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Fri Jan 21 09:19:29 PST 2000


In a message dated 1/21/00 8:50:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, nathan.newman at yale.edu writes:

<< If labor folks or Democratic activists used terms like "police informant" or

other slurs, St. Clair would be the first to decry it, yet he uses this kind of

language against long-term activists who have done far more in their lives for

social justice than he ever will.

>>

The facts are:

Mike Dolan colluded with Seattle authorities in the mass arrests of peaceful anti-WTO demonstrators and then acquiesced in their illegal detention (wouldn't want to embarrass Clinton, now, would we?) The Mayor of Seattle has verified this. (This, in addition to carrying out diversions at the WTO protests, consistently condemning the street warriors to the press, while, at the same time, taking a lot of "I did this" credit for the entire media attention the street protests garnered.)

And, there is ample footage of Medea Benjamin and her cohorts assaulting black Seattle youth while her gang was defending Nike, Levi's and other sweatshop outlets. The smug hypocrites were chanting "non-violent protest" as their goons thumped on the youth.

If that's doing "far more in their lives for social justice than (St. Clair) ever will," no wonder things are on such a sorry state.

I'd say "police informant" is tame.

Michael Donnelly



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