Obama's Ties to Socialism, Marxism and Communism Obama's Parents Met in a Russian Class Back then it was the Communist USSR "His mother, Stanley Ann Dunham (her father always wanted a son), was white and just 18 when they met in a Russian class." Source: Sharon Cohen, “St Louis Times” Obama's Father Wrote About Socialism His father wrote a paper called "Problems With Our Socialism" that advocates 100% taxation of the rich, communal ownership of land and the forced confiscation of privately controlled land. Source: Greg Ransom, PrestoPundit Obama's Mother Was a "Communist Sympathizer" Friends describe her as a “fellow traveler”, that is, a communist sympathizer, from her youth, according to a March 27, 2007, Chicago Tribune report. Source: Spengler, “Asia Times” "The values she taught me continue to be my touchstone when it comes to how I go about the world of politics” Barack Obama. Source: Tim Jones, “Chicago Tribune” ______________________________________________________________________ Obama's Teen Mentor was Frank Marshall Davis (a known CPUSA member) Through Frank Marshall Davis, Obama had an admitted relationship with someone who was publicly identified as a member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). The record shows that Obama was in Hawaii from 1971-1979, where, at some point in time, he developed a close relationship, almost like a son, with Davis, listening to his poetry and getting advice on his career path. Source: Jim Corsi, based on “Communism in Hawaii and the Obama Connection” (Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein) Obama, in his book, “Dreams From My Father,” refers to Frank Marshall Davis repeatedly as just Frank." Source: Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy in the Media Kathryn Takara of the University of Hawaii who wrote a dissertation on the life of Frank Marshall Davis confirmed that Davis was a significant influence on Obama when he attended Punahou prep school in Hawaii from 1975 to 1979. Source: Jim Corsi, based on “Communism in Hawaii and the Obama Connection” (Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein) Obama's Brother Roy and Cousin Odinga are Marxists Barack Obama's older brother, Abongo "Roy" Obama is a Luo activist, militant Muslim and a Marxist who reportedly has made a pact with a hardline Islamic group in Kenya to establish Shariah courts throughout the country. Source: Invenstor's Business Daily “The person who made me proudest of all was Roy.” – Barack Obama. Source: Bill Sammon, “The Examiner.” ______________________________________________________________________ Obama Attended Cooper Union Socialist Conferences Obama went to socialist conferences at Cooper Union, attended African cultural fairs in Brooklyn and started lecturing his relatives until they worried he'd become "one of those freaks you see on the streets around here." Source: H Kennedy, “NY Daily News Photo: An Anti-war Rally at Cooper Union Obama Smoked Pot and Sought Out Marxists in College While in college, Obama smoked marijuana and sought out Marxist students and professors. Source: "Obama and His Pot-Smoking ‘Choom Gang’" by Jonathan Karl and “Dreams From My Father” by Barack Obama Obama Hand Picked by Alice Palmer to Succeed Her in the Illinois State Senate Alice Palmer picked Obama to be her successor in 1995. She was the only African-American journalist to travel to the Soviet Union to attend the 27th Congress of the Communist Party and wrote an article in 1986 for the CPUSA newspaper, “People's Daily World.” Source: Jim Corsi based on “Communism in Chicago and the Obama Connection” (Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Obama's Run for Illinois State Senate Launched by a Fundraiser Organized by Alice Palmer at the Ayers' Chicago Home Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dorhn (his wife) are former terrorists from the Weather Underground whose SDS organization received financial contributions from the CPUSA. Source: Jim Corsi based on “Communism in Chicago and the Obama Connection” (Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein) Obama had a Close Relationship with the "AntiCapitalist" Group ACORN Obama had an intimate and longterm association with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). Acorn played a major role in Obama’s political advance. Acorn’s radical agenda embraced “undisguised authoritarian socialism.” Source: Stanley Kurtz, “National Review” Obama’s Supporters Honored Che Guevara In 1961, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, head of Cuba’s Foreign Liberation Department, said: "The U.S. is the great enemy of mankind! Against those hyenas there is no option but extermination.” In 1962, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI discovered that Guevara’s bombast had substance. They cracked a plot that targeted Macy’s, Gimbel’s, Bloomindales and Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal with a dozen incendiary devices and 500 kilos of TNT set to go off the day after Thanksgiving. Guevara raved: "The victory of socialism is well worth millions of atomic victims." Source: "Che Guevara and the Obama Campaign" by Humberto Fontova