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US communists say their time has come
* NEW YORK A rare bird in the political world, the US Communist Party is feeling rather smug in these days of capitalist turmoil. At the party’s New York headquarters on 23rd Street in Manhattan, regional party chairman Libero Della Piana, 36, laid out why he thinks Marxist-Leninism’s time has finally come. *** American communists think that the collapse of Wall Street and huge disillusionment among the public with the economy has put them on a roll. *** There is no communist running for the White House and the Communist Party does not endorse Democrat Barack Obama. *** Yet many staff here wore his picture on lapel buttons, while Republican John McCain was relegated to a box of tissues — the tissues being pulled through his mouth. AFP *
The next story comes out of Canada…
Obama Hints at Communist Presidency, by Sher Zieve
* In 1848, the founder of CommunismKarl Marxwrote in his infamous Manifest of the Communist Party about the crying inequalities in the distribution of wealth. Then, in 1867, in what has been referred to as his masterpiece, the first volume of Das Kapital was published. In this anti-capitalism work,Marx continues his extolling of Communism and advises that wealth must be redistributed from the rich-and-evil wealthy to the poor-and-downtrodden. *** In 1875, Marx continued with his theme with his treatise Critique of the Gotha Program, in which he expounds upon and summarizes the principles of a Communist system. *** It is from this work that Marx wrote of the distribution of societys wealth: From each according to his abilities, to each according to his need. With this, he advises the reader that those who are the most able should and must produce more than those who are not as able. However, under Marxs Communism all will be able to take equal amounts from the community troughregardless of their contributions. Suffice it to say, those who are actually productive are not big advocates of Communism. Side Note: Black Liberation Theologyas taught by Barack Obamas over 20-year mentor Jeremiah Wrighthas its roots in Marxist philosophy. *** On Monday 13 October, Barack Obama was asked by an Ohio plumber: Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isnt it? Obama answered him with: Its not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that theyve got a chance for success too. My attitude is that if the economys good for folks from the bottom up, its gonna be good for everybody. I think when you spread the wealth around [AKA wealth redistribution], its good for everybody. We have to imagine that Karl Marx would be extremely proud. Canada Free Press *