DANNY GLOVER

Film and television star

Supporter of the Communist dictatorship of Cuba, and the Maoist group Not In Our Name

"One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been [the U.S.], whether it's been against Nicaragua, Vietnam or wherever."

Signatory to "The Conscience of the World," a public letter condemning the War in Iraq

Film and television star Danny Glover is well known for his 25-year body of work as an actor. Off screen, Glover is a leftist ideologue. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, he said that the U.S. was in no position to pass moral judgment on the terrorists who had perpetrated the slaughters. "One of the main purveyors of violence in this world," said Glover, "has been this country, whether it's been against Nicaragua, Vietnam or wherever." Criticizing patriotism in general, Glover has stated, "It's basically this rabid [post-9/11] nationalism that has its own kind of potential of being maniacal, in some sense. As we march down and wave the flags, we must be sure of what we're waving them for."

Characterizing President Bush - who has made more minority appointments to higher positions than any previous US President -- as a racist who would gladly turn back the clock on the civil rights gains of the past four decades, Glover has said, "We must stand vigilant against Bush in these times and work with the abolitionists." At a February 2003 anti-war rally in New York City, Glover charged that the Bush administration was composed of "liars and murderers."

Glover was a signatory to "The Conscience of the World," a public letter signed by 160 artists which condemned the War in Iraq, and pledged support for the Communist dictatorship of Cuba. He also supports the Maoist group Not In Our Name (NION), which "pledges resistance to endless war, detentions and roundups, [and] attacks on civil liberties," and is directed by members of the Revolutionary Communist Party.

In June 2004, only a few hours after learning that former President Ronald Reagan had died, Glover insolently stated, "We all know Reagan's legacy, from the Iran-Contra affair to the funding of the Nicaraguan military in which over 200,000 people died. The groundwork for the move steadily to the right happened with the Reagan administration. People want to elevate him to some mythic level; they have their own reason for doing that."

I wonder if people life Bill Clinton, Roosevelt, Kennedy, to a mythical status?

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