To fully understand “Where we are headed,” we need to have some understanding of recent history. What blew up at the time of George Floyd’s death has its roots back in past decades. Let’s take a brief look at some events and some specific people.

SAUL ALINSKY (1909-1972)

Saul Alinsky was an American community activist and political theorist in Chicago. He grew impatient with the new leftist activists in the 1960’s. In his book ‘Rules for Radicals,’ (which is dedicated to Lucifer), he states, “Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules” (Alinsky, 1972). When forced to do that, human agendas inevitably fall short. This gives the opportunity to replace the capitalist ‘rule book’ with a socialist one. The strategy was to mobilize people in poverty en/mass to overwhelm the government agencies with a flood of demands beyond these agencies’ capacity. This creates gridlock, and the aim was to bring the system down. Alinsky had contact with Hillary Clinton. You can see her letter to him in 1971(freebeacon.com). Clinton wrote her college thesis on ‘Alinsky and His Organizing Plan.’ Also, Barak Obama taught Alinsky 101 at the University of Chicago. How much Allinsky’s concepts actually influenced Clinton and Obama is open to debate. See David Horowitz’s book ‘Barak Obama’s Rules for Revolution: The Alinsky Model’ for more information.

Alinsky was also the inspiration was an inspiration to a couple of college professors.

CLOWARD – PIVEN STRATEGY: FOR SOCIALIST REVOLUTION

Richard Cloward and Frances Piven, sociologists at Columbus University, published an article, in 1966, in the Nation Magazine, entitled “The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty” (thenation.com). In this article, they charged that the ruling classes used welfare to weaken the poor and that by providing a social safety net, the rich doused the fires of revolution. Poor people can advance only when “the rest of society is afraid of them,” Cloward told The New York Times on September 27, 1970 (shanonbrooks.com). Their idea was to see the collapse of the welfare system and, in turn, ignite a political and financial crisis that would rock the nation. At this time, the rest of society would accept the demands of the poor.

(Note the similarity with the present-day situation-substitute African Americans for the poor people seeking to use a crisis to provoke a social change.)

Cloward and Piven recruited a militant black organizer named George Wiley to lead their new movement. Their methods, which at times involved violence, initially proved effective. But, eventually, there was a backlash that ended in President Bill Clinton’s time, which led to “the end of welfare as we know it.” Most Americans, to this day, have never heard of Cloward or Piven, even though New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani attempted to expose them in the late 1990s, accusing them of deliberate economic sabotage.

Other organizations rose up, such as Acorn, with the issue of “voting rights.” These organizations received support from people like George Soros (but that is another story). Now, let’s look at the playbook that developed from Cloward and Piven’s ideas.

8 STEPS TO CREATE A SOCIALIST STATE

These steps have been incorrectly attributed by many to Saul Alinsky. While it is true that he didn’t write them, this much is true: the actual plan is real. It was inspired by Alinsky and enumerated by Cloward and Piven. Some people will react to this list; others will say that some of the steps are desirable goals. Nonetheless, you can quickly see how they fit into the socialistic goals of far-left politicians and others today.

The 8 Steps to Create a Socialist State.

  1. Healthcare – Control healthcare and you control the people.
  2. Poverty – Increase the poverty level as high as possible; poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.
  3. Debt – Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way, you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.
  4. Gun Control – Remove the ability to defend themselves from the government. That way, you are able to create a police state.
  5. Welfare – Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income), because that will make them fully dependent on the government.
  6. Education – Take control of what people read and listen to – take control of what children learn in school.
  7. Religion – Remove the belief in God from the government and school because the people need to believe in only the government knowing what is best for the people.
  8. Class Warfare – Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. Eliminate the middle class. This will cause more discontent, and it will be easier to tax the wealthy with the support of the poor.

THE KEY TO DOING THIS

Do you remember the saying “Don’t waste a crisis”?

That is exactly what has happened in 2020, especially as it involved more that one crisis.

The COVID-19 Crisis

This pandemic has affected the lives of everyone. It has been 100 years since we have had anything like it. Tragically, people have died, and hospitals and the health care system have sought to overcome it. It has wrecked the economy, which was doing incredibly well before the pandemic. COVID-19 has been a major crisis.

George Floyd’s Death

The death of George Floyd, while in the custody of police officers in Minneapolis, in May, set off a firestorm of protests that have, in certain places, resulted in violence and destruction of property. In turn, this has resulted in issues related to police reform, law and order, etc. This, too, has been a major crisis.

Now put these two crises together, and people, both in the community and in politics, have sought to promote wholesale changes in society. Not just ‘defunding the police,’ but more radical socialist goals for society.

Remember, Black Lives Matter, which has been so easily endorsed by individuals and organizations, was founded by Marxist communists, who embraced socialist beliefs and positions.

WHAT AM I SAYING?

Simply, that there are some who are taking advantage of the current crisis’ in America to promote far-reaching socialist goals that would change society radically for years to come.

Let me be clear. This is not the majority of the protestors. The extreme left-wing is not the majority of people on the left within the Democratic Party. Possibly 30% based on the votes for and against the Democratic Party platform at the recent DNC Convention. Nonetheless, it is a very determined body of people who are hell-bent on changing society as we know it. They desire to see America become a full-blown socialist nation.

VALLEY OF DECISION

In Joel 3:14, the Word speaks about, “Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. For the day of the Lord is near, in the valley of decision.”

That is America today. We are in the valley of decision, and we have to make a decision which way we want to go as a nation to become a full-blown socialist nation or hold fast to our present system as a free enterprise nation. There is a spiritual war going on for the soul of this nation, and we need to be praying regarding the future of this land. The next ten weeks will determine the answer to the question: “Where Are We Headed?”

RESOURCES

Alinsky, S. D. (1972). Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals. New York: Random House.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/the-hillary-letters-clinton-saul-alinsky-correspondence-revealed

https://freebeacon.com/politics/the-hillary-letters/

https://www.publiusforum.com/2012/05/30/the-dominoes-of-cloward-piven/

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/weight-poor-strategy-end-poverty/

https://shanonbrooks.com/2013/05/cloward-piven-strategy/