Communism in Chicago and the
Obama Connection ;
U.S. IMPERIALISM
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By David Gilbert
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This report is published by America’s Survival, inc.
Kincaid, President. 443-964-8208 Kincald@comcast.not,
‘www-usasurvival.org
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[Note: Nothing in his report shall be construed as an atten to inuence any poltcal campaign
(on Behalf of any candidate for pubke afi or any polical aryBy Cliff Kincaid
(On February 22, 2008, Ben Smith of Politico reported a story that ran under the
headline, “Obama once visited '60s radicals.” It concerned how, “In 1995, linois] State
Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the
district's influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local eft
Wiliam Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.” Dr. Quentin Young, described as ‘a prominent
Chicago physician and advocate for single-payer health care,” ' was quoted as saying,
“I can remember being one of a small group of people who came to Bill Ayers’ house to,
learn that Alice Palmer was stepping down from the senate and running for Congress." *
All of these figures — Palmer, Ayers, Dohm and Young ~ are much more than the
Politico described. The evidence assembled in this report suggests that these
individuals - and many more ~ are part of a network of people with socialist and/or
‘communist connections who have been a key part of Obama's life and career.
‘Obama is relatively new on the national scene and the media, in our view,
have failed to servo the public intorest by adequately investigating his
background and associations. This report, however, primarily emphasizes the
ture and backgrounds of those who have surrounded and promoted him. in our
,, such an analysis should be applied to all major public figures, in order to
understand any potential and controversial connections they may have to foreign
‘and hostile Interests.
‘The cast of characters identified by the Politico is troubling enough. Palmer was.
an official of a Communist Party USA front group and propagandized for the old USSR;
Ayers and Dohin were members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and
became communist terrorist members of the Weather Underground Organization; and
‘Young, a personal friend of Dohn's, was accused of being a CPUSA member and
having financial dealings which facilitated SDS street violence in Chicago at the
Democratic National Convention. Young was also a key figure in the effort to abolish
Congressional committees that could uncover secret communists and communist
networks,
One of the most interesting on this list is Palmer, apparently not
considered one of the “radicals” at the Ayers/Dohrn house, but just an
fluential liberal.” In fact, she is much more than that. *
‘Ten years before Palmer picked Obama as her chosen successor, she was