Glenn Beck's '9-12' logo - Communist/Socialist design

[mzteris]

". . . For the logo, three raised and clenched red fists are superimposed over the U.S. Capitol. Obviously the bloody fist represents the tea-baggers' themes of unity and resistance.

. . . Unity and resistance are what the fist represented in 1917, when it was first employed by the Industrial Workers of the World, a union organization founded by socialists. And in the 1940s, when it stood for various nations' communist party organizations.

Fist Progressive Labor Party That's also what it meant when it was revived in the 1960s, appearing as a symbol for the SDS, as well as anti-war and feminist movements. It was the basis for the black-power salute given by John Carlos and Tommie Smith at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. And today, it's the symbol for the Progressive Labor Party (pictured), a political outfit whose website says it "fights to smash capitalism."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/09/glenn-becks-912-logo-based-on-on-communist-and-socialist-designs.html



:rofl:

[Warpy]

1. Anybody who went through the 60s recognized those fists

along with anyone who saw film footage from rallies in Red Square.

Those poor pathetic half wits can't even come up with their own symbolism.

[emulatorloo]

2. BE-YOO-TI-FUL. n/t

[BlueIdaho]

3. Yeah Beck HATES ComunoFascist Socialism

Unless its his ComunoFascist Socialism... The little runt.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. I'm sure that in Glenn's world, CEO's who are either paid tens of

millions of dollars or steal them are shining examples of capitalism at its finest... not to mention the tens of millions in bonuses they get for running companies off a cliff.

[kanrok]

5. First tea-bagging:

Now fisting.

What's next for these severely repressed nut bags?

[mzteris]

6. oooooooo - you are sooooooooo

BAD!

:spank:

[Mist]

8. You called it kanrok! LOL! nt

[kelliebrat]

10. First time all day I've

LAUGHED OUT LOUD!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Thank you for that!

[JSK]

11. lol, kanrok! n/t

[HughMoran]

7. Morans. What utter morans.

...shakes head in disbelief. Again...

I hope stupid isn't contagious.

[Gregorian]

9. There's a Daily Show tomorrow night. It is going to be GOOD.

Blind or unINFROMED, it's hard to tell.

[burning rain]

12. Not a bad grab for the conservatives...

They're trying to be all militant now, so the upraised fist suits them, and they can interpret the color as red state red rather than communist red. There's a great tradition of empowering your side by appropriating from your enemies, e.g. the Reagan '84 campaign (mis)using Springsteen's "Born in the USA," also (to some extent) how gays have appropriated "queer" and blacks "nigga."