. The people are abandoning nthe mainstream press at a greater pace than I expected - which is a bonus.
From the standpoint of turning the country to the right and producing a backlash against marxism, he is doing an excellent job.
The final play will be to see if he can circumvent the election process in 2012.
Kinda hard to do when the capitalist state has a monopoly on all the legal firearms in the country (which is what these Leftists have advocated for years). Second thoughts?
They'd better watch out that "dismantling the state" stuff. The Obama Administration might add them to their list of Dangerous Right Wing Extremists!
Out of the Democratic Senators I doubt that there are any that will realize that they have been supporting the revolution and have violated the Constitution. They should be tried and convicted for treason. There seem to be a few in the House but just not enough. Cannot believe but the Democratic Party has been acting as the Communists Party.
Obammie is indeed a hardcore communist. The thing is.... He is an ineffective leader. Thank God he has no experience and is an empty suit.
If he was any good, we would indeed be in deep doo-doo.
The radicals are getting scared. They see their window of opportunity closing.
The final play will be to see if he can circumvent the election process in 2012
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Exactly. Who knows what “National Emergency” may arise giving BO no other choice but to suspend the ‘10 elections and declare Martial Law??
Hey, folks, POTUS Obama is right in there with the America destroyers. Rush Limbaugh, to his great credit, had this America hater and destroyer pegged from the gitgo. Forget a rift or civil war in the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party needs to be totally destroyed come November 2, 2010!!! We all better get off our butts and get out on the hustings to do “our” utmost to save America for our kids and grandkids. If someone is a Democrat, defeat them!!! There are no good Democrats. They all hate America!!!
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