Pete Buttigieg’s father was a Marxist professor who lauded the Communist Manifesto

Via The Washington Examiner

The father of Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg was a Marxist professor who spoke fondly of the Communist Manifesto and dedicated a significant portion of his academic career to the work of Italian Communist Party founder Antonio Gramsci, an associate of Vladimir Lenin.

Joseph Buttigieg, who died in January at the age of 71, immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s from Malta and in 1980 joined the University of Notre Dame faculty, where he taught modern European literature and literary theory. He supported an updated version of Marxism that jettisoned some of Marx and Engel’s more doctrinaire theories, though he was undoubtedly Marxist.

He was an adviser to Rethinking Marxism, an academic journal that published articles “that seek to discuss, elaborate, and/or extend Marxian theory,” and a member of the editorial collective of Boundary 2, a journal of postmodern theory, literature, and culture. He spoke at many Rethinking Marxism conferences and other gatherings of prominent Marxists.

In a 2000 paper for Rethinking Marxism critical of the approach of Human Rights Watch, Buttigieg, along with two other authors, refers to “the Marxist project to which we subscribe.”

In 1998, he wrote in an article for the Chronicle of Higher Education about an event in New York City celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Manifesto. He also participated in the event.

“If The Communist Manifesto was meant to liberate the proletariat, the Manifesto itself in recent years needed liberating from Marxism’s narrow post-Cold War orthodoxies and exclusive cadres. It has been freed,” he wrote.

“After a musical interlude, seven people read different portions of the Manifesto. Listening to it read, one could not help but be struck by the poignancy of its prose,” he wrote. The readers “had implicitly warned even us faithful to guard against conferring upon it the status of Scripture, a repository of doctrinal verities.”

“Equity, environmental consciousness, and racial justice are surely some of the ingredients of a healthy Marxism. Indeed, Marxism’s greatest appeal — undiminished by the collapse of Communist edifices — is the imbalances produced by other sociopolitical governing structures,” Buttigieg wrote.

Paul Kengor, a professor at Grove City College and an expert in communism and progressivism, said Buttigieg was among a group of leftist professors who focused on injecting Marxism into the wider culture.

“They’re part of a wider international community of Marxist theorists and academicians with a particular devotion to the writings of the late Italian Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci, who died over 80 years ago. Gramsci was all about applying Marxist theory to culture and cultural institutions — what is often referred to as a ‘long march through the institutions,’ such as film, media, and especially education,” Kengor told the Washington Examiner.

Pete Buttigieg, an only child, shared a close relationship with his father. In his memoir Shortest Way Home, Pete called his dad a “man of the left, no easy thing on a campus like Notre Dame’s in the 1980s.”

He wrote that while he did not understand his parents’ political discussions as a young child, “the more I heard these aging professors talk, the more I wanted to learn how to decrypt their sentences, and to grasp the political backstory of the grave concerns that commanded their attention and aroused such fist-pounding dinner debate.”

Pete wrote that his dad was supportive when he came out as gay. He and his husband bought a house in South Bend around the corner from his parents, which gave the couple “a good support network despite our work and travel schedules” when they decided to get a dog.

The elder Buttigieg was best known as one of the world’s leading scholars of Gramsci.

Gramsci thought cultural change was critical to dismantling capitalism. Nevertheless, although critical of certain aspects of Bolshevism, Gramsci endorsed Vladimir Lenin’s “maximalist” politics and identified within the Leninist faction of the Italian communists. He went to Moscow in 1922 as the official representative of the Italian Communist Party and returned home to lead the resistance against Italy’s Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, on the orders of Lenin, while his new wife and children stayed in the USSR.

Those efforts landed Gramsci in an Italian prison, where he lived much of his brief life, which ended in 1937 at the age of 46. Yet his time behind bars was also some of his most prolific, leading to a collection of essays called the Prison Notebooks. Buttigieg completed the authoritative English translation of Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks, and his articles on Gramsci have been translated into five languages.

Buttigieg was a founding member and president of the International Gramsci Society, an organization that aims to “facilitate communication and the exchange of information among the very large number of individuals from all over the world who are interested in Antonio Gramsci’s life and work and in the presence of his thought in contemporary culture.”

