Yes, but a Ben Chavis conversion is not a good thing. It was a movement along the path of his steady retrogression. A Ben Chavis conversion for numbers of African Americans would mark a reactionary and further isolating turn, making forms of genocide more powerful even than they are now. bon moun wrote: > Black voters' loyalty to the democrats has not been out of fierce loyalty > anyway, but out of pragmatism. I think there's a good chance that the dems > insistence on "reconciliation", a clear bit of bourgeois damage control (as > opposed to partisan damage control), and the Reno Justice Dept's > chicken-shit response to voting rights violations, will give lots of black > voters pause, and for many will be the straw that breaks the camel's back. > The streets are calling. Unfortunately, the left is still a small and > heterogeneous mob in the US, and the black left has been reluctantly > spending a lot of its political capital trying to work with white > progressives--and neglecting poor black communities. This is where the > real anger is growing, and in the absence of a clearly articualted black > progressive alternative, many have been and will continue to turn to > nationalism--not a bad thing in itself, but very reactionary in the form of > the NOI. I think we can expect thousands of Ben Chavis conversions. And > this will spell the beginning of the end for the democratic party. If the > Republicans can hold their coaltion together, this will strengthen them > immeasurably, which also strengthens their proto-fascist faction as an > influence group. All in all, a very depressing scenario. > > "I am not a Marxist." > > -Karl Marx > > "Mask no difficulties." > > -Amilcar Cabral > > "Am I to be cursed forever with becoming > somebody else on the way to myself? > > -Audre Lorde > > _______________________________________________ > Crashlist resources: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/crashlist _______________________________________________ Crashlist resources: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/crashlist
