WHAT'S IN A NAME

The radical-left likes to recruit its members in academia because each college campus is a barrel full of young idealistic students ripe for the picking as they are being seduced by Marxist professors. Radical-left organizations operate under idealistic names.

There are plenty of events in the world which can be construed as a violation of human rights. There is the genocide in the Congo, Rwanda, the Sudan and other African nations; there are those LA cops always strumming some asshole gang member’s head; there is the torture of terrorist detainees; etc. And, of course, there is always that bully Israel oppressing those poor Palestinians with security fences, roadblocks, teargas, rubber bullets and military force just because they are trying to get back the lands which were stolen from them by those damn Jews.

Since most everyone supports human rights, the radical-left attracts its membership by including the words “human rights” in the name of their organizations. Those sending in their contributions to or actively participating in these groups are often unaware that the organization they are joining is more interested in causing trouble for governments that do not adhere to a far-left ideology than they are in fighting for human rights. Here are four such radical-left organizations:

Human Rights Watch.
Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights First
Physicians for Human Rights

“Solidarity,” “peace” and “workers” are other buzz words used by the far-left in the names of their organizations. Back in the heyday of the Soviet Union we used to call these groups “communist-front” organizations because they were bankrolled out of Moscow.

A good example is the Progressive Workers Organizing Committee. This is a group founded by David and Rona Smith. He is a professor at College of the Mainland in Texas City where I taught for 23 years. She is a public school counselor. Both are avowed Marxists. David Smith has enticed his students into joining their organization. This group ventures to Houston to lead or participate in anti-war and pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Joining these organizations can sometimes lead to tragic consequences. Rachel Corrie, a young American, joined the International Solidarity Movement and lost her life when she tried to stop an Israeli army bulldozer from destroying the house of a terrorist in the Gaza Strip.

So here is a bit of advise for all you parents with kids in college. Show a close interest in their extra-curricular activities. If they express an interest in organizations with certain words – human rights, solidarity, peace, workers - in their names, they have been seduced by someone from the far-left. If they become “activists” in these groups, they may end up in jail, in a hospital, and possibly in a funeral parlor.