In 2013, Buttigieg spoke at a $500,000 outdoor New York City art installation honoring Gramsci.

Buttigieg died just days after Mayor Pete announced his 2020 presidential exploratory committee.

Lis Smith, communications adviser for Buttigieg’s presidential exploratory committee, declined to comment on how his father influenced his political beliefs or on Pete Buttigieg’s thoughts on Marxist thinkers such as Gramsci.

Pete Buttigieg said in an MSNBC interview on March 20 that he considers himself a capitalist but that the system needs changes.

“The biggest problem with capitalism right now is the way it’s become intertwined with power and is eroding our democracy,” Buttigieg said, noting the influence of big businesses in government.

A self-described progressive, Buttigieg has called to abolish the Electoral College system, supports a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and thinks that climate change is a national security threat.

In another MSNBC interview in February, Buttigieg said that socialism “is a word in American politics that has basically lost all meaning” and “has been used as a kill switch to stop an idea from being talked about.”

After his son won his mayoral election in 2011, Joseph Buttigieg told the Notre Dame student newspaper that he never expected him to run for office.

“I know Peter has been interested in politics for a long time,” Buttigieg said. “At home we always discussed government affairs, but never in that way … I’m very pleased because he’s doing something he genuinely likes.”

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First I heard of this…makes perfect sense.

Pequiste
Pequiste

The Homosexual Trotskyite; intersection of diseased philosophies and political praxis in 21st century America.

Who could have imagined a “main stream” party candidate for the presidency with such a resumé?

Hi
Hi

Aipac

Anonymous
Anonymous
niebo
niebo

“. . . Who Lauded the Communist Manifesto”

. . . and butt-sex?

Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane

If only Obama’s mother had married Buttplug’s daddy.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Maybe they would have named him Jeffrey.
Jeff Dunham.

JEFFREY L NIHART
JEFFREY L NIHART

Mayor McCheese

e.d. ott
e.d. ott

Don’t forget the sausage.

Solutions Are Obvious
Solutions Are Obvious

This butt plug came out of nowhere just like the black savior Obama.

This guy has been manufactured just like Obama was, and the voting morons never learn the lesson.

What’s next, a tranny, a pedophile or are they going to rewrite the rules to let Greta become pres?

Pequiste
Pequiste

Blind African Lesbian Trotskyite with leprosy in a wheelchair ought to do it.

TN Patriot
TN Patriot

Promoted, pushed and backed by the same puppet masters. He fits their mold: young, articulate, espouses mostly moderate positions while hiding his true beliefs.

The only question is “Are the American people ready to fall for another Manchurian Candidate?”

Unlike McCain and Mittens, Trump will expose the impostor and unlike 0bama, blacks will not vote for Buttgig.

Solutions Are Obvious
Solutions Are Obvious

The answer to your question is the number of Dems running to the voting booths to specify which of the handful of D’s is to be crowned the opposition to Trump. There are millions of D voters and they will eventually be cajoled into accepting one of the hemorrhoids on offer by the puppet master in the D party.

Half the country is committed to be a Dem, and therefore committed to vote for the Dem candidate. That’s the real problem; people so stupid that they vote for some smarmy character to be their ‘leader’, Dem or Repub.

ItsJo
ItsJo

Hope you are right TN Patriot…we DON’T need to be fooled by Another
Marxist in hiding(his Father’s background SHOULD be exposed NOW…
It’s No Wonder Obama “is backing this guy-he was Just like Him, on BOTH counts: “Marxist and H*m*……Obama wanted to change America and he did-Almost ‘ruined this Republic, and this Twit Pete, would do likewise as the agenda is to ‘take America Down’ …..I wish someone would send this article to the POTUS, so he would KNOW what is “Lurking in the Wings…..Another Obama” whose Mentor was Frank Marshall Davis, Communist of Chicago/Hawaii.” It appears that Little Pete’s Mentor was his OWN FATHER.

Let’s work on this “Going Viral Folks-we are just putting America “back together After Obama, thanks to our POTUS Trump” We need this to get to him, any suggestions? Thank you if anyone CAN!!!

