Michael yates
Nathan Newman wrote:
> >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 they said they had largely withdrawn because the sectarian battles had made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