Goal 17 · Culture
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Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
Congressional Record, Jan 10, 1963 (from Skousen, The Naked Communist)
Stated 1958 · status disputed
Editor note empty. The Record is the text. Status is a later tag, not a proof of conspiracy.
Related goals
- 18Gain control of all student newspapers.
- 19Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
- 31Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture.