A once self-proclaimed [[radical]] [[communist]] activist who was appointed by [[Barack Obama]] to serve as the [[Obama administration]]'s "Green Czar".<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=94771 Will a 'red' help blacks go green?, White House appoints 'radical communist' who sees environment as racial issue], ''[[WorldNetDaily.com]]'', April 12, 2009.</ref> He announced his resignation at midnight, September 6, 2009 after a series of controversies over past inflammatory statements.<ref>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5itKcwMMlf6EtyLvYW9VjF2xcVK7gD9AHJII00</ref> After being fired by the [[White House]], Jones went to work at the [[fake news]] network [[CNN]]. Jones previously was a [[John Podesta]] flunky at the [[Center for American Progress]] and served on the board of an environmental activist group at which a founder of the [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorist]] organization is a top director.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106653 ''Obama's 'green jobs czar' worked with terror founder] Van Jones served on board of activist group where Weatherman co-founder [[Jeff Jones]] serves as top director'', By Aaron Klein, [[WorldNetDaily]], August 13, 2009.</ref>
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A once self-proclaimed [[radical]] [[communist]] activist who
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After being fired by the [[White House]], Jones went to work at the [[fake news]] network [[CNN]]. Jones previously was a [[John Podesta]] flunky at the [[Center for American Progress]] and served on the board of an environmental activist group at which a founder of the [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorist]] organization is a top director.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106653 ''Obama's 'green jobs czar' worked with terror founder] Van Jones served on board of activist group where Weatherman co-founder [[Jeff Jones]] serves as top director'', By Aaron Klein, [[WorldNetDaily]], August 13, 2009.</ref>
In the 1990s Van Jones openly described himself as a communist in an in-depth review for the radical publication ''East Bay Express'':
In the 1990s Van Jones openly described himself as a communist in an in-depth review for the radical publication ''East Bay Express'':