Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Media Confessions-- Marxists Are Behind the Antiwar Protests

Well that only took FOUR YEARS!
But, it's not like it was a secret...

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Reuters today reported that the two main groups organizing the antiwar protests on Iraq. ANSWER Coalition and Troops Out Now are associated with the communist World Workers Party:

Saturday's protest, sponsored by the Troops Out Now Coalition, came two weeks after an antiwar event sponsored by the ANSWER Coalition, which drew roughly 10,000 people. ANSWER also sponsored a rally in March.

The groups' agendas are similar, opposing what they call "imperialist" U.S. policy not only in Iraq but toward countries like Cuba and Iran -- which has alienated some supporters.

"There's all of these peripheral issues that you're going to be associated with, whether you want to or not," said Hamilton College history professor Maurice Isserman.

Both groups' leaders were associated with the Workers World Party, which advocates a shift toward a Soviet-style planned economy. But a 2004 dispute prompted some members to form the splinter Party for Socialism and Liberation.

Members of the splinter group stayed active in the ANSWER Coalition, and the remaining members of the Workers World Party formed the Troops Out Now Coalition, Troops Out Now spokesman Dustin Langley said.
WOW! The media finally outs the Communists!
They must be really be pi$$ed about the dwindling protests.
Those topless moonbats probably didn't help much either.

Sweetness and Light has more on the Workers World Party.

14 Comments:

Blogger Yiddish Steel said...

C'mon, Jimmy! You have got to be kidding me. These people at the war protests and ilegal immigration protests aren't just regular "grass roots" citizens, but, nefarious foot soldiers of a communist cabal?! Say it ain't so, Jimmy!

BTW... Your blog rokks! \m/

1:01 PM  
Blogger bg said...

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hah, Ramsey Clark.. Saddam's ole bud, tsk, tsk..

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3:58 PM  
Anonymous Neo said...

We've entered the post-Petraeus Iraqi Malaise period.

5:48 PM  
Blogger Nahanni said...

Someone is going to get fired at AP for this.

5:55 PM  
Blogger juandos said...

"Someone is going to get fired at AP for this"...

Awww nahanni, you mean the AP wasn't taking a shot at trying out the Fairness Doctrine?!?!

I mean this alledged news report so fair, so balanced like this one...

7:26 PM  
Anonymous Bleepless said...

As usual, the MSM story is gutless and mendacious. The Workers' World Party is not after a "Soviet-style planned economy," but Maoism and all that implies.

7:52 PM  
Blogger CharlesR said...

Thanks for the link [in re topless idiots]! You missed my video on this specific subject, though:

The Internationale: ANSWER Protest 9/15/2007, Washington DC

Enjoy!

8:41 PM  
Anonymous happyfeet said...

Isn't that a Reuters article?

9:24 PM  
Blogger bg said...

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could be the Dems might expect to win in 08, and want to make sure the money is there to pay off the illegals they plan on giving "real" amnesty to for their votes..

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9:32 PM  
Blogger Gateway Pundit said...

thanks happyfeet.
corrected.

9:43 PM  
Blogger cloris said...

the result of the publicity-induced "schism" - the "party for socialism and liberation" - is the thinnest of front group whitewashes. the "new" group, answer and the iac of the wwp are still reachable via the same phone number and mailing address.

brian becker is still the cheif of operations and ramsey clark is still associated. for which i'd like to echo bg's point and ask sarchasticly: will we have to wait another seven years for the msm to make slight mention that the antiwar movement is an astroturf campaign organized by saddam's attorney? and how many years after that will it be aknowleged that the antiwar protests began after 9-11-01 and not 3-20-03?

one thing i'd like to correct though, the wwp is stalinist. the maoists are groups like "not in our name" and the world can't wait" and the related "impeach now" campaigns each of which are campaigns of the revolutionary communist party - a cult built around vietnam era agitator bob avakian and a subset of the progressive labor party.

the rcp is doctrinally eliminationist of gays and lesbians, considering homosexuality to be a perversion of "late capitalism" which will have to be eliminated through "re-education" after the revolution.

7:59 AM  
Blogger AllPaths said...

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8:54 AM  
Blogger pst314 said...

"Well that only took FOUR YEARS!"

But of course, thanks to the MSM's multiple layers of fact-checkers. /sarcasm

10:43 AM  
Anonymous schizoid said...

It figures. Now that the Dem candidates have said they will keep the troops in Iraq it's time to throw the antiwar groups under the bus.

1:21 PM  

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