More bad news for Ed Towns; more good news for NY. Minus One Challenger For Towns (And Jeffries) www.capitaltonight.com
Does Powell out mean Barron in?
Herewith, a complaint about Barron which does not mention slapping white people or homophobia (oops):
Here is a recommendation for Barron from International ANSWER:
"[H]e will be a rare and revolutionary voice for the movement in the bourgeois white male domains of Capital Hill. Unbowed and unapologetic, Barron is the most radical member of the NYC Council, and the most consistent ally of the antiwar movement holding any elected office in New York and anywhere else. Barron led the fight to bar military recruiters from NYC public schools, and he has never hesitated to publicly support Venezuela, Cuba, and (especially critical right now) the Palestinian people."
And here's a description of International ANSWER I found on the web just yesterday:
“International ANSWER [is] a front group for the Stalinist Workers World Party, a tiny political sect with a perverse attraction to the world’s worst people. The party formed in the 1950s, after splitting off from the Socialist Workers Party over a disagreement about the Soviet invasion of Hungary, which the Workers World supported. Since then, the Workers World Party has thrown itself behind Slobodan Milosevic, Saddam Hussein, and Kim Jong-il; it backed the Chinese crackdown on the “counter-revolutionary rebellion” in Tiananmen Square. The Workers World Party is not just pro-Palestinian; it is pro-Hamas and pro-Hezbollah, devoted to the destruction of Israel. It’s fringe views would hardly be worth noticing if not for its members’ organizing skills. For example, by securing protest permits on significant dates far in advance, it was able to take a leading role in the early marches against the Iraq war, even though many progressives were mortified by its involvement."
I bet they share Barron’s love for Mugabe as well. Kevin Powell Decides Against 2012 Congressional Run | PolitickerNY www.politickerny.com
And here's a descrritpion of ANSWER I found on the web just today:
International ANSWER [is] front group for the Stalinist Workers World Party, a tiny political sect with a perverse attraction to the world’s worst people. The party formed in the 1950s, after splitting off from the Socialist Workers Party over a disagreement about the Soviet invasion of Hungary, which the Workers World supported. Since then, the Workers World Party has thrown itself behind Slobodan Milosevic, Saddam Hussein, and Kim Jong-il; it backed the Chinese crackdown on the “counter-revolutionary rebellion” in Tiananmen Square. The Workers World Party is not just pro-Palestinian; it is pro-Hamas and pro-Hezbollah, devoted to the destruction of Israel. It’s fringe views would hardly be worth noticing if not for its members’ organizing skills. For example, by securing protest permits on significant dates far in advance, it was able to take a leading role in the early marches against the Iraq war, even though many progressives were mortified by its involvement."
Bet they love Mugabe too By spending campaign funds on his wardrobe, Rangel challenger Vince Morgan promises continuity of representation. Vince Morgan: Dressed For Success (Vs. Rangel)? www.nydailynews.com
Would someone on the disenchanted whiny left please read this article and then explain to me why this is at all Obama's fault? Obama’s Jobs Plan As a Case Study for Fatalism nymag.com
Will OWS endorse the "Robin Hood Tax? I'm not sure I'm for it, but I hope they do. Framing some issues advances the discussion. OWS Protesters May Demand "Robin Hood" Tax slatest.slate.com
"Occupy Wall Street is not anti-Semitic, and the presence of a few odd Jew-haters is not the movement’s fault. Its inability to quickly shut them up, though, may augur problems for its future." Occupy Wall Street Isn't Anti-Semitic, But It's Too Leaderless, by Michelle Goldberg – Tablet Magazi www.tabletmag.com
"…Suspicion about extremist tendencies in Occupy Wall Street should not be the exclusive property of the right.
But if the spark of excitement that Occupy Wall Street ignites should be contained before it spreads into a mania, neither should it be stamped out in fear. It should be fanned skillfully and judiciously, its flames controlled, its energy harnessed toward goals that leftists and liberals—and indeed most Americans—can endorse.
Yes, there is reason to wince at the ideology emanating from some quarters (though, we should stress, only some) of Occupy Wall Street. Yes, there is something excruciating about watching the “human mike” in action—and even one of the twenty-something activists I drank with the other night attacked that ritual as part of “the fetishization of process” and a promoter of “Stalinist groupthink” because it made people repeat words before knowing what they were going to be saying….
…The main and perhaps obvious point is that the protesters are doing something very right and very important. They have gotten the nation to focus on the costs and injustice of inequality, on the need for financial regulation, on the problem of job creation, and on other urgent concerns that…Washington has largely avoided addressing….
…I am not bothered that Occupy Wall Street hasn’t presented any concrete list of demands; their concerns are self-evident enough…What they do need, however, is politics—without which radical reform efforts have almost always run aground.
More troubling to me than the anti-capitalist cant I hear from the movement is the contempt for politics and the two-party system. History again: Radicals have traditionally fared best when they’ve worked within the Democratic party, not against it…the organization that has been, for better or worse, the most reliable instrument for liberal change over the last century. Perhaps the protesters can be forgiven for not knowing the history…but none is too young to know the consequences of Ralph Nader’s 2000 campaign.
And so Occupy Wall Street should hold the Democrats’ feet to the fire…It would be folly, however, for this burgeoning movement to train its fire chiefly on the party of its potential allies…And so I would urge the protesters to find political targets as worthy of occupation as Wall Street itself. Is there a hashtag for Occupy the Republican Debates?" Why Liberals Need Occupy Wall Street, And Vice-Versa | The New Republic www.tnr.com