Hello and welcome, I'm Gina Shakespeare.
Today on the show, we will be finding out
how many countries are really part of the
world communist movement.
So, we are generally told there are only six
“communist” countries—that is, nations
ruled by an openly communist party.
So, who are they?
They are China, Cuba, Laos, Nepal, Vietnam,
and North Korea.
But if you define “communist” in the traditional
Marxist–Leninist “command economy” way,
there is really only one left.
Who am I talking about?
It's North Korea.
However, this approach is totally deceptive.
It underestimates world communist power.
And it misunderstands what modern communism
has become.
The real question is this: How do you accurately
define the “World Communist Movement”?
Let us explain.
Actually, Trevor Loudon has written this story.
He is a trusted resource of mine, because
for more than 30 years he has researched radical-left,
Marxist, and terrorist movements and their
covert influence on mainstream politics.
And why is this story important?
Why do you need to be clear about this?
I mean, communism is so "last year," right?
No.
Actually, because if America ever fails, if
it fails militarily or economically or in
any other way, you know who's coming in for
the kill, right?
It's the communists, and they currently rule
more than half the world.
You should be concerned.
The specter must be rooted out, and that's
why The Epoch Times has dedicated a whole
series to it called "How The Specter of Communism
is Ruling Our World."
We are more or less pioneering this path,
and no other media is covering it to this
degree.
They don't want you to know about this.
They don't want you to know who's really in
control.
So stick with me.
In the early part of this story I'm going
to lay an essential foundation, and then I'm
going to reveal a whole lot more.
Now, this is specialized knowledge.
Why?
Because it's not many people that deep-dive
into this topic.
In fact, I only know a very small handful
of professors (who do).
Trevor Loudon is a specialist, he's a great
writer, and this story is very important.
So let's explore first by looking into the
path of communism.
But we will begin actually, by getting one
thing straight.
Clearly, under the old definition—Marxist–Leninist
one-party police state, incessant communist
rhetoric, and a centralized command economy—communism
is almost dead.
But this definition ignores basic Marxism
and fails to take into account the subtleties
of Leninist strategy.
It also ignores modern realities and the global
balance of power.
According to classic Marxism, society evolves
through several stages:
1.
Primitive communism—a hunting party goes
out to kill a mammoth.
If they are successful and don’t get crushed,
they share the meat with their tribe.
2.
Feudalism—with the birth of agriculture
comes a primitive form of private property.
Peasant farmers till small plots of land.
They need protection from marauders from other
tribes, so strongmen gather up small armies
to protect certain areas and are paid tribute
to do so.
In other words a political protection racket.
3.
Capitalism—with the birth of industry, private
property is extended to factories, patents,
transportation systems, and the like.
Huge amounts of wealth are produced, but according
to Marxist theory, this wealth is concentrated
in a few hands while the working masses receive
only a tiny fraction of their due.
Stick with me.
Two more points here, and then I've laid a
basic foundation about this thing.
4.
Socialism—the workers overwhelm the bosses
and seize control of the state through a combination
of political action and armed insurrection.
They expropriate the capitalist’s wealth
and proceed to re-distribute it.
5.
Communism—all wealth is held in common.
The state withers away.
Capitalism and competition is completely abolished
and everybody works happily together for the
common good.
And fairies will live in every garden.
None of the old “communist” countries
were actually communist.
They all had revolutions, led by representatives
of the workers, but guess what?
When it came time to divide up the capitalist’s
wealth, the new ruling class kept most of
it for themselves.
Most Westerners look at the booming pro-business
economies of China or Vietnam and assume that
these countries have abandoned the communist
goal.
They are dead wrong.
China, Vietnam, some of the “former” communist
nations of Africa, and even Russia have acknowledged
that their massive economic problems arise
from a failure to follow Marxism correctly.
They all tried to jump directly from feudalism
to socialism, by-passing capitalism.
This attempt to short-cut Marx led to economic
disaster.
The temporary return to some form of capitalism
to build up sufficient wealth for socialism
is an acknowledgment of the “correctness”
of Marxist theory—not a repudiation of it.
Right now, most of the World Communist Movement
is using “capitalist” methods to build
up enough wealth and military might to challenge
the West.
Their main impediment to world domination
is the United States and, to a lesser degree,
some of the NATO countries, Israel, Taiwan,
and until recently South Korea.
Since far-left President Moon Jae-in took
over, our important ally South Korea hangs
in the balance.
Who’s in the World Communist Movement?
If you define the World Communist Movement
as those “former” or semi-communist countries
allied to or working with the world communist
leadership to undermine or overthrow the U.S.-led
Western Alliance, the picture changes dramatically.
I'll explain.
Whether you like it or not, this brings Russia
completely into the mix.
Still run by the communist-trained KGB (now
FSB), Moscow is allied politically, economically,
and militarily with China, Vietnam, Cuba,
and North Korea.
Russia also supports many of its old Latin
American allies, all still led by communists
and socialists: Nicaragua, Venezuela, Bolivia,
and Ecuador.
Mexico now has a Marxist president, Andrés
Manuel López Obrador, who is close to Cuba.
Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, El Salvador,
Honduras, and Guatemala have all had Marxist-leaning
governments or strong communist insurrections
inside their borders.
If you look at South America as a whole, it's
only Brazil and Colombia truly holding the
line for freedom in Latin America.
