Posted on 04/30/2012 4:15:05 PM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
The Obama campaign apparently didn't look backwards into history when selecting its new campaign slogan, "Forward" — a word with a long and rich association with European Marxism.
Many Communist and radical publications and entities throughout the 19th and 20th centuries had the name "Forward!" or its foreign cognates. Wikipedia has an entire section called "Forward (generic name of socialist publications)."
"The name Forward carries a special meaning in socialist political terminology. It has been frequently used as a name for socialist, communist and other left-wing newspapers and publications," the online encyclopedia explains.
The slogan "Forward!" reflected the conviction of European Marxists and radicals that their movements reflected the march of history, which would move forward past capitalism and into socialism and communism.
The Obama campaign released its new campaign slogan Monday in a 7-minute video. The title card has simply the word "Forward" with the "O" having the familiar Obama logo from 2008. It will be played at rallies this weekend that mark the Obama re-election campaign's official beginning.
There have been at least two radical-left publications named "Vorwaerts" (the German word for "Forward"). One was the daily newspaper of the Social Democratic Party of Germany whose writers included Friedrich Engels and Leon Trotsky. It still publishes as the organ of Germany's SDP, though that party has changed considerably since World War II. Another was the 1844 biweekly reader of the Communist League. Karl Marx, Engels and Mikhail Bakunin are among the names associated with that publication.
East Germany named its Army soccer club ASK Vorwaerts Berlin (later FC Vorwaerts Frankfort).
Vladimir Lenin founded the publication "Vpered" (the Russian word for "forward") in 1905. Soviet propaganda film-maker Dziga Vertov made a documentary whose title is sometimes translated as "Forward, Soviet" (though also and more literally as "Stride, Soviet").
Conservative...
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They’re not even attempting to hide their plans anymore. Why should they? There’s no opposition party.
Is this real?
Was Saul Alinsky a communist?
Yes, the leftist ruling elite is full of manipulative sociopaths.
This has to be the dumbest political campaign graphics in history of the Republic...These people are getting dumber by the minute...Great for us...
I’m afraid so.
This has to be the dumbest political campaign graphics in history of the Republic...These people are getting dumber by the minute...
Great for us...
A perfect slogan for Comrade Obama!
Russian cannon-fodder won World War II in Europe (they could have continued to France but we were in the way), but the Chicoms were not a factor in defeating Japan. The decisive factor was American industry and the US military, primarily the Navy for defeating the Japanese Navy and Air Force and starving the home islands of oil, and the Army Air Force for reducing the major cities of Japan to rubble. And the Army ground pounders and the Marines for establishing the air bases. The situation on the ground in Asia was not significant, despite British victories in Burma and the Nationalist & Communist Chinese back and forth.
Good point. They are really rubbing it in.
The sheeple will eventually figure this out, but he hopes it will be too late for them to do anything about it.
Boy these freepers are really nutty for thinking Obama’s campaign slogan might not be totally innocent, aren’t they?
I’ve been thinking about this today. I am totally amazed at how they are being so open about their agenda, especially with the new media now engaged.
Keep that graphic, Phil. It’s excellent! You will need it in the future.
I’m still in shock as to how they are going about this.
nice. write to some conservative cartoonists with the idea
-—The Obama campaign apparently didn’t look backwards into history when selecting its new campaign slogan, “Forward” — a word with a long and rich association with European Marxism.——
Yeah. I guess they didn’t look. Sure.
Apparently the previous slogan, “Let us boldly fulfill our Five Year Plan,” was rejected for also being “associated with Socialism.”
The guy can’t catch a break. It seems like every phrase is somehow associated with socialism!
If a bunch of German socialists got their hindquarters deported after 1848, and came straight to Wisconsin, and kept on with their agitation without a break, maybe by 1851 they had enough influence to get the motto adopted . . . ?
I suppose it's possible, but the time line seems awfully short.
Found a link to the motto origin, which is unremarkable:
http://m.host.madison.com/mobile/article_5aa2bde4-d586-11df-bd79-001cc4c002e0.html
The “official” anthem for the Hitler Youth was “Vorwaert! Vorwaert!” (Forward! Forward!)
Catchy little tune for that budding fascist in your life. Make sure they look snazzy in brown!
I anticipate the English translation to be coming to an elementary school near you very soon. Mmm! Mmm! Mmm!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7ZfjZSaQc
Don’t wait! Sign your kinder up for the Obamajugend now!
Completely agree w/ your post.
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