[lbo-talk] Sharpton and Jackson endorse war on terror...

[Carrol Cox]

And one should add to the list of those to be honored many of the 
ex-members and "Red Diaper Babies." Both were important in the Berkeley 
Free Speech Movement. At the Peace & Freedom Party national convention 
in 1968 one speaker identified himself as a member of the CP, and I 
remember thinking at the time -- Wow: after the repression of the '50s 
it must be a huge relief to be able to announce that loudly in public!

Carrol

On 5/12/2011 9:05 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On May 12, 2011, at 9:55 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
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>> The CPUSA's basic policies have been unchanged for decades, but in the 1950s and 1960s their members and many of their "fellow travellers" and "fronts" were essential in the rise of left movements and many of the events of the '60s. They deserve our honor and respect, whatever our disagrements.
>>      
> Couldn't agree more with that. They did heroic work in NYC and the South in the 1930s too.
>
> Doug
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