http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2406
Jones says he became politically radicalized in the aftermath of the deadly April 1992 Los Angeles riots which erupted shortly after four L.A. police officers who had beaten the now-infamous Rodney King were exonerated in court. "I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th," says Jones, "and then the verdicts came down on April 29th. By August, I was a communist."
Recalling his brief incarceration, Jones says: "I met all these young radical people of color. I mean really radical: communists and anarchists. And it was, like, 'This is what I need to be a part of.' I spent the next ten years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary."
Van Jones is an avowed Marxist, not in his past, but now. In Van Jones own words, 1992 plus ten years takes Van Jones into 2002, this is not in his youth nor many years ago.
According to Coyote
Ayers has not been involved with radical groups for some 30 years
How does Coyote know? Go to
Bill Ayers Blogspot and what do you see, a picture of a Marxist that wrote books on how to start and organize an armed guerrilla-revolution-marxist movement.
How about I quote Bill Ayers in Venuzula 2006
Luis has taught me a great deal about the Bolivarian Revolution and about the profound educational reforms underway here in Venezuela under the leadership of President Chavez. We share the belief that education is the motor-force of revolution, and I've come to appreciate Luis as a major asset in both the Venezuelan and the international struggle-I look forward to seeing how he and all of you continue to overcome the failings of capitalist education as you seek to create something truly new and deeply humane.
Let those of us who are gathered here today read this poem as "The Teacher's Obligation." We, too, must move in and out of windows, we, too, must build a project of radical imagination and fundamental change. Venezuela is poised to offer the world a new model of education- a humanizing and revolutionary model whose twin missions are enlightenment and liberation. This World Education Forum provides us a unique oppurtunity to develop and share the lessons and challenges of this profound educational project that is the Bolivarian Revolution.
Viva Mission Sucre!
Viva Presidente Chavez!
Viva La Revolucion Bolivariana
Hasta La Victoria Siempre!
There is a whole lot more, speeches, recent speeches like this, go to the link and you can see the video:
William Ayers' forgotten communist manifesto: Prairie Fire
On April 12, 2002, Ayers said during an interview with a college radio station:
"I considered myself partly an anarchist then and consider myself partly an anarchist now. I mean I'm as much an anarchist as I am a Marxist.... I'm very open about what I think and nobody here is surprised by what I think.
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Is one of those regrets that I took extreme measures against the United States at a time of tremendous crisis? No it is not. I don't regret that. The people of the world are being exploited and oppressed and militarized by the great imperialist powers, led by the United States. That is the situation today in my view.
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And I'm not sorry about anything that I participated to try to end that war or against that government that was waging that war."
According to Coyote
Ayers has not been involved with radical groups for some 30 years– people change.
In another thread I called Coyote a moron, I have to take that back, its obvious Coyote is very smart and does much research, So Coyote must be very familiar with Bill Ayers, after all Coyote is not a moron, so why does Coyote state "people change" speaking of Bill Ayers? Bill Ayers has not changed, not one bit. No radical groups in 30 years may be correct, after all Hugo Chavez is not a radical group but a radical leader siezing control of Venuzula while violating human rights. So in a way Coyote is right, you cannot call Chavez and Marxism a group so Bill Ayers is not involved in a radical group.
Bill Ayers is an avowed Marxist, listen to Bill Ayers own words and hear it for yourself.
So who is Coyote, is Coyotes statement a simple mistake, a belief, or a real attempt to hide the truth.
I see Coyote as maybe posting lies to hide a avowed Marxist, I will let Coyote explain.
Coyote is describing Ayers as an aquaintence, a casual contact, yet here is a photo of Obama's reveiw of Ayer's book.
When some one is a public figure they gain thousands of aquaintences, friends, people who do business with them, or casual contacts.
There is much more, connecting Obama and Ayers, the Annenburg project, I can post stuff about that, Obama's meeting in Ayer's home, living in the same neighborhood, professors at the same university, and there is even more. Its my bedtime so this is it for now, but dont doubt that there is much more, this is just the tip of the iceburg.