>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.
Ifti Nasim: <http://www.khushnet.com/ifti/> & <http://www.urdustudies.com/auinfo/nasimI.html>.