Frances Bolton (PHI) wrote:
> 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.
Des the NOI reject capitalism in toto, or does it reject the current levels of economic disparity? Moreover, I would imagine that to "compete" with NOI, KM will need to court money as well as politcal adherents. no? eric
> 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
> >