Barack Obama's Connections to Socialism, Communism and Racial Divisiveness

There's no need for a long introduction…this article will				Commonwealth Edison. Howard Trienens, the partner
"speak" for itself. The following is a list of Barack				that handled Commonwealth Edison, hired Bernardine
Obama's connections to socialism, communism,				Dohrn at Sidley. Trienens was on the board of
Marxism, racial divisiveness, and political corruption. If				trustees at Northwestern with Tom Ayers, Dohrn's
you can ignore this and still support the man who				father-in-law, and Newton Minow, another Sidley
refuses to disclose much of his past, then you should				partner.
not be voting in November.				ACORN – Obama has extensive ties to the
The Early Mentors and Influences				Association of Community Organizations for Reform
Barack Hussein Obama Sr. – Barack's father was				Now, as do his two prominent spiritual influences,
an African socialist. While he was not with his son for				Wright and Pfleger. Obama's Developing Communities
much of Barack Jr.'s childhood, they did keep in touch				Project and his "Project VOTE" campaign worked
through routine correspondence according to the				closely with ACORN. Both the Woods Fund and
memoir, Dreams From My Father.				Joyce Foundation – where Obama sat on both
Stanley Ann Dunham – Barack's mother was a 60's				boards – gave frequent donations to ACORN. He
liberal feminist and an atheist – all the makings of a				filed a successful lawsuit on behalf of ACORN to
rebellious, 60's-era, left-wing radical. There is little written				enforce the "motor-voter" law in Illinois. Madeleine
about Barack's mother and her political views, but from				Talbot, a former ACORN leader in Chicago, hired
what is known, she was certainly on the left of the				Obama to train her staff on organizing tactics. Talbot
political spectrum.				was arrested for a protest that broke into a Chicago
Frank Marshall Davis – "Frank," as Barack Obama				City Council session in 1997. In return for training
refers to him in his book, Dreams From My Father,				Chicago ACORN leaders in community organizing
was a member of the Communist Party (USA). He				techniques, Obama received their help with his political
was also a former community organizer in Chicago.				campaigns. Obama had also joined with ACORN to
As a youth, Barack was treated to many of Davis'				try to overturn Indiana's voter I.D. laws, but the
rants about white supremacy, white Christianity, and				Supreme Court rejected their complaint.
undoubtedly was aware of Davis' pro-Soviet writings.				What is ACORN's record? In St. Louis, eight local
In his memoir, Barack merely says he was "intrigued"				ACORN workers were indicted on charges related to
by Davis.				voter fraud from fake information on registration forms
Saul Alinsky – Mr. Alinsky was an avid and open				in 2006. One of the eight pleaded guilty in March.
socialist and the king of social activism, commonly				Seven workers were indicted on felony charges in
called the "father of community organizing." He created				Seattle because of phony registration forms and
many organizations that relied on street agitation				some of the workers already had criminal records.
tactics, such as the Industrial Areas Foundation, which				Three workers pleaded guilty in 2007 and ACORN
trained Obama in organizing tactics. He wrote the				eventually settled the largest case of voter fraud in
book, Rules for Radicals, which outlined many of the				Washington State history, paying $25,000 in restitutions.
tactics used today in community organizing campaigns.				Similar problems are being investigated in at least
Barack Obama worked with the Developing				twelve other states. ACORN's political action
Communities Project and the Gamaliel Foundation –				committee (PAC) has endorsed Barack Obama for
both inspired by Saul Alinsky's tactics and socialist				president.
philosophy. Barack even wrote a chapter on				Notable Friends and Advisors
community organizing in the book, After Alinsky. Saul				Linda Darling-Hammond – Currently an education
Alinsky's son, Lee David Alinsky, recently praised				advisor to the Obama presidential campaign,
Obama on his ability to perform Saul's tactics, saying				Darling-Hammond has some less obvious connections
that Barack "learned his lesson well."				to the leftist agenda, so it will take a little longer to
John L. McKnight – Referred to as Obama's				define them. She has writings and has supported the
"community organizer mentor," McKnight taught Barack				notion of an "education debt" which is said to plague
about community organizing while they were both				minority communities. This concept is a product of
working with the Gamaliel Foundation – a Saul				another educator, Gloria Ladson-Billings. Ladson-Billings
Alinsky production. John McKnight is also a former				is one of the pioneers of the phrase "education debt,"
ACLU director and sits on the board of the National				which is apparently the by-product (at least in part) of
People's Action (NPA), another leftist community				a reparations agenda pushed by people like the
organizing group. He teaches at Northwestern				factually-incorrect and racist, Randall Robinson and
University and he wrote a letter of recommendation				books like, The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks.
