“Judy Chu, is a communist????”
In April 2012, then Florida Congressman Allen West got himself into hot water with the media, after claiming that 70 to 80 members of Congress were “communists”. While his terminology was too loose, in spirit, Mr West was essentially correct.
In a mocking interview with the Congressman, CNN presenter Soledad O’Brien confronted West with a list of Congressmembers, asking him to confirm if they were “communists.”
If West knew as much about communism as he does about radical Islam, he could have made a case for the affirmative for all those named. When Soledad O’Brien asked “Judy Chu, is a communist????” West could, and should have said,”she’s probably one of the worst!!!”.
That would have knocked O’Brien off her chair, and it would probably come as a surprise to many – especially Judy Chu’s colleagues on the Congressional Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Everyone knows the Est Los Angeles Democrat is a “progressive” – but aren’t they all down there? And Judy Chu has been a vice-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which means she has to be pretty far to the left.
But she’s nice, and photogenic, speaks beautifully, always immaculately dressed – and she likes small business. She’s very politically correct, but hey aren’t they all in SoCal? And she’s a huge supporter of President Barack Obama, so she must be OK.
Unfortunately, there is much more to Judy Chu than meets the eye.
Judy Chu spent much of younger years in the orbit of the Communist Workers Party, one of the most extreme and violent leftist groups ever active in the United States. More importantly, though the party is long defunct, Chu is still involved with a network of former comrades, and seems intent on pursuing their agenda through her Congressional work.
More concerning again, the old CWP was loyal to Red China – America’s number one rival. Elements of Chu’s network remain pro-China to this day – raising serious questions about Chu’s suitability for any Congressional Committees involving national security, trade policy, science and technology, and…well just about anything really.
Over a series of posts, I will examine Judy Chu’s ties to this network. But first I’d like to examine the Communist Workers Party. Who were they? Why should we worry about a Maoist sect that went out of business many years ago?
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| Jerry Tung |
Chinese born activist Jerry Tung founded a tiny Maoist organization called the Asian Study Group in New York in 1973. The ASG later merged with other radical groups to form a new organization, also headed by Tung: Workers Viewpoint Organization, which in turn became the Communist Workers Party in 1979.
The CWP emphasized unionization and self-determination for African-Americans and enjoyed some success in textile cities of North Carolina. The party established branches in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Greensboro, West Virginia, and Colorado.
Mainly Asian to begin with, after absorbing several Maoist sect, the CWP gained a high proportion of Black, White, and Latino cadre. The CWP followed the policies of Mao Tse Tung, Joseph Stalin, and Cambodian mass murderer Pol Pot. They also originally gave some support to the Islamists of the Iranian Revolution.
Workers Viewpoint newspaper, 1976
Violent confrontation was a key part of CWP modus operandi. In 1979, the CWP “was consciously trying to upgrade its level of militancy, to become more adept at combining legal and illegal tactics” according to CWP activist Signe Waller. In New York’s Chinatown, CWP members and supporters violently attacked the offices of a critical newspaper and members of a rival, radical organization opposing the political direction of a CWP front group. In Greensboro, North Carolina, CWP activists had violent confrontations with a rival Maoist group, the Revolutionary Communist Party.
Greensboro, NC, was also the site of the WCP’s darkest hour.
Around Greensboro, the CWP waged an aggressive campaign against the local Ku Klux Klan, going so far as to try to shut down a Klan showing of the movie “Birth of a Nation” at the public library in the town of China Grove.
Planning a “Death to the Klan” rally near the Morningside Heights housing project in Greensboro on November 3, 1979, the CWP publicly challenged the Klan. The CWP claimed that cowardly Klan members would not make an appearance and face the “wrath of the people.” The local Klan, however, sought the assistance of some neo-Nazis and responded to CWP’s challenge.
Armed CWP members, Greensboro
After CWP activists taunted Klansman, and hit their cars, the Klansmen opened fire. Many CWPers were armed too, and fire was returned, but city bred academic communists were no match for country raised Klansmen. When the gunfire ended 5 CWP members lay dead, and many more were wounded.
The infamous “Greensboro Massacre” made the CWP world famous, in the worst possible way.
Despite being filmed by journalists, all the Klansmen were acquitted, after several trials, on grounds of self defense.
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