The ACLU
America's Guardian of Liberty(?)

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) characterizes itself as America's "guardian of liberty."

In their words, they are working to "defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." (Sounds like our kind of group, doesn’t it?) Defending individual rights and liberties…
"We work," says the ACLU, "also to extend rights to segments of our population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including Native Americans and other people of color; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people; women; mental-health patients; prisoners; people with disabilities; and the poor."

The ACLU was established in 1920. Its co-founder Roger Baldwin said (at that time), "I am for socialism, disarmament, and ultimately, for abolishing the state itself as an instrument of violence and compulsion. I seek social ownership of property, the abolition of the properties class, and sole control of those who produce wealth.

Communism is the goal. It all sums up into one single purpose -- the abolition of dog-eat-dog under which we live. I don't regret being part of the communist tactic. I knew what I was doing. I was not an innocent liberal. I wanted what the communists wanted and I traveled the United Front road to get it."

As of early 2004, the ACLU had nearly 400,000 members and supporters. The organization handles nearly 6,000 court cases annually from its offices in almost every state. During the 20 months following September 11, 2001, its membership rolls swelled by some 55,000 - largely in response to its attacks on the Bush administration for allegedly trampling on the civil liberties of citizens and non-citizens alike.

In practice, the ACLU is part of the "legal left" and works in concert with radical, anti-capitalist, anti-American organizations like the National Lawyers Guild and the Center for Constitutional Rights to hack away at the fabric of the American constitutional framework.

There will be more to come on the ACLU, I promise. BVN