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Current Communist Goals (1958)
Restoring America PAC ^ | 1958/1963 | Cleon Skousen

Posted on 11/06/2004 11:01:50 AM PST by Remember_Salamis

I don't know how many of you have read this; it's been posted at FR dozens of times since the site was stood up. But there's a lot of new FReepers around that should read this. It is taken from the 1958 book "The Neked Communist" by Cleon Skousen, an FBI Agent. In it, he published a list of what Communism's goals were/are for America. It was later entered into the Conressional Record by Congressman Albert Herlong (D-FL). It is a chilling document when looking back at how many of the 45 goals have been accomplished. Many assume that Skousen somehow acquired a list of goals, which is highly unlikely. What's more likely is that Skousen looked at Communist documents and actions at the time, then extrapolated how they would accomplish those goals. BUT THIS DOES NOT DETRACT FROM THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DOCUMENT. Regardless, words written in 1958 are dead-on accurate predictions of how the Left operates today.

You might need to send it out to everybody you know.

- R.S.

Communist Goals (1963) Documention below

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Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35 January 10, 1963

Current Communist Goals

EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, January 10, 1963

Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America.

At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen:

[From "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen]

CURRENT COMMUNIST GOALS

1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.

2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.

3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.

4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.

5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.

6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.

7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N.

8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N.

9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.

10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.

11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)

12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.

13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.

14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.

15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.

16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.

17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.

18. Gain control of all student newspapers.

19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.

20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.

21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.

22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."

23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."

24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.

25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.

26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."

27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."

28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."

29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.

30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."

31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.

32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.

33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.

34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.

36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.

37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.

38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].

39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.

40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.

41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.

42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems.

43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.

44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.

45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.

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Note by Webmaster: The Congressional Record back this far has not be digitized and posted on the Internet.

It will probably be available at your nearest library that is a federal repository. Call them and ask them.

Your college library is probably a repository. This is an excellent source of government records.

Another source are your Congress Critters. They should be more than happy to help you in this matter.

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You will find the Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto interesting at this point.

Click here to see them listed with brain-challenging comments.

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Webmaster Forest Glen Durland found the document in the library. Sources are listed below. The quote starts on page 259.

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Microfilm:

California State University at San Jose Clark Library, Government Floor Phone (408)924-2770 Microfilm Call Number: J 11 .R5 Congressional Record, Vol. 109 88th Congress, 1st Session Appendix Pages A1-A2842 Jan. 9-May 7, 1963 Reel 12

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The book was found in the off campus stacks, was ordered and checked. The quote below was checked against the original and is correct. The few errors in the copy from the Congressional Record are shown in [ ] .

The quote starts on page 259.

California State University at San Jose, Clark Library stacks call number: Naked Communist HX 56 S55

Book title page: Skousen, W. Cleon. Naked Communist Salt Lake City, Utah: Ensign Publishing Co. C. 1961 , 9th edition July 1961.


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To: TapTheSource

All except for:

1, 2, 3, 15 (half-way), 35 (half-way), 37, and 45.


41 posted on 11/14/2004 7:28:41 PM PST by Remember_Salamis (Freedom is Not Free)
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To: calcowgirl; Coleus

Look at the link here in post 35.


42 posted on 11/14/2004 7:31:49 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Remember_Salamis

Bump, this one is a keeper.


43 posted on 11/14/2004 7:34:20 PM PST by Nowhere Man (We have enough youth, how about a Fountain of Smart?)
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To: Remember_Salamis
So they are well on their way to achieving their goals. I have some stuff that lends credence to this post...let me know if you want more into along these lines--TTS
44 posted on 11/14/2004 7:38:51 PM PST by TapTheSource
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To: bets; ExSoldier; sauropod; shaggy eel; 2sheep; hope; B4Ranch; Scholastic; Free the USA; seamole; ...

post 35, abscam


45 posted on 11/14/2004 7:40:05 PM PST by Coleus (God gave us the right to life and self preservation and a right to defend ourselves and families)
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To: TapTheSource

Yes please.


46 posted on 11/14/2004 7:45:05 PM PST by Remember_Salamis (Freedom is Not Free)
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To: John Robertson
Question: Is this for real? I mean, really really real?

I've wondered myself. I didn't find it at Snopes. I did ask them to look into it.

47 posted on 11/14/2004 7:48:47 PM PST by Plutarch
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To: SE Mom
Here's a side-note. My schooling was in New England- Massachusetts to be precise! I'm a babyboomer, and when I was growing up New Englanders were an independent and self-sufficient bunch. The word welfare was used in ref to safety or general health. If a family was in trouble financially, the doctor wouldn't charge them for visits, the bank would let the mortgage go a few months, and the church would make sure the kids were fed and cared for. This almost never happened- New Englanders were hard and honorable workers.

