A Positive Program

kelley kwalker2 at gte.net
Sun Sep 23 10:10:00 PDT 2001


At 09:34 AM 9/23/01 -0400, Gordon Fitch wrote:
>Nathan Newman:
> > ...
> > A failure to promote a positive program to get justice for the victims of
> > Sept 11 as an alternative to war and violence is a fundamental moral and
> > strategic failure of the Left. ...
>
>But this would be another purity test -- leftists fighting
>over just what constitutes justice and how to carry it
>out, in a world already full to bursting of programs to
>create justice.

arguing is fine. it's when the issue is whether you can belong to or be considered a "leftist" by those who declare themselves gatekeepers.



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