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Line 168: − − ==Communism in the Cold War era== − Communist goals of 1963 − − 1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war. − − 2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war. − − 3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament of the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength. − − 4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war. − − 5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites. − − 6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination. − − 7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N. − − 8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N. − − 9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress. − − 10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N. − − 11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.) − − 12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party. − − 13. Do away with all loyalty oaths. − − 14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office. − − 15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States. − − 16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights. − − 17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks. − − 18. Gain control of all student newspapers. − − 19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack. − − 20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policy-making positions. − − 21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures. − − 22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms." − − 23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art." − − 24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press. − − 25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV. − − 26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy." − − 27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch." − − 28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state." − − 29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis. − − 30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man." − − 31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over. − − 32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture—education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc. − − 33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus. − − 34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities. − − 35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI. − − 36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions. − − 37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business. − − 38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand or treat. − − 39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals. − − 40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce. − − 41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents. − − 42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use united force to solve economic, political or social problems. − − 43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government. − − 44. Internationalize the Panama Canal. − − 45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction over nations and individuals alike.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MgqXNaL-2gwC&pg=PA31 Birthing The Phoenix Vol. III], A copy of the goals as entered into Congressional Record by Albert S. Herlong</ref> − − ===Collapse of Soviet communism=== − [[File:Timecommiecover.jpg|thumb|[[Time magazine]] from 1989]] − The shooting down by the Soviets on September 1, 1983 of [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] may have been a contributing factor for the downfall of the Soviet Union as well as for the whole Soviet block. It being a catalyst for the collapse of the Soviet Union may be inferred from the fact that NATO had decided, under the impetus of the U.S. administration, to deploy Pershing II and cruise missiles in Europe, primarily West Germany. This deployment would have placed missiles just 6–10 minutes striking distance from Moscow. But support for the deployment was wavering and many doubted that the missile deployment would find enough support to effect it. When the Soviet Union shot down Flight 007 with 269 people aboard, including conservative Democratic Congressman [[Larry McDonald]] —an act which U.S. President Ronald Reagan characterized as a "massacre"—enough support was galvanized for the deployment. The deployment caused great resources of the Soviet Union to be diverted from inner economic use to military expenditures to counter the U.S. and NATO missile deployment. − − Between 1989 and 1991, many Communist governments fell. The [[Berlin Wall]] in [[Germany]], which had become a symbol for the division between the Communist states and the rest of Europe, was torn down largely in response to Ronald Reagan in 1989, and there was also a large revolution against Romanian dictator [[Nicolaie Ceausescu]] which led to Ceausescu's arrest on December 22 that year and his subsequent execution on December 25 following a quick trial. In 1991, the USSR broke up into several countries - each of which reformed to capitalism. Some of these remained under autocratic governments, but some have embraced democracy. With the collapse the remnants of Communist parties have dropped their old names and ideologies, but still operate on the left of the political spectrum. − − In 1992 President Boris Yeltsin announced that the Russian people had been liberated and that Communism in the former Soviet Union was dead. [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/BorisY] Pres. [[George H. W. Bush]] imagined the global threat had passed by telling Congress, "Communism died this year."<ref>[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=20544 Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union] - January 28, 1992</ref> Liberal historians called the death of the Soviet Union, "the end of history," when in fact the Communist disease only went into remission. The seat of the global Marxist revolution relocated from Moscow to [[Berkeley]], [[California]], under the [[vanguard party]] name, [[Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism]]. − − In contrast to Yeltsins statement his successor [[Russia]]n president [[Vladimir Putin]] declared that "[he] liked Communist and socialist ideas very much and [he] like[s] them still." and compared the Soviet code of conduct to the [[Bible]].<ref>http://www.newsweek.com/russias-putin-says-he-always-liked-communist-socialist-ideas-419289</ref> Putin also has compared communism with Christianity.<ref>Newman, Alex (January 16, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/28051-communism-very-similar-to-christianity-putin-claims Communism “Very Similar” to Christianity, Putin Claims]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 17, 2018.</ref> − − Communism has remained in the world despite the fall of the Soviet bloc in the late 1980s.<ref>Akan, Emel (November 6, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/communism-is-still-with-us-30-years-after-fall-of-the-berlin-wall_3139454.html Communism Is Still With Us 30 Years After Fall of the Berlin Wall]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved November 7, 2019.</ref>
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[[North Korea]] remains a brutal dictatorship controlled by the same family. [[Laos]], and [[Vietnam]] are also run by the old Communist cliques.
[[North Korea]] remains a brutal dictatorship controlled by the same family. [[Laos]], and [[Vietnam]] are also run by the old Communist cliques.
==Modern communism==
==Modern communism==