----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck" <chuck at mutualaid.org>
People who think like me made Seattle happen. The rest of the left at that time was still debating whether or not the condition were ripe for a comeback of the left. In fact, several of the party socialist organizations were divided over the fact that they had "missed" Seattle.
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Some sneered while the organizing went on even as socialists and anarchists and liberals hung out and worked together with plenty of jokes flying across many a room; sometimes thinking really hard about poverty and marginalization brings people together in ways that make the various political philosophies seem like unnecessary barriers to effective cooperation. It wasn't long until lefties went back to armchair quarterbacking each other into paralysis.
Ian