Boring Lefties

[Dennis Perrin]

> There's no point in talking with you.  In the first place you never read
> anything about the semiotics of boxing in a Workers World editorial.  In
the
> second place I said 'coalition meeting', not 'party meeting'.  In the
third
> place, when -I- think of the Left, I think of the people who staged and
spoke
> at the anti-war demonstration the other day, including a Black minister
and
> police brutality opponent, a young Palestinian guy, a radical nun who's
going
> to do 3 months inside for School of the Americas, a Latina community
> organizer, an alderman, a gay socialist with the Chicago Anti-Bashing
Network, > and so on.  That's without even mentioning the 'Queer to the
Left' women who
> had signs like "Bush + Dick = Fucked" and stuff, speaking of "dick jokes".
> The lead organizer for the action was Ifti Nasim, a gay Pakistani poet and
> newspaper columnist, who unfortunately had a heart attack the day before
the
> action.  That's what -I- think of when I think of the left.

LP

Well, this little screed *is* funny, so I suppose there's hope for those who
raise a fist in tribute to hereditary kingdoms overseas.

DP