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Aoki always gave the impression of a bent twig about to snap. In his speech, his mannerisms, even the way he flicked the ash of the cigarette he invariably clamped between his teeth instead of his lips, snapping his thumbnail ascross the filter in a gesture of contempt against everything except the person he was talking to. In the late sixties he would "turn up" here or there in the anti-war movement, never staying for long. It was almost as though he wanted to be publicly clandestine. Perhaps it was part of the act elaborated to penetrate the Panthers. Perhaps it was the natural result of the tension playing the role would have caused. Aoki had gone from the YSA into the BPP, at first, as he gave all to understand working with them and not renouncing his membership in the YSA. Then he came to speak only in terms of the BPP. Always there was the implication that he was doing something conspiratorial, something verging on violence. But it was hard to accept as reality, just as words. And again, it could have been his circumstances as above that caused it. Nevertheless, the left has always attracted marginal types, crackpots, potential demagogues.This has been the case for over a hundred years.So, it didn't seem abnormal in a way that would shout out "Informer." When Rosenberg's book comes out we will see just when Aoki's connection with the FBI began -befofre the YSA or after. Was he sent into the YSA or recruited after. How does one become an informant. Infiltration is something we always anticipate, but often not the turning of a comrade. Wayne Collins ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
