Lou's