Klein

[Doug Henwood]

>Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 08:53:01 -0400 (EDT)
>From: jesse hirsh <jesse at tao.ca>
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Re: Canada's anti-corporate crusader
>
>
>although i'm real late in chiming in on this thread (and since i read
>lbo-talk via the tao.ca newsgroups this email will bounce to doug first) i
>just wanted to make the effort to say that both the nytimes and ken
>hanly's depiction of our comrade naomi klein is just plain false. naomi is
>far from a joany come lately, and has been involved in grassroots leftist
>(and unionist) politics in canada (and here in toronto) for some time. she
>has tirelessly helped out community groups and unions, for at least the
>last decade, and naomi is relatively young, so that's still a good chunk
>of time. in fact, naomi has been a key supporter of tao.ca, which is a
>radical federation of over 1000+ people. so even if she is not in the
>nytimes everyday, she is active on the ground, in the struggle, with real,
>and effective social, political, and community groups.
>
>as for maude barlow or mcquaig, what do they do besides get a lot of media
>attention? have they been building grassroots radical organizations? i
>don't think so. i mean you might make the argument that the council of
>canadians is grassroots or radical (it is neither) but maude barlow
>herself was and may still be a member of the Liberal (governing) party,
>and did once serve in the Prime Ministers' Office...
>
>in solidarity,
>jesse hirsh