New Obama slogan has long ties to Marxism, socialism

[MindMover]

The Obama campaign apparently didn't look backwards into history when selecting its new campaign slogan, "Forward" — a word with a long and rich association with European Marxism.

Many Communist and radical publications and entities throughout the 19th and 20th centuries had the name "Forward!" or its foreign cognates. Wikipedia has an entire section called "Forward (generic name of socialist publications)."

"The name Forward carries a special meaning in socialist political terminology. It has been frequently used as a name for socialist, communist and other left-wing newspapers and publications," the online encyclopedia explains.

The slogan "Forward!" reflected the conviction of European Marxists and radicals that their movements reflected the march of history, which would move forward past capitalism and into socialism and communism.

The Obama campaign released its new campaign slogan Monday in a 7-minute video. The title card has simply the word "Forward" with the "O" having the familiar Obama logo from 2008. It will be played at rallies this weekend that mark the Obama re-election campaign's official beginning.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/apr/30/new-obama-slogan-has-long-ties-marxism-socialism/

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[rfranklin]

1. You got it all wrong, it proves he's a Jew!

http://forward.com/

[mucifer]

3. I think we posted at the same time

[1StrongBlackMan]

7. Or ...

A Basketball Player ...

[emulatorloo]

9. So now he is a Jewish Muslim with a crazy Christian preacher. n/t

[mucifer]

2. There is a liberal Jewish newspaper called the forward it's history

The Forward is a legendary name in American journalism and a revered institution in American Jewish life. Launched as a Yiddish-language daily newspaper on April 22, 1897, the Forward entered the din of New York's immigrant press as a defender of trade unionism and moderate, democratic socialism. The Jewish Daily Forward quickly rose above the crowd, however; under the leadership of its founding editor, the crustily independent Abraham Cahan, the Forward came to be known as the voice of the Jewish immigrant and the conscience of the ghetto. It fought for social justice, helped generations of immigrants to enter American life, broke some of the most significant news stories of the century, and was among the nation's most eloquent defenders of democracy and Jewish rights.

Read more: http://forward.com/about/history/#ixzz1tZKtsQc7


I'm all for it!

[msongs]

4. uh oh is there another miserable retraction and apology on the way lol nt

[DJ13]

5. Its too similar to the MSNBC "Lean Forward" slogan for me

[MindMover]

6. I agree......if it must be one word then, Together or Unity....

[madrchsod]

8. the washington times...need i say more?

[xchrom]

10. Americans will have to look up the word History or

Historical before they can move on to anything else.

They don't know, they don't care.

[snacker]

11. "Forward" is Wisconsin's state motto. n/t

[JoePhilly]

12. GOP Slogan: "Backward is the new forward".

[Bake]

13. And the GOP's "Homeland"-everything sounds kinda Nazi to me ...

Fatherland, Deutscheland, Homeland -- it's all the same.

Bake

[and-justice-for-all]

15. Deutschland means "Germany"

Vatterland was used by the Nazis and is still used by Neo-Nazis.

Deutschland is not Nazi, its just German.

[Bake]

16. Yes, I know.

Thanks.

Bake

[and-justice-for-all]

14. Republicans are people with two perfectly good legs...

who have not learned to walk forward. I think that is a Eisenhower quote.

[Starry Messenger]

17. Aiyiyi.

I *am* a Communist. We use words and stuff. Sometimes other people use words too. And right-wingers will crawl up your ass so far looking for an enemy of the free market, they'll make teddy bears look sinister.