On Tue, 2 May 2000, Charles Brown wrote:
> Alex Cockburn wrote something similar 20 years ago quoting his father,
> Claude the commie, from 50 years earlier still, who complained that the
> typical communist speech in Hyde Park went something like "Friends, even
> now our comrades are hanging from the thumbscrews of British Imperialism
> in India; even now our comrades are being crushed under the jackboots of
> British Imperialism in South Africa; even how are comrades being beaten to
> a pulp by the rabble of British Imperialism in Ireland; friends, join the
> Communist Party."
>
> CB: As opposed to "We have the best of everything in the best of all
> possible worlds. Join the Communist Party. "
No, more like: racist scum in on the run, protesting is lots of fun, we're tearing down the WTO, join the Communist party.
Michael
__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com