All those who value America's liberties should solemnly observe
that on this day 56 years ago the Communist traitors Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg were
executed.
It is unclear how many American lives were lost as a result of
their actions.
The left had denied the guilt
of its slain martys for decades, arguing that they were
condemned to death in a wave of anti-Communist hysteria. Even
nowadays after their co-defendant Morton
Sobell admitted the Rosenbergs (or at least Julius--Ethel
might have been a silent observer or accomplice after
the fact) were Soviet spies, the Rosenbergs' children and a few
diehard
nutters
continue to defend them.
Robert Meeropol, a son of the Rosenbergs, now runs the
Rosenberg Fund for Children, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
that, in Meeropol's words, was created to enable radical
left-wing activists "to rally around the children of this era's
targeted activists."
On the website's "Our
Story" page, he dances around the question of his parents'
treachery and demonstrates that he hates America as much as his
parents did. Using wording one might expect to find at the
website of the Communist Party USA, Meeropol, who embraces
convicted cop killer
Mumia Abu Jamal, writes
In recent years, we have witnessed the most rapid and
widespread erosion of our civil liberties since the 1950's.
Those who speak out in opposition to our criminal war abroad
and the growing repression at home are condemned as "traitors"
and treated as enemies of the state. These conditions are
familiar to anyone who lived through the anti-communist
hysteria of the 1950's.
The Rosenberg Fund puts on a celebrity-studded performance every
year called "Celebrate
the Children of Resistance." The list of America-hating
performers and celebrities who have participated in the event in
recent years is telling:
Angela Davis,
Pete Seeger,
Harry Belafonte, and
Howard Zinn.
