9-12 DC Tea Party - A View From the Street, page 6


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reply posted on 13-9-2009 @ 12:01 AM by HunkaHunka
reply to post by milesp



It's difficult getting through all of the conditioning isn't it?

Most who post anti-Obama rhetoric calling him Socialist have no idea...

The party was founded in Newark, New Jersey, in 1876 as the Workingmen's Party of America. Renamed in December 1878, the SLP was a confederation of small Marxist parties from throughout the United States, becoming the first nationwide Socialist party. It was especially strong in New York City where there was a very large community of German immigrants.[1]

In 1881 a radical anarchist-oriented section left the Socialist Labor Party and formed the Revolutionary Socialist Labor Party. This venture was short-lived.

In 1886, the SLP took an active part in the New York City mayoral campaign of Henry George, who lost to Abram S. Hewitt.[1][2]

In 1890, the SLP came under the leadership of Daniel De Leon, a lawyer who lectured at Columbia Law School until he quit to devote himself full time to the SLP. De Leon concisely articulated the SLP's concept of socialism: Socialism "is that social system under which the necessaries of production are owned, controlled and administered by the people, for the people, and under which, accordingly, the cause of political and economic despotism having been abolished, class rule is at end. — That is socialism, nothing short of that."




reply posted on 13-9-2009 @ 12:44 AM by HunkaHunka
reply to post by Hal9000



That would be me... next time your in Atlanta, look me up and I will remit payment.




reply posted on 13-9-2009 @ 12:55 AM by jsobecky
reply to post by milesp




Actually, Socialism is as American as apple pie and baseball. Go ahead, look it up. Socialism as an ideal has long and deep roots in American history.


Wasn't the guy who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance a socialist?

I remember something like that... I'm too lazy to google.


reply posted on 13-9-2009 @ 01:03 AM by admriker444
reply to post by HunkaHunka



i dont know much about the socialist party's history. But I do know that socialistic ideology is the foundation for the Council on Foreign Relations.

And Obama just so happens to be a member of the CFR. His wife is the Chicago chapter president of the CFR.

So its safe to say Obama has socialistic leanings.


reply posted on 13-9-2009 @ 07:32 AM by jibeho
reply to post by schrodingers dog



Excellent work! Thanks for taking the time to post your images. It is nice to see an ATS member pounding the streets. I wish I could have been there. My nephews birthday party trumped the protest.

The images of average people speak volumes. I saw no one concealing their identities with head scarves and balaclavas.

[edit on 13-9-2009 by jibeho]


reply posted on 13-9-2009 @ 09:04 AM by takaris7
I will go out on a limb and say that 99% of the people at the Capitol and on the Mall for the protests were Caucasians.

The strange thing...right at the same time was the annual "Black Family Reunion" on the Mall...so they were mixing.

Trust me you could tell the difference.

I was at the Anti-war protests, the World Bank protests and the 9/11 movement protests in Washington D.C. and New York. All and All I can see the protesters at the Tea Party were totally different in age, ethnic diversity and local origin.

Being in the middle of the crowd...observing the crowd (it was my job) and watching the protesters leave...it seem to me they were from all the same place. (in a round about way)

Originally posted by Sundancer
From the photo's it would appear most of the people there were Caucasians, however it really is hard to tell now days. My maternal Grandfather was born in Spain, my Grandmother born in Mexico which makes me half Latin American and I'm about as blonde as they come. I too am curious to know if it was all Caucasians, as my Hispanic American brothers and sisters are feeling the need for a change in America too.

But... There is a difference in the events as Sancho pointed out. My brethren (many in the military who spilled blood for this country's corporations) would be more apt to be found at an original Ron Paul type freedom fighter (constitutionalist) tea party, rather than a 912 anti Obama FOX Glen Beck type event.

SD... Did you cover the 911 event as well? It would be awesome to be able to compare the people and signs and the all around differences.

Thanks

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