A point of clarification: the AfroSocialist caucus did not cancel (or "force" the cancellation) of the Reed appearance. It asked that the appearance be converted to a debate. In response, Reed pulled out.
Here is a link to the Afro-Soc Facebook post, which includes a link to the statement. https://www.facebook.com/144783469462444/posts/609102526363867/ It includes: "We demand the event to be changed to a debate of Adolph Reed’s class reductionist analysis versus our intersectional socialist analysis." In solidarity, -Aaron A. On Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 6:38 PM Star Akokip <[email protected]> wrote: > My experience with organizations large enough to have committees, or > working groups, is that the committees do specific work and then report > back to the main group. They're not supposed to make their own policy. > > With DSA, it doesn't look like they function that way. Take the case of > the AFROSOCialist group cancelling the talk by Adolph Reed Jr, that had > been arranged by the NYC/Philly chapters. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#725): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/725 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76355534/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES<br />#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.<br />#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.<br />#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
