Joshua Kleing - Andrew Gillum Fought U.S. ‘Genocide,’ ‘Colonialism’ Through 2017 as Youth Director of Extremist Org

Joshua Klein says that Andrew Gillum runs an extremist organisation, but it doesn't sound very extremist to me. It's the US neoliberal, capitalist model and its militarily-industrial-complex which is extremist, as Andrew Gillum points out.  But what is bizarre is that George Soros seems to be funding some of these groups that Gillum is involved with.

ORLANDO, Fl. – Florida gubernatorial candidate and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum served as the director of a radical youth training organization whose mission was to challenge U.S. “predatory capitalism,” abolish the prison system, fight a “spiritual resistance” battle against “Christian hegemony,” redefine the meaning of “borders” while aiding “undocumented” aliens, and enact the “collective liberation” of “communities of color” amid what it described as the scourge of “white supremacy.”

Gillum’s group accused the U.S. of being a “colonialist” power perpetrating “structural violence” and “continued genocide.” It claimed conservatives in the U.S. judicial system were “justifying white supremacist policing practices.”

All of that extremist rhetoric and more was posted on the official “issues” sections of the organization’s website while Gillum not only served as its active director, but while his picture, position and bio were brandished on the same site on the “staff” page.

During the current gubernatorial race, Gillum has faced controversy over his refusal to disavow Dream Defenders, an anti-patriotic, anti-capitalism, anti-military, anti-police organization that has engaged in activist efforts to promote the boycott of Israel and with which Gillum has been associated. Republican challenger Ron DeSantis has repeatedlycalled for Gillum to distance himself from Dream Defenders.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/30/andrew-gillum-fought-u-s-colonialism-genocide-through-2017-youth-director-extremist-org/