> http://www.tikkun.org/Tikkunmail/index.cfm/action/Tikkunmail/issue/82.html
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> Here is a long Tikkunmail article which may or may not have been written by
> Lerner. I will summarize it for you:
>
> "ANSWER is objectively racist and anti-Semitic in that it raises the issue
> of Palestine at demonstrations against the Iraq war, although Iraq has
> nothing to do with Palestine. I never wanted to speak at F16, and it
> wouldn't have made any difference if they had offered me a slot. I wanted
> UFPJ and the other coalitions to issue a statement attacking ANSWER. When
> they refused, I went ahead with my attack. I was very clever in getting
> anti-war statements into the Wall Street Journal, don't you think?"
Lerner is obviously wrong to call ANSWER "objectively racist and anti-Semitic." However, I regret that the other coalitions working with ANSWER have agreed to withdraw any speaking candidates that have ever criticized WWP/IAC/ANSWER (actually, is it only criticism of ANSWER or all three that meets the criterion?), as most of the people I have any respect for have criticized WWP/IAC/ANSWER at some time or another.
Brian
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