Anyways, I'm not here to defend the atrocities of Lenin, Stalin or Mao. I don't consider myself a Marxist, however the man did have some valid points. The beginning of the book starts out just bashing Marx and his family, giving a very short poor excuse for a biography of the philosopher. I'm all for constructive criticism but the things Skousen writes are absurd. Early in the book the author refers to a very eloquent letter a 17 year old Marx sent to his family as unveiling "deeply sentimental, woman-like feelings." Wow! How freaking outdated is this book?? Very! Later in the book, Skousen writes that one of communism evil goals was to present homosexuality as "normal, natural and healthy." Another thing that was absurd was the praise the author gives to J. Edgar Hoover and the F.B.I. decribed as a "remarkable administration." Well Skosen was with the F.B.I. , but Jesus!

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." I have never given any volume such an unqualified endorsement.”— CBS national broadcaster Paul Harvey W. Cleon Skousen published The Naked Communist in 1958, just after the Second Red Scare. Julius and Ethel Rosenburg, Alger Hiss, Elizabeth Bentley, Whittaker Chambers and others had been revealed as Soviet spies and/or sympathizers, and the American public was concerned that their government had been deeply penetrated by the enemy. In 1961, Skousen added to the book a list of 45 goals of the Communists. The book got a second, posthumous refresher in 2017, after Dr. Ben Carson referenced the book in a public forum, noting that most of the Communists' 45 Goals are still relevant more than 5 decades on, noting that most of the goals have already been achieved, and decrying what (the Left) is "trying to do to the American family, and what they are trying to do to destroy our Judeo-Christian values and morality." By Skousen's 2006 death, he remained fairly obscure except among "furthest-right Mormons." [16] U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, himself Mormon, who had Skousen and Skousen's Freemen Institute as patrons when Hatch ran for the Senate as an unknown in 1976, [38] eulogized Skousen on the floor of the U.S. Senate, [39] saying: Note: I listened to the audio version of this book so this Cleanliness Report may not be as thoroughly detailed as other reports are. Also, some inappropriate content may have been forgotten/missed and not included in the report.Extend long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.2022 Note: No long-term loans should even be considered for what can be considered the new Axis nations: China, Iran, Syria, Turkey and most of the Middle East, until they renounce Russian aggression and take tangible steps to oppose it. Repeal the Connally Reservation so the U.S. cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over nations and individuals alike. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war. 2022 Note: China, Iran, Syria, Turkey and most of the Middle East overtly support Putin and his aggression in Europe. How long are we going to continue to look the other way on this blatant support of tyranny? His seminars on the Constitution have been taught to several million people across the U.S., and among his students were dozens of U.S. senators and representatives, two Supreme Court justices, and several presidential candidates. He believed knowledge and understanding were key to maintaining a free country, and he spent his entire adult life opening up complex issues for deeper understanding by students and audiences all around the world.

The concept of communism and collectivism has been around for centuries, but Marx and Engel tried to apply science to it. The book covers their lives and the principles they laid out for communism. Even without the book’s explanations, the theories are obviously ludicrous. The book clarifies the language and tactics of communists that today’s “trained Marxists” still use. It exposes the fallacies of communism and shows how much misery it had caused (up to 1961; millions more have died under communism since then). The main subject of the book is the communist/socialist plot to overcome and control world governments through the implementation of social progressivism and by undermining American foreign policy through the promotion of internationalism and pacifism. My child, you must not have fear at speaking the truth. It is for the salvation of souls and the recovery of your country. America the beautiful must not fall to communism, My child. America the beautiful shall not be sold into slavery. Cast out the money changers in your government! What manner of government is there that condones sin? Abomination upon abomination--giving monies for the murder of children, giving monies for the murder of the elderly! Your government, My child, has been infiltrated by men of sin." - Our Lady of the Roses, September 13, 1975Shushannah Walshe, Ben Carson Issues Apology for Plagiarism in His Book, ABC News (January 8, 2015).

Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.Prolong the conferences to ban nuclear tests because the U.S. has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress. 2022 Note: We still have plenty of discussions and conferences about nuclear weapons and testing, but the new obfuscation is the “climate crisis.” The U.S. and the West continue to limit our own productivity and energy independence while demanding nothing from Russia, Iran, China, Turkey and other states.

In part 1, we will mostly examine international issues and foreign policy decisions that the Naked Communist points out as ways to degrade our nation. Parts 2 and 3 will look at more internal cultural and revisionist history tactics to disrupt American exceptionalism. Skousen was born in Canada and returned to the U.S. with his family at age ten. He spent two years in Mexico and two years in England, then graduated from San Bernardino College in California and received his JD from George Washington University Law School. He was admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and before the District Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Skousen and his wife, Jewel Pitcher of San Bernardino, California, are the parents of 8 children, 50 grandchildren, and more than a 150 great-grandchildren. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special interest groups should rise up and make a “united force” to solve economic, political or social problems. In an op-ed, Chris Zinda of The Independent [a] points out a book co-published by Cliven Bundy, the central figure of a 2014 standoff with the Bureau of Land Management. According to Zinda, it lays out Bundy's motivations behind the standoff, which he describes as "a combination of LDS theology and Skousen constitutional theory". [52] Family [ edit ] I feel certain that your efforts on this important subject will receive widespread attention and consideration.”— J. Edgar Hoover, first Director of the Federal Bureau of InvestigationZinda, Chris (April 25, 2016). "The 50-year leap, part two: Of echo chambers and sagebrush rebels". The Independent (St. George, Utah). Archived from the original on April 29, 2016 . Retrieved May 2, 2016. Skousen's book came to my attention because it was referenced in several editorials published by Intellectual Takeout, a program of the Charlamagne Institute, which publishes opinion pieces for purposes of "defending and advancing Western Civilization." The mission statement for the Charlamagne Institute specifically references "Cultural Marxism" and a coming "technologically advanced dark age" as two things it stands against. Cultural Marxism is capitalized because it refers to something specific, which I will return to near the end of this review. It suffices for now to say that the reference to Marxism might help explain why a book that was written during the Kruschev era has found a following in the second decade of the following millenium.