Victory Over Communism with Bill Gertz: Recent Episodes
Bill Gertz
Veteran national security journalist and best-selling author Bill Gertz makes the case against Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics and American Marxism and offers a faith-based counterproposal to destructive ideologies. With news, commentary and interviews. Hour-long podcasts will post every two weeks.
To paraphrase Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto, a specter is haunting China. It is the specter of Historical Nihilism. This episode reveals how the Chinese Communist Party is conducting a major Marxist-Leninist 'rectification' campaign to ruthlessly stamp out what it regards as a major ideological threat called historical nihilism -- code for anyone or anything that opposes Chinese communist ideology and is seeking to expose its murderous past. The counterproposal presents a Judeo-Christian counter to historical materialism, and the news section explores the new Cold War with China. The interview portion includes a segment from Chris Chappel's excellent program China Uncensored on how the CCP is redefining terms to promote its ideology. This episode is must listening!
This episode explores the history of American Marxism heavily influenced by radical Saul Alinsky (1909-1972). His book Rules for Radicals remains a critical revolutionary tract outlining how to gain political power under the rubric of community organizing. A generation of leftist U.S. political leaders, including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, are among his admirers. Alinsky pioneered the Marxist technique of fueling social unrest, resentment and grievances in pursuit of political power in America. The counterproposal section offers a Judeo-Christian alternative to Marx's historical materialism. The news portion looks at leftist policies under the Biden administration. The interview hears from Mike Gonzalez, co-author of the recent book NextGen Marxism: What It Is and How to Combat It. Must listening!
Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping, a neo-Maoist orthodox communist, is reviving the false ideological precept that Marxism-Leninism is scientific. Hold a doctorate in "scientific socialism" Xi is forcing this dogma on the 98 million members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and spreading it worldwide as part of plans for overthrowing the U.S.-led system of democracy and free markets. For the counterproposal section, this episode further expands on what I'm calling the VOC world view that provides a powerful Judeo-Christian system of values and practice in seeking solutions to problems communism will never solve. The news portion is based on a report that explains the Marxist-Leninist underpinnings of CCP expansionism today and its goal of world domination. My interview is with Brad Thayer, co-author of the new book Embracing Communist China: America's Greatest Strategic Failure. Must listening!
U.S. intelligence obtained new details of subversion and political warfare operations in the United States by China's Ministry of Public Security, the political police and intelligence service of the Chinese Communist Party. An MPS defector for the first time provided direct evidence of MPS operations aimed at sowing social divisions in America through anonymized Facebook posts. Targets included the 2022 elections, the origin of the Covid virus, attempts to whip up racial divisions by exploiting the George Floyd death anniversary, and other nefarious activities. The details are contained an FBI document submitted in federal court. The counterproposal examines the most important way to counter communism and Marxism through a God-centered worldview. The news portion reveals how Marxists are covertly attempting to take over the Democratic Party. The interview portion is with China expert Kerry Gershaneck, author of the book Political Warfare. Must listening!
This episode examines what I will call the non-kinetic threat posed by Chinese communism. That is, the diabolical nature of the anti-human theory and practice of Chinese Marxism-Leninism and how the current leadership in communist China is seeking to reimpose high-technology Maoist tyranny worldwide. The counterproposal section continues with a general overview of the VOC worldview that seeks to explain through Judeo-Christian principles where communist ideology is false -- such as the nature of people as spiritual as well physical beings. The news portion looks at a recent I wrote article on the Chinese military's secret development of marine toxins, and my interview is with Steven Mosher, a great China expert on his new book -- The Devil and Communist China. Must listening!
The third season of Victory Over Communism is underway and this episode examines Critical Race Theory as the new face of Marxism in the United States. This destructive ideology was modified from its past variants by adding distinctly American features. First, CRT embraces the Marxist philosophy of resentment and hatred of religion but now filtering it through the lens of racism. Second, American Marxists embrace CRT as an adaptation of failed Soviet communist ideology through what is called post-modernism, or neo-Marxism. This was done by updating the ideology to the ways of the 21st Century while seeking to explain away the failures of 20th-century Marxism. The counterproposal section further expounds on the VOC worldview with an exploration of a new understanding of Judeo-Christian principles. The news section looks at how woke ideology is tearing the fabric of American society. My interview is with David Burgess, an expert on Critical Theory who has developed WICC -- woke ideology critique and counterproposal -- that calls for a renewed American Revolution.
