Einstein's Communist affiliations

[Chicom]

Einstein while not working publicly with any Communist party enlisted in numerous Communist inspired and funded organizations using his media inflated public image to draw in more "useful idiots" to Bolshevik causes. Here is a large sampling of Einstein's affiliations:

1. The World Congress Against Imperialist War - The Communist International (Comintern) organized this congress which was attended by over 800 Communist delegates from around Europe with Albert Einstein serving on the "International Organizing Committee."

2. The Worker's International Relief - Einstein was a great admirer and supporter of this creation of the Comintern.

3. The War Resisters International - Affiliated with Anarchist and Communist groups, this group considered Einstein an imminent member and spokesperson.

4. World Congress of the Anti-Imperialist League - Einstein served as a leader of this Comintern affiliate.

5. The War Resisters League - American sister-organization of the War Resisters International, Einstein was chosen to be "Honorary Chairman."

6. American League Against War and Fascism - Einstein is on record of endorsing their convention in Pittsburgh, November of 1937, called the "People's Congress for Democracy and Peace." Earl Browder, vice president of the League and General Secretary of the Communist Party, addressed this convention.

7. North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy - Anarcho-Communist organization, Einstein served on the Advisory Committee.

8. Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade - An organization dedicated to bring back members from Spain of the "Abraham Lincoln Brigade" which recruited American volunteers into a Anarcho-Communist partisan army to fight in the Spanish Civil War. Einstein was a member of the National Campaign Committee of this organization.

9. International Labor Defense* - Used at times as a legal defense organization, was directly connected to the Communist Party. Einstein affiliated.

10. League of American Writers - Communist culture front for Marxist writers. Einstein affiliated.

11. Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee - Used to rescue Communist operatives from unsympathetic lands and obtain grateful manpower as "useful idiots." Einstein affiliated.

12. Committee for Peace through World Cooperation - The name speaks for itself. One world government Comintern front group. Einstein affiliated.

13. National Committee for American-Soviet Friendship - Originally founded in 1920 as the "Friends of the Soviet Union." Einstein affiliated.

14. American Friends of the Chinese People - Front group for aid of Chinese Communists. Einstein affiliated.




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Interesting :lol:

FBI report of his affilations
http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/einstein.htm

[Janus]

I've heard that Einstein declared himself to be some sort of socialist, a democratic socialist I believe. But the overriding theme of his views was an opposition to totalitarianism, after all his nephew was an anarchist and fought in the Spanish Civil War.

[apathy maybe]

Who gives a shit what Einstein's views were unless he left us some interesting stuff to read? Oh wait he did, search for Einstein and socialism in a search engine and you come up with his "Why Socialism" http://www.monthlyreview.org/598einst.htm a very interesting read.

Well done Einstein.

Actually I don't understand the point of this thread. Was it to point out that Einstein was a socialist?

[Honggweilo]

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Evil commie materialist! einstein was no christian, jezus-is-savior! :lol: hillarious :lol:

[TupacAndChe4Eva]

His political ideology is as clear as mud.

On numerous occasions, he claimed he was a proud Zionist. On other occasions, he claimed he did not agree with there being a land for "Judaism".

[black magick hustla]

Einstein actually made a short review for "Nationalism and Culture", a book made by the anarcho-syndicalist Rudolf Rocker. :P

[ComradeBen]

Einstein was a geneous in the areas of physics and science, in politics he was a ditz, a follower. He never really formed his own opinion on politics, just listened to others and followed them, luckily a lot of his friends were socialist.

[JimFar]

TupacAndChe wrote:


On numerous occasions, he claimed he was a proud Zionist. On other occasions, he claimed he did not agree with there being a land for "Judaism".

Actually Einstein's version or vision of Zionism was rather different from what we associate with the term now a days. He very much believed in establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and he was more than willing to work to that end with people who who better fit our contemporary notions of Zionism but he long advocated the establishment in Palestine of a secular binational state in which Jews and Arabs would be equals. He also argued that Jerusalem should have been placed under international control. He only with the greatest of reluctance accepted the United Nations 1947 resolution which called for the dividing up of Palestine into two separate states, one Jewish, and one Arab. Einstein shared his brand of Zionism with such people as Hannah Arendt, Martin Buber, and Judah B. Magnes, all of whom were advocates of establishing a secular bi-national state in Palestine



His long time conception of Zionism was represented in this
statement which appears in his book *From Out of My Later Years*:

I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of a Jewish state. Apart from the practical considerations, my awareness of the essential nature of Judaism resists the idea of a Jewish state with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power no matter how modest. I am afraid of the inner damage Judaism will sustain -- especially from the development of a narrow nationalism within our own ranks, against which we have already had to fight without a Jewish state.

[ComradeOm]

I actually agree with apathy on this one. Who gives a fuck about Einstein being a socialist or communist? You could hardly find a historical matter more insignificant or pointless to bicker over.

As it is this issue crops up time and time again because of the perception of Einstein as the stereotypical genius. By some twisted logic people seem to believe that having Einstein as a subscriber, as opposed to millions of "common folk", somehow lends weight to communist theory.

[1984]

"It is not enough for a handful of experts to attempt the solution of a problem, to solve it and then to apply it. The restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit of society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment."
- Albert Einstein

Isn't this a quote about the process of "alienation" of the worker due the segregation between the conception and execution of work, and subsequent monopoly of knowledge of the burgeoise? Those are intrinsic characteristics of industrial capitalism which Marx pointed out...

[Lenin's Law]

Originally posted by [email protected] 7 2006, 01:33 AM
"It is not enough for a handful of experts to attempt the solution of a problem, to solve it and then to apply it. The restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit of society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment."
- Albert Einstein

Isn't this a quote about the process of "alienation" of the worker due the segregation between the conception and execution of work, and subsequent monopoly of knowledge of the burgeoise? Those are intrinsic characteristics of industrial capitalism which Marx pointed out...
Good point.

No, Einstein was never a great political thinker, but having one of history's greatest minds on your side can't be a bad thing right?? :D A good book to check out if you guys are interested in the subject is "The Einstein File" which details the FBI's, under J. Edgar Hoover, attempt to expel Einstein from the US and link him with being an active spy for the Soviet Union.