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W. Cleon Skousen

Ex FBI agent, conservative United States author and faith-based political theorist (1913-2006)

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Jan 1, 2026

What does the 1936 Communist Party USA platform actually say, line-by-line, and how does it compare to Skousen’s list?

The 1936 Communist Party USA (CPUSA) election platform is publicly archived and, read directly, is a campaign pamphlet that emphasizes workers’ rights, unemployment relief, civil liberties, anti-fasci...

Jan 1, 2026

Which specific communist texts most closely match items on Skousen's '45 Goals' and what do experts say about those parallels?

Cleon Skousen’s “45 Goals” originate in his 1958 book The Naked Communist and were later entered into the Congressional Record in 1963, but they are Skousen’s synthesis and not a verbatim product of a...

Jan 1, 2026

What primary sources did W. Cleon Skousen cite in The Naked Communist and how accurate are those citations?

W. Cleon Skousen presented The Naked Communist as a distillation of "more than one hundred" Marxist and communist books, speeches, and manifestos and explicitly said he drew on primary communist texts...

Jan 1, 2026

What is the provenance of W. Cleon Skousen’s 'The Naked Communist' and how was it sourced?

W. Cleon Skousen’s The Naked Communist is a 1958 anti‑communist primer written and popularized by a conservative, faith‑based American author with a background in the FBI; it synthesizes and interpret...

Jan 1, 2026

1963 the communist goals were entered into congressional record.

On January 10, 1963 Representative A. S. (Syd) Herlong, Jr. entered into the Congressional Record a list titled “Current Communist Goals,” saying it was submitted at the request of his constituent Pat...