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| | isbn = 978-1630720797 | | isbn = 978-1630720797 | ||
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| '''''The Naked Communist''''' is a 1958 |
'''''The Naked Communist''''' is a 1958 ] book by ], a former ] employee.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|title=Umbr(a): The Object|date=2014|publisher=The Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture|isbn=9780979953965|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k7QbBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Naked+Communist%22+Skousen&pg=PT90|access-date=June 12, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite book|last1=Vegső|first1=Roland|title=The Naked Communist: Cold War Modernism and the Politics of Popular Culture|date=2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780823245581|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VmjUZxOFMvQC&dq=%22Naked+Communist%22+Skousen&pg=PT6|access-date=June 12, 2015}}</ref> The book has been reprinted several times and it has sold almost two million copies as of 2017.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=The Naked Communist: Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-naked-communist-w-cleon-skousen/1125867802 |access-date=October 18, 2024 |website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> | ||
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== Content == | ||
| ''The Naked Communist'' is a 1958 ] book by American faith-based political theorist ], a former ] employee.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The main subject of the book is an alleged communist plot to overcome and control all of the world's governments through the implementation of social progressivism and by undermining American foreign policy through the promotion of internationalism and pacifism. The early chapters of the book cover the philosophy of ] and ] as well as some of the history of communist power in various countries including the ], ] and ]. | |||
| The author posits and seeks to describe a ] strategy by which the ] ] was attempting to overcome and control all the governments of the world that were not members of the ].<ref name=UHUH>{{cite web |url=http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm |title=Communist Goals (1963) |author=Forest Glen Durland |date=2003-03-24 |accessdate=2014-12-13}}</ref> | |||
| According to Skousen, ] and ] declared the six communist principles in 1847: the overthrow of capitalism, the abolition of private property, the elimination of family as a social unit, the abolition of all classes, the overthrow of all governments, and the establishment of a communist order with communal ownership of property in a classless, stateless society.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Skousen |first=Willard Cleon |title=The Naked Communist |publisher=] |year=1958 |isbn=9780910558020 |edition=11th |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |publication-date=January 1962 |pages=17}}</ref> | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| ] | |||
| Critical reception for ''The Naked Communist'' has been divisive. ] heavily criticized the book in his 2009 book ''Republican Gomorrah'', where he dismissed it as a "right-peddling conspiracy tract".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Blumenthal|first1=Max|title=Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party|date=2009|publisher=Nation Books|isbn=1568583982|page=331|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=45TwzwrvlcYC&pg=PA331&dq=%22Naked+Communist%22+Skousen&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBjgUahUKEwiAifLVqInGAhVEkQ0KHUqtCnw#v=onepage&q=%22Naked%20Communist%22%20Skousen&f=false|accessdate=12 June 2015}}</ref> In contrast the book has been highly praised by ] and American neurosurgeon ],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wilentz|first1=Sean|title=Confounding Fathers|journal=The New Yorker|date=October 18, 2010|volume=86|issue=32|page=32|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA239829704&v=2.1&u=viva_vcu&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w&asid=8b34736d5ba4ed713e27032f35fd134a|accessdate=12 June 2015}}</ref> the latter of which stated that “''The Naked Communist'' lays out the whole progressive plan. It is unbelievable how fast it has been achieved.”<ref>{{cite web|title=The Kelly File with Ben Carson|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Rn1K5uLzs|website=The Kelly File with Ben Carson|publisher=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Urban Faith The Naked Communist|url=http://www.urbanfaith.com/2014/06/ben-carson-lays-out-his-vision-for-one-nation.html/|website=Urban Faith The Naked Communist|publisher=Urban Faith}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Mattingly|first1=Phil|title=Ben Carson's Longshot Presidential Bid Suddenly Looks a Lot More Realistic|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-10-15/carsons-longshot-presidential-bid-suddenly-looks-a-lot-more-realistic|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=12 June 2015}}</ref> | |||
| Skousen argued that the communist plan was first “to take Asia, then Africa, next Europe and finally America.”<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Skousen |first=Willard Cleon |title=The Naked Communist |publisher=] |year=1958 |isbn=9780910558020 |edition=11th |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |publication-date=January 1962 |pages=259}}</ref> Skousen also contended that communists had 45 goals “to soften America for the final takeover.”<ref name=":3" /> | |||
| The 45 goals of communism were added in the 8th edition published in 1961.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Skousen |first=W. Cleon |title=The Naked Communist - Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom |publisher=Izzard Ink Publishing |year=2017 |isbn=9781630729226 |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |publication-date=2017 |pages=297}}</ref> The 2017 edition of the book includes a new chapter on how 44 of the goals have been achieved in the U.S.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /> | |||
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==Reception== | ||
| In 1963, a portion of the book including the 45 "Current Communist Goals" was read into the United States '']''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Herlong |first=A. S. Jr. |date=1963 |title=Current Communist Goals |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GPO-CRECB-1963-pt22/ |journal=Congressional Record |volume=109 |pages=A34–A35}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=CT Centinal |date=2023-07-18 |title=The 45 Goals From "The Naked Communist" As Detailed In The 1963 Congressional Record |url=https://connecticutcentinal.com/the-45-goals-from-the-naked-communist-as-detailed-in-the-1963-congressional-record/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=Connecticut Centinal |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
