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Originally Posted by pelathais
The SEIU stands to make out huge when (if?) Obamacare goes through. They can't wait for all those private sector non-unions jobs to evaporate while everyone that's left is forced into their union. These unions operate like the mafia organizations that founded and runs most of them.
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Now now.
The list of endorsers on the Progressives for Obama website further illustrates the socialist nature of the organisation
They include:
Rosalyn Baxandall
Marxist.
Paul Buhle A former member of
SDS, one time editor of the original SDS journal Radical America. Currently a DSA leader.
Malcolm Burnstein Progressive Caucus, California Democratic Party. Formerly active in the communist front National Lawyers Guild. Formerly a partner in the
CPUSA linked San Francisco Bay Area law firm of Truehaft, Walker and Burnstein, that once employed a young Hillary Rodham (Clinton).
Duane Campbell Sacramento Progressive Alliance, Anti-Racism and Latino Commission of DSA.
Jim Campbell CCDS National Co-chair
Steve Cobble Progressive Democrats of America, formerly with the New Party and affiliated with the ultra radical, Cuban linked, Institute for Policy Studies.
Barry Cohen NJ Institute of Technology, CCDS member, formerly with CPUSA.
Carl Davidson PFO webmaster. Former SDS, later involved with Maoist groups and in the 90s with Barack Obama in the New Party. On the national council of CCDS.
Peter Dreier Occidental College, DSA member.
Thorne Dreyer former SDS member
Mickey Flacks former SDS member.
Richard Flacks Husband of Mickey, former SDS member. Active in Santa Barbara DSA.
Jane Fonda (Hanoi Jane) former wife of Tom Hayden.
Aviva Futorian Associated with Obama in the DSA infiltrated Independent Voters of Illinois.
Christine George Researcher and Unversity Teacher. Associated with Chicago DSA.
Todd Gitlin Columbia University. Former
SDS leader.
Jorge Gonzalez Cuba Journal.
Thomas Good
Communist turned anarchist. David Hamilton ex
SDS
Harold Jacobs historian of the SDS terrorist offshot, the Weather Underground.
Michael James Heartland Cafe, 49th Ward Democrats Chicago. Former SDS member.
Zenobia Johnson Black National Organisation of African-Americans in Housing, Chicago. Wife of Obamas friend and supporter Timuel Black of the CCDS Advisory Board.
Marilyn Katz Former Chicago
SDS chief of security. Helped found Chicagoans Against War on Iraq, with Carl Davidson. The pair organised the 2002 peace rally where Obama came out publicly against the Iraq War.
Robin D.G. Kelly Historian. Formerly a member of the Communist Workers party. Now close to CPUSA and active in the Black Radical Congress.
Fred Klonsky former SDS member, son of leading CPUSA member Robert Klonsky.
Susan Klonsky Chicago based education writer, former SDS member.
Jay Mazur A leader of the CPUSA/DSA infiltrated New York Working Families Party.
Joe Moore 49th Ward Alderman, Chicago.
Frances Fox Piven DSA honorary chairman, formerly active in the New Party and closely linked to
ACORN.
Christine Riddiough A former Chicago DSA activist and national leader. Active in soliciting gay support for the Obama campaign.
Mark Rudd A former leader of both
SDS and the terrorist Weather Underground.
Jay Schaffner Local 802 American Federation of Musicians. Active in CCDS, formerly a member of the Chicago CPUSA.
Andy Stern
President, SEIU. Assistant to DSA member and AFL-CIO president John Sweeney. Stern was trained in the DSA controlled Midwest Academy in Chicago.
Harry Targ Leading CCDS member, Purdue University.
Jonathan Tasini National Writers Union. Endorsed by DSA in his unsuccessful 2006 US Senate primary race against Hillary Clinton.
John Trinkl Former writer for the
Maoist oriented journal, The Guardian.
Immanuel Wallerstein Marxist professor, Yale University.
Cornel West Honorary chairman of DSA, calls Obama comrade.
Mildred Williamson
CCDS leader. Formerly a leader of Chicago CPUSA.
Betty Willhoite Chicago DSA member, Independent Voters of Illinois activist.
Tim Wise Author, Anti-Racism Educator. Has attended DSA and
CCDS conferences.
Why do people like this back Barack Obama? What do they hope to gain from an Obama Presidency?
Wade Rathke the founder of Arkansas ACORN came from the SEIU.
The SEIU, CPUSA, SDS, WEATHermen. New Party USA all cross polinate.