USA bans communism

USA bans communism
Peter Kopa, Prague, 5.1.2025

https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/new-bill-aims-to-teach-kids-dangers-of-communism-5779338?utm_

Children in the USA will begin to be better educated about the dangers of communism. The House of Representatives has just passed a bill requiring that American schools now educate children about what communism really is and the damage it has caused in the world. The bill passed by an overwhelming 327-62 vote and received support from both Republicans and Democrats. This will block China’s attempt to spread communism through its schools in the USA: https://thinktanklatam.org/la-infiltracion-china-en-la-educacion/ .

Current Metamorphoses of Communist Ideology

Right now an unexpected return to the Christian faith is taking place in the USA. In the Catholic Church, a wave of conversion of 20% of its members has been observed in the last two years. This ‘come back’ calls for a special article in our thinktank  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxCYSLl8L. It is quite possible that the aggressive materialistic ideological harassment has acted as a revulsive in the USA, awakening deep Christian convictions, which have been the basis of the American Constitution and have most probably contributed to the current prohibition of communism.
The prohibition of this error must be seen against the background of its various mutations in the last decade in the USA. Why in this country? Because due to its undisputed world leadership and its cosmopolitan composition, since the beginning of the last century it has been a sort of great incubator of diverse social processes originated by ideas excogitated by European thinkers.
The initial injustices inherent to industrialism gave rise to a process of intellectual fermentation, especially at the socioeconomic level, where the most relevant topic has been communist ideology. And it is well known the enormous influence that the changes in the USA radiate throughout the world, so it is to be expected that the banning of communism in the USA will soon be emulated by many governments around the world.
In the universities, in the last 80 years, one can observe a growing flirtation with this materialistic dialectic, which, thanks to its absurd simplicity, has the virtue of attracting weak spirits that have previously betrayed the transcendent and immaterial reality of man and the cosmos https://thinktanklatam.org/la-infiltracion-ideologica-en-la-universidad/. This irrational intellectual choice has taken place at the philosophical level in the thought of Descartes, who has implanted the nefarious principle of methodical doubt, which in reality has soon become the denial without further proof of the extramental reality itself.
Thus, in recent years, under the patronage of the globalism of the Davos 2030 Agenda, all kinds of toxic ideological cocktails have been prepared: the LGTB, WOKE, genderism etc., which are nothing but metamorphic mental constructions that have as a common element the Marxist dialectical scheme of class struggle. But now the confrontation has been constructed between man against woman (feminism), perversions against the human individual with moral conscience (LGTB), freedom of choice of one’s own sex against the goodness of human nature (genderism) etc. Even in the ecological area the lie of the relevance of CO2 has been pitted against the scientific truth: https://thinktanklatam.org/1609-cientificos-el-medio-ambiente-ok/.

Historical view of the anti-communist struggle

The repression of communism in the USA occurred mainly during the 20th century, in particular during the early stages of the Cold War, when fear of communist influence and espionage dominated American politics and society. However, the first official measures against communism began already after World War I, during the communist revolution in Russia (1917-1920). This period was characterized by widespread fear of radical leftism.

This was followed by the Palmer Raids (1919-1920), led by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer. Thousands of people were arrested and hundreds of foreign-born radicals were deported. These raids were widely criticized for violating civil liberties and were considered an overreach by the American federal government. The second and most intense period of anti-communism occurred after World War II, during the Cold War, as tensions between the US and the Soviet Union increased. This period is known as McCarthyism.

In response to the growing fear of communism, Congress then passed the Communist Control Act of 1954, which banned the Communist Party in the United States and declared it a “totalitarian” organization that sought to overthrow the government. The law stated that any Communist organization was inherently subversive and illegal. The Communist Party was formally declared an illegal organization, although it remained active, but the law severely restricted its ability to function.

Impact of the Cold War

Throughout the Cold War, which lasted until the early 1990s, the U.S. government continued to monitor, restrict and repress Communist activities. Key institutions such as the FBI, CIA and other intelligence agencies were involved in surveillance of suspected communists, and federal law enforcement kept a close watch on organizations believed to be linked to the Soviet Union.
Thus, the entertainment industry was one of the most visible sites of the anti-Communist action that led to the official enactment of the Hollywood blacklist. This measure affected many actors, writers and directors suspected of sympathizing with communism. They were often banned from working in Hollywood, and some were even imprisoned.

By the 1960s, the fervor of McCarthyism had waned, but its legacy continued to influence American politics, especially during periods of heightened international tension. Anti-Communist policies and attitudes remained an important part of U.S. foreign policy, especially in Latin America, Asia and other parts of the world during the Cold War. The Soviet Union succeeded in establishing itself in Cuba through Fidel Castro’s revolution, initiating a process of opposition by the US and many other Latin American countries against communism.

The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the official end of the ideological struggle between capitalism and communism. However, the fear of communism had a lasting impact on U.S. society, legislation and culture.