| The book was commented favorably by ] and ], first ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Naked Communist |url=https://www.skousen2000.com/collections/books/products/34 |access-date=October 14, 2024 |website=W. Cleon Skousen Library}}</ref> | |||
| The 45 communist goals outlined to overcome and control all the governments of the world listed in "The Naked Communist" were entered into the Congressional record on January 10, 1963. The following is a copy of that congressional record. Many of these goals have been championed by the U.S. Democratic Party, and are listed in the Democratic Party Platform. <ref name=UHUH>{{cite web |http://https://www.democrats.org/party-platform|title=Democratic Party Platform 2012}}</ref><ref name=UHUH>{{cite web |http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=78283|title=Democratic Party Platform 2008}}</ref> | |||
| The book has also been highly discussed by ] ] and ],<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Wilentz|first1=Sean|title=Confounding Fathers|magazine=The New Yorker|date=October 18, 2010|volume=86|issue=32|page=32|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA239829704&v=2.1&u=viva_vcu&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w&asid=8b34736d5ba4ed713e27032f35fd134a|access-date=June 12, 2015}}</ref> the latter of whom stated in 2014, "''The Naked Communist'' lays out the whole progressive plan. It is unbelievable how fast it has been achieved."<ref>{{cite web|title=The Kelly File with Ben Carson|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Rn1K5uLzs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/e_Rn1K5uLzs |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|website=The Kelly File with Ben Carson|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Urban Faith The Naked Communist |url=http://www.urbanfaith.com/2014/06/ben-carson-lays-out-his-vision-for-one-nation.html/ |website=Urban Faith The Naked Communist |publisher=Urban Faith |access-date=June 10, 2015 |archive-date=June 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610175516/http://www.urbanfaith.com/2014/06/ben-carson-lays-out-his-vision-for-one-nation.html/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mattingly|first1=Phil|title=Ben Carson's Longshot Presidential Bid Suddenly Looks a Lot More Realistic|newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=October 15, 2014 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-10-15/carsons-longshot-presidential-bid-suddenly-looks-a-lot-more-realistic|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=June 12, 2015}}</ref> | |||
| The book has been reprinted several times—most recently in a 2017 printing through Izzard Ink Publishing—and it has sold almost two million copies as of 2017.<ref name=":2" /> | |||
| Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35 | |||
| January 10, 1963 | |||
| Current Communist Goals | |||
| EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA | |||
| IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |||
| Thursday, January 10, 1963 | |||
| Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America. | |||
| At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen: | |||
| CURRENT COMMUNIST GOALS | |||
| 1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war. | |||
| 2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war. | |||
| 3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength. | |||
| 4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war. | |||
| 5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites. | |||
| 6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination. | |||
| 7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N. | |||
| 8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N. | |||
| 9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress. | |||
| 10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N. | |||
| 11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.) | |||
| 12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party. | |||
| 13. Do away with all loyalty oaths. | |||
| 14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office. | |||
| 15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States. | |||
| 16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights. | |||
| 17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks. | |||
| 18. Gain control of all student newspapers. | |||
| 19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack. | |||
| 20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions. | |||
| 21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures. | |||
| 22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms." | |||
| 23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art." | |||
| 24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press. | |||
| 25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV. | |||
| 26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy." | |||
| 27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch." | |||
| 28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state." | |||
| 29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis. | |||
| 30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man." | |||
| 31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over. | |||
| 32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc. | |||
| 33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus. | |||
| 34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities. | |||
| 35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI. | |||
| 36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions. | |||
| 37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business. | |||
| 38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand . | |||
| 39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals. | |||
| 40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce. | |||
| 41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents. | |||
| 42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use united force to solve economic, political or social problems. | |||
| 43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government. | |||
| 44. Internationalize the Panama Canal. | |||
| 45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction over nations and individuals alike. | |||
| <ref name=UHUH>{{cite web |http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm|title=Communist Goals - (1963) Congressional Record | author=Forest Glen Durland }}</ref> | |||
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1958 book by W. Cleon Skousen
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| Author | W. Cleon Skousen |
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| Illustrator | Arnold Friberg |
| Cover artist | Izzard Ink Publishing |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Communism Socialism |
| Published | 1958, 2014, 2017 (Izzard Ink Publishing) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 398 |
| ISBN | 978-1630720797 |
| Dewey Decimal | 335.4 22 |
| LC Class | HX44 .S5585 2009 |
The Naked Communist is a 1958 anti-communist book by W. Cleon Skousen, a former FBI employee. The book has been reprinted several times and it has sold almost two million copies as of 2017.
