>On Behalf Of Michael Yates
>So why bother with this
> attack on Kissinger and the RCP? Is there some other motive for this?
> Is the attack on Kissinger an attack on Mumia and the movement to free
> him?
To followup on my comments to Carroll, the Mumia movement is a good example of the loss to the movement from sectarian activity. I went to a number of Mumia actions and rallies when I was living in Northern California and it had attracted solid support. I went to the National Lawyers Guild this past fall and attended a Mumia rally right after the recent Court decision and the number were quite reduced. When I talked to left friends who had made Mumia work their main area of activity (a Solidarity person, BTW Justin), they said they had largely withdrawn because the sectarian battles had made the movement so poisonous that it was psychologically impossible for them and politically impossible to bring new people in.
There are people who care deeply about the Mumia case who would be attacking a sectarian group precisely to defend the movement, not to attack it as you describe it. I don't know if that is the case here, but I wouldn't jump to equate Cooper with other possibly pro-Mumia critics of how the Mumia movement has been run in different areas.
-- Nathan newman