The Seeds of Socialism

SOCIALISM?

What are some of the political reforms and public policies advocated by socialists and their allies on the road to full socialism?

Consider what a top socialist leader advocated in 1922:

WE DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKE THE OBLIGATION ABOVE ALL OF PROVIDING CITIZENS WITH ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT AND EARNING A LIVING.

THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO CLASH WITH THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT MUST TAKE PLACE WITHIN ITS CONFINES AND BE FOR THE GOOD OF ALL ...

WE DEMAND THE NATIONALIZATION OF ALL BUSINESSES WHICH HAVE BEEN AMALGAMATED (INTO TRUSTS).

WE DEMAND THAT THE STATE SHALL SHARE IN THE PROFITS OF LARGE INDUSTRIES.

WE DEMAND THAT PROVISION FOR THE AGED SHALL BE MADE ON A VERY GREATLY INCREASED SCALE.

WE DEMAND A LAND-REFORM SUITABLE TO OUR NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, THE PASSING OF A LAW FOR THE CONFISCATION OF LAND FOR COMMUNAL PURPOSES; THE ABOLITION OF INTEREST ON MORTGAGES, AND PROHIBITION OF ALL SPECULATION IN LAND.

WE DEMAND AN AGRARIAN REFORM SUITABLE TO OUR NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; THE ENACTMENT OF A LAW TO EXPROPRIATE WITHOUT COMPENSATION THE OWNERS OF ANY LAND THAT MAY BE NEEDED FOR NATIONAL PURPOSES; THE ABOLITION OF GROUND RENTS; AND THE PROHIBITION OF ALL SPECULATION IN LAND.

...THE STATE SHALL ORGANIZE THOROUGHLY THE WHOLE CULTURAL SYSTEM OF THE NATION . . . THE CONCEPTION OF THE STATE IDEA (THE SCIENCE OF CITIZENSHIP) SHALL BE TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. WE DEMAND THAT SPECIALLY TALENTED CHILDREN OF POOR PARENTS, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR STATION OR OCCUPATION, SHALL BE EDUCATED AT THE COST OF THE STATE.

IT IS THE DUTY OF THE STATE TO HELP RAISE THE STANDARD OF THE NATION'S HEALTH BY PROVIDING MATERNITY WELFARE CENTRES, BY PROHIBITING JUVENILE LABOUR, BY INCREASING PHYSICAL FITNESS THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPULSORY GAMES AND GYMNASTICS. . . .

(WE) COMBAT THE MATERIALISTIC SPIRIT WITHIN AND OUTSIDE US, AND ARE CONVINCED THAT A PERMANENT RECOVERY OF OUR PEOPLE CAN ONLY PROCEED WITHIN ON THE FOUNDATION OF "THE COMMON GOOD BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL GOOD."

-- From the "Twenty-Five Point" Programme of the German National Socialist Workers Party, authored by Adolf Hitler and others on February 24, 1920. (Konrad Heiden's translation in A History of National Socialism)

Sound familiar?

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Free Zhiwen Wang!

Zhiwen Wang suffers in a Chinese prison because he believes in certain ideas more than in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and he was willing to express that belief to a high ranking member of that Party. As a Falun Gong practitioner he was simply expressing the fundamentals of his ethical/spiritual belief in truth, compassion, and forbearance (tolerance) to those around him. But, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, talking to the wrong person, and for that he is now halfway through a 16 year prison term.

Zhiwen's daughter is unrelenting in her campaign to secure the release of her father and his fellow imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners. She will travel the Globe to take advantage of opportunities to bring their unjust imprisonment and the unjust persecution of the masses of Falun Gong practitioners in China to the attention of a seeming apathetic world, as she recently did by traveling to Australia to hold a press conference outside the APEC meetings. She endures persecution from afar, right in her home in Austin, Texas as the CCP follows up her press conferences and other media outreaches with Internet postings (in Chinese) aimed to discredit, defame, and attack her.

