(NOTE: This column is even more heavily documented [via hyperlinks] than most of my columns. To get a true sense of how dangerous the Brown Berets are, be sure to check out all of the supporting documentation.)
As I wrote recently, the so-called “Mainstream” Media (MSM) waged a successful propaganda war against what they dubbed “right-wing” militia groups. (That would be groups that organize to protect the United States, and to uphold the Constitution.) Totally left out of that discussion at the time — and since — was any mention of the existence of Left-wing militia groups in America.
Armed members of Left-wing militia group, North Carolina, 1979
(UPI Photo, from “Red Tide Rising”)
A little background is needed, beginning with an understanding of the word “militia” itself. As meant in the context of the Constitution, a “militia” is defined as: the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service . Pundits of the Left-leaning MSM have tried to circumvent this definition, but they cannot. The Constitution of the United States makes clear that the Militia is a separate organization from the standing military forces of the United States. In fact, just to clarify that point, President George Washington signed the Militia Law of 1792 — the first law affecting the War Powers of the Office of the President. It took more than one hundred years before a measure would be introduced to Federalize the traditional Militia. Nonetheless, the traditional structure of the Militia still exists on the law books today, because it is still “necessary to the security of a free state”.
But, another definition of “militia” is more open, and more controversial: “A private, non-government force, not necessarily directly supported or sanctioned by the government”. This definition applies to both Left-wing and true Right-wing militia groups; but, not to the Constitutional militia groups — which the MSM tried to categorize as Right-wing groups. (An example of a Left-wing militia group of this sort would be the “technicals” that stole food from Christian relief workers in Somalia, and brutalized American troops in an incident that came to be known as “Black Hawk Down”.) These definitions are key to understanding why the Left-leaning MSM is under-reporting the threat to America by a group calling itself The Brown Berets.
True to its Marxist origins, the group’s founder tried to paint the Brown Berets as a non-violent group. In an online Communist-publication interview, the founder of the original Brown Berets claims that the current group is not the same as the one he founded. But, the statements, actions, and motives of the current Brown Berets indicate that they take their inspiration directly from the original, Marxist group in California. And, despite their “non-violent” claims to MSM shills, they also boast that they shot down a police helicopter in Riverside, California, and have killed or injured many policemen.
Carlos Montes, a co-founder of 1967 Brown Berets
(Online photo from Communist newsletter, “Fight Back”)
So, while the MSM portray the current Brown Berets as merely reacting to the presence of alleged “racists” within the Minuteman Project, could there be more to the story? (Isn’t finding out the un-reported MSM details the reason that you read MensNewsDaily.com in the first place?) For example, if the Minuteman Project is a racist group, then why did they appoint Al Garza — a former Marine, and a retired private investigator, who lives in Arizona, and is of Mexican descent — as the staff liaison to oversee all Minuteman chapters in Texas? (This was first reported by the Victoria (TX) Advocate, the newspaper of my former hometown, but has been overlooked by subsequent MSM reports.) If there is more, what is it, and does it have an effect upon most other Americans? The answer is “yes” to both.
America is under invasion. This invasion takes several forms; but, the most prevalent — and preventable — is the invasion by land through the porous borders of our Southwestern states. It is also well-known that America is under terrorist threat. And, it is known that Islamist terrorists are taking advantage of the physical similarities between Middle Eastern and Hispanic men to slip through our border with Mexico. And, our so-called ally Mexico refuses to help with border security. These are hard facts, and they constitute a threat to our national security.
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“And there’s a rose in a fisted glove, and the eagle flies with the dove…”
There was a hidden message in Steven Stills’ protest song from the 1960s.
(This emblem belongs to the Democratic Socialists of America. They are the parent organization of the traitorous Progressive Caucus — Communist members of Congress!)
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Contrary to MSM myth, Communism is not dead — not even in America. And, the weakening of America is a long-term goal of Communism, because a strong America is one of the last stops between freedom and global domination. One of the ways for Communists to help weaken America is to propagate the phony notion that “undocumented workers” do not harm American interests. (If you still don’t think that Communists actively want to hurt America and help our enemies, then read Communist Resolution #666.) Specifically, on the subject of immigration, the Communist Party of the USA resolves that, “Workers are workers, with or without papers. No human being is illegal. We fight for full legal rights for immigrant workers here today and those who come in the future.” By odd contrast, the Communist Party celebrates a country that has some of the tightest borders in the world — North Korea. Make no mistake; if the Communists are supporting illegal immigration as a “right”, then they also have a specific, anti-American program to import people that will fight against America after their arrival.
As I wrote recently, “Terrorists are Communists, and Communists are terrorists.” Both have the goal of weakening the United States, to turn it into a slave-labor camp of their totalitarian dream-state. One group — the Minuteman Project — has stood up, and is trying to help secure the borders of this country. And, now, one group — the Brown Berets — is threatening violence to stop the Minutemen! One must ask, “Why would a group — supposedly comprised of American citizens — want to stop another group of American citizens from securing our borders?” In theory, one would expect the Brown Berets to help the Minutemen, not thwart them.
