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| HOW COMMUNISTS VIEWED JOHN KERRY IN 1971 |
| 2004-09-29 |
| Posted by:Anonymous5089 |
| #2 Kerry, as a young man, was a leader in an antiwar movement that advocated policies that weakened the United States. The antiwar movement succeeded in helping the Vietnamese and Cambodian communists to defeat the United States. Although we eventually won the Cold War against the Soviet Union, communist domination persists in Vietnam and Cambodia. Again, the stakes are high, and again Kerry is advocating policies that would weaken us in the face of today's threat, Islamic fascisum, which is every bit as dangerous, if not more dangerous, than communism. Steve Beren www.steveberen.com |
| Posted by: Flagum Whagum2319 2004-10-02 7:28:25 PM |
| #1 "During the antiwar movement, the Socialist Worker's Party played a significant role in establishing antiwar committees on the campuses, and in organizing major antiwar demonstrations, such as the April 24, 1971 protest march on Washington. John Kerryâs testimony before the Senate in 1971 took place only days before the April 24 protest, and was part of the drama and publicity for the march, which attracted perhaps a million people.  From the point of view of the communists in the SWP, antiwar activity in the 1960s and 1970s was seen as part of a broader radicalization of sections of the American population, especially young people. The antiwar movement was seen as potentially playing a pivotal role in society and politics, helping to deepen the radicalization, providing opportunities to win people over to socialist ideas, and eventually to turn America from a âcapitalist, imperialist powerâ to a revolutionized âworkers stateâ that would pursue socialist policies." Kerry was in the thick of it then, and he hasn't changed much. And NOW I know why the way Kerry talks reminds me of this one German political leader of yesteryear . . . Oh, never mind. Everyone will become "scandalized" if I bring that up again. But they still sound a lot the same to me. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-09-29 2:52:01 PM |