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President Obama and the Radical Socialist Agenda
The American Thinker ^
| October 30, 2010
| Janice Shaw Crouse
Posted on 10/30/2010 1:38:20 AM PDT by Scanian
Stanley Kurtz's new book, Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism, is a detailed look into the forces that shaped Barack Obama. Kurtz, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, has written a highly detailed and definitive account of the president's conversion as a radical activist; he provides minute and abundant evidence confirming the long-disputed label of "socialist" that has dogged the president since his undergraduate days. Kurtz describes Obama's ideology as "stealth socialism" and called his views "Barack Obama's secret." In the preface of the book, Kurtz writes, "The president has systematically disguised the truth about his socialist convictions, sometimes by directly misrepresenting his past and sometimes by omitting or parceling out damaging information to disguise its real importance."
Kurtz begins his account in 1983, presenting evidence that Barack Obama, then a senior undergraduate at Columbia University, attended several annual sessions of the "Socialist Scholars Conference." Kurtz describes the shift of strategy that took place at that meeting to turn the socialist movement from its goal of "nationalization" to community organizing as the best means of promoting the movement during the Reagan administration. Kurtz details the evidence that Socialist Scholars conferences influenced Obama and refutes the president's claim that his embrace of community organizing was an "impulse." Instead, in Kurtz's fully documented account, the Socialist Scholars conferences provided the future president with a vision for transforming America, as well as a way for black Americans to be the driving force behind that transformation through the efforts of the Midwest Academy, a training institute that Kurtz credits with Obama's political ascendancy.
Many of the "class warfare" themes that dominate President Obama's current rhetoric are rooted in that period of his life -- such as the "haves" v. the "have-nots" and big business v. the poor.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: communityorganizer; socialism; stanleykurtz; stealth
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posted on
10/30/2010 1:38:27 AM PDT
by
Scanian
To: Scanian
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posted on
10/30/2010 1:44:04 AM PDT
by
Rome2000
(OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
To: Scanian
What role, if any, has the modern Communist Party USA played in fostering that relationship in more recent times?
The Communist Party USA continues to back their friend Barack Obama.
How deeply has the Communist Party been involved in advancing Obamas political career-through the Jarrett family, or by other means?
The answers to these questions will have major implications for the future of whats left of the free world
It is now well established that Barack Obama was linked to the Hawaiian Communist Party network through his boyhood/teenage mentor Frank Marshall Davis.
It is also well known that after moving to Chicago, Obama linked up with the local communist networks.
Manning Marable, a leader of the Communist Party offshoot Committees of Correspondence for Democracy&Socialism claims that Obama understands what socialism is. A lot of the people working with him are, indeed, socialists with backgrounds in the Communist Party or as independent Marxists. There are a lot of people like that in Chicago who have worked with him for years...
This leads to two key questions.
A Were the Hawaii and Chicago networks connected?
B Did Obamas connection to Frank Marshall Davis in any way influence his progress up the Chicago political ladder?
If the answer is yes to both, there are significant implications.
Valerie Jarett is a COMMUNIST
Dee Myles is a Chicago activist and chair of the Education Commission of the Communist Party USA. In 2004, after Vernon Jarrets death from cancer she penned this tribute for the Peoples Weekly World of June 5th.
Readers like me can be extremely selective of the journalists we read habitually... We are selective about the journalists to whom we become insatiably addicted, and once hooked we develop a constructive love affair without the romance...
Such was my experience with Vernon Jarrett, an African American journalist in Chicago who died at the age of 86 on May 23. I became a Vernon Jarrett addict, and I am proud of it!
Vernon Jarretts career as a journalist in Chicago began and ended at the Chicago Defender, the African American daily paper. In between, he was the first Black journalist at the Chicago Tribune, and I first began to read his articles during his tenure at the Chicago Sun-Times
Jarretts claim to fame is that he was a partisan of the cause of African Americans in the broad democratic tradition of Paul Robeson and W.E.B. DuBois...
Robeson and DuBois were both Communist Party members. On April 9th, 1998 at Chicagos South Shore Cultural Center, Jarrett hosted a Paul Robeson Citywide Centennial Celebration event, with his old comrade and Party sympathiser Margaret Burroughs and former Communist Party members Studs Terkel and his old friend Oscar C.Brown.
Dee Myles continues;
Jarrett was fanatical about African Americans registering and voting in mass for socially conscious candidates. He championed Harold Washington like a great warrior, and this March, from his hospital bed, wrote an article appealing to Black Chicago to turn out to vote for Barack Obama in the Illinois primaries. Obama astounded everyone with an incredible landslide victory as the progressive, Black candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for the U.S. Senate seat from Illinois. From his sickbed, Vernon Jarrett issued a clarion call, and the people responded.
