Communist Party strategist maps out Obama's agenda

"'The right-wing propaganda machine will scream socialism, and that is also a good thing,' Markowitz writes. 'Because the more socialism comes to be identified with real policies that raise the standard of living and improve the quality of life for the working class and the whole people, the more socialism will be looked at seriously.'

And once America learns to accept socialism as a good thing, Markowitz writes, the country can more easily be pulled even farther.

'A stronger left that follows the tradition of the Communist Party,' Markowitz writes, 'in its unbreakable commitment to a socialist future and to educating people about the value and necessity of socialist policies in the present could follow.'"