The official website of the Communist Party USA(CPUSA), while not officially endorsing any candidate, seeks earnestly to defeat “reactionary” conservatives and place “progressive” democrats into offices, including the Oval Office.
Exerted from the Party’s website(Author: Joelle Fishman, Chair, Political Action Committee, CPUSA): (Red = CP-USA, Green = Obama, Black = my comments)
A few days later at a MoveOn house party calling voters in Texas, the woman sitting next to me smiled and said quietly, “I better listen for a while — I haven’t done this for 30 years.”
This first quote only serves to show that Communists support moveon.org, which I have contended is a communistic organization based on its views of America, freedom and traditional values. This only serves to strengthen that view.
Economists now agree that as long as the resources of the nation are squandered on the occupation of Iraq, it will not be possible to pursue an agenda of green job creation, health care for all, affordable housing or funding public education. The economy and the war are interlinked, and voters, including in swing states, are angry and aware.
These several agendas are almost verbatim from pulled from Obama’s speech. Unique to him is the creation of a massive “green job sector” From Obama’s Feb 13th speech: (See my article about this speech)
My energy plan will invest $150 billion over ten years to establish a green energy sector that will create up to 5 million new jobs over the next two decades – jobs that pay well and can’t be outsourced. We’ll also provide funding to help manufacturers convert to green technology
Republicans have chosen as their nominee one who envisions staying in Iraq for 100 years and who supports pre-emptive war regardless of the consequences. John McCain is in lockstep with U.S.-based global corporations who are out to dominate the world, destroy our constitutional rights, and drive down wages, benefits and economic security here at home.
Of course any “red” blooded communist would want to see companies, particularly American companies be heavily taxed and forced off the world market. Also ironic in this criticism is that Communist China’s cheap (and toxic) imports are driving out high paying jobs, benefits, economic security AND health. One only need look to the continuing flood of recalls of deadly lead filled toys and other items.
McCain represents a continuation of Bush or worse.
I would agree in a limited sense that McCain is worse than Bush, however not for the same reasons that the Communists do. McCain would continue the erosion of the Family and his “maverick” side would likely side with many “progressive” causes.
Hillary Clinton’s statement that only she and McCain are tested to take an emergency call at 3 a.m. is wrong and dangerous. It raises false doubts about Barack Obama and runs the risk of discouraging voter turnout or sending swing voters back to the Republicans in the general election.
A fear campaign cannot serve to change the course of the country. Hope, not fear, is the agent of progressive change. Racism, bigotry and anti-immigrant bashing also stand in the way of changing course.
The Communists discourage Hillary differentiating herself from Obama (indeed there really seems to be little substantial policy difference between the two, with one key exception being Obama’s radical racial indoctrination). Though given the Communist Party’s historic use of racial, class, religious and other conflicts to further its agenda, Obama would in fact be as close to a dream candidate that the Communists could hope for (at this stage in history) from a mainstream American political party.
In a previous article, they hail Obama’s historic election.
The African American community, and especially trade unionists have played a crucial role in the struggle to defeat the ultra right. This includes massive voter turnout in election after election, but also the swing state mobilizations in 2004.
This was also reflected in the historic election of Barack Obama. Once again Obama’s 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.
It is important to know that the Communist Party has a history of exploiting targets (such as minorities and unions). The power of collective bargaining(such as the right of a union to strike) is decapticated in a communist society, as it is unthinkable that the worker union would strike against the “workers’” party. Strikes are only used by communist as means to bring chaos and “change” in capitalist countries. The communists work in minority groups not to promote equality, but to create dissent and race struggle comparable to class struggle. Communists win by dividing and conquering. They need to promote struggle to give rise to a modern version of the Bolshevik revolution, which even according to “modern” communists must happen.
To advance to the immediate struggle for working people’s political power and the construction of socialism, the Party will seek to become the leading force or one of the leading forces among the working class and its core allies. The strategic opponent in this stage becomes the capitalist class as a whole and the system of capitalism. The alliance for socialism will have to embrace a large majority of the labor movement and the whole working class, who will have developed through their own experience of struggle, and through the activity of the Communist Party, clear class and socialist consciousness. The Party’s role will include agitation and propaganda for a fully developed socialist society on the way to communism. Source:CPUSA.org
This was pulled from the CPUSA website 3-26-2008. Communism still seeks to destroy private enterprise and the way of life that has helped bring prosperity to America. The CPUSA believes that Obama stands a greater chance than Hillary of uniting the country behind communist goals.The road to a”fully developed”socialist society always means violent revolution. In order to build a Communist America, the United States must first be utterly destroyed. This includes socially, economically, militarily and spiritually.
Obama’s racial “religious” views, his plans for enormous government spending, and radical views on abortion, marriage and other moral issues would play perfectly into the Communist’s plan to destroy America.
Change isn’t always good. Communism never is. Vote accordingly!
