Moore's Communist Farewell Tour

[Susurrus]

Back in 1994, Micheal Moore filmed this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj3-W81QYn0

Although it is merely a publicity/shock value stunt, this is a interesting video in that it shows well the various views on Communism that the American public had/has.

Also, I want to know what they did with all the stuff in that truck...

[Rusty Shackleford]

LOL:lol:

[Martin Blank]

Also, I want to know what they did with all the stuff in that truck...

It was all stuff out of the CPUSA's National Office. I figure it went back there.

[Q]

Oh, I remember seeing this years back on Dutch tv. Lol @ Gus Hal.

[Martin Blank]

Oh, I remember seeing this years back on Dutch tv. Lol @ Gus Hal.

Gus seriously wanted to get on that truck. He thought it would be a golden opportunity to talk to people about what the CPUSA stood for and believed in. He was right about that, too. It would have been a great chance to meet and talk to people across the country.

[danyboy27]

somehow i think a comeback tour would be great.

several minivan distributing communist literature trought the country.

[danyboy27]

the comeback tour is here!

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/young-communists-launch-national-red-school-bus-tour/

[Tim Cornelis]

It was illegal to transport (or possess) communist literature?!

[Geiseric]

I don't think it's illegal to posses or transport commie literature, communists aren't really a threat nowadays.

[ReVoLuTiOnArYbUtGaNgStEr]

LOL "Lenin what a great guy" Them boys knew how cool smashing the capitalist state is!

[Hoipolloi Cassidy]

distributing communist literature trought the country.






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[Tim Cornelis]

I don't think it's illegal to posses or transport commie literature, communists aren't really a threat nowadays.

Yeah, but the fact that it was illegal kinda shocks me. Maybe it's because I've lived my entire life without Soviet Union, dunno.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

Just don't apply to become a U.S. citizen or get hired as a public service worker (in a lot of places) or you'll be forced to answer questions like: "Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of, or associated with, a Community Party?"

[Q]

Just don't apply to become a U.S. citizen or get hired as a public service worker (in a lot of places) or you'll be forced to answer questions like: "Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of, or associated with, a Community Party?"

Eh, lie about it?

[Lucretia]

Yeah..'cause the USSR was actually communist. :rolleyes: No wonder Moore thinks the only way to fight capitalism is by voting for Obama.

[Tim Finnegan]

Yeah..'cause the USSR was actually communist. :rolleyes: No wonder Moore thinks the only way to fight capitalism is by voting for Obama.
I think it can be assumed that, when Moore refers to "communism", he's not referring to any particular body of theory or ideology, but just "Soviet-ness". That's not unreasonable, given the context.

[chegitz guevara]

Also, I want to know what they did with all the stuff in that truck...

The truck was burned by someone in the South.

[Broletariat]

Just don't apply to become a U.S. citizen or get hired as a public service worker (in a lot of places) or you'll be forced to answer questions like: "Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of, or associated with, a Community Party?"

wait seriously, where can I research more about laws on this, I could be screwed >_>

[Susurrus]

wait seriously, where can I research more about laws on this, I could be screwed >_>

IDK about general laws, but here's the one for FL: http://law.onecle.com/florida/crimes/876.02.html

[Red Commissar]

I think it can be assumed that, when Moore refers to "communism", he's not referring to any particular body of theory or ideology, but just "Soviet-ness". That's not unreasonable, given the context.

Well that and considering the political climate in the 1990s when certain people were trumpeting that Clinton was a communist and destroying America (gee, doesn't that sound familiar?), and people believed it to the point it became a viable political tactic for certain people due to what they thought "Communism" was.

I recall a certain bumper sticker, a red field with "Clintonomics" written in yellow with the C styled as a hammer and sickle, on an old car back then. I was a young kid then but I think that's how it looks like, was probably from one of the Republican candidates trying to secure the Republican presidential ticket then.

That was the real point of what Moore did really, shock value and just to get on tape what people thought "Communism" was. It's great stuff though, just to hear some people's responses.