The Chinese Communist Party is now publishing its Marxist-Leninist ideological journal online. The latest issue is the focus of this first episode of Season 3 of the Victory Over Communism podcast. The Central Party School journal known as Qiushi -- deceptively translated as "Seeking Truth" in Chinese -- published an article on Chinese diplomacy that reveals Xi Jinping's ambition for a world dominated by Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics. Despite its packaging as somehow Chinese, this is the same old European communist ideology known for producing death and disaster wherever it is imposed. The counterproposal section explains that the ultimate solution to defeating communist ideology is through understanding God and his relationship to people. The news portion hears from a former CCP insider, Cai Xia, who broke with the Chinese communists based on Xi Jinping's attempt to impose communist orthodoxy throughout the nation. My interview for this episode is with Thomas Cromwell, author of the fascinating book The Triumph of Good: Divine Providence, The Cain-Abel Paradigm and the End of Marxism. Must listening!
The Chinese Communist Party is working within the United States to weaken and ultimately destroy the only nation that stands in the way of Beijing's strategic goal of achieving global hegemony. Chinese influence and infiltration operations in America highlight a threat that is no longer limited to a potential regional conflict in the Indo-Pacific. The CCP is inside the wire and actively subverting the American system of freedom and free markets. The counterproposal section addresses the need to return to and promote America's Judeo-Christian values that are under assault by Marxists as the key to countering communism. The news portion tells how Congress for the first time has launched a major investigation into Chinese influence and infiltration activities targeting both the U.S. government and the entire American society. The interview portion is based on portions of a speech to Hillsdale College by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. A must-listen to episode!
One of the most important VOC podcasts, this episode examines in detail the ideological and strategic characteristics of Chinese communism and how Beijing is seeking nothing less than world domination under Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics. The counterproposal debunks the Marxist myth of humanity as mere animals and highlights the truth of the spiritual nature of men and women. The news section provides an excellent analysis of how China's ruler Xi Jinping is seeking to infuse Confucianism into his brand of communism, a doomed attempt considering Marxism's atheism and hatred of religion. My interview is with Miles Yu, director of the Hudson Institute China Center and the most knowledgable American on the subject of Chinese communist ideology
Neo-Marxists are promoting radical racial and gender policies that are being forced on the U.S. military by the Pentagon. The effort is undermining morale and hurting recruitment and retention of the best military in the world. This episode looks at the active program within the Biden administration to remake the military into a left-wing ideologically motivated force. The counterproposal compares the atheism of communism with a true solution to societal problems, a God-centered worldview. The news portion explores woke narratives being pushed in the Pentagon. Two interviews for the episode include a talk with Michael Lucci, founder and CEO of State Armor, a new group focused on countering Chinese communist subversion at the state and local levels. I also spoke with Will Thibeau, an Army veteran battling the imposition of neo-Marxist woke ideology in the military.
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 saw the demise of Soviet communism. Now in 2024, Marxism-Leninism is again on the march as the Chinese Communist Party declares that will impose its brand of communism on the world. This episode looks at the "Sinicization" of communism under Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping. The counterproposal section debunks historical materialism and offers a God-centered alternative regarding the true march of history. The news section examines the moral destruction caused by Vladimir Lenin who died 100 years ago this month and the lasting impact of his ideology. The last section hears from excerpts of a 2020 speech by then-Attorney General Bill Barr on America's new twilight struggle against Chinese communism. An important episode!
Neo-Marxism is the subject of this episode that reveals how Marxists are seeking to take control of all elements of American society -- schools, media, Big Tech and business, and even science with the goal of imposing Marxist ideology on the United States. The counterproposal section addresses the false Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and shows that cooperation -- not conflict -- is the basis for progress and development. The news portion discusses Xi Jinping's Christmas speech marking Mao's birth and his threats against Taiwan. For the interview portion, I spoke with Xi Van Fleet and her new book, Mao's America: A Survivor's Guide.
Americans recently got a chance to hear firsthand China’s supreme leader Xi Jinping in California who is driving China and its 1.4 people into further despair and tyranny through policies emphasizing a renewal and reimposition of hardline communism. Let's be clear China's economic problems are not derived from Xi the person, or Xi the dictator. The problems in China today are the direct result of Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics for a new era.
The counterproposal examines closely the fallacies of Marxism's historical materialism and offers a true version of history as the Providence of Restoration. The news portion explores further the failure of the Biden-Xi summit and the last portion hears from Rep. Mike Gallagher, chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP. Must listening!