When I go home now, I keep looking to see these people, hoping they're still there...hoping against hope. I'm sure in some little villages, pockets of sanity are still there...I just don't see them.

The welfare state has seriously eroded both the ability and willingness of people to personally help others, even family members. The idea of personal obligation to others has been replaced by impersonal obligation exercised through the government and paid for by taxes. The widespread attitude is "I pay taxes, let the government handle the problem." Even non-taxpayers toss their responsibilities into the government's lap.

48 posted on 11/14/2004 7:50:04 PM PST by Siamese Princess
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To: Remember_Salamis

Spread these as far and wide as possible...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1224848/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1252938/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1220747/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1265538/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1260168/posts

http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm?include=detail&storyid=161248

http://www.worldthreats.com/russia_former_ussr/Russia%20911.htm

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/9/23/171350.shtml

http://www.newsmax.com/hottopics/China!Taiwan.shtml


49 posted on 11/14/2004 8:21:36 PM PST by TapTheSource
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To: Calpernia

Some food for thought...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1224848/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1252938/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1220747/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1265538/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1260168/posts

http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm?include=detail&storyid=161248

http://www.worldthreats.com/russia_former_ussr/Russia%20911.htm

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/9/23/171350.shtml

http://www.newsmax.com/hottopics/China!Taiwan.shtml


50 posted on 11/14/2004 8:28:11 PM PST by TapTheSource
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To: joesnuffy

Eye opener

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1279555/posts


51 posted on 11/14/2004 8:30:04 PM PST by B4Ranch (The lack of alcohol in my coffee is forcing me to see reality!)
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To: Remember_Salamis

Thanks for posting this. Every American needs to read it for a rude awakening.


52 posted on 11/14/2004 8:30:55 PM PST by WhatPriceFreedom?
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To: TapTheSource

I saw them. I bookmarked the thread. Thanks for the ping.


53 posted on 11/14/2004 8:46:52 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Coleus

Thanks for the ping on this thread.


54 posted on 11/14/2004 8:55:36 PM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: Calpernia

Thanks for the ping!


55 posted on 11/14/2004 9:14:51 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Calpernia; TapTheSource

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56 posted on 11/15/2004 3:38:35 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny (On this day your Prayers are needed!!!!!!!)
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To: Remember_Salamis

11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.) [ala unfit pro-Maoist Sen. John Kerry]

12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.

15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States. [The Democrat party IS the CAPTIVE.]

20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.
[Tacit mandate to favourably review literature and authors with "pro-socialist themes"]

21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures. [What could be more obvious right now!]


57 posted on 12/22/2004 2:13:41 AM PST by purpleland (The price of freedom is vigilance.)
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To: SpaceBar

"We need a new Senator McCarthy."

We need an informed citizenry and an educated youth.

The communist imperative of "Perverse Opposition" is to
relentlessly hypercriticize, vilify, defame the opposition.
(e.g., pathological Bush-Bash!)

"Support whatever the enemy opposes;
oppose whatever the enemy supports." by Mao based on Marx.

According to Mao, the "enemy" is anyone who opposes communism whether parent or friend.

Law students exercise argument - arbitrary adversary is a Mind Game. (ref:the ACLU)

Communist Manifesto is the very antithesis of American independence and governance precepts.






58 posted on 12/22/2004 2:36:55 AM PST by purpleland (The price of freedom is vigilance.)
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To: Remember_Salamis

David Horowitz is a reformed generational communist.

Horowitz started the free speech in academics' movement to counter the oppressive "liberal" leftist domination/brainwash in universities.

Also, read Ronald Rodash who is as astute as Horowitz, and has a similar former communist background.

Also, read Ben Shapiro's BRAINWASHED and his published articles in TownHall.com.


59 posted on 12/22/2004 2:44:30 AM PST by purpleland (The price of freedom is vigilance.)
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To: John Robertson

Another imperative of pro-communist activism to "Lie & Deny" - use any "means to justify the end."

Note that all opponents to communism (& to Amer."liberal" agenda activism)are attacked with mandated ad hominem warfare: "whackjobs" "looney" "paranoic" "facist" "moron"
"xenophobe", "warmonger," "bible thumper", "capitalist pig", "bigot", etc, etc. Oh, yeah: "McCarthyite" is an ad hominem too.

Compare these dynamics to the current Democrats' reactions during the last four years up to post election.


60 posted on 12/22/2004 3:05:11 AM PST by purpleland (The price of freedom is vigilance.)
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