Communists for Kerry is a tax-exempt 527 group

527 group

A 527 organization or 527 group is a type of American tax-exempt organization named after "Section 527" of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code...

 founded in the Summer of 2004 by the Hellgate Republican Club of New York, now itself disbanded. Its name is intended to be satirical

Satire

Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...

; none of its members belong to any communist organizations.
Reportedly inspired by Billionaires for Bush

Billionaires for Bush

Billionaires for Bush is a culture jamming political street theater organization that satirically purports to support George W. Bush for those activities which are perceived to benefit corporations and the super-wealthy...

, this political parody

Parody

A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...

 group describes its mission as "to inform voters with satire and irony, how political candidates make decisions based on the failed social economic principles of communism." In character, the group fervently supports John Kerry

John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...

 in his Presidential bid, through violent revolution if necessary.

Falsely portrayed in media

Communists for Kerry was falsely portrayed as a serious pro-Kerry group several times in the mass media.

During the 2004 presidential campaign, Fox News portrayed the group as a serious organization which actually supported Kerry. In a published story, Fox quoted a "Communists for Kerry" member stating that both he and North Korea supported "Comrade Kerry". The story continued, "It is unclear whether the Kerry campaign has welcomed the Communists' endorsement." Fox later apologized. http://atrios.blogspot.com/2004/10/fox-news-snookered-again.html

The group highlights a less-publicized incident in which The Washington Post

The Washington Post

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reported of an anti-Bush

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

 protest, "Kerry might prefer to eschew the four-member "Communists for Kerry" contingent, whose placards advocated a "France First!" foreign policy." KommanderDjin comments on the group's web site, "Do note that this article received zero mention from the leftists out there, while the mistake made by FoxNews, is cause to dismantle the entire news organization." http://www.communistsforkerry.com/GPU/viewtopic.php?t=156

Also, in Time magazine's April 25, 2005 cover feature on Ann Coulter

Ann Coulter

Ann Hart Coulter is an American lawyer, conservative social and political commentator, author, and syndicated columnist. She frequently appears on television, radio, and as a speaker at public events and private events...

, a photograph of a Communists for Kerry demonstration was captioned, "Protesters blast Coulter at the G.O.P. Convention in New York City last year." http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/4/17/172520/664 The photograph showed a protester holding a placard in which a picture of Coulter's face was painted over in red with an "x" over her mouth and the word "enemy" on her forehead. The placard had the slogan, "Neo-Imperialist Criminal" and the web address for Communists for Kerry. Time's caption has since been retracted and corrected to, "Pro-G.O.P protesters at the Republican Convention in New York City last year" in Time's online archives. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,1101050425,00.html

Activities

Its members hold demonstrations in Union Square

Union Square (New York City)

Union Square is a public square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York.It is an important and historic intersection, located where Broadway and the former Bowery Road – now Fourth Avenue – came together in the early 19th century; its name celebrates neither the...

 on irregular occasions (and once at the 2004 Republican National Convention

2004 Republican National Convention

The 2004 Republican National Convention, the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States, took place from August 30 to September 2, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York...

) dressed as such figures as Che Guevara

Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara , commonly known as el Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist...

, Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...

, and an Ivan Lenin, based on Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...

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Some of the group's slogans include "The welfare state = the shining city on the hill!", "Eradicate SMALL business! We need BIG government!", "End the two Americas! Create one homogeneous welfare state!", and "Green Cards

United States Permanent Resident Card

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 to Guantanamo Bay

Guantanamo Bay detainment camp

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...

 prisoners!".

In September 2004, an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n chapter of the group was opened, claiming, "John Kerry" is pronounced "Mark Latham

Mark Latham

Mark William Latham , an author and former Australian politician, was leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from December 2003 to January 2005....

" in Australian. The group is willing to help anyone form their own chapter. As of October 12, 2004, it is unclear what the group will do after Howard's winning a majority government. In mid-October 2004, the group announced the opening of a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 chapter in connection with Protest Warrior

Protest Warrior

Protest Warrior was a conservative political activist group. It was formed in 2003 by Alan Lipton and Kfir Alfia in Austin, Texas. The group is primarily known for organizing counter-protests in favor of the Iraq war...

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The group refers to the American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...

 as the "secret police."

Current activities

At the end of the 2004 elections, the CFK site was turned into the "Museum Of The Failed 2004 Revolution" and most of the CFK group is now on a new site, The People's Cube

The People's Cube

The People's Cube is a U.S. based satirical conservative website that was launched April 1, 2005 as a sequel to Communists for Kerry.-Founder's biography:Oleg Atbashian:Before moving to the U.S...

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