The 45 Goals of Communism W. Cleon Skousen Wrote About in 1958

Sixty-two years ago, W. Cleon Skousen published his book, “The Naked Communist.” At the time, few Americans probably thought that the goals of communism that shaped the Iron Curtain’s socialist countries ruled by the Communist Party and the Soviet satellite countries around the world would become the blueprint of our American society in 2020. In a mere 62 years we have achieved and implemented by various means 44 of the 45 goals of communism Skousen wrote about. (pp. 266-270, 2014 ed.)

In a highly liberal state like Virginia, cars sport various bumper stickers in support of Marxism, progressivism, the proletariat’s air bumping fists, and Coexist with various religious symbols. The leftist message is contradictory as Marxists are atheists, but they seem to approve of the curious alliance between world communism and Islam, while rejecting Christianity. (Goal #1)

Capitulation to peace and accepting nuclear disarmament while Iran is busy making their own nuclear weaponry promotes the leftist idea that destroying the U.S. capability to defend itself against the enemy is “moral strength.” (Goals #2 and #3) The ancient wisdom, Si vis pacem, para bellum, (If you want peace, prepare for war) is entirely rejected. Ardent lefties believe that only U.S. engages in “war mongering,” those who increase their nuclear arsenal are justified to do so.

Politicians and president after president promoted free trade with other nations including communist ones, generally to the detriment of the United States which had been paying heavy taxes on our exported goods to countries like China. We also shipped goods and technology to inimical countries without asking if they would be “used for war.” (Goal #4)

We extended loans and the “most favored nation” status to communist countries and long-term loans to Soviet Union and Soviet Satellites without many strings attached. (Goals #5 and #6)

The West recognized Red China and admitted it to the illustrious United Nations. East and West Germany were established as separate states under the supervision of the U.N. All Soviet satellites were extended individual representation in the U.N. (Goals #7, #8, and #10)

Communist countries believed six decades ago that the U.N. should be set up as a one world communist government. U.N. with its many affiliates are actually dictating today more and more how we do business, live, healthcare, wealth redistribution, climate change policies, housing, schooling, and how we handle pandemics such the Covid-19 one, all under the umbrella of sustainable development of the Agenda 2030 and its 17 sustainable development goals. (Goal #11)

The Communist Party has been outlawed in the former Iron Curtain countries, but it did not disappear. It went underground and regrouped to emerge even more powerful than before, having adopted capitalist ideas and a powerful technocracy, making them more effective than ever before. (Goal #12)

Loyalty oaths in the military, government organizations, and the courts of justice have been trampled in this country time and time again. (Goal #13)

Enemies from awful dictatorships have been given unfettered access to U.S. patents or stole technology that could be reverse engineered. (Goal #14)

The Democrat Party has been “captured” by the socialist/Marxist ideology and openly advocates the transformation of America from capitalism to socialism, the steppingstone to full communism. (Goal #15)

The courts at all levels have changed our Constitution and reversed Presidential decisions by “claiming their activities violate civil rights.” As a matter of fact, many such organization have taken up the cause of illegal aliens through the courts and through the state and local governments executive orders issued against American citizens’ best interests. (Goal #16)

Since the formation of the Department of Education in 1979 under Jimmy Carter’s administration, school curricula embraced socialist propaganda, diluted the standards of education, the Marxists took control of teacher associations and used textbooks written by self-defined socialists, filled with communist propaganda and revisionist history built around the social justice communist activism. Student newspapers were highjacked. Student riots “fomented public protest” against organizations they deemed as evil capitalism. (Goals #17,18,19)

Communists infiltrated the mainstream media, theater, art, movies, sports, and television programming. The kneeling in organized sports became another form of socialist protest against capitalism. (Goals #20, 21)

American culture is under attack under the moniker “cancel culture,” Publicly shaming people for their “outdated ideas” of patriotism, American exceptionalism, love of country, and its history.

It is not coincidental that BLM and ANTIFA have been destroying statues. Skousen wrote, “An American communist cell was told to ‘eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward, and meaningless forms’ in its stead. (Goal #22)

Art, art critics, museums are to be discredited and beautiful and creative works are to be replaced with “ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.” (Goal #23) Spray painting and toppling beautiful statues because it “offends” the Marxist rioters has become a common occurrence while the mayors tell the police to stand down. (Goal #23)

Obscenity, pornography, promiscuity, and degeneracy are promoted as “normal, natural, and healthy.” Standards of morality are destroyed. (Goals #24, 25, 26)

Atheism and the religion of “social justice” and Mother Earth (Gaia) are replacing faith. Churches are being taken over by Marxist priests propagandizing socialism and social justice to the submissive parishioners, while schools are eliminating religion and prayer from its grounds under the manufactured “separation of church and state” even though they are more than eager to promote and teach Islam in the curriculum. (Goal #27, 28)

Schools and academia have been discrediting the American Constitution as outdated and in need of replacing, perhaps by a U.N. global constitution. The Founding Fathers are presented as “selfish aristocrats.” American culture is belittled, and the teaching of history transformed into a Marxist propaganda in which the “white supremacy” and the “evil white man” must be disposed of and replaced with the manufactured history of Howard Zinn. (Goals #29, 30, 31)

Give education, social agencies, welfare programs, child services, and mental health clinics control over the American culture. Change or eliminate laws that interfere with socialist/communist activities, discredit the FBI, police, and other law and order organizations, infiltrate and control all unions, and big business. (Goal #32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)

Discredit the police, defund the police, and transform the power of arrest, law, and order, to social agencies. We have seen this in action for the past few months. (Goal #38)

Treat all problems as psychiatric disorders, treat children with psychiatric drugs, use psychiatric diagnosis for all who oppose Marxism, discredit the family as a viable institution for the survival of our culture, promote easy divorce and promiscuity, and take children away from parents who teach them morality, patriotism, and love for our country. (Goals #39, 40, 41)

This communist goal is playing before our eyes today - “Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ‘united force’ to solve economic, political, or social problems.” (Goal #42)

BLM and ANTIFA protesters engaged in violence, destruction, arson, and looting, following the death of George Floyd during an altercation with the police. From this unfortunate event, the riots became more organized, more targeted, and better armed. The protests and riots morphed into “American society is intolerant, participates in manufactured systemic racism and white privilege and must be replaced with Marxists.”

The last three goals of communism refer to ousting colonial governments, “internationalize the Panama Canal,” and give the World Court jurisdiction over nations and individuals. (Goals #43, 44, 45)

In a mere four months, the panic and abject fear of a flu virus have transformed Americans into obedient socialists wearing masks everywhere in stifling heat when perfectly healthy. Even the President finally gave in and said that it is patriotic to wear one and people cheered.

Americans are playing in the hands of our communist enemies, bowing obediently to Marxist domestic groups destroying our cities, to corrupt socialist politicians, socialist teachers and professors, dishonest medical professionals, and wealthy individuals with a nefarious agenda.

It is sad to say that, for our country, all but one of the communist goals W. Cleon Skousen described in 1958 have come to fruition. We are divided more than ever as a society and the domestic and international puppet masters are playing us against each other with great success.

The renowned scholar Thomas Sowell said, “Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity.”