America's March Toward Communism: Forsaking our Heritage

1. Communism versus Capitalism

• The Message of "The Communist Manifesto"
• The Essential Difference between Capitalism and Communism

2. Marx's Ten-Point Platform: Blueprint for Destruction

• Marx's Theory of Historical Evolution
• Ten Steps to Tyranny
• Point #1
  • Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
• Point #2
  • A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
• Point #3
  • Abolition of all right of inheritance.
• Point #4
  • Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
• Point #5
  • Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
• Point #6
  • Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
• Point #7
  • Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of wastelands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
• Point #8
  • Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
• Point #9
  • Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.
• Point #10
  • Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc., etc.
• Conclusion

3. The Ten Points in the United States: A Status Report

• Point #1
  • Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
• Point #2
  • A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
• Point #3
  • Abolition of all right of inheritance.
• Point #4
  • Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
• Point #5
  • Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
• Point #6
  • Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
• Point #7
  • Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of wastelands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
• Point #8
  • Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
• Point #9
  • Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distiction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.
• Point #10
  • Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc., etc.
• Conclusion

4. Reversing the Trend: Political Reforms

• Three Pro-liberty Constitutional Amendments
  • An Amendment Promoting Privatization
  • An Amendment Banning Government Controls Over Private Producers
  • An Amendment Banning Wealth Discrimination

5. Reclaiming Our Heritage: A Call to Action

Appendix A

• Marxian Socialism vs. American Classical Liberalism

Appendix B

• The Staying Power of Communism

Appendix C

• Constitutional Integrity, Past and Present
  • Why the wealth-discrimination amendment never should have become necessary.
  • Why the price-setting amendment never should have become necessary.
  • Why the privatization amendment never should have become necessary.

Index