The Communist Infiltration of American Universities

An Exposé

Introduction

Discussions over critical race theory, BLM, and increasing government control and censorship have become commonplace in America. It’s obvious to many that America’s institutions have been overrun by neo-Marxist ideology. Take my experience, for example. As an English major at a public college in the US in the late 2010’s, I was required to study almost exclusively Marxist and neo-Marxist literary theorists. I was horrified by the experience of reading critic after critic who, vampire-like, sucked the life out of the enjoyment of literature in order to feed the monstrosity of their political program.

This experience led me to research what brough our country to a state where public colleges and universities teach, for the most part, pure neo-Marxism—which represents a serious danger to our civilization. The results were illuminating. And I believe that in this critical moment for our nation, it is helpful to trace out and identify at least one cog in the machine that brought us to where we are today.

The goal of communism has always been a World Communist Revolution, which will place the whole earth under the yoke of communism. Proof that the communists have always desired and worked toward a “liberated” world is so readily available that it hardly requires evidence, but I would direct the reader to the words of communists and ex-communists, such as one of the most famous of all, Vladimir Lenin himself, who spoke often of the “world proletarian revolution.” “I don't care what becomes of Russia,” he wrote. “To hell with it. All this is only the road to a World Revolution.”[1] And again, “As an ultimate objective, ‘peace’ simply means communist world control.”[2]

Douglas Hyde, a former Communist, wrote in his 1966 book Dedication and Leadership, “[The Communists’] aim is quite clear. They have never concealed it and it is something that is immensely meaningful to every Communist. It is a Communist world.”[3]

These words from the Communists themselves demonstrate that they have always sought to increase their influence throughout the world, until one day the entire globe will succumb to communism.

The Communists sought to achieve their prized goal of communist world control through the infiltration of forces and entities opposed to communism, including the Catholic Church[4] and the United States of America, with the aim of turning these enemies into allies from the inside out.

In their plan of attack, the Communists were very organized, disciplined, and patient. They knew that in order to change the thinking and policies of a whole nation, the United States, from an enemy of communism to a promoter of it, they would need to influence the intellectual formation of its citizens. They would, therefore, need to target the young, from toddlers to young adults, and form their minds in a manner favorable to socialism, communism, and Marxism. Lenin has been quoted as saying, “Give me four years to teach the children, and the seed I have sown shall never be uprooted.” To that end, they planned and implemented an infiltration of American education, including American universities.

The Plan

Evidence exists that the infiltration of American education was an explicit goal of the communists. “In undermining a nation such as the United States, the infiltration of the educational process is of prime importance. The Communists have accordingly made the invasion of schools and colleges one of the major considerations in their psychological warfare designed to control the American mind.”[6] These words, penned in 1954, come not from some uninformed conspiracy theorist but from Louis Francis Budenz, a former Soviet espionage agent and member of the Communist Party, USA, who later renounced communism and became an adamant opponent of it.

According to Budenz, as early as 1924, Stalin had identified educational organizations as powerful allies in the promoting of world communism.[7]

Budenz wasn’t the only one who said that the Communists were targeting education. Former FBI agent W. Cleon Skousen was an expert on communist strategy, and his work was deemed reliable enough that Congressman Albert S. Herlong Jr. read Skousen’s list of 45 communist goals into the Congressional Record on Jan. 10, 1963. Skousen reported that one of the communists’ goals for conquering America was