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| − | '''Anthony Kapel "Van" Jones''' (born September 20, 1968) is a [[CNN]] contributor, and an ardent supporter of [[President Donald J. Trump]] and [[conservative]] [[Republican]] Prison Reform initiatives.<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-van-jones-to-cpac-crowd-conservative-movement-is-now-the-leader-on-criminal-justice-reform/</ref> Since the [[Biden]]/[[Clinton]] Crime Bill of 1994, more than 2.5 million [[black]] males have been incarcerated under the [[Democratic party]]'s [[New Jim Crow]] regime.<ref>http://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/incarceration_rates_growth_causes/</ref> Jones lauds President Trump for taking the initiative on [[criminal justice reform]].<ref>https://www.thewrap.com/cnn-van-jones-praises-trump-on-prison-reform-you-got-to-give-him-some-credit/</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/van-jones-defends-presidential-trump-praise-not-saying-hes-george-washington</ref><ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/cpac_invites_van_jones_to_celebrate_the_greatest_lie_of_our_generation.html</ref> | + | '''Anthony Kapel "Van" Jones''' (born September 20, 1968) is longtime [[Marxist]] and [[CNN]] contributor. |
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| | + | Jones has been involved in the anti-police movement since at least 1991 beginning in [[Oakland]], [[California. Since the [[Biden Crime Bill of 1994]], more than 2.5 million [[black]] males have been incarcerated under the [[Democratic party]]'s [[New Jim Crow]] regime.<ref>http://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/incarceration_rates_growth_causes/</ref> Jones lauds President Trump for taking the initiative on [[criminal justice reform]].<ref>https://www.thewrap.com/cnn-van-jones-praises-trump-on-prison-reform-you-got-to-give-him-some-credit/</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/van-jones-defends-presidential-trump-praise-not-saying-hes-george-washington</ref><ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/cpac_invites_van_jones_to_celebrate_the_greatest_lie_of_our_generation.html</ref><ref>https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-van-jones-to-cpac-crowd-conservative-movement-is-now-the-leader-on-criminal-justice-reform/</ref> |
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| − | Jones was a founding organizer and leader<ref>[http://machete408.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/revolutionaries-in-high-places-van-jones/ Revolutionaries in High Places- Van Jones], by adamfreedom March 23, 2009.</ref> of the communist revolutionary organization, Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM). The organization had its roots in a group protesting "U.S. Imperialism" during the [[Persian Gulf War]] of 1991. The leftist blog Machete 48 identifies STORM's influences as "[[third-world]]ist [[Marxism]] (and an often vulgar [[Mao]]ism)."<ref> | + | Jones began his Marxist and anti-police activity in 1991 as a founding organizer<ref>[http://machete408.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/revolutionaries-in-high-places-van-jones/ Revolutionaries in High Places- Van Jones], by adamfreedom March 23, 2009.</ref> of the [[communist]] [[revolution]]ary organization, Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM). The organization had its roots in a group protesting "U.S. Imperialism" during the [[Persian Gulf War]] of 1991. The leftist blog Machete 48 identifies STORM's influences as "[[third-world]]ist [[Marxism]] (and an often vulgar [[Mao]]ism)."<ref> |
| | [http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2009/04/obama-file-72-obama-appoints-former.html Obama File 72 Obama Appoints "Former" Communist To White House "Green Job"], Trevor Louden, April 06, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:9UyDTPx6dGEJ:machete408.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/revolutionaries-in-high-places-van-jones/+van+jones+demos&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nz Machete 48]</ref> | | [http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2009/04/obama-file-72-obama-appoints-former.html Obama File 72 Obama Appoints "Former" Communist To White House "Green Job"], Trevor Louden, April 06, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:9UyDTPx6dGEJ:machete408.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/revolutionaries-in-high-places-van-jones/+van+jones+demos&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nz Machete 48]</ref> |
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| − | ===Did STORM think it was a Vanguard movement?=== | + | ===Revolutionary vanguard=== |
| | :''Main article : [[Revolutionary vanguard]]'' | | :''Main article : [[Revolutionary vanguard]]'' |
| | In ''Reclaiming Revolution'', STORM editors discussed their self-critical evaluation of accusations other groups made <ref>''Reclaiming Revolution, p. 10.''</ref> that STORM considered itself the revolutionary vanguard of Marxism. They write, | | In ''Reclaiming Revolution'', STORM editors discussed their self-critical evaluation of accusations other groups made <ref>''Reclaiming Revolution, p. 10.''</ref> that STORM considered itself the revolutionary vanguard of Marxism. They write, |