The outpouring of support for Palestinians, and indirectly Hamas in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 massacre of Jews in Israel is a shocking indication of what has been called the Red-Green alliances -- the European-origin joining of American Marxists and leftists with radical Islamists. Both are seeking revolutions that require overthrowing the existing U.S. order. The counterproposal section addresses the false Marxist view of people as little more than animals and why it is fundamentally wrong. For the news portion, the podcast examines the role of the Chinese Communist Party-linked video app TikTock. The interview section hears from Frank Kaufmann, president of the Settlement Project and his work in critiquing and countering critical theory -- the neo-Marxist ideology behind the current woke madness. A must-hear episode!
This episode includes new information from the Pentagon's latest annual report on China's military power on Chinese communist ideology and strategy. Based on Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics, the current Chinese Communist Party strategy calls for a deliberate and determined effort to amass, improve, and harness the internal and external elements of national power with the goal of placing Communist China in the “leading position” what Beijing regards as the death struggle between communism and capitalism, led by the U.S. The counterproposal section further explores history not as a march toward the communist workers' paradise but as God's providential history of the restoration. The news portion examines how China may be preparing to exploit the West's attention on wars in Ukraine and Israel for a move against Taiwan. The interview section hears from China expert Bradley Thayer who discusses China's adoption of a non-Chinese ideology -- Marxism-Leninism.
American Marxists abandoned confrontation and violent revolution in the 1970s and shifted their strategy for subversion and revolution to long-term infiltration -- the Long March through the institutions. This episode reveals how today, Marxists are closer to seizing power through deception and cultural control than at any time in U.S. history, a danger that needs to be recognized and countered. The counterproposal section explores how a Judeo-Christian ideology is the key to countering Marxism-Leninism and working toward real-world solutions to society's problems. The news section examines a landmark report on Chinese disinformation and propaganda operations. The interview portion hears from Katherine Gorka, a specialist on American Marxism. This is an episode you will not want to miss!
Marxism-Leninism in China is based on Stalin's brand of communism that was embraced by Mao, who combined it with the classical Chinese dynasty system. Under Mao, enemies within the Chinese Communist Party and outside it were dealt with ruthlessly under the dictim "I live, you die." This version of Chinese communism is now being revived by Xi Jinping, a true believer in Stalinism and Maoism. The counterproposal section addresses the need for a new God-centered worldview as a solution to both communism and secular humanism. The news portion discusses proposed legislation that would teach the realities of communism in middle and high schools. The interview is with a remarkable American woman, Xi Van Fleet, a survivor of the Cultural Revolution who talks about her forthcoming book, Mao's America.
The latest episode of the VOC podcast reveals that the CPUSA, once a Moscow appendage, is now aligned with the Chinese Communist Party, increasing the danger that Beijing will succeed in its goal of replacing the democratic and free market system with a communist dictatorship of the proletariat. The counterproposal examines the Chinese communist worldview and what's needed to counter it. The news portion looks at the CCP development of artificial intelligence rooted in Marxism-Leninism. Encounter Books publisher Roger Kimball expounds on the fallacies of Marxism based on the great Polish philosopher Leszek Kowlakowski. A must hear episode.
Many people argue that China is not really communist. That its system covertly capitalist. That is not the case. The latest episode of VOC explores the Chinese Communist Party constitution, the governing document for the party-state in China. It spells out in great detail the role of Marxism-Leninism for the ruling CCP. The opening paragraph is clear: The Party’s “highest ideal and ultimate goal is the realization of communism.” The counterproposal section highlights the naivete about communism that has produced widespread ignorance of communism. The news portion examines China's military development of brain warfare weaponry. For the interview, John Lenczowski, founder of the Institute of World Politics and one of the key players during the Reagan administration in defeating Soviet communism, offers a concrete strategy for imposing a similar defeat on Chinese communism. This episode is must listening!
New Left radicals of the 1970s changed course under the influence of Marxist academic Herbert Marcuse. The result: A decades-long program of subversion known as the Long March through the institutions of America that spread Marxist ideology into universities and ultimately government. The goal is to bring about a communist revolution in America. The counterproposal section addresses the fallacies of Marxist materialism and the news section looks at a future plan to restrict Chinese communists from entering the U.S. The interview is with Cheryl Chumley, Washington Times writer and author of "Lockdown: The Socialist Plan to Take Away Your Freedom." This is an episode you don't want to miss!
