> And what were those resolutions of the 1969 ADA convention? The book
> describes them: A resolution calling for cessation of offensive military
> operations in Vietnam was rejected by a 2-to-1 margin in favor of a
> resolution calling for an immediate and full withdrawal of all troops.
Well, yeah, in *1969*. But the organization, if memory serves, was created back in the late 40s with an explicitly anti-Communist mission.
> They called for a "fundamental restructuring of US foreign policy" to
> address "the needs and demands of the poorest countries."
And that, plus a Metrocard, will get you on the subway. This kind of pious empty moralizing gasbaggery is perhaps the most characteristic product of liberalism.
> "The ADA's convention resolutions became barely distinguishable from the
> Socialist party platform. Socialists like Michael Harrington
I think you may have made my point for me.
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