Current Communist Goals
Communism’s 45 Goals to Destroy America
Congressional Record—Appendix, pp. A34-A35
Thursday, January 10, 1963
Extension of remarks of Hon. A. S. Herlong, Jr. (D) of Florida in the House of Representatives.
[From “The Naked Communist” by W. Cleon Skousen | 2017 Edition Update | Reviews]
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 [by] 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.
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, and 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.
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, and healthy.”
27. Infiltrate 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 the powers of arrest from police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
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. Give the World Court jurisdiction over nations and individuals alike.
About W. Cleon Skousen
W. Cleon Skousen was a bestselling author, dynamic lecturer, and respected scholar of history, law, and freedom. Over the course of his remarkable career, he spoke in every U.S. state and Canadian province, and in more than sixty countries around the world.
A former FBI agent, Chief of Police in Salt Lake City, and university professor, Skousen devoted his life to helping others understand the principles that preserve liberty. His deep study of the U.S. Constitution, economics, and ancient history inspired millions through his books, seminars, and lectures.
Among his many works are three national bestsellers—The Naked Communist, The Naked Capitalist, and The 5,000 Year Leap—as well as numerous other volumes that have been used in classrooms and translated internationally. His teachings on constitutional principles have reached millions, including members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, and presidential candidates.
Born in Canada and raised in the United States, Skousen earned his law degree from George Washington University and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He and his wife, Jewel Pitcher Skousen, raised eight children and built a legacy that now spans generations.
About The Naked Communist
First published quietly in 1958 during the height of the Red Scare, The Naked Communist: Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom quickly became a phenomenon. Nearly two million copies later, it remains one of the most influential works on the subject—studied in the libraries of the CIA, the FBI, and the White House, and read in homes across America.
In clear, compelling detail, W. Cleon Skousen unpacks the history, strategy, and ambitions of communism—from the ideological roots behind the rise and fall of nations like China, Korea, and Russia, to the personal stories of figures such as Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, Elizabeth Bentley, and General Douglas MacArthur.
Drawing from sixteen years in the FBI, decades of historical research, and the study of more than a hundred communist writings, Skousen distilled complex ideas into a single, accessible volume that reshaped the American conversation about freedom and totalitarianism. The book earned praise from figures including President Ronald Reagan, Glenn Beck, and Dr. Ben Carson, and was hailed as “the most powerful book on communism since J. Edgar Hoover’s Masters of Deceit.”
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Updated for today’s readers, the latest edition includes the famous “Forty-Five Communist Goals,” forty-four of which have already been realized in the U.S., along with a behind-the-scenes look at how The Naked Communist became a global bestseller.
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