Cliff Kincaid
Communists defend Democrat NYC mayoral candidate
By Cliff Kincaid
Bill de Blasio, the Obama-backed Democrat "progressive" poised to become New York City's mayor, is under attack by "Rupert Murdoch's tabloid empire," his supporters are charging. It's a reference to the New York Post's examination of the candidate's ties to the Nicaraguan Solidarity Network, a Communist-front organization that still supports the Marxist regime in Nicaragua headed by Communist Sandinista Daniel Ortega.
In fact, however, it was The New York Times that originally disclosed de Blasio's fondness for the "foreign revolution" in Nicaragua, in a major piece that shocked even some liberals. The Times article revealed de Blasio's pro-communist activities and his prediction back in 1991 that Islam would become a major political force.
Combined with de Blasio's anti-police views, including his announced desire to can the tough New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, the revelations are worrying New Yorkers concerned about terrorism coming back to the city in a major way. The September 11, 2001, Islamic terrorist attacks in the city killed nearly 3,000 people. Years before that, the Cuban-backed Puerto Rican terrorist group, the FALN, carried out numerous terrorist bombings in the city, including an attack on Fraunces Tavern in 1975, which killed four people.
De Blasio's comrades in the Communist Nicaraguan Sandinista movement were praised by Libya's lunatic leader Muammar Gaddafi as having the will to "fight America on its own ground," and they promised a "revolution beyond our borders" in Nicaragua. The Sandinistas, who were backed by the Soviet Union and Castro's Cuba, seized power in Nicaragua in 1979 and fought in the Middle East with the PLO. In 2012, Sandinista leader and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a guest of honor.
The Nicaraguan Solidarity Network, which still exists, has run an item, "Nicaragua Solidarity Back in the News," noting the media focus on its former comrade de Blasio. It points out that he not only visited Nicaragua, in order to support the regime, but went on a "honeymoon" to Castro's Cuba. The nature of this "honeymoon" has never been fully explained, and the New York media don't seem particularly interested in this aspect of his background. He is married to a former lesbian who joined what would become the Combahee River Collective, described by The New York Times as "an influential collection of black feminist intellectuals."
Castro's Cuba protects several fugitives from American justice, including FALN leader William Morales and convicted cop-killer and Black Liberation Army terrorist Joanne Chesimard.
We conducted our own inquiry into the nature of de Blasio's "solidarity" activity by taking a look at the records of the U.S. Peace Council, housed in the "Peace Collection" at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Peace Council was a Communist Party-dominated organization associated with the World Peace Council, a Soviet front. It played a mostly behind-the-scenes role in "peace" activities throughout the 1980s, although Congress and the FBI did probe its Communist ties in various hearings and investigations.
One of the documents identified the U.S. Peace Council as having helped "initiate" the Nicaraguan Solidarity Network. One of the Peace Council officials, Robert Cohen, a member of the National Lawyers Guild, played a role in starting up the pro-Sandinista organization. "We are doing the same with El Salvador now," said the document, alluding to the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, also known as CISPES.
These activities took place during the late 1970s and '80s when Communists were threatening a complete takeover of Central America and the Caribbean. President Ronald Reagan liberated the island of Grenada in 1983 from a Communist seizure of power and supported anti-Sandinista freedom fighters and the pro-American government of El Salvador. Eventually, the Sandinistas were forced under U.S. military pressure to hold free elections and the Communist terrorists in El Salvador made a peace deal with the government.
De Blasio, who captured the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City on September 10, is running against Republican Joe Lhota in the general election on November 5. De Blasio's Marxist views were largely ignored during the campaign because of the media interest in another Democratic primary candidate, sex pervert and former congressman Anthony Weiner.
But after de Blasio won the nomination, The New York Times apparently thought his background deserved some attention, and the story about his pro-Sandinista activities was published. The paper sent a reporter to examine the records of the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York, which included incriminating documents about de Blasio.
After these revelations, De Blasio was even asked about the influence of Marxism on his current views, a question he dismissed as antiquated. Still, he has not disavowed previous statements in support of "liberation theology" and "democratic socialism."
He was an aide to former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, who was closely associated with the Democratic Socialists of America.
Curiously, it also turns out that de Blasio has had three different names, but he refuses to talk about that in any depth, either.
Now that de Blasio is positioned to crush Lhota, in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans by six to one, some media attention is being paid to his far-left views, and it appears that de Blasio's Marxist supporters are starting to get worried. Hence, their attacks on the "Murdoch Empire" and the New York Post, the paper following up on de Blasio's extreme views.
The Nicaragua Solidarity Network is advising its activists to write a letter to the editor of the New York Post protesting the paper's scrutiny of de Blasio.
The national office of the group says, "Former Nicaragua solidarity activist Bill de Blasio is the frontrunner in the NYC mayoral election. The right-wing is pulling out all the old lies against Nicaragua from Reagan's dirty war against the Sandinistas in order to tar de Blasio. While the Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice has no position for or against any candidate for political office in New York or anywhere else, we do have an interest in countering the current slanders against Nicaragua."
The Alliance for Global Justice, the parent organization, is funded by billionaire leftist George Soros and provides money and support for such organizations as Occupy Wall Street and the Bradley Manning Support Network, named for the Army traitor. Soros has personally endorsed de Blasio for mayor.
As we noted in a previous article, beneficiaries of largesse from the Alliance for Global Justice have also included Code Pink, the Venezuela Solidarity Network, and ANSWER – the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism group.
Code Pink is the hard-left organization that includes luminaries such as Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, a fundraiser for Obama. When they are not protesting U.S. foreign policy, they are working to undermine Israel.
De Blasio is their candidate in New York City.
