“In the U.S., for much of the past century, the strategic goal of left and progressive movements was the creation of a Farmer-Labor party.”
Trevor Loudon
New Zeal
12/1/2010
Mark Ritchie File 4 here
Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is regarded as a “non-party friend” by the Communist Party USA.
So highly does the Communist Party regard Mr. Ritchie, that he has been allowed to attend an high level “not to be publicized” Party meeting in Minneapolis.
Some of the Communist Party members at this meeting, later supported Ritchie in his Secretary of State election campaigns. One of them, labor leader Mark Froemke, went on to support two of Ritchie’s Democratic – Farmer – Labor – Party colleagues – Al Franken and Mark Dayton in their respective election campaigns.
As Minnesota Secretary of State, Mark Ritchie’s job includes overseeing the State’s electoral recounts. In 2009, following a very controversial recount, Ritchie awarded a U.S. Senate seat to Al Franken. Currently Ritchie is overseeing another recount which could give Mark Dayton the Minnesota Governorship.
In this column, I post extracts from a four-page document I obtained during my research in the United States. The document was marked “Not for publication”. As you read this post you will understand why. Click on any scanned excerpt of the document to enlarge it for easier reading. The documents in full and unedited are viewable on Mark Ritchie’s page at our sister site KeyWiki – direct link here
This article continues at New Zeal.
