BTW, the publication in question was the NYT Magazine not NY Magazine.
Jim Farmelant
On Tue, 1 Sep 1998 11:42:42 -0400 (EDT) "Frances Bolton (PHI)"
<fbolton at chuma.cas.usf.edu> writes:
>
>You're reading NY Magazine, Louis?
>
>That said, I'm hoping you can elaborate on a couple of things here.
>First,
>how is NOI accomodationist? And, we've all heard the story that KM was
>kicked out of NOI for his strong anti-semitic stance. Is that in the
>article? I'm pretty sure, although not entirely sure, that his
>anti-semitic comments were not simply invented by the ADL, although
>maybe
>you know otherwise. Assuming KM's vocal antisemitism, can we consider
>him
>a leftist, as you label him? (Note: I'm *not* equating antisemitism
>with
>anti-Zionism, which *is*, in my estimation, consistent with leftist
>politics) Actually, You said he's "to the left of thr NOI" which is
>pretty
>meaningless, as I think even Al Gore is to the left of the NOI.
>
>
>Some of these demands I find curious. In particular, I find curious
>his
>call for repatriation and dual citizenship. Repatriation is, of
>course,
>precisely what white supremecist extremists would like to see. And the
>dual citizenship is sort of odd, too. It assumes that US citizens, who
>are
>considered "white" in Africa regardless of skin color, have the right
>to
>citizenship anywhere. Isn't that sort of presumptuous in a
>typical"First
>World" sort of way? And maybe you simply didn't put in all the
>demands,
>but I notice a complete lack of gender and g/l/b/t awareness. That's
>deeply troubling. And I've looked over it several times, and I don't
>see
>any critique of capitalism, or any indiation that KM has taken
>seriously
>the connection between capital and race stratification in the US.
>Those
>are some pretty disturbing absences. The BRC explicitly addressed
>gender,
>sexual orientation, and capitalism.
>
>
> On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, Louis Proyect wrote:
>
>((BIG SNIP))>
>> The theme of the march is not about black people looking for
>forgiveness,
>> as was the case in the Million Man March. This is are some of the
>demands:
>>
>> --The release of all Political prisoners.
>>
>> --Full and complete reparations for the descendants of slaves.
>>
>> --Black Power, Black Nationalism and Pan Africanism
>>
>> --Jobs for Black Youth (organizing skills, technology transfers).
>>
>> --Adequate resources for the programs that can improve the condition
>of
>> Black Youth.
>>
>> --Financial aid to Black Students.
>>
>> --Black studies and African centered learning.
>>
>> --Environmental Justice
>>
>> --Repatriation and Dual citizenship.
>>
>> --Unity between Black, Hispanic-Latino, Arab, Native American, and
>"Asian"
>> youth.
>>
>> --Establish Black Brain Banks and Think Tanks worldwide.
>>
>> --The establishment of Black power conscience cadres and study
>groups to
>> meet the needs of our people nationally and internationally.
>>
>> --The establishment of Black Liberation/ Self-defense and security
>units to
>> patrol and control Black communities.
>>
>> --The Holding of a Plebiscite
>>
>
>
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