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2banon

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6. I see, an open letter.. reaches beyond the WH.

Reply to TBF (Reply #4)

Sun May 18, 2014, 11:44 AM

May 2014

Yeah, just the word "communist" creates mental road blocks - fortified with generations of hard core propaganda. It's practically in the "dna" of american mentality to be "anti-communist" without even so much as having an inkling of what it means, and it will always be associated with a failed state.

The only way I see getting around that is to retire the terminology, the actual word communist, changing the Party name, organize on the principles. Before you say it, I know that's not going to happen because of the tenacious attachment to the identity with the party name.

I just don't know how we overcome this dilemma.

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CPUSA sends protest letter to President Obama on Ukraine [View all] TBF May 2014 OP

Maybe it could be stronger... socialist_n_TN May 2014 #1

Agreed. 2banon May 2014 #3

Yes the republicans have used TBF May 2014 #5

Yeah, you'd think. 2banon May 2014 #7

Thanks for posting this, it wil be completely ignored of course.. 2banon May 2014 #2

That's ok - Obama isn't really my audience. TBF May 2014 #4

I see, an open letter.. reaches beyond the WH. 2banon May 2014 #6