In Africa, communists or “ex-communists”
still control Mozambique, Angola, Namibia,
the Democratic Republic of the Congo and,
of course, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
With all its strategic importance and mineral
wealth, South Africa withstood Soviet-backed
aggression and terrorism for decades, until
Nelson Mandela and his communist-controlled
African National Congress took over.
That was back in 1994, and today South Africa
is friendly to Cuba and works closely with
China.
You can see where all this is heading.
Let's go a little further north now.
Most of Africa is heavily under Chinese economic
and political influence.
Tanzania is practically a Chinese client state
and even hosts a Chinese-run communist training
institution for aspiring African leaders—the
Julius Nyerere Political Education School
of Excellence—on its territory.
Over to the Middle East, Iran and Syria are
closely allied to Russia.
Lebanon and Iraq are now part of the Russian/Iranian
axis.
And let's not forget Afghanistan, too, will
probably fall when the U.S.-led forces eventually
pull out.
So what's happening in East Asia?
Well Mongolia and Cambodia are led by “ex-communists”
and are economically tied to their communist
neighbors.
India and Sri Lanka have strong communist
parties and are to some degree tied to China
and Russia through the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (that's the SCO).
Have you heard of it?
It's a military, economic, and political pact.
So they usually have sort of gentle names,
but under it all there's a lot more going
on.
“Formerly” communist Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,
and Tajikstan are also SCO members, as are
the Islamic nations of Pakistan, Afghanistan,
Iran, and Turkey—which is still nominally
a NATO member.
In the Pacific, the Chinese have huge influence
in most of the micro-states plus Fiji and
Tonga.
The Philippines still has an active communist
insurgency and has ties to both China and
North Korea.
On the edge of Europe, Moldova and Belorussia
are pro-Russian semi-communist states.
Russian networks still operate in most of
former Eastern Europe, much of which, including
Bulgaria and Romania, is still led by “ex-communists.”
Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece all have
strong communist movements, as does Belgium,
France, Denmark, and Norway.
Russia also has strong ties to the Czech Republic
and Hungary through both leftist and so-called
“right-wing” parties.
Even Germany under “conservative” Angela
Merkel (who, interestingly, was once an ideological
leader of the East German communist youth)
has veered strongly toward Russia.
Okay, are you thinking that we're near the
end of the communist countries?
No, no, we're just warming up here.
Just warming up.
So there is the United Nations and its subsidiaries,
which generally reflect the will of Russia
and China.
Also to be reckoned with are leftist NGOs,
such as the World Council of Churches and
several still active international communist
front organizations, including the World Peace
Council, Women’s International Democratic
Federation, and the World Federation of Trade
Unions.
In October 2017, 20,000 young communists gathered
at the World Federation of Democratic Youth
festival in Russia to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Keynote speaker was Russian President Vladimir
Putin, who also secured the venue for the
young communists.
So in conclusion, anti-Americanism is the
central idea, and we cannot discuss communism
without talking about where this comes into
it.
The World Communist Movement today is amorphous
and ideologically diverse.
While still led by Russia and China, “communism”
now includes almost any country in the world
or movement willing to confront the United
States.
Communists all over the world (you've heard
it in conversation, right?) excuse the obvious
failures of socialism by saying “well, America
sabotaged it.”
Cuba is poor because of the U.S. blockade.
Venezuela is a disaster because of U.S. economic
sanctions.
And the Soviet Union collapsed because the
United States bankrupted Moscow with an arms
race.
Remember that?
Going back a little bit now.
The answer: “To ever have real socialism
or communism we must first destroy America.”
Anti-Americanism, not some far off utopia,
is now the major motivator of the World Communist
Movement.
Anyone can join in.
Anyone.
You can be an environmentalist, a gay rights
activist, a feminist, a “Christian,” a
Buddhist, a Hindu, an Islamist, a socialist,
or even a fascist.
You can be a young communist in Moscow, an
environmental activist in Germany, an Antifa
member in Spain, a New Democratic Party activist
in Canada, a guerrilla in the Philippines,
a cocaine producer in Colombia, a marijuana
activist in Minnesota, a soldier in Iran,
a businessman in Vietnam, an ISIS fighter
in Libya, or serve Boko Haram in Nigeria.
As long as you hate America, you’re part
of today’s communist movement—whether
you know it or not.
Most communists today never discuss the complexities
of Marxism.
That’s boring.
That’s for the future.
Let’s destroy America first.
That’s the rallying cry.
Right now the World Communist Movement mainly
works covertly.
It has not quite yet achieved the power it
needs to ensure a swift military victory.
The United States if you look at it as a whole
is still fairly strong.
The United States still has allies like Britain,
Canada, Australia, Taiwan, and Israel.
But if the United States falters, has an economic
collapse, or elects another military-cutting
left-wing president, the communists will move
in for the kill.
The World Communist Movement is not just six
countries.
It is Russia, China, Iran, and all their allies
and puppet organizations.
It controls more than half the world.
If the United States ever fails, the World
Communist Movement will rule us all.
That's right, it will rule us all.
And don't think that it will never happen,
because it did happen, it happened in China
and it's happened in other countries.
Their form may have changed, but their goal
never will.
So thank you for joining me on this episode.
I think we've very much covered who's part
of the world communist movement.
So maybe the new question is, "Will America
ever fail?"
That's the question.
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