Harrington Richardson
Harrington Richardson

While Obunghole had Davis as a mentor (Davis and Grampa Dunham smoked weed together), his mother, her parents and his African father Barry Sr. (Sr. wanted to be called Barry) were all Reds. A bit of research will demonstrate Obama knew more Reds than half the Soviet Politburo. Most of them right here!

Vixen Vic
Vixen Vic

You yourself can send a link to Trump through the White House website.

swimologist
swimologist

Notice that the Buttgigger has a background in Naval Intelligence, long at the center of devious actions

Solutions Are Obvious
Solutions Are Obvious

This guy is an obvious plant. They found a guy willing to sell his soul to play the part of president. I doubt he cares one iota about the country. He’s just a damned opportunist and that’s just what the deep state wants.

Anonymous
Anonymous

You might want to be careful about mentioning Buttigieg and “deep” in the same sentence.

BL
BL

SAO- Buttleggag didn’t come out of nowhere , he came from the same backlot of goofball shills as many before him, Navel Intel/ MIC/ MIEC. In other words, THE USUAL SUSPECTS.

Solutions Are Obvious
Solutions Are Obvious

I meant ‘come out of nowhere’ as far as the average person is concerned. He may be known as the mayor in some burg, but the rest of the country never heard of this clown.

Same as Obama. Obama was known in his neck of the hood, but the rest of the country didn’t know who the hell he was when he was pushed into being recognized by lots of PR and the money required to pull that off.

I agree that the political machine has found their (man?).

BL
BL

SAO- Agreeing with you, I think we should point out that they are (creations/shills) for the thousands who lurk/read here and want to know how it really works.

Solutions Are Obvious
Solutions Are Obvious

I just wish people would understand how dangerous and controlling the political parties are. Political parties are so common most people just accept them as a necessary part of governance.

What they are is a selection mechanism that has to find some corruptible dirtbag or unethical swine as their face for the public. Once in, all campaign promises are forgotten and the political machine just keeps rolling along completely impervious to any wishes of the public.

“The state—or, to make the matter more concrete, the government—consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can’t get, and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time it is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.” – H. L. Mencken

“[T]he quaint old forms—elections, parliaments, Supreme Courts and all the rest will remain. The underlying substance will be a new kind of nonviolent totalitarianism. All the traditional names, all the hallowed slogans will remain exactly what they were in the good old days. Democracy and freedom will be the theme of every broadcast and editorial . . . Meanwhile the ruling oligarchy and its highly trained elite of soldiers, policemen, thought-manufacturers and mind-manipulators will quietly run the show as they see fit.” – Aldous Huxley

“Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.” – Gore Vidal

Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane

The Black Bastard became The Annointed One right after giving his speech at the ’96 hypocrat convention.

TN Patriot
TN Patriot

Creepy Old Joe said he was “clean and articulate”. B J noted that “20 years before, he would be serving us coffee”.

flash
flash

Shut up! The finders work for US. They patriots.

https://youtu.be/NEntCEa-dhY

MrLiberty
MrLiberty

No, a short, billionaire tyrant.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Blacks don’t like faggots. He ain’t gonna beat the Trumpster if he has a chance.

Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane

What do Hispanics think about faggots?

M G
M G

Ask EC…

flash
flash

Was Pops a doody packer too?

swimologist
swimologist

“poop packer” is more alliterative

BL
BL

“fudge packer”. Peter Puffer is my favorite.

Harrington Richardson
Harrington Richardson

I can’t believe no one has mentioned “butt pirate.”

Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane

If he loses out maybe he can get a position with the Pittsburgh Pirates???

M G
M G

Dickin’ the dowdy has potential.

M G
M G

Doodie

ursel doran
ursel doran

Original source of Socialism / Marxism laid out in video below.

Is this not the Soros “New World Order”, *to destroy the USA* that he is pushing with all his funding of the illegal immigrant invasion, and Black Lives Matter, financing do nothing law enforcement heads big time?
The head AG in California and Philadelphia that have committed to NOT prosecute crimes? Eliminate ICE, eliminate borders, green new deal to destroy the functioning society, ALL are democrat platforms.
The California law that the little people can shoplift at will as long as it is under $950!
Sanctuary Cities, now sanctuary States, convicted illegal felons let loose to commit murder, like Kate Steinley, and MS 13 gang bangers.
Would anyone ever believed a few years ago we would have Muslims in Congress?? The WAR for hearts and minds is full on!  

mark
mark

ursel doran.

