---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John A Imani <johnaima...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 9:39 PM Subject: Re: On the degeneration of the Anti-Zimmerman Protests into Inanity To: "rac...@lists.riseup.net" <rac...@lists.riseup.net>, " rac-lasupport...@lists.riseup.net" <rac-lasupport...@lists.riseup.net>, " copwatc...@lists.riseup.net" <copwatc...@lists.riseup.net>
Cops don't show up when silly m'f'ers beating up somebody at Arco station of Slauson and Crenshaw. Cops show up (in force) when the crowd bullrushes WalMart. Tells ya what cops are for. And I ain't got no problem w bullrushing WalMart. But I do w stupid shit. And with attacking small businesses (who are not our enemy. Wal Mart, however, is). But all this, again, is on the Left. Go to "Bastards of the Party"<http://dotsub.com/view/c81a88ea-7136-429b-9339-c6eadf9dec9a>to see a version of this theory in its awful practice: "...the decimation of the Panthers led directly to a recrudescence of gangs in the early 1970s." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastards_of_the_Party On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 9:12 PM, John A Imani <johnaima...@gmail.com> wrote: > On the degeneration of the Anti-Zimmerman Protests into Inanity > > If the Left is looking for someone to blame for the degeneration of the > righteous protest of the Zimmerman verdict into the crass opportunism of > the mob then look no farther than itself. Ourself. > > It is our failure to connect with the masses, to articulate a vision that > is both sensible and *apprehensible.* > > As long as we don't do that, the righteous indignation with the > inhumanities that this system not only perpetuates but feeds off of will > continue to degenerate into crass opportunism replete with violence. > > We must find a way to speak to, work with and inspire our class. W/o that > we lose. > > -- > JAI > RAC-LA > -- JAI RAC-LA -- JAI RAC-LA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
