In real life these things seem to be for the most part parallel movements, but there are certain players in common to both movements such as code pink and bill ayers/ bernardine dohrn.
What seems to be going on is that both the marxists and the islamists see the value in working together to topple western civilization. Then who knows whether they think they'll split up the globe, or coexist, or the muslims will demand conversion, tribute or death, or whatever. Maybe they haven't thought it through that far.
But Glenn does blur the lines a bit more than necessary. The biggest cooperation seems to be in the US marxists teaching the Muslim Brotherhood how to foment revolution. That's what happened in Egypt. They even printed and distributed a handbook for people on the street.
I just don't think these specific players have all that much influence or have the first thing to do with Egypt or Libya. I agree they are a destructive element and are always agitating for socialism, but Beck is conflating a series of loose connections into a grand conspiracy.
I agree with Beck in one way, I think things are likely to get much worse - but unfortunately, in his limited way, he is helping that to happen. In this country we have union/leftist demonstrating and shutting down governments - they are entirely acting as the rioters in Greece, France, etc. Beck should not suggest they are ANYTHING like the protesters in Egypt, Libya, etc. In Africa and the Middle East, the demonstrators are mostly fighting FOR something democratic or at least against tyrannical dictators, in this country our union/leftist protesters are fighting AGAINST democracy. The unions/leftists WANT to piggyback on what is happening in some of these authoritarian countries - and Beck is essentially conceding the point.
The reason I do agree with Beck that we are headed to trouble is mostly because I don't believe this nations people are in any way ready to tackle the debt, I think the Republicans are going to get killed for trying to cut anything, I believe people are more sympathetic to the union demonstrators than the Wisconsin Republicans. Further, I believe most Americans are still entirely wedded to the social welfare state. For these reasons, I think major trouble lies ahead - but I don't see it as some major Islamo-Communist conspiracy. I simply think the American people are soft and weak and continue to be suckered by the left and the mainstream media.
Somewhere around the time Beck held his rally, which seemed more like a sermon than anything else to me, he seems to have changed and almost become apocalyptic. Telling us to get our survival gear and canned goods comes off as a little crazy. Either way, Beck is an important voice and better than much else on TV, but I wish he would get back to more what he was doing when he first hit the airwaves.