Recently it was called to my attention a book titled “The Naked Communist” by W. Cleon Skousen written back in the 1960s which explained in great detail how the COMINTERN (Communist International) planned to take over the world.

What was so interesting was how they almost succeeded while Joseph Stalin was still alive, and how their program for defeating the United States is basically still on track.

In brief, they planned to conquer Africa and South America by revolutions within the various countries fomented by their Communist agents. Asia was to be left to the Chinese Communists to invade and conquer.

Europe was already socialized and to convert those countries to Communism was to be left up to the electorates in each country. Greece as an example has a large Communist Party that is now waiting in the wings to take over the government.

For the United States, a program was set up that set forth 45 goals for their agents to achieve over the coming years, and their agents numbered in the thousands, many within the top echelons of our government and business leadership. It is fascinating to see what they have accomplished.

To set forth some of the goals here: Do away with all loyalty oaths; continue giving USSR access to the U.S. Patent office; capture one or both of the U.S. political parties; use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights; control the schools, using them as transmission belts for socialism and current communist propaganda; gain control of all student newspapers; use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations currently under Communist attack; infiltrate the press by controlling all media and their output; discredit all American art by degrading all forms of artistic expression, eliminating all good art by substituting shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms; eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them violations of free speech, promoting pornography and obscenity in all the media; promote homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as normal, natural and healthy; infiltrate churches and replace revealed religion with “social” religion, discredit the Bible; eliminate prayer in the schools; discredit the constitution by calling it old-fashioned and out of step; belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history; support any socialist movement to centrally control education, social agencies, welfare programs, health programs; infiltrate and gain control of all unions; discredit the family as an institution, encouraging promiscuity and divorce; raise children away from the negative influence of parents; and create an impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of American tradition, that students and unions should rise up and use united force to solve economic, political and social problems.

There were many more goals, but those cited above show you the ones that have succeeded so far to destroy the moral fabric of this country.

One can see the results every day in the news. Right now, the Occupy Wall Street rioting is being pushed by the unions, the successors of ACORN and the Democratic party.

Our President has in the White House a group of Communists who others in the White House call the “Politburo” and these people advise the President every day.

Is it possible that the American people are so gullible that they cannot understand what has been happening to them and to see where we are being led? Some believe it is to be European socialism, but from all indications, it will be a Communist dictatorship.

I would recommend to everyone that they read this book. It is available now through its 12th printing at Amazon or your bookstore.

Andrew Peabody is a Natchez resident.