IS OBAMA’S CIRCLE FULL OF MARXISTS?
Sunday, August 10th, 2008It has already been established that Frank Marshall Davis, Obama’s friend and mentor, was a Communist Party U.S.A. member. And if we abide by the saying “tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are,” it seems that Obama does surround himself with people who are extreme socialists – i.e.: communists – out to penalize the rich class by raising their taxes, increasing government, nationalizing banks, as one condition of their bail-out, socializing medicine, basically turning our capitalistic democracy into a socialist – even possibly communist – one.
Not only does Obama listen to them (Marxists) but he also hires them to work on his campaign. Obama’s official campaign blogger, Sam Graham-Felsen, is a former writer for the leftist Nation magazine and a contributor to the Socialist Viewpoint. Here is an excerpt of one of his articles in the Socialist Viewpoint.
“The capitalist ruling class of the United States exercises a virtual dictatorship not only over American society, but also over the entire world. This capitalist class rule is the basic cause of the poverty, wars and the degradation of the natural environment.
After being expelled from Socialist Action in 1999, we formed Socialist Workers Organization in an attempt to carry on the project of building a nucleus of a revolutionary party true to the historic teachings and program of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky. “
Sam Graham-Felsen is also an ardent admirer of Noam Chomsky, a self-declared “libertarian socialist.” Graham-Felsen wrote in the Harvard Crimson:
“For me, hearing Chomsky speak for the first time was a life-changing experience. His ability to take preconceptions and destroy them-to completely remodel one’s understanding of reality with cold, hard facts-blew me away. When I left what was then the ARCO Forum last fall, I felt as though I had been through the Matrix and back. Chomsky really has this effect because he bombards you with evidence and logic, not empty rhetoric. It is nearly impossible to hear him or read him-once you’ve actually checked his facts yourself (he even cites page numbers in public addresses)-and deny what he’s saying.”
In actuality, Chomsky “is not concerned with ‘facts’ as he fabricates them with abandon.”
Sam Graham-Felsen contributed to “Marxist publications that openly calls for revolution against the American government.” The fact that Mr. Graham-Felsen has been chosen by Obama to run the on-line portion of his campaign sends chills down your spine and gives you a view of Obama’s character, especially because he does surround himself with the likes of Mr. Graham-Felsen. What are we to believe? That he doesn’t share the Marxist’s view of his close circle?
IS OBAMA’S CIRCLE FULL OF MARXISTS?
By Lance Fairchok
Abstract by Johana Nadler