A close look at Xi Jinping's drive to promote Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics for a new era. The counterproposal section calls for a new movement to educate the world to the facts about Chinese communism while working for better societies in the West. The news section reveals Xi's plans for military expansion. The interview is with China expert Gordon Chang who urges teaching history to educate people to Chinese communism.
The Democratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the country with a membership of 90,000, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and contains several Marxist-Leninist factions. These communist subgroups announced detailed plans to take over the party and use it for advancing a communist revolution in the United States. The counterproposal section continues to present a solid Judeo-Christian solution to communism. The news portion explores the devastating communist genocide in Cambodia that killed 2 million people. The interview portion hears from C. Bradley Thompson, a Clemson University professor and expert on Marxism who discusses the alarming trend of young people exploring . An important episode you need to hear.
Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping recently launched a Maoist-style mass ideological campaign dubbed "research and investigation" to promote communism and shift the domestic and international focus away from his failed policies. The counterproposal examines a powerful spiritual alternative to communism and the news portion explores how China's communist regime continues to try and hide its crimes of using military force in killing thousands of unarmed pro-democracy protesters in Beijing in June 1989. My interview is with former White House Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger who discussed the rise of communist ideology under Xi.
This episode explores the current state of neo-Marxist efforts to foment revolution in the United States in a bid to radically transform the American political and social system. The counterproposal section looks at the roots of the American Revolution which are based on freedom of religious worship, in contrast to the anti-religious sentiment of the French Revolution around the same time that produced a reign of terror. The news section takes a look at how artificial intelligence could be used as a tool by communists and Marxists to promote their ideology. For, the interview portion, I spoke to former FBI agent John Guandolo, president of Understanding the Threat, who issues a warning that Marxists are preparing for a new round of violent protests in the U.S.
Communism’s theoretical founder, Karl Marx, believed communist revolution would not take place in China. To foment a revolution, Chinese communist founder Mao Zedong misled the Chinese people by incorporating elements of traditional Chinese philosophies like Daoism and Confucianism in using communism to seize power. The counterproposal section offers a new philosophical and practical approach to the problem that I call the Victory Over Communism worldview. The news portion looks at how the Chinese Communist Party recently began imposing new restrictions on American companies doing business in China. The interview portion presents excerpts of a major policy speech on Chinese communism given in July 2020 by then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The latest podcast addresses the radical ideology of transgender Marxism, and the counterproposal section shows how communism's historical material fails to understand the dual nature of humans, both physical and spiritual. The news portion explores Marxism's targeting of the family for destruction, and the interview is with William Lay who helped develop the VOC worldview
Chinese Supreme Leader Xi Jinping announced plans for a new initiative to promote Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics for a new era. This episode explores Chinese communist goals to achieve global dominance. The counterproposal looks at the true nature of human beings and the news portion discusses the Defense Intelligence Agency's assessment of Chinese strategy and ideology. The interview section talks with China affairs expert Bradley Thayer who discusses the ideological threat posed by China's brand of communism.
Riots during the summer of 2020 saw radical leftists tearing down statues of American leaders and later produced alarming imposition of Marxist woke policies throughout the country. These actions were not the spontaneous outpouring against injustice. They were the direct result of a carefully-cultivated Marxist strategy of rage to overturn the democratic system and impose a communist system in its place.
This episode examines the role played by Chinese communist ideology in the use of lies and deception regarding the recent incursions of a People's Liberation Army-linked surveillance balloon that crossed the United States.
This episode looks at the re-emergence of the Marxist-anarchist group Antifa which appeared to be silent after Joe Biden was elected. Now Antifa is back with apparent plans to foment violence and sow chaos following Donald Trump's announced plans to run for president again.
This episode presents a deep-dive examination of Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping's efforts to revive communist ideology under the new hardline doctrine called Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism With Chinese Characteristics for the New Era.
The latest episode looks at American Marxists' efforts to exploit the U.S. education system to promote their ideology.
Chinese Communist Party supreme leader Xi Jinping launched the zero covid mass campaign that set off the most significant opposition to CCP rule in decades. Zero covid is not based on science or medicine. It is another in a long line of mass ideological campaigns designed to promote Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics.
This episode explores American Marxists' exploitation of woke ideology to advance a revolutionary agenda of replacing the U.S. system with a socialist and ultimately communist one. The counterproposal section examines a unique Judeo-Christian approach to countering Marxism-Leninism, and the news section discusses the Biden administration's agenda for woke ideology and how it is being incorporated into both domestic and international policy. For the interview, I spoke with Larry Sand, who is pushing back against leftist and radical teacher's unions.