The upcoming 2008 "Genocide Olympics" in Beijing could be an opportunity for something to break for Zhiwen Wang and the Falun Gong, but only if the US and European countries are willing to confront the Communist authorities. Will Bush's Compassionate Conservatism translate into a rebuke of his host for such human rights abuses when he attends the Olympics? I wouldn't hold my breath waiting to hear about it. But, Danielle might hold hers.

For Zhiwen, to have a daughter like Danielle, willing to lay down her life and take on the evil of the Chinese Communist Party, indeed of the world system, assured in her heart that through her efforts you will be set free from an unjust imprisonment, now that is success as a father, whether you remain in bonds or are set free.

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As a Christian, I feel that when I stand up for the downtrodden and oppressed they see Christ in me. To stand with and express Christ's love to them in this way, even though they may not believe in Christ is something He calls me to do. Please pray for Zhiwen, Danielle, and the Falun Gong of China. Please see the stories linked below to learn more and to know better what to pray for.

Open letter to President Bush

United States: Families Suffering Persecution in Chinese Prisons and Labour Camps for Their Practice of Falun Gong

Falun Gong Hold Out for Bloody Harvest to Stop

Daughter's Attempt to Free Her Father

APEC organisers accredit Falun Gong journalist (Interview--Transcript & Audio)

A Different Father's Day (Photos)

The Epoch Times Unwavering Faith

My name is Danielle Wang, and I am a victim of communist tyranny.

United States: Widespread of the Nine Commentaries, Red Tide Recedes, Chinese Culture Gradually Restored

Falun Gong promotes well-being

Daily Texan: Students rally for release of Chinese prisoner

Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal to Bush Before China Trip

Falun Gong practioners ask President for assistance

Zhiwen Wang, 55, father of Danielle Wang, 22, student at the University of Texas

A Letter from State Representative of Texas to President Bush: End the Campaign of Terror by Jiang's Regime

FALUN GONG IMPRISONMENTS claim UT student's father

The Courage to Stand Up to the Chinese Communist Party

My friend Danielle Wang, a Falun Gong practitioner who lives in Austin, Texas, understands all too well the evil nature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), even though China did not make Bush's "Axis of Evil" short list. Her grandfather was murdered by members of the Red Guard when her mom was 14 years old. Her father, Zhiwen Wang, was arrested in 1999 during the initial stages of the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Zhiwen is halfway through a 16 year prison sentence for simply being a Falun Gong practitioner in "the wrong place at the wrong time." There is growing concern that many such prisoners are being murdered in prison through the harvesting of their organs for domestic Chinese use as well as for export to the international organ transplant market.

Danielle, a civil engineer-in-training and US Citizen has been maligned and defamed on the Internet by the Chinese, simply because she wishes to secure her father's release and because she is willing to expose the evil of the CCP in the process. Her courage in standing up to the CCP is gaining the attention of communities of faith. A growing number of Christians are rallying around Danielle, holding her and her father up in prayer.

More about Danielle in a later post.

The story featured in this post is yet another example of how the CCP will not tolerate anyone who dares stand up to them and expose the truth about their continuous abuse of human rights and disregard for human life.

The Courage to Stand Up

Thoughts on Gao Zhisheng's open letter to the U.S. Congress

By Gary Feuerberg Epoch Times Washington, D.C. Staff

Oct 06, 2007

We all saw the man in 1989 stop the tank at Tiananmen Square. Now comes another image which in its own right is just as threatening to the communist rulers of China. On Sept. 12 while under house arrest, Beijing attorney Gao Zhisheng, wielding the power of the pen, writes a 16-page letter addressed to the United States Congress, which lays bare the moral depravity of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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Edward McMillan-Scott (L) Vice President, of the European Parliament, with Democracy Legislator Albert Ho next to a portrait of mainland jailed human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. McMillan-Scott is an outspoken critic of China's abysmal human rights record. (Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images)

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