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There have been extensive discussions about messaging for the day, involving OWS, the various OWS labor-related groups, and participating unions. The folks who raised the antiwar demand did so at the tail end of a 100-person coalition meeting when people were making announcements, and I have no idea if they ever raised it in the smaller working meetings of the coalition which had the extensive messaging discussions, and brought the results to the larger group. I don't know what the process was for whoever raised the antiracist demand. As for the socialist unity statement: in the abstract it sounds wonderful, but has the same vagueness as the May Day event itself which Glenn complains about. I'm not saying I'm opposed to it, I'm just not sure what it's getting at. Andy On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Glenn Kissack <[email protected]> wrote: > > It also isn't clear to me what "unity" means in the context of this May 1 > event. My union is one of the endorsees for the May 1 rally and march in > NYC that begins at Union Square, and I will be there. But I'm looking right > now at the flyer for the event, and it's as vague as it could be. There are > no demands at all. The only slogans on the flyer are "We are the 99%" and > "Legalize, Unionize, Organize." It also promises that "We will fight for > the rights of all immigrants, all workers, all people," without one > specific on how to do that. > > I know people who went to the planning meeting and argued that there > should be an anti-war aspect to the event (to the flyer, to the speeches), > but the leadership refused. Others argued for a clear anti-racist message, > given the NYPD's massive stop-and-frisk policy targeting minority > communities, as well as the police killing of Ramarley Graham in the Bronx. > Once again, no success. So I'm wondering what we're uniting around. > > Glenn > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