This episode discusses how Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping revealed during his speech to the 20th Party Congress that he is rejuvenating -- not the Chinese nation -- but the false ideology of Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics that is now expanding beyond China to seek domination of the entire world.
Maoism is the unique ideology of Chinese communism known as Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics. This episode reveals that the American Marxists behind the riots of the summer of 2020 were carrying out the strategy of Maoism in the West similar to the Cultural Revolution in China. Their goal is to destroy America's capitalist system and replace it with a communist regime. Must listening.
This episode explains how the Chinese Communist Party falsely claims to represent China's 1.4 billion people, one of the most significant lies and deceptions that is based on the ideology of Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics.
This episode examines the infiltration of Marxist ideology in the U.S. military and offers a faith-based alternative to Marxist-Leninist ideology. The news portion covers the opening of the Victims of Communism Museum. Former Space Force Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, who exposed Marxist ideological infiltration in the military, is interviewed.
Chinese communist ideology is the basis for the policies and actions of the government of China and contrary to Beijing propaganda is a false ideology that has not brought prosperity to the Chinese people.
This episode looks at how American Marxists are using woke ideology to divide Americans and bring about a socialist and ultimate a communist revolution.
Chinese Communist Party supreme leader Xi Jinping and his role in revitalizing and expanding communist ideology in China are the topics of this episode. Xi emerged since 2013 as having more power than Mao Zedong, considered one of the most notorious mass murders in history. The counterproposal section examines the need to clearly understand the nature of God in countering atheistic communism. The news portion of the podcast looks at an internal CCP document called Document Nine and how former communists have helped educate the world about totalitarian ideologies. The interview portion includes a discussion with David Stilwell, former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and a former military attache in Beijing.
In this podcast, I discuss woke-ism and political correctness and their exploitation by American Marxists to weaken the free and democratic system. The counterproposal section addresses the core evil of communism and offers a solution to communist and Marxist ideologies. The news section looks at the recent controversy over remarks by a Washington Commanders coach and the recall in San Francisco of the Marxist attorney general. This episode's interview talks with Dr. Thomas Ward, professor at the Unification Theological Seminary, on Marxism-Leninism and the need for a faith-based counterproposal to communism along with a discussion of the roots of the current crisis in America involving secular humanists driving God out of all institutions
This episode examines Chinese high-technology repression through mass surveillance and social credit scoring. The podcast is in four parts about 15 minutes each. The first section drills down on how China is developing a totalitarian control system for use within China that eventually will be exported as part of the Chinese Communist Party's plan to achieve global supremacy and replace the free and open U.S.-led international system. Part 2 is the counterproposal section that looks at the United States' key role as the leading Judeo-Christian power that must assume responsibility for preventing a global communist takeover. The news section is my discussion of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent speech announcing the Biden administration's new policy toward China which is flawed by Blinken's announcement that the United States would not seek to replace the communist system. The interview section replays a portion of a key speech on Chinese communist ideology by Robert C. O'Brien, who was White House national security adviser in the Trump administration.
This podcast examines American Marxism and its designs for a radical transformation of the United States and offers a faith-based counterproposal. The news section looks at the Supreme Court unauthorized disclosure. Interview: Heritage Foundation's Mike Gonzalez on his book: BLM: The Making of New Marxist Revolution.
In this episode of Victory Over Communism, award-winning national security journalist Bill Gertz examines the history of Chinese communism and its rise; the quasi-religious nature of communism, and how the solution to countering the ideology of communism lies in understanding the nature of God. The podcast also discusses the brutality of Chinese communism on display in the anti-virus lockdown in Shanghai and other Chinese cities. The episode concludes with an interview with Miles Yu, former State Department policy planning official in charge of China policy and one of the most important Chana hands in the world.
The podcast series makes the case against Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics, and American Marxism and then offers a unique, faith-based counterproposal to destructive ideologies. Hour-long podcasts are posted every two weeks.
Inaugural podcast of Victory Over Communism with Bill Gertz, an award-winning national security journalist and best-selling author. The podcast series makes the case against Marxism-Leninism with Chinese characteristics, and American Marxism and then offers a unique, faith-based counterproposal to destructive ideologies. Hour-long podcasts are posted every two weeks.