But, there is a reason why the Brown Berets want to stop the Minutemen. And, that reason is that the Brown Berets — a Communist organization themselves — want to weaken America. The Marxist ideology of the Brown Berets goes all the way back to their beginnings in 1967. They, like many other radical groups, openly side with the likes of Mao Tse-Tung and Ho Chi-Minh. They also openly side with Islamist terrorists. They are part of what talk-radio giant Phil Valentine calls the “hate-America crowd”. So, why is the MSM trying to portray the Brown Berets as merely reacting to “racism”? It’s an old strategy of the Left — one that goes back to the KGB links to civil-rights “leaders”. Much good came out of the civil-rights movement. But, one bad thing was that it gave the MSM the opportunity to anoint Left-leaning “spokesman” for selected racial and ethnic groups. (For example, why doesn’t the MSM refer to Dr. Thomas Sowell or Dr. Alan Keyes as “leaders” of the Black community? Simple: they are anti-abortion, anti-Communist conservatives. It doesn’t matter to the MSM that Sowell and Keyes have far more intellectual power than Jesse Jackson, Charles Rangel, Al Sharpton, and Kweisi Mfume combined.)
And, the Brown Berets go even a step farther than Communism. Despite their accusations against the Minutemen — willingly echoed by MSM shills — it is the Brown Berets that are the racist organization. The Brown Berets are an affiliate of the “La Raza Unida” political party. It is unfortunate that racial and ethnic tensions necessitated the formation of the La Raza Unida Party (RUP) in South Texas — where Americans of Mexican descent were often the majority, but were under-represented politically. (When I was a teenager, I lived in one of the few counties where the RUP had a candidate on the 1972 ballot.) So, although the La Raza Unida Party was formed with a noble purpose, their organizational energy was later co-opted by the militant, Marxist factions within the Mexican-American community. Those forces — like similar forces within the Black community — try to link ethnic identity with ultra-Leftist politics. Thus, anyone that disagrees with their extremist politics is branded “a traitor to their race” (see: “mi Raza primero”). And, in both cases, racial hatred against Whites is used as a cementing factor. Those three factors(our race is better; your race is bad; cooperating with people of the other race is evil)are the essence of a racist organization. Combine racial hatred with Communist zeal, and you have a dangerous “binary weapon”.
RED on top!
(Communism, not racial pride, was behind the “Black Power” movement. Blacks were sandwiched “in between” Communists and the KGB-sponsored environmentalists — as the colors of their flag indicate.)
For the most part, Americans still hate Communism — when they recognize it openly. So, the MSM has helped to conceal Communism from the American public by simply ignoring, glossing-over, or outright distorting the facts about groups with Communist ties. Likewise, the MSM has conveniently ignored the links between Communism and terrorism. (Again, this is nothing new. I wrote before about a declassified British Intelligence report that showed the link between the Nazi Party and the Irish Republican Army during World War Two. Yes, the same Irish Republican Army that President Bill Clinton openly courted during his “peace” negotiations.) What is new is the percentage of the American public that sits idly by and accepts MSM reports as the only truth.
The real truth is that the American government has been infiltrated with Communists at the highest levels. The real truth is that former president Bill Clinton is one of them. The real truth is that Bill Clinton aided a drug-related crony of the Brown Berets in the “Pardons for Sale” scandal at the end of his scandal-laden presidency. The real truth is that Bill Clinton aided the Brown Berets (and other Left-wing Latino groups) precisely because they are Communists — just as Bill and Hillary work to aid Communism worldwide. (Both the Clintons and the Brown Berets are allied with Communist organizer Max Elbaum — who derides the Clintons for not being far enough to the Left.) In another irony of Leftism, illegal immigration has a parallel with abortion. The government of Mexico wants to keep migration into the United States “safe and legal” — as both abortion and immigration were under Clinton. But, Bill Clinton is no longer in office. So, what will current politicians do to stop Communist militants from disrupting the security of our American borders?
So far, the answer is nothing. In fact, it is less than nothing, because President George W. Bush has denounced the Minutemen for doing precisely what the Constitution says they should be doing. And, in that regard, Bush sides with Mexico, which has denounced California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for supporting the Minutemen. By contrast, union locals representing Border Patrol Agents support the Minutemen in their efforts. During the Bush Administration, the United States has allowed Mexico to issue misleading ID cards to illegal immigrants. This is a step away from border security, not toward it. Thus, it appears that President Bush is ignoring one of his highest Constitutional duties: the security of our nation’s borders. Back in 2000, I warned my friends that George Bush was not a real conservative. Most of them believe me now.
Regardless of what the Federal government does, the State of Texas has a separate and independent right (and duty!) to secure its borders. Thus, the governor of Texas could call up the Militia to secure the border. (As could the governors of the other Border States.) Instead, the Democratic Party is calling upon the governor of Texas to send the National Guard to arrest the Minutemen. It is a wonder to me that the Democrats still have any members! But, like their Socialist allies, the Democratic Party relies upon misinformation and disinformation to keep their “sheeple” in line.
With both Republicans and Democrats ignoring (or refusing?) their sworn Constitutional duties to defend America from invasion, it seems that voters may have no choice but to invoke “Operation Clean Sweep”. Perhaps, then, we will have some elected leaders that will stand up to the “Brown Berets de Aztlán” — before they achieve their stated goal of doing away with America’s southern border, and ceding territory back to Mexico.
Tom Kovach
