[lbo-talk] [Fwd: Jena Ignites a Movement: Report from Yesterday's Demonstration in Jena, Louisiana]

Joseph Catron jncatron at gmail.com
Mon Sep 24 15:57:19 PDT 2007


You're missing the most crucial distinction: the ruling class stands to lose nothing from the Jena 6 movement.

On 9/23/07, Mr. WD <mister.wd at gmail.com> wrote:


> Anyway, as far as I am concerned, Miami was a fucking turkey shoot for
> the cops. The demonstrations accomplished next to nothing -- barely
> receiving any coverage of any kind in the national media, despite the
> extraordinary police brutality. Contrast that with Jena, which was
> also large (with a lot of people traveling in), but far more peaceful,
> few or no arrests, and very well covered in the national media (and
> with relative sympathy to boot!).



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