to Harvard for Obama.				In 2006, Ladson-Billings gave her Presidential Address
Radical Faith Testimonials				to the leftist-tainted American Educational Research
Reverend Jeremiah Wright – "Uncle J" was				Association (AERA) in which she spoke about
Barack's former pastor and mentor at Trinity United				repaying the "education debt." She also announced the
Church of Christ. The philosophy of the Church is				selection of Darling-Hammond to the Association's
based on the teachings of James Cone's black				governing council that same week. As it turns out, Bill
liberation theology. Cone admits that his theology is a				Ayers was recently elected as an AERA
mix of "black religion and Marxist philosophy." Wright's				vice-president (but for some reason, he no longer
fiery anti-white, anti-capitalist, and anti-United States				appears on their website as a VP of curriculum
sermons landed him in a media controversy that				studies.)
eventually led to Barack's denouncement of him in the				Darling-Hammond and Ladson-Billings also appear
spring of 2008, after 20 years of friendship. Wright had				together in two different liberal education programs, the
married Barack and Michelle and had baptized their				Forum for Education and Democracy (FED) and the
two children. The pastor has also worked with Nation				Economic Policy Institute's (EPI) "Bold Approach." Both
of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan, and his church's				of these programs preach the concept of "social
magazine, Trumpet, has given Farrakhan a lifetime				justice," which seems to be code for socialist
achievement award with praise coming from Wright.				redistribution programs. And they both have more
The black liberation theology that is practiced at Trinity				connections to Bill Ayers. Ladson-Billings has
is based on James Cone's version of the religion. He				contributed writings for Ayers-edited books, she's been
has stated that Trinity represents the most accurate				a co-editor with Ayers, and wrote a forward to
interpretation of his theology. Among the ideas				another of his books. Darling-Hammond, who has
expressed by Cone is the notion that "black religion				taken up the agenda of the two liberal programs,
and Marxist philosophy may show us the way to build				including the notion of the reparations-inspired
a completely new society." He also believes that "to				"education debt," and is a long-time member of the
be black is to be committed to destroying everything				AERA, has also had her writings appear in an
this country loves and adores." Recently, reports have				Ayers-edited book. Ayers obviously supports the liberal
stated that Cone believes nothing Barack Obama has				agenda of both of these educators, the two programs,
said or written in his books and speeches contradicts				and the AERA, as does Mike Klonsky, who is a
Cone's black liberation theology. Obama has simply				co-signer of the "Bold Approach" agenda.
blunted the more "radical edge." On the other hand,				Laurence Tribe – Mr. Tribe was one of Barack's
Reverend Wright seems to have a firm grasp on				professors/mentors at Harvard. He co-founded and is
what his theology represents – and he was able to				on the board of advisors of the American Constitution
influence Barack Obama with it for 20 years.				Society (ACS), a leftist counter to the Federalist
Father Michael Pfleger – This seemingly				Society. The ACS defines itself as promoting the
out-of-place white priest with a predominantly black				"progressive" agenda in law. Mr. Tribe has been
congregation in South Chicago has had a relationship				accused of plagiarizing in one of his books and
with Obama for nearly 20 years as well. He has				believes animals should have legal standing to sue
received hundreds of thousands of dollars in earmarks				humans and businesses. He is on a short list of
and foundation grants from Obama and has				possible Supreme Court nominees if Obama wins the
contributed to Barack's multiple political campaigns. He				presidential election and is currently an advisor to his
had appeared on Barack's campaign website under				campaign.
the "Faith" category, but he has since been removed.				Charles Ogletree – He is another one of Barack's
Much like Wright, Father Pfleger spews fiery racial				Harvard professors/mentors and an advocate for
sermons and gives his support and admiration to Louis				reparations for slavery, despite the fact that he
Farrakhan. According to Wright's Trumpet magazine,				believes reparations could cost the government trillions
Pfleger also claims he "got very educated by the				of dollars – and the fact that those trillions would
[Black] Panthers – very educated."				come from the taxpayers, including other black people.