1000+ post!

Here is a shorter version with killer Pink Floyd as a background.

TN Patriot
TN Patriot

“Us and Them”, what a great piece of music to go with the narrative.

Wilson was a big proponent of the League of Nations. Was he a Fabian or just a progressive?

mark
mark

TN,

I would say Progressive co-conspirator Fabian dupe.

He has been called the Godfather of Liberalism.

And there will always be that clear death bed regret/confession.

But he also said this before he realized what he had allowed: “The Declaration of Independence did not mention the questions of our day. It is of no consequence to us….”

That last quote explains all you need to know about him as what he did with his Presidential power.

Hey
Hey

Pink floyd was way ahead of us. And roger waters has been banned for speaking out against israel recently

Anonymous
Anonymous

He was clueless.

mark
mark

But an’t they all???

Contex?

daddysteve
daddysteve

I’d bet a paycheck that Buttigigdeigu has the tribe somewhere in his background.

TC
TC

He’s “married” into it.

KaD
KaD

Of course his parents supported him being a fag, communism loves anything that helps destroy the nuclear family.

ILuvCO2
ILuvCO2

Until they get control, and then they murder the deviants first. When will they learn?

Hardscrabble Farmer
Hardscrabble Farmer

How unexpected.

Even with all the cheating and vote rigging in the world there’s not a snowballs chance in hell the American people will vote for a homosexual. It’s one thing to keep your mouth shut in public about it, but in most people’s minds it’s not something they want in the White House.

niebo
niebo
BL
BL

How soon you forget Obummer and his tranny HF.

Hardscrabble Farmer
Hardscrabble Farmer

People never had a problem with them as long as they remained in the closet.

ILuvCO2
ILuvCO2

Yes, African Americans especially won’t stand for it. The faggots need to learn to just stay in the proverbial closet (family, local) and stop swinging their dicks in our faces, or there be backlash.

nkit
nkit

Yeah, I want to see the sodomite face down Putin..or even Maduro..A real show of strength..God help us…

Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane

I think his plan of action would be to drop his drawers and roll over. Why bother bowing?

M G
M G

Good one!

TC
TC

You’re assuming the people pulling the Democrat strings want to win the election rather than humiliate the most Christian families they possibly can.

M G
M G

We have slipped into an alternate reality where the impossible is probable.

Crawfisher
Crawfisher

This is not new information that his father was a radical. This article got me thinking is Mayor Pete a ‘white’ Obama clone? He sure has some of Obama’s DNA, he is well spoken, highly educated, coming out of nowhere (Southbend, IN) and shocking the election world. Marxist background, bet many of his fathers buddies are crazy radicals, again like Obama. Lots of people thought Obama was gay (but wasn’t); Mayor Pete could fulfill the narrative of the first Gay President? What do you all think?

TN Patriot
TN Patriot

Their message to America would be “prove you are not homophobic by electing Buttgig”. We, as a nation are pretty accepting of blacks, so it worked for 0bama, but not so much homos.

Anonymous
Anonymous

No difference between him and Obama, the left can use mayor butt the same way as they did with Obama to tell the American citizens lies. But this time we are all awake for all that bull S H I T!

Pat
Pat

Mayor Pete is already “packed” for the white house.

Chubby Bubbles
Chubby Bubbles

He and his husband bought a house in South Bend around the corner from his parents, which gave the couple “a good support network despite our work and travel schedules” when they decided to get a dog.

Let me get this straight: for two adult males to manage a dog, they need two other adults as a “support network”.

Chubby Bubbles
Chubby Bubbles

There’s an older lady in our area who is very plugged-in to Dem politics—a big hob-nobber who hosts fundraisers and the like. 2-3 months ago she had a “Mayor Pete” electoral sign up, when he was on precisely nobody’s radar screen.

Things that make you go, “hmmmm”.

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