The Jarrett/Obama conection did not end with Vernon Jarretts death-it moved to a higher level with his famous daughter-in-law Valerie Jarrett.
A former Deputy Corporation Counsel for Finance and Development under Harold Washington, Jarrett continued to work in the mayors office into the 1990s.
In 1991, while Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Richard Daley, Jarrett hired Michelle Robinson, then engaged to Barack Obama.
Later Valerie Jarrett ran the finances for Obamas 2004 Senate bid and served as treasurer of Obamas HOPEFUND.
The relationship is more than professional-Jarrett is regarded as one of the Obamas closest friends and advisors.
According to Take Political Action May 24th 2008;
Shes always been the other side of Baracks brain. Thats how an Obama insider described Valerie Jarrett as an Obama campaign aide announced Thursday night the former CTA chief and current Habitat Co. CEO is taking on a larger role to help her close friend win his White House bid.
The development comes as Jarrett, a charter member of Sen. Barack Obamas kitchen cabinet, has been formalizing her portfolio and stepping up the pace within the past few weeks as a top advisor within the campaign.
Though she will be part-time, Jarrett will be one of the most visible and powerful African-Americans in the top rungs of the Obama operation...
Today Valerie Jarrett serves as one of three Senior Advisors to President Obama. She is Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, and Chairs the White House Commission on Women and Girls.
Would there be an Obama/Jarrett relationship today, if there had been no Frank Marshall Davis/Jarrett connection through the Communist Party of post war Chicago?
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posted on
10/30/2010 1:47:44 AM PDT
by
Rome2000
(OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
To: Rome2000
I can’t read the fine print.
In the front row, is that John Kerry on left, and Mick Jagger on the right ?
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posted on
10/30/2010 1:54:00 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(N)
To: Rome2000
Communist Party USA
:
The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is a Marxist-Leninist political party in the United States, established in 1919.
Emerging from the organized Left Wing of the Socialist Party of America, the first American Communists sought to build support among American workers to overthrow capitalism, support the Soviet Union and implement what later was known as Stalinism by establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat in America.[1] Fearful federal authorities reacted with a campaign of suppression, forcing the Communist movement into an underground existence of secret cells, where it was consumed by sectarian political infighting amongst the radicals themselves. At the behest of the Comintern the underground Communist organizations were unified and eased into an above ground existence over the course of the next several years. Bitter factional wrangling continued to grip the party throughout the decade of the 1920s, however, ending in the expulsions of Trotskyist and Lovestoneite factional dissidents.
The coming of the Great Depression and the emergence of fascism in Europe created a great opportunity for the CPUSA to build public support and to expand its role building the US labor movement. The party also was a leading voice in battles on behalf of African Americans, fighting racism in their own ranks and lynchings in the South in seeking social equality of the races. At the same time, the CPUSA aligned itself with the Soviet Union and the ComIntern under the leadership of Joseph Stalin. Elements of the party were systematically employed for espionage on behalf of the Soviet intelligence service.
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10/30/2010 2:01:25 AM PDT
by
Rome2000
(OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
To: Rome2000
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posted on
10/30/2010 2:05:43 AM PDT
by
Ronbo1948
To: UCANSEE2
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If the grand alliance that elected Barack Obama comes out in full force to vote we can stop the Tea Party/Republican takeover and continue moving forward.
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Statement of the New Jersey District, Communist Party USA on Gov. Christie's education policies.
A better world is possible — a world where people come before profits. That’s socialism. That’s our vision. We are the Communist Party USA.
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posted on
10/30/2010 2:06:11 AM PDT
by
Rome2000
(OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
To: Rome2000
There is no doubt in my mind that any number of card-carrying commies were instrumental in the development of Comrade Barack. But do you think that since the demise of the USSR the word “communist” has any different meaning in the US than any other radical/socialist group, including the more militant labor groups like SEIU?
Years ago, if someone joined the CPUSA, the government required him to register as a Soviet agent. Nowadays, it seems like the CPUSA is just one part of the lefty gang and one more of Hussein’s many extreme allies.
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posted on
10/30/2010 2:08:32 AM PDT
by
Scanian
To: Ronbo1948
Welcome to CPUSA.org
Welcome to the official Communist Party website. Here you will find a treasure trove of information about the 21st century CPUSA and struggles here in the United States. You will also find some of CPUSA's 90+ year history , too.
Got questions? Check out the FAQs.
Want to read the CPUSA Constitution? Click here.
