Einstein was a Communist

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2-0-Sixx

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For those of you that don't know, now you know...

Here are Einstein's Communist affiliations (More Communist Afiliations than Stalin ever had!), followed by an article writen by the man himself, called "Why Socialism?"

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.


EDIT: Links are down for some reason, will post new ones soon. Both links below (FBI) and Einstein's article do work.

FBI report of his affilations:
An investigation was conducted by the FBI regarding the famous physicist because of his affiliation with the Communist Party. Einstein was a member, sponsor, or affiliated with thirty-four communist fronts between 1937 and 1954. He also served as honorary chairman for three communist organizations.
http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/einstein.htm

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Why Socialism?
by Albert Einstein

This essay was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949).

Located HERE

Quotes from article:

"The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil."

"I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals."
 
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Fucky McFuckerson

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More on his political views:

Einstein considered himself a pacifist and humanitarian, and in later years, a committed democratic socialist. He once said, "I believe Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men of our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence for fighting for our cause, but by non-participation of anything you believe is evil." Deeply influenced by Gandhi, Einstein once said of Gandhi, "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth." Einstein's views were sometimes controversial. In a 1949 article entitled "Why Socialism?", Albert Einstein described the "predatory phase of human development", exemplified by a chaotic capitalist society, as a source of evil to be overcome. He disapproved of the totalitarian regimes in the Soviet Union and elsewhere, and argued in favor of a democratic socialist system which would combine a planned economy with a deep respect for human rights. Einstein was a co-founder of the liberal German Democratic Party and a member of the AFL-CIO-affiliated union the American Federation of Teachers.

Einstein was very much involved in the Civil Rights movement. He was a close friend of Paul Robeson for over 20 years. Einstein was a member of several civil rights groups (including the Princeton chapter of the NAACP) many of which were headed by Paul Robeson. He served as co-chair with Paul Robeson of the American Crusade to End Lynching. When W.E.B. DuBois was frivolously charged with being a communist spy during the McCarthy era while he was in his 80s, Einstein volunteered as a character witness in the case. The case was dismissed shortly after it was announced that he was to appear in that capacity. Einstein was quoted as saying that "racism is America's greatest disease".

The U.S. FBI kept a 1,427 page file on his activities and recommended that he be barred from immigrating to the United States under the Alien Exclusion Act, alleging that Einstein "believes in, advises, advocates, or teaches a doctrine which, in a legal sense, as held by the courts in other cases, 'would allow anarchy to stalk in unmolested' and result in 'government in name only'", among other charges. They also alleged that Einstein "was a member, sponsor, or affiliated with thirty-four communist fronts between 1937 and 1954" and "also served as honorary chairman for three communist organizations". It should be noted that many of the documents in the file were submitted to the FBI, mainly by civilian political groups, and not actually written by FBI officials.


Einstein opposed tyrannical forms of government, and for this reason (and his Jewish background), opposed the Nazi regime and fled Germany shortly after it came to power. At the same time, Einstein's anarchist nephew Carl Einstein, who shared many of his views, was fighting the fascists in the Spanish Civil War. Einstein initially favored construction of the atomic bomb, in order to ensure that Hitler did not do so first, and even sent a letter to President Roosevelt (dated August 2, 1939, before World War II broke out, and probably written by Leó Szilárd) encouraging him to initiate a program to create a nuclear weapon. Roosevelt responded to this by setting up a committee for the investigation of using uranium as a weapon, which in a few years was superseded by the Manhattan Project.

While Einstein was a supporter of Zionism in the cultural sense, he often expressed reservations regarding its application in terms of nationalism. During a speech at the Commodore Hotel in New York, he told the crowd "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." He also signed an open letter published in the New York Times condemning Menachem Begin and his nationalistic Herut party, especially for the treatment of the indigenous Arabs at Deir Yassin by Herut’s predecessor Irgun.

Despite these reservations, he was active in the establishment of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, which published (1930) a volume titled About Zionism: Speeches and Lectures by Professor Albert Einstein, and to which Einstein bequeathed his papers. In later life, in 1952, he was offered the post of second president of the newly created state of Israel, but declined the offer, saying that he lacked the necessary people skills. However, Einstein was deeply committed to the welfare of Israel and the Jewish people for the rest of his life.

Albert Einstein was closely associated with plans for what the press called "a Jewish-sponsored non-quota university," from August 19, 1946, with the announcement of the formation of the Albert Einstein Foundation for Higher Learning, Inc. until June 22, 1947, when he withdrew support and barred the use of his name by the foundation. The university opened in 1948 as Brandeis University.

Einstein, along with Albert Schweitzer and Bertrand Russell, fought against nuclear tests and bombs. As his last public act, and just days before his death, he signed the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, which led to the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. His letter to Russell read:

Dear Bertrand Russell,
Thank you for your letter of April 5. I am gladly willing to sign your excellent statement. I also agree with your choice of the prospective signers.
With kind regards, A. Einstein
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_einstein#Political_views
 
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Deadpool said:
Maybe he wasn't as smart as people thought?
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Lol, so there has never been a smart communist? If you've analyzed his general and special theories of relativity, you would know that this man was arguably one of the smartest people ever!

Interesting stuff though, I would never have thought Einstein was a communist...
 
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Fucky McFuckerson

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Hutch said:
Lol, so there has never been a smart communist? If you've analyzed his general and special theories of relativity, you would know that this man was arguably one of the smartest people ever!

Interesting stuff though, I would never have thought Einstein was a communist...
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I think he was talkin a shot at the fact that being communist isnt a smart idea....
 
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