bamn

[Nathan Newman]

Oh god- BAMN is a front group for the Revolutionary Workers League, who
during the battle for affirmative action at UC-Berkeley, tried to destroy
the undergrad groups, including physically assaulting undergrads and
bringing amplified equipment to try to drown out their rallies, on the
assumption that then they, as true revolutionaries, who take "leadership" of
the movement.

They take the term infantile ultraleftism to a level that makes the Sparts
look like conservative social democrats.

They are without question the most hideous manifestation of left
dysfunctionalism that I have ever encountered.  At one point during the
campaign to defend the undergrad groups, we ended up creating a public
letter with signatures from leaders of about six or seven different
socialist groups disowning their actions as repulsive to any left ideal.

-- Nathan Newman

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Petersen" <chp at sagitta.biol.berkeley.edu>
To: <lbo-talk at lists1.panix.com>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: bamn

What is the article entitled. I didn't see anything that looked relevant
to Oakland.
And what is the "C.D.A.A.I.P.E.B.A.M.N"?

Carrol

Coalition to defend affirmative action and integrative and to promote
equality by any means necessary.

Sorry about that - the paper copy came out yesterday morning but they
didn't update their website until yesterday evening. Here's the link:
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2001-04-20/feature.html/page1.html