Read the CPUSA program, "The Road to Socialism USA: Unity for Peace, Democracy, Jobs and Equality."
Check out videos, reports and resolutions from the most recent convention by clicking here.
You can take action on important issues of the day, sign up for regular email blasts (Receive Our Newsletter button), donate money (Donate button) and join the Communist Party all on this website.
Other website features include, links to the People Before Profit Network: People's World -- daily pro-labor and pro-gressive news; Political Affairs and Young Communist League.
Plus, find us on Facebook and Twitter .
Some features on this site are still in development, like the blog and members-only section.
If you find a problem on a link or have a suggestion for the site from content to organization, please e-mail: cpusa@cpusa.org. Much of the work on the website is done by volunteers and over-committed staff so we may not be able to answer each and every e-mail.
Thank you and enjoy!
Libero, Terrie, Stephen, Roberta and others at Team CPUSA.org.
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10/30/2010 2:12:03 AM PDT
by
Rome2000
(OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
To: Scanian
The most successful element of the communists propaganda campaign over the last 50 years has been to terrify right wing politicians with threat of being accused of "McCarthyism"
Its high time that communists are exposed and not allowed to hide under "Liberal" and "Progressive" labels.
These cockroaches in Congress and the media will scurry back into hiding once the lights are turned on.
Unrelenting attacks on the enemy within, in the form of prosecutions of the corrupt members (that would be about 95% of them) of the "Congressional Progressive Caucus", would be a good start, the leftist media is already mortally wounded, just need to be openly attacked as com symps by Palin or similar to be finished off for good.
Make the reds understand that their bullshit will no longer be tolerated, they will NOT be stealing any more of the productive class via the electoral process, and if they want a socialist revolution, they had better be prepared to do it the old fashioned way, by gunpoint.
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10/30/2010 2:24:19 AM PDT
by
Rome2000
(OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
To: Ronbo1948
In 1948 Vernon Jarrett left his job as journalist at the Chicago Defender
to start a black oriented radio show Negro Newsfront with Oscar Brown.
Jarrett was clearly on the far left and almost certainly, like his
colleague Frank Marshall Davis, a covert member of the Communist Party.
Jarrett worked hard promoting socialist causes including the communist
controlled Progressive Party.
Vernon Jarrett went on to become the Chicago Tribunes first black
syndicated columnist and was a founder of the National Association of Black
Journalists.
According to a Washington Post obituary May 25th 2004
Mr. Jarrett continually shone a light on African American history and
pertinent issues in Chicago and throughout the country. He stoked the
political embers in Chicago that led to the 1983 election of the citys
first African American mayor, Harold Washington.
Vernon Jarrett was a key influence in Washingtons decision to run for the
Chicago mayoralty and remained a key supporter through his four year
tenure.
Harold Washington defeated the Daley machine to win the mayoralty backed by
a coalition led by Chicagos Communist Party and the local branch of
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
DSA member and socialist historian Paul Buhle, wrote in a 1992 article for
the Encyclopedia of the American Left;
Communists also gained from long-standing political contacts in the black
community. Victories of black mayoral and congressional candidates with
decades old ties to the CP a short list would include Coleman Young and
George Crocket in Detroit, Gus Newport in Berkeley, and somewhat more
ambiguously, Harold Washington in Chicago
Washington was actively involved in Communist Party fronts such as the US
Peace Council and the Chicago Committee on Southern Africa, right up to
winning the mayoralty-with Party support. After victory he stacked his
administration full of communists, socialists and sympathisers to create
one of the most far left administrations in US history-cut short only by
his pre-mature death after four years in office.
I quote from remarks by Illinois Communist Party organiser John Bachtell to
a Special District Meeting on African American Equality and Building the
Communist Party and Young Communist League, Chicago, IL September 30,
2007.
The legacy of Harold Washingtons election and his administration is in the
collective consciousness not only of the African American community, but
the entire city. Many of his democratizing achievements endure 20 years
later.
The historic election of Washington was the culmination of many years of
struggle. It reflected a high degree of unity of the African American
community and the alliance with a section of labor, the Latino community
and progressive minded whites. This legacy of political independence also
endures...
This was also reflected in the historic election of Barack Obama. Our Party
actively supported Obama during the primary election. Once again Obamas
campaign reflected the electoral voting unity of the African American
community, but also the alliances built with several key trade unions, and
forces in the Latino and white communities.
It also reflected a breakthrough among white voters. In the primary, Obama
won 35% of the white vote and 7 north side wards, in a crowded field.
During the general election he won every ward in the city and all the
collar counties. This appeal has continued in his presidential run.
