Ooopsie. Glenn Beck's '9-12' logo based on communist and socialist designs.

[jefferson_dem]

Glenn Beck's '9-12' logo based on communist and socialist designs
September 13, 2009 | 10:30 am

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a56898c8970b-320wi

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a568934e970b-320wi

Taxpayer March Ever since Glenn Beck took to the Fox television airwaves recently to offer a bizarre reading of the art commissioned 70 years ago for New York's Rockefeller Center, I've been puzzled by the graphic design element of his 9-12 Project. The logo (pictured) for his affiliated groups' rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend derives from century-old communist, socialist and other left-wing designs.

Those were the motifs he railed against in his Rockefeller rant.

For the logo, three raised and clenched red fists are superimposed over the U.S. Capitol. Obviously the bloody fist represents the tea-baggers' themes of unity and resistance.

But do Beck; the corporate-sponsored astro-turf group, FreedomWorks, headed by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas); the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights; the private-property group, the National Assn. of Rural Landowners; and the rest of the march sponsors know the symbol's origins?

Unity and resistance are what the fist represented in 1917, when it was first employed by the Industrial Workers of the World, a union organization founded by socialists. And in the 1940s, when it stood for various nations' communist party organizations.

Fist Progressive Labor Party That's also what it meant when it was revived in the 1960s, appearing as a symbol for the SDS, as well as anti-war and feminist movements. It was the basis for the black-power salute given by John Carlos and Tommie Smith at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. And today, it's the symbol for the Progressive Labor Party (pictured), a political outfit whose website says it "fights to smash capitalism."

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/09/glenn-becks-912-logo-based-on-on-communist-and-socialist-designs.html

[Clio the Leo]

1. I didn't even need to SEE the original to recognize that one!

The putz!

[Cha]

2. bech needs to stop being a copycat and get his

own fooking symbol and stop desecrating the Socialists!

[Nickster]

3. Well, you know what that means don't you? He was obviously mislead by one of the evil socialist

interns that was planted by the Obama administration to discredit Glenn, etc etc blah blah blah.

:sarcasm:

[Kerrytravelers]

4. Ooopsie!!!!!!!!!

:rofl: Another example of how the Beckian tea bagger-birther-deather-tenther racist bigots have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.

[Fridays Child]

5. Is Glenn Beck a communist?

I don't know if Glenn Beck is a communist.
But I wonder if Glenn Beck is a communist.
I think that the question everyone should be asking is whether Glenn Beck is a communist.

[theMark]

14. Thanks...

Now I can say that I've heard it asked if Glen Beck is a communist.
And I can answer, "I don't know. I can't say he isn't. What have you heard?"

That's how these things get started, right?

[GrantDem]

17. I have seen no evidence that Glenn Beck is not a communist.

He should provide proof that he is not a communist.

[proReality]

20. More like a

neo-nazi in my opinion.

[NoPasaran]

21. Is Glenn Beck's name on a list of communists?

I haven't seen the list of communists.
But I wonder if Glenn Beck's name is on a list of communists.
Why hasn't Glenn Beck denied his name is on a list of communists?
Patriotic Americans wonder.

[NYC Liberal]

6. I do like how it says "MARCH ON DC" and then underneath it says "Washington DC"

Are Freepers really that clueless that they need everything spelled out for them?

[dana_b]

7. perfect! just like this:

Of course we all know that symbol but Beck is an ignorant tool.

BTW - Axis of Justice was formed as a response to Bush's "Axis of Evil". It's a great organization that fights for justice and feeding the poor.

[berni_mccoy]

8. I made this same observation yesterday. More pics at LINK

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/berni_mccoy/768

[jefferson_dem]

10. Wow. You beat LA Times to the punch, Berni.

Or they piggy-backed on your scoop. :)

[berni_mccoy]

11. As long as the message gets out, I don't care who scooped it. :-)

Just keep exposing what they are.

[liberal N proud]

9. Perfect

Considering all the interviews the networks showed had someone calling Obama communist.

:rofl:

[Hissyspit]

12. Sorry I duped your post, j_d, but it has images. There's a DKos diary with more images, too:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6541732&mesg_id=6541732

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/13/175146/806

[BootinUp]

13. Is it Mickey Mantle? nt

[masuki bance]

15. ...

[SpartanDem]

16. We all need to email this to Olbermann, Maddow etc

I'd love to see a story on Glenn Beck the communist

[msanthrope]

18. Are we surprised? Teabagging then 2M4M---

these people are culturally tone-deaf............

[Orsino]

19. Doesn't matter.

Not a one of the Marching Morons is smart enough to spot it, or to care if he did.

[jgraz]

22. Apparently he's also a Nazi

I think we should all be asking whether Glenn Beck is a Nazi Communist.