© Cliff Kincaid
October 11, 2013
Bill de Blasio, the Obama-backed Democrat "progressive" poised to become New York City's mayor, is under attack by "Rupert Murdoch's tabloid empire," his supporters are charging. It's a reference to the New York Post's examination of the candidate's ties to the Nicaraguan Solidarity Network, a Communist-front organization that still supports the Marxist regime in Nicaragua headed by Communist Sandinista Daniel Ortega.
In fact, however, it was The New York Times that originally disclosed de Blasio's fondness for the "foreign revolution" in Nicaragua, in a major piece that shocked even some liberals. The Times article revealed de Blasio's pro-communist activities and his prediction back in 1991 that Islam would become a major political force.
Combined with de Blasio's anti-police views, including his announced desire to can the tough New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, the revelations are worrying New Yorkers concerned about terrorism coming back to the city in a major way. The September 11, 2001, Islamic terrorist attacks in the city killed nearly 3,000 people. Years before that, the Cuban-backed Puerto Rican terrorist group, the FALN, carried out numerous terrorist bombings in the city, including an attack on Fraunces Tavern in 1975, which killed four people.
De Blasio's comrades in the Communist Nicaraguan Sandinista movement were praised by Libya's lunatic leader Muammar Gaddafi as having the will to "fight America on its own ground," and they promised a "revolution beyond our borders" in Nicaragua. The Sandinistas, who were backed by the Soviet Union and Castro's Cuba, seized power in Nicaragua in 1979 and fought in the Middle East with the PLO. In 2012, Sandinista leader and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a guest of honor.
The Nicaraguan Solidarity Network, which still exists, has run an item, "Nicaragua Solidarity Back in the News," noting the media focus on its former comrade de Blasio. It points out that he not only visited Nicaragua, in order to support the regime, but went on a "honeymoon" to Castro's Cuba. The nature of this "honeymoon" has never been fully explained, and the New York media don't seem particularly interested in this aspect of his background. He is married to a former lesbian who joined what would become the Combahee River Collective, described by The New York Times as "an influential collection of black feminist intellectuals."
Castro's Cuba protects several fugitives from American justice, including FALN leader William Morales and convicted cop-killer and Black Liberation Army terrorist Joanne Chesimard.
We conducted our own inquiry into the nature of de Blasio's "solidarity" activity by taking a look at the records of the U.S. Peace Council, housed in the "Peace Collection" at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Peace Council was a Communist Party-dominated organization associated with the World Peace Council, a Soviet front. It played a mostly behind-the-scenes role in "peace" activities throughout the 1980s, although Congress and the FBI did probe its Communist ties in various hearings and investigations.
One of the documents identified the U.S. Peace Council as having helped "initiate" the Nicaraguan Solidarity Network. One of the Peace Council officials, Robert Cohen, a member of the National Lawyers Guild, played a role in starting up the pro-Sandinista organization. "We are doing the same with El Salvador now," said the document, alluding to the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, also known as CISPES.
These activities took place during the late 1970s and '80s when Communists were threatening a complete takeover of Central America and the Caribbean. President Ronald Reagan liberated the island of Grenada in 1983 from a Communist seizure of power and supported anti-Sandinista freedom fighters and the pro-American government of El Salvador. Eventually, the Sandinistas were forced under U.S. military pressure to hold free elections and the Communist terrorists in El Salvador made a peace deal with the government.
De Blasio, who captured the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City on September 10, is running against Republican Joe Lhota in the general election on November 5. De Blasio's Marxist views were largely ignored during the campaign because of the media interest in another Democratic primary candidate, sex pervert and former congressman Anthony Weiner.
But after de Blasio won the nomination, The New York Times apparently thought his background deserved some attention, and the story about his pro-Sandinista activities was published. The paper sent a reporter to examine the records of the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York, which included incriminating documents about de Blasio.
After these revelations, De Blasio was even asked about the influence of Marxism on his current views, a question he dismissed as antiquated. Still, he has not disavowed previous statements in support of "liberation theology" and "democratic socialism."
He was an aide to former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, who was closely associated with the Democratic Socialists of America.
Curiously, it also turns out that de Blasio has had three different names, but he refuses to talk about that in any depth, either.
Now that de Blasio is positioned to crush Lhota, in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans by six to one, some media attention is being paid to his far-left views, and it appears that de Blasio's Marxist supporters are starting to get worried. Hence, their attacks on the "Murdoch Empire" and the New York Post, the paper following up on de Blasio's extreme views.
The Nicaragua Solidarity Network is advising its activists to write a letter to the editor of the New York Post protesting the paper's scrutiny of de Blasio.
The national office of the group says, "Former Nicaragua solidarity activist Bill de Blasio is the frontrunner in the NYC mayoral election. The right-wing is pulling out all the old lies against Nicaragua from Reagan's dirty war against the Sandinistas in order to tar de Blasio. While the Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice has no position for or against any candidate for political office in New York or anywhere else, we do have an interest in countering the current slanders against Nicaragua."
The Alliance for Global Justice, the parent organization, is funded by billionaire leftist George Soros and provides money and support for such organizations as Occupy Wall Street and the Bradley Manning Support Network, named for the Army traitor. Soros has personally endorsed de Blasio for mayor.
As we noted in a previous article, beneficiaries of largesse from the Alliance for Global Justice have also included Code Pink, the Venezuela Solidarity Network, and ANSWER – the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism group.
Code Pink is the hard-left organization that includes luminaries such as Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, a fundraiser for Obama. When they are not protesting U.S. foreign policy, they are working to undermine Israel.
De Blasio is their candidate in New York City.
© Cliff Kincaid
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