Barack Obama has stated that Harold Washingtons victory in 1983 was the
spur that made him leave New York to move to Chicago.
Vernon Jarrett was also a fan of Barack Obama. He watched his career from
its early stages and became an ardent supporter.
In 1992 Obama worked for the ACORN offshoot, Project Vote to register black
voters in aid of the Senate Campaign of Carol Moseley Braun. Unsurprisingly
Moseley Braun also had strong Communist Party ties and was Harold
Washingtons legislative floor leader.
Obama helped Moseley Braun win her Senate seat, then took it over himself
in 2004-backed of course by the same communist/socialist alliance that had
elected his political predecessors Harold Washington and Carol Moseley
Braun.
Commenting on the 1992 race, Vernon Jarrett wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times
of August 11th 1992;
Good news! Good news! Project Vote, a collectivity of 10 church-based
community organizations dedicated to black voter registration, is off and
running. Project Vote is increasing its rolls at a 7,000-per-week clip...If
Project Vote is to reach its goal of registering 150,000 out of an
estimated 400,000 unregistered blacks statewide, it must average 10,000
rather than 7,000 every week, says Barack Obama, the programs executive
director...
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posted on
10/30/2010 2:30:29 AM PDT
by
Rome2000
(OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
To: Rome2000
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posted on
10/30/2010 2:40:34 AM PDT
by
Bikkuri
To: Scanian
Cut to the chase. Obama is a Marxist.
The media and most Americans are stuck on words like “Progressive”, rarely calling him a socialist or Communist.
I often forget that most Americans today were never exposed to
the old Communist east/central Europe, and “Tear down that wall” is only something from a history book.
For many Americans, under 40 today, if you refer to Communist/Marxist, they have no clue as to what you are talking about.
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posted on
10/30/2010 2:42:13 AM PDT
by
AlexW
To: Scanian
I would love to know if there are any “buried” FBI files on Obama.
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posted on
10/30/2010 2:42:13 AM PDT
by
BigCinBigD
(Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
To: presently no screen name
To: Scanian; UCANSEE2; Ronbo1948
See
Post 12
(please watch the trailer to the vid... if you can aquire the whole vid, it is about 2 1/2 hours of painful evidence of what that socialists have been doing to out govt. for more than 8 decades)...
Bikk
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posted on
10/30/2010 2:47:42 AM PDT
by
Bikkuri
To: Rome2000
If I were a commie, lefty, radical, or whatever you care to call them, I would be coming to a very quick conclusion that taking over the country through the electoral process isn’t going to be successful. Granted, the Obamanoids have put together a twisted, Marxist bureaucracy, a crazed cast of czars,and a handy apparatus for controlling American life through the structure of Obamacare. But that doesn’t seem adequate for doing a complete job of revolution given the current electoral climate.
Instead, I’d start thinking about staging a coup to accomplish leftist goals by possibly making Obama president for life. That doesn’t seem viable either unless some generals and/or admirals could be either bribed or blackmailed into cooperating with the scheme.
And, sorry to say, I’m sure the left has already identified some soft targets. PC brass who brag about “diversity” would be the first I’d try to corrupt. Just see what it would take to get them to play along and fabricate some sort of “national emergency” to provide “justification” for the move.
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posted on
10/30/2010 2:50:05 AM PDT
by
Scanian
To: UCANSEE2
In the front row, is that John Kerry on left, and Mick Jagger on the right ?
The one on the right looks more like Jimmy Carter.
To: Scanian
Great Minds Think Alike!
Historically speaking and with few exceptions, Communists can only come to power by raw naked force - even in Russia from 1918 to 1921 they had to fight a bloody civil war they almost lost.
They did fail in Spain in that civil war in the 1930s even though they controlled the Spanish government.
What “guns” are behind Comrade Obama? Maybe 5,000 Secret Service agents with light weapons.
The U.S. Armed Forces oath is to the Republic and not the president. If push comes to shove, the Pentagon is more likely to overthrow Obama in a coup like the military in Chile did to Allende.
Also, he has no Bolshevik Party of hardcore murderers to do the necessary revolutionary “wet work” of genocide and concentration camps.
All he has is a posse of little girly men Marxist professors afraid of their own shadows.
In marked contrast, the warriors both current and veteran are intelligent, brave and aggressive. They know their history well and know the threat posed by the communists.
But most importantly they come from a revolutionary tradition that will not tolerate tyranny.
Bottom line: If Obama and comrades go too far and peaceful means of redress do not work, they may find themselves the objects of a counter-revolution and end their days in prison, or at the end of a rope.
To: Bikkuri
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