connections

[Doug Henwood]

A PS to my previous post, about the living wage/police brutality 
hookup at Johns Hopkins. Last night, I spoke at a fundraiser for the 
NYC Direct Action Network. There were many spirited and militant 
attendees. One woman was wearing a shirt that bore the slogan, "Fuck 
That Weak Shit," which is now a motto I'm applying to many things - 
like the "reform the Bank/IMF/WTO" position, as opposed to the 
shut-'em-down position. Anyway, the other speakers and most of the 
audience were very aware of the importance of drawing links between 
police brutality and the Bank/Fund/WTO. Maybe their analysis wasn't 
worked out at the most sophisticated level, but the common feature of 
the use of state power to enforce social hierarchy and the 
commodification of everything was something everyone was aware of.

Doug