[lbo-talk] Alito & disability

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Sun Jan 15 11:12:12 PST 2006


Doug Henwood wrote:


> The reproductive rights movement has relied very very heavily on
> litigation at the expense of building popular support and membership
> organizations. Faye Wattleton, who headed Planned Parenthood 1978-92
> and now runs the Center for the Advancement of Women, agreed with me
> strongly when I made that point in an interview
> <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#030717>. This is also
> true to a lesser degree of civil liberties, feminist, and enviro orgs
> - not the grassroots types, but the establishment ones.

Yes, I agree. And even though I give PP money every year, I always hassled them about how they devote too many resources to lobbying, and not enough to organizing...

Joanna



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