If there were a major demonstration in support of the Iraq war in D.C., and if the principal sponsor of the demonstration had strong ties to, say, the American Nazi Party, wouldn’t you expect that fact to feature somewhere in the coverage of the demonstration?

Sure you would. But of all the articles about the recent anti-war protests, few mentioned that the primary sponsor was the ANSWER Coalition. And only one—The New York Times, to its credit—made even passing reference to the Coalition’s deep, incestuous roots in the Workers World Party (WWP) and a “breakaway faction,“ the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

The WWP is a Communist outfit. Literally. It’s not merely kinda Communist, it is hard-core Communist. It broke with the Socialist Workers Party because, among other things, the WWP supported the Chinese Revolution and the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary that crushed a democratic uprising and killed thousands of civilians. The Party for Socialism and Liberation isn’t exactly moderate, either: It’s pro-Castro and pro-Cultural Revolution.

Yet of this fact there was nary a word. Perhaps that’s because, for some reason, many Americans view literal Communists as quaint, even mildly romantic, and give them a pass for their support of totalitarianism. But how weird is that? Nobody would dream of extending such tolerance toward literal Nazis, and nobody should. Hitler watches and Eichmann posters aren’t cool in the kitschy, retro-ironic way that Mao mousepads and Che posters are (thank Heaven).

The point here isn’t to imply anything about the war itself (that’s a different subject entirely) or impute guilt by association to the many well-meaning individuals who showed up at the protests. The point is simply to note the weird silence about the backstory of the organizers. Apparently, it’s almost irrelevant to many that something like 100 million innocents died under the Communist jackboot in the past century—and that some folks around are perfectly fine with that.

The media hates conservative ideas so much that it will use any excuse to make the GOP, etc. look bad. Support of left-wing radical groups is the norm for the media. They do not care about the welfare of the nation, only the welfare of the DNC and cronies such as the Greens. As a conservative, I own two Prius hybrids and re-cycle. I wonder how many Greens can match that?

Subtopic: Larry, if you closely examine how the DEMs have enslaved blacks for the past 35 years with their giveaway programs, affirmative action, etc., then you may see that it never stopped. Unfortunately the DEMs created a serious social problem for the country.

Here’s more of the backstory that the mainstream media leaves out of their coverage:

Greens to Join Antiwar Protests Around the U.S., March 17 and 18

Green Party of the United States
www.gp.org

Friday, March 16, 2007

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org

Greens to join antiwar protests around the U.S., March 17 and 18

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Green Party members will participate in protests across the U.S. on Saturday, March 17 and Sunday, March 18, demanding withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

The protests include a ‘March to the Pentagon’ <http://www.marchonpentagon.org> organized by the ANSWER Coalition, an event that will also commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1967 March on the Pentagon against the Vietnam War, as well as the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the current war. Participants will assemble at 12 noon at 23rd Street and Constitution Avenue NW in Washington, DC.

In New York City, Greens will gather at the southwest corner of 38th Street and 5th Avenue.  For a list of similar events around the U.S. this weekend, visit <http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?sortby=&caltype=51>. 

In 2004 and 2006, the Green Party ran a ‘Peace Slate’ of Green candidates for public office.  The Green Party of the United States has strongly opposed the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, and sharply criticized both Democrats and Republicans for transferring Congress’s constitutional war powers to the White House in October, 2002, which facilitated the Bush Administration’s deceptive justifications for the war and other abuses of power.

Greens have called for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops and are urging Congress to cutoff funding for the war to compel President Bush to order the safe return of U.S. military personnel. Greens have also called for impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney for high crimes and misdemeanors in relation to the war and numerous violations of the U.S. Constitution, and are calling on Congress to prevent President Bush from launching a military assault on Iran.  For information about the Green Party’s Peace Action Committee (GPAX), visit <http://www.gp.org/committees/peace>.

For press releases on Green opposition to the war, visit the party’s press page <http://www.gp.org/press.shtml>.

MORE INFORMATION

Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
Green Party News Center
http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml

Larry,

The WWP and it’s retarded sibling, International ANSWER, are both genocidal because they support and seek to imitate genocidal dictatorships. Castro, Che, Kim Jung Il, Robert Mugabe and Hugo Chavez. People judge you by the company you keep.

