Becker & Lerner on KPFA News

[steve philion]

I listened to this. It seemed to me that Lerner really had little to go on.
My guess is that he wants to hear a certain Zionist perspective that jibes
with his.
His remark about the Arab headdress wasn't very cool, what is wrong with
that? But that's trivial.
If Adam Shapiro or Lenni Brenner or Norman Finkelstein were asked to talk at
the rally, or Noam Chomsky, god forbid!, I think Lerner would still feel
upset that his brand of Zionism was denied a platform, and he would contend
that such speakers were "anti-Israel"...I don't imagine a scenario aside
from letting Lerner speak that would satisfy him. Nor would it satisfy the
mainstream media. Next it would be Todd Gitlin who was denied first
admendment rights. Then it would be Leo Casey....and countless others who
spend most of their energy criticising the movement.
Anyhow, Lerner will be getting lots of interviews this weekend as the media
look for an angle to smear the anti-war protest organizers...and the
anti-war movement in general.  Anyone wanna make bets on when he'll be on
Oreilly?

Steve