Trojan Horses (was ex-radicals)

[Chuck0]

Thomas Seay wrote:
> --- JBrown72073 at cs.com wrote:
>  but if the 
> 
>>person making this charge is not an agent they
>>should get a bit more humble 
>>about the problem, and stick to the content of the
>>disagreement.
> 
> 
> What kind of bullshit is this?  Chuck and I and others
> have many problems with the WWP.  One is their
> organizational opportunism.  Another one is that they
> want to pose as a force of liberation, while
> supporting their own brand of repressive regimes. 
> They ride into the movement in a trojan horse,
> decrying US imperialism, while supporting other
> regimes that are also repressive.  Why shouldn't Chuck
> expose them?  Why should he restrict his opposition
> only to the repression and militarism of the United
> States and its allies?  Why should he just stick to
> the "hush hush" line that you propose Jenny?  
> 
> So, the content of the disagreement is not JUST about
> WWP's opportunism...it is about what they represent
> and defend.
> 
> -Thomas

My opposition to the WWP and IAC is mostly based on my experience with them 
as an activist. The other night I was thinking back to the planning before 
A16 (2000) and I recalled how the IAC even then was trying to co-opt the 
anti-globalization movement. If you remember, the IAC organized a "Prison 
Industrial Complex" the evening before the A16 day of actions. The police 
surrounded that march and arrested over 600 people, thus keeping many people 
off the streets for A16. I'm reluctant to blame the IAC for the police 
strategy, but this event was another example of the IAC's sectarianism and 
inability to work with other activists.

I would have no problem with ANSWER if they kicked the WWP and IAC out. My 
beef is with the WWP and its disruptive, sectarian front groups.

Chuck0

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