The Nazi’s also went about their dirty work with more ...flair? Death camps and ovens make better TV. Simply starving hundreds of millions or, shooting millions in the head….that just gets boring after a while. There’s just no way Stalins 5 year plans can compete with Hitlers Final Solution, although the Cultural Revolution tried. (and won, if corpses are the deciding factor).

Having said that, communism isn’t so much taken seriously as it is romanticized by stupid people who feel playing revolutionary will somehow bring them the attention they can’t aquire with the unimpressive pallet of talents at their disposal. It’s the ideological version of body piercing and tattoos, and hasn’t been cutting edge or interesting since the Dead Kennedys were new 25 years ago. Then again, nothing the left has done in the past 25 years has been interesting…or new.

As for public perception, gee, I dunno. maybe it’s because Western media is full of vapor headed idiots and feeble minded fools who have no concept of world history or human nature? I actually bought a copy of the TD today after reading Barts article on dogs. I wanted a copy to put in my neighbors mail box because he keeps his dog in a 10’ square pen all year long. The only thing I remember after thumbing thru the entire front section was a photo of a sad little Iraqi child taken from behind the rifle of what I assume is an American soldier.

The Soviet Union would still be here if they’d had such propaganda. I wonder what Mahdi Army stringer staged that photo op. I’d be embarrassed to print such crap, but then I’d be happy to elaborate on the hate that drives the WWP and International ANSWER. Maybe thats why I never became a sharp eyed news hound like the pro’s who stumble around the news room at the TD waiting for press releases from Hamas or CAIR.

I’ve got no reason to doubt you, David, on the deviousness of communists—WWPs or otherwise. And I seem to have given off the impression that I am defending the WWP. (Whoops!)

Ok, let me try it this way:

I am of heavily German descent. Now with that being said…if while walking I saw a group of Swastika-emblazoned skin-heads and, further down the sidewalk, a separate group of goateed WWPs banging on pots ‘n’ pans, I can tell you right now that I’d feel far more threatened by the neo-Nazis than the latter bunch. To me the two groups are different like Night ‘n’ Day. One is eminently dangerous; the other just a bunch of vocal zealots.

And I assume that this is why the media doesn’t report their presence—as much as they would a neo-Nazi group. Which I think is what Bart was marvelling at. In short, I don’t think many people take this WWP group very seriously. I know I don’t.

Oh, and the WWP types don’t emit exactly the same “we’ll help the workers, the farmers and the weak by overthrowing the capitalist oppressors” rhetoric that their forefathers used to con the world for most of the last century?

The point being, Larry, the communists of old never publicized their plans for the Ukrainian genocide, the gulag, the cultural revolution ... they just sorta happened on the way to the promised workers’ paradise.

I guess that’s the difference between Nazis and Communists: One is honestly genocidal and the other is genocidaly dishonest. For me that’s pretty much the same. If you want to spend your time trying to parse a moral difference, I wish you all the success in the world.

David, I think you are making a tenuous connection also. The pseudo-neo-Nazi Party—if they can even be considered a party—DO rely heavily on the same anti-Jewish rhetoric as their prototypes (ie., the orginal Nazi Party). So in this case, a torch of hatred and violence is still being passed.

At least that type of connection evident.

Maybe with your inside knowledge of the WWP you can fill-us-in on (today’s WWP)plans to commit genocide and murder. I am not aware of it—but am willing to listen and learn. I want to be smart like you.

Sheesh. Some people just refuse to get it. Who would ever say: “Few of us see any connection between the wayward and slovenly derelicts of America’s Nazi party and the powerful elitist Nazi regimes of years gone by ...“ ?

Maybe its because few of us see any connection between the wayward and slovenly derelicts of America’s WWP and those powerful, elitist communist regimes of years gone by—the latter actually being the “Communist jackboot” you mention.

But the name association, you ask? Isn’t that enough to spark outrage?

No. For one, it was the old Democratic Party that fought tooth ‘n’ nail against civil rights for American minorities. It would be awfully difficult to try to pin that on a Democrat of today, wouldn’t it?

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