Content
The Naked Communist is a 1958 anti-communist book by American faith-based political theorist W. Cleon Skousen, a former FBI employee. The main subject of the book is an alleged communist plot to overcome and control all of the world's governments through the implementation of social progressivism and by undermining American foreign policy through the promotion of internationalism and pacifism. The early chapters of the book cover the philosophy of Marxism and Soviet Communism as well as some of the history of communist power in various countries including the Soviet Union, China and Cuba.
According to Skousen, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels declared the six communist principles in 1847: the overthrow of capitalism, the abolition of private property, the elimination of family as a social unit, the abolition of all classes, the overthrow of all governments, and the establishment of a communist order with communal ownership of property in a classless, stateless society.
Skousen argued that the communist plan was first “to take Asia, then Africa, next Europe and finally America.” Skousen also contended that communists had 45 goals “to soften America for the final takeover.”
The 45 goals of communism were added in the 8th edition published in 1961. The 2017 edition of the book includes a new chapter on how 44 of the goals have been achieved in the U.S.
Reception
In 1963, a portion of the book including the 45 "Current Communist Goals" was read into the United States Congressional Record.
The book was commented favorably by President Ronald Reagan and J. Edgar Hoover, first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The book has also been highly discussed by American conservatives Glenn Beck and Ben Carson, the latter of whom stated in 2014, "The Naked Communist lays out the whole progressive plan. It is unbelievable how fast it has been achieved."
The book has been reprinted several times—most recently in a 2017 printing through Izzard Ink Publishing—and it has sold almost two million copies as of 2017.
References
- ^ Umbr(a): The Object. The Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture. 2014. ISBN 9780979953965. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
- ^ Vegső, Roland (2012). The Naked Communist: Cold War Modernism and the Politics of Popular Culture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780823245581. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
- ^ "The Naked Communist: Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom". Barnes & Noble. 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- Skousen, Willard Cleon (1958). The Naked Communist (11th ed.). Salt Lake City, Utah: The Ensign Publishing Company (published January 1962). p. 17. ISBN 9780910558020.
- ^ Skousen, Willard Cleon (1958). The Naked Communist (11th ed.). Salt Lake City, Utah: The Ensign Publishing Company (published January 1962). p. 259. ISBN 9780910558020.
- ^ Skousen, W. Cleon (2017). The Naked Communist - Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom. Salt Lake City, Utah: Izzard Ink Publishing. p. 297. ISBN 9781630729226.
- Herlong, A. S. Jr. (1963). "Current Communist Goals". Congressional Record. 109: A34 – A35.
- Staff, CT Centinal (July 18, 2023). "The 45 Goals From "The Naked Communist" As Detailed In The 1963 Congressional Record". Connecticut Centinal. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- "The Naked Communist". W. Cleon Skousen Library. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- Wilentz, Sean (October 18, 2010). "Confounding Fathers". The New Yorker. Vol. 86, no. 32. p. 32. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
- "The Kelly File with Ben Carson". The Kelly File with Ben Carson. YouTube. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021.
- "Urban Faith The Naked Communist". Urban Faith The Naked Communist. Urban Faith. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- Mattingly, Phil (October 15, 2014). "Ben Carson's Longshot Presidential Bid Suddenly Looks a Lot More Realistic". Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
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