> As I've noted, my own organization the
National Lawyers Guild is about to declare any criticism of ANSWER "red
baiting" and are debating whether to demand that all local chapters and
leaders fall into line and drop all criticism of ANSWER. That means me,
specifically, although it applies more generally to the New York City
chapter which refused to endorse ANSWER events, except for an exception made
for the October rallies in DC.
That this is even being debated in the NLG just reflects the reverse McCarthyism involved in charges of "red baiting." HUAC is not currently meeting and state-sponsoring repression is not going after Communists, but speakers or members of left organizations are being told that their dissenting speech on ANSWER is unacceptable, that to remain a member or be allowed to speak, they must repudiate those views or at least remain silent.
___
Did you pass on the Chicago resolution to the NEC?
jks
--------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <../attachments/20030212/53b7f333/attachment.htm>