[genefromjersey]

Yeah, ol' Wallace was a "closet communist " , as I recall: never an actual card-carrying,meeting attending Communist, but entirely comfortable with those who were.

My late brother was a bit like Wallace : all caught up in the civil rights aspects of what the party was doing , but almost totally unaware the Reds were pushing civil rights as a means of tearing America apart once more. The Reds wanted nothing less than an armed Black insurrection : something they figured would be good for the party whichever way it went.

If the Blacks succeeded, the party would have the inside track in whatever government resulted. If they failed, the party would have martyrs to shout about.The best case scenario, they reasoned, would be a Black guerilla movement :lots of bloodshed, American military forces bogged down, lots of repression, etc.

What's left of the party faithful now calls themselves "Progressives" - same name Wallace's party used. Their aims are still about the same : splinter the Nation by setting factions against one another - something you may have noticed the major media networks also attempt...

[davisfh]

"Yeah, ol' Wallace was a "closet communist " , as I recall: never an actual card-carrying,meeting attending Communist, but entirely comfortable with those who were.

Sort of like modern day Democrats, eh?