Domestic Terrorism and Social "Reform"				He has also been accused of plagiarizing, like his
William Ayers – Mr. Ayers is an unrepentant				colleague Laurence Tribe, and is currently an advisor to
domestic terrorist and an anti-capitalist. He was a				the Obama campaign.
leader of the Students for a Democratic Society				Cornel West – Mr. West defines his political ideology
(SDS) in the 1960's and one of the militant spin-offs, the				as "non-Marxist socialist." He is an anti-capitalist and
terrorist Weather Underground organization. These				honorary chair of the Democratic Socialists of
organizations were comprised of communist ("small				America. He is a contributor/signatory to the
'c'") and anti-capitalist radicals. Part of Ayers' Weather				Progressives for Obama website and has endorsed
Underground strategy was to align with black				the Black Radical Congress' (BRC) call for a "renewed
revolutionary organizations like the Black Panther Party				struggle." He appeared together with Reverend
because among other things, they felt "white America"				Jeremiah Wright on a panel called "Faith as a Weapon:
exploited black people and they were taken to the				Spirituality and the Role of the Church in the Radical
military-like discipline exhibited by those groups. Their				Movement" hosted by the newly formed BRC in 1998.
activities included bombing police stations, the Capitol				West was also involved in the Million Man March and
Building, and the Pentagon. In recent years, Ayers has				has many other connections to the racist and
publicly stated that he is not sorry for what he did and				anti-Israeli, Louis Farrakhan.
wishes that he had done more. He has been				Alice Palmer – She is a former executive board
photographed stomping on the American flag and				member of the U.S. Peace Council (a communist front
says the idea that the United States is a fair and just				group), which is an affiliate of the World Peace Council
nation "makes me want to puke." He has also given				(a Soviet front group). In 1983, she attended the World
speeches in Venezuela praising the efforts in				Peace Council's Prague Assembly. Palmer wrote an
education that the Hugo Chavez regime has been				article in the People's Daily World – a CPUSA
making…efforts that he has been trying to implement				newspaper – describing how impressive the Soviet
in the Chicago school system for decades.				system was when she attended the 27th Congress
Bill Ayers served for six years on the Chicago				of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. When she
Annenberg Challenge (CAC) with Barack Obama.				decided to give up her Illinois Senate seat in an effort
Both men headed up separate branches of the CAC				to win an election for U.S. Representative, she
that worked together on project funding. He also				identified Barack Obama as her successor in the
served on the board of the Woods Fund with Obama				State Senate. She held a "meet-and-greet" at the
for three years. In 1995, Ayers hosted the event at his				home of Bill Ayers for Obama's introduction into the
house which would become the kick-start to Obama's				Illinois political arena.
political career. In that "meet-and-greet," Alice Palmer				Antoin "Tony" Rezko – The relationship between
handed over her Illinois State Senate reins to Barack				Obama and Rezko goes back to 1990. That year,
(more on that later). Ayers wrote a book on the				Tony Rezko offered Obama a job with his housing
juvenile justice system which Barack endorsed				development business, but Obama declined. They
warmly, then the two were on a panel set up by				remained friends ever since and Rezko became one
Michelle Obama to discuss the merits of the book and				of Obama's biggest campaign contributors. Over the
current (at the time) legislation on the subject –				years, Barack has obtained millions of dollars in grants
which both Ayers and Obama opposed, as well as				for Rezko to build inner-city housing. However, many
Bernardine Dohrn. Barack also taught classes at the				of these properties have been plagued by financial
University of Illinois-Chicago, where Ayers is a faculty				misdeeds and problems with infrastructure and
member. In 2002, the Black Radical Congress (BRC)				maintenance. One project for a senior-citizens
hosted a panel discussion at the University of				complex garnered $14 million for Rezko and his
Illinois-Chicago called "Intellectuals in Times of Crisis."				business partner, Allison Davis – an Obama
Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, and three endorsers of the				fundraiser and former boss at the law firm then
BRC were on this panel. Contrary to the protestations				named Davis Miner Barnhill & Galland. At the time
by the Obama campaign, Bill Ayers is more than "just				Obama's letter was written asking for legislative
a guy" who lives in Barack's neighborhood.				support for the project, Cottage View Terrace,
Bernardine Dohrn – She is the wife of Bill Ayers				Obama was a lawyer with Miner Barnhill & Galland
and a former radical herself. Dohrn was the leader of				– the same law firm but without Davis as a partner.
the Revolutionary Youth Movement of the SDS and				The firm had several companies owned by Rezko
the Weather Underground. She was also a signatory				and Davis as clients, but not New Kenwood LLC
of the Weather Underground's "Declaration of War"				which was in charge of Cottage View Terrace. Tony
against the United States. She was a communist				Rezko was recently convicted of several felonies
(Marxist-Leninist) and is a convicted criminal for her				involving corruption and kickbacks to various Chicago
actions in the violent radical groups she was involved				politicians.
with throughout the 60's and 70's, particularly the				In June 2005, Barack Obama and Tony Rezko
aforementioned bombings. Dohrn later obtained a				purchased adjacent properties on the same day and
position at Sidley & Austin, the law firm where Michelle				from the same owner in Chicago. Obama paid
Obama worked. Dohrn's father-in-law, Tom Ayers,				$300,000 below the asking price while Rezko paid full
owned a company which had received long-time				price. At the time, it was already known that Rezko
outside counsel from Sidley. She obtained her position				was under investigation for criminal charges. In January
at Sidley & Austin through Howard Trienens, a senior				of 2006, Mrs. Rezko sold a ten foot strip of property
partner. Trienens, Tom Ayers, and Sidley partner				to Obama. When asked about the questionable
Newton Minow, all served on the board of trustees at				circumstances surrounding the purchase of the two
Northwestern University. Dohrn is now an adjunct				properties, Obama apologized and said his actions
professor at Northwestern.				were "boneheaded."
Mike Klonsky – He was a Maoist, a former SDS				Rashid Khalidi – Mr. Khalidi is a Palestinian political
national chairman (1968), and formed the "October				activist and a professor at Columbia University. For six
League" when the SDS broke into several factions.				years in Beirut, he was the director of WAFA, the
The October League later became the				official Palestinian press agency where his wife had
Beijing-recognized U.S. Communist Party				also worked as chief editor of the English section. Mr.
(Marxist-Leninist), of which Klonsky became a leader in				Khalidi has also worked with the Palestine Liberation
the 70's, traveling to China and praising the Maoist				Organization (PLO) during the height of its terrorist
leadership. He took over the Small Schools Workshop				campaigns in the Middle East. While in Chicago, the
which was created by Ayers, when Ayers headed up				Khalidi's created the Arab American Action Network
the CAC in 1995. The CAC, with Barack as one of its				(AAAN), an anti-Israeli group, and received $75,000 in
chairs, continued to fund the Workshop throughout the				grants from the Woods Fund when Obama and
CAC's existence. Klonsky was also an official blogger				Ayers were on the board. Khalidi has also held
for the Obama presidential campaign website in 2008.				fundraisers for Obama and the Obama's have had
Marilyn Katz – She oversaw security for the SDS,				many dinners at the Khalidi's home in Chicago. Khalidi
where she met Ayers. She was part of the				also started the website Electronic Intifada – an
Committee of Correspondence for Democracy and				anti-Israeli site – with Ali Abunimah, another Obama
Socialism, which organized the 2002 anti-war speech in				associate. Both Khalidi and Abunimah have considered
Chicago where Barack Obama famously spoke out				Obama a friend and ally to their cause.
against the Iraq War. Katz is a signatory of the				Robert Malley – This former "informal" foreign policy
Progressives for Obama website and the founder of				advisor to the Obama campaign resigned in May 2008
Chicagoans Against War on Iraq. She also happens to				due to allegations that he was meeting with members
have played poker games with Judson Miner, the				of the terrorist organization, Hamas. Malley dismissed
liberal lawyer who hired Obama upon his return to				his meetings with these contacts as simply being part
Chicago after graduating Harvard Law School. Obama				of his job. But he is also anti-Israeli with a long list of
met Katz through the Miner Barnhill & Galland law firm.				op-ed articles – some co-authored by former
Miner was also a law school classmate of Bernardine				Yasser Arafat advisors – with a revisionist slant
Dohrn at the University of Chicago in the 60's. Katz				and intent to denounce Israeli attempts for peace and
has held fundraisers for Obama in her home and is a				security. Not surprisingly, Malley's father was a fervent
media advisor for the Obama presidential campaign.				anti-Western, "Third-Worldist" who wrote about
Carl Davidson – He was a former leader of the				liberation "struggle" – leftist code for anti-capitalism
SDS and a Maoist, like Klonsky. He was also one of				and pro-socialist/communist movements.
the organizers for the 2002 anti-war speech. Davidson				Other Supporters of Obama and/or His Policies
is the webmaster for the website, Progressives for				Hugo Chavez – Venezuelan dictator
Obama, which posts blogs from other 60's radicals like				Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – President of Iran
Tom Hayden and Bill Fletcher, who created the				Fidel Castro – Cuban dictator
website and its agenda.				Party of European Socialists
Bill Fletcher – As mentioned, he was a 60's radical				Louis Farrakhan – Supreme Minister, Nation of Islam
(a Maoist) and is one of the creators of the				Democratic Socialists of America
Progressives for Obama website. While there is no				Communist Party USA (CPUSA)
evidence of a direct connection to the Obama				Frank Chapman – Member of U.S. Peace Council
campaign, he has endorsed the call of the Black				Executive Committee (an FBI-identified communist
Radical Congress along with Obama advisor Cornel				front group)
West and has connections to others that are directly				Mark Solomon – National co-chair, Committees of
involved with Obama and his campaign.				Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
Incestuous Relationships and Friendly Donations				Joel Wendland – Managing editor of CPUSA online
Woods Fund – In 1993, Barack Obama became a				magazine Political Affairs: Marxist Thought Online
board member with the Woods Fund. A man named				Pepe Lozano – Leader in the Chicago Youth
Ken Rolling was a program officer with the fund at the				Communist League and editorial board member of
time. During the late 80's the Woods Fund gave grants				CPUSA newspaper, People's World Weekly
to the Developing Communities Project, where Obama				Closing Thoughts
had worked as a community organizer. At the time,				These are not just associations. All of these
the Woods Fund was supporting the Chicago Local				connections are family members, close friends and
School Councils (LSC's) which were created from the				"mentors," and affiliations/organizations that Obama
1988 Chicago School Reform Act. Bill Ayers was				willingly participated with and in – and financially
involved with establishing these LSC's along with his				supported. If Barack doesn't know about their past and
brother John, who was a leader in the LSC's and				their political ideologies, then he is oblivious to his
became head of the Leadership for Quality Education				surroundings and does not belong in the White House
(LQE) in 1993. The LQE was a group formed at the				as the leader of our country. If he knew about these
time of the Reform Act and was supported by a local				things but didn't think they mattered, then he is beyond
business lobby that wanted to use the LQE as a				naïve and does not belong in the White House. If he
means to train the LSC's. Ayers joined Obama on the				knew about these things and openly welcomed it, then
board of the Woods Fund in 1999 and they worked				he's just downright dangerous and does not belong on
together there until 2002.				a local school board, let alone in the White House.
Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC) – Bill Ayers				All of these incestuous relationships directly place
played a seminal role in the creation of the CAC. One				Barack Obama deep inside the socialist/communist
of the main goals of the Challenge was to build on the				movements in Chicago. His plans and policies are
1988 Reform Act and the LSC's, which he supported				radical and his associations and partners are mostly on
and in which his brother was involved. In 1995, the CAC				the very far left of politics. Socialism and communism
began its operations with Barack Obama as Chairman				are not – and shouldn't be – acceptable
of the Board. Bill Ayers was co-chair of the Chicago				philosophies in this country, especially from a person
School Reform Collaborative, one of three branches				running for president. This isn't simply a matter of "guilt
of the CAC – the Board being another. Ken Rolling				by association." These relationships are long-lasting and
was brought in from the Woods Fund as Executive				ingrained into Barack's political philosophy and ideology.
Director. In the first year a $175,000 grant was				There's a reason why he will do anything and
awarded to the Small Schools Workshop which was				everything it takes to ignore, deny, or denounce every
founded by Ayers but control was turned over to				one of these associations once they are brought to
fellow radical, Mike Klonsky, once Ayers began the				the public's attention.
CAC. Obama and Ayers worked together in the CAC				Is this guilt by association? Not at all. These
from 1995 until its end in 2001. That year, the CAC				associations demonstrate a pattern of relationships
came to an end but handed startup funds over to				with leftist radicals, criminally corrupt developers, and
Penny Pritzker and the Chicago Public Education Fund				racially divisive activists. These relationships are not a
(CPEF). Pritzker is now part of the fundraising				matter of happenstance either. Barack sought out
operation in the Obama campaign. In 2003, the CAC's				these groups from his early days. He did not grow up
own report admitted that the ultimate goal of the CAC				in Chicago – he chose to live there. His associations
– to improve academic achievement – was a				are a direct result of his decision-making and his
failure. Regardless of the outcome, it is plain that the				chosen path to political power. He willingly participated
goals for Ayers and Obama were similar…and				in socialist-minded groups and worked with radicals
knowing Ayers' past, it isn't something that should be				and unrepentant criminals. He is beyond dangerous to
taken with a grain of salt.				this republic of ours and his policies are beyond
Sidley & Austin – This is the Chicago law firm that				destructive.
brought in Obama as a summer associate in 1989. It's				For all of the voters going to the polls in November to
also the firm where Michelle Obama worked and				vote for change:
reportedly met Barack for the first time. Sidley had				You have been warned.
been outside counsel to Tom Ayers' company,

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