Communists to Be Welcomed at Progressive March in DC [Cliff Kincaid report]

The “peace director” of the October 2 “One Nation Working Together” rally says that the U.S. should immediately withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, military aid to Israel should be ended, and that Iran has the right to develop nuclear weapons as long as the U.S. has them. He also says that Marxists are invited to participate at his upcoming rally.

Michael McPhearson, one of the key organizers of the event and former executive director of Veterans for Peace, tells Accuracy in Media, “I’m not all that concerned if you’re a Republican, Democrat, or Marxist or Communist, whatever,” he said. “I just want us to work together to make our country better. That’s what I look at—not if you’re a socialist.”The October 2 rally in Washington, D.C. is designed to counter the Tea Party … [snip]

via Communists to Be Welcomed at Progressive March in DC [Cliff Kincaid report].

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