Florida based Communists, Radical Islamists and Unions go after TEA Party Members

By Dr. Richard Swier | 01/10/10 | 09:46 AM EDT | 2 Comments

I recieved an interesting e-mail from the local Glenn Beck Meet-up Group about A.N.S.W.E.R. Florida. It seems A.N.S.W.E.R. Florida recently sent out an e-mail to all its members stating in part:

"Racism is like anything else in this world: in order to make it fall, you must smash it! That is why we are calling on all people to come out tomorrow, to organize a militant confrontation with the so-called “tea baggers.” Beating back these forces will require us to organize together, take the streets, fight the racists wherever they show their faces and drive them out of every community." [Emphasis added]
So what is A.N.S.W.E.R. Florida and why do they want to "organize a militant confrontation with the so-called 'tea baggers'"?

A.N.S.W.E.R. Florida is the local branch of International A.N.S.W.E.R. and the ANSWER Coalition. ANSWER was established by the International Action Center (IAC), which was founded by former United States Attorney General Ramsey Clark and the Communist Workers World Party. Many of ANSWER's leaders were members of Workers World Party (WWP) at the time of ANSWER's founding, and are current members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), a Marxist-Leninist organization that was founded in 2004 by people who had left the WWP.

Who sits on the Florida Statewide ANSWER Steering Committee? The following individuals according to the A.N.S.W.E.R. Florida website:

Jamal Alian, Muslim Student Association, Florida State University, Tallahassee (NOTE: MSA at FSU is a member of FSU Amnesty International)
Lex Foster, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Daytona Beach
Naveen El-Nawawy, Muslim community activist, Tampa
Michael Prysner, March Forward, Tampa
Antonio Franco, ANSWER-UCF, Orlando
Emmanuel Lopez, member, Unite Here, Local 355, Palm Beach
John Daly, Exec. Board, AFSCME Local 3041, Fort Lauderdale
Muhammed Malik, South Florida Palestine Solidarity Network Miami Dade, Miami
Nadia Abdallah, Palestinian American Organization, FAU, Boca Raton

What is unusual about this leadership group? Note that four Steering Committee members represent Islamic organizations, some of which like the Muslim Students Association, have been directly tied to the Muslim Brotherhood. Muhammed Malik, representing the Palistinian Solidarity Network, supports the dissolution of Israel. Two are members of Marxist/Leninist organizations, another a member of the anti-war veterans group March Forward, which demands an end to the existing officer corps and reparations to the "victims" of the U.S. military. Finally, two are members of Florida based hospitality industry labor unions.

Florida was home to eleven of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers. Three of those terrorists learned how to pilot the airplanes that they flew into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania in Venice, FL about 20 miles from my home. When ever is see any organization calling for its members to "smash" another organization I begin to get worried. I worry if a combination of Floridians and students attending Florida's universities who believe in ideologies that are the nemesis of our form of government should be allowed to make statements like the above without investigation.

Finally, I wonder if a toxic mix of Marxism, radical Islamism and union workers is dangerous to our safety and well being. I wonder if our U.S. Department of Homeland Security is as worried as I am about what A.N.S.W.E.R Florida is doing. Are these organizations creating an environment where a home grown terrorist will be radicalized and one day decide to strike in the name of one of these ideologies? I wonder why the main stream media is not covering this group and its radical agenda, given the recent attacks by radical Islamists. What do you think?