On 6/17/04 2:26 AM, "David Shove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Forwarded Message----- > http://twincities.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/17089
Indymedia. Uh-oh. <snip> > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Racist, Anti-Progressive Gerrymandering In Minneapolis > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Thursday, 17 June 2004 > by Michael Cavlan RN > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: (952)997-6129 > > Summary: Democratic Party launches attack on Green Party and progressives > and people of colour by attempting to have map of Minneapolis redrawn, > thereby pitting two Green Councilpersons against a political allies. > However, this frank and blantly racist attempt at gerrymandering will > instead of squelching political dissent in Minneapolis, will instead > create a growing political movement. <snip> > Since the election both Green councilpersons, Dean Zimmerman and Natalie > Johnson-Lee have been at the forefront of issues of social justice and > enviornmental responsibility. Especially noteworthy is that both > Councillors have been outspoken leaders on the issue of police brutality. Nothing on Community-Police relations, though. That's Community-Police, not Police-Community. Not to mention Community-Society relations. > Meanwhile the only two sitting African Americans sitting on the council, > Green Party's Natalie Johnson-Lee and fellow African American Don Samuels > are likewise pitted against each other. The African American Councilwomans > map has been redrawn in a way that further dilutes the African American > representation on the city council. This is reminisent of the racist > gerrymandering and disenfranchising of Blacks in the deep south or of > Catholics in northern Ireland. Please don't cry. If you in the Green party, had the upper hand, you'd probably do the same. It's all about power, whether Green, DFL, or Republican. The "oppressed martyr" schtick is old. You should try something else: the days of vaudeville have long passed. I can't take the complaints of the Greens - read the Left - very seriously, knowing that your platform takes the side of cop killers and violent insurrectionists, and if give the chance, would impose a pleasantly authoritarian form of State control upon its subjects - that's us, ladies and gentlemen. Neal Krasnoff Loring Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
