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[JBrown72073 at cs.com]

>That's an interesting historical point, but what about today's police?
>They're working class for the most part, after all, aren't they? And 
>aren't leftist revolutionaries supposed to be acting for the working 
>class? Are the minds of rank and file police immutably, forever closed
>to appeals by revolutionaries? Are they some sort of mindless robots?
>
>Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org

Before the FTAA meeting in Miami, the cops were given political sessions
on how the protesters were not only violent and dangerous, but they
were going to destroy the economy in Miami if the FTAA HQ didn't end up
being based there as a result of the protests.  So there was some worry 
at the top that the police wouldn't bash heads with the hoped-for alacrity--
they pulled in the big "jobs" thing for cops who are working class and are 
worried about where their kids, family, friends, etc. are going to get jobs: 
these protesters might destroy your livelihood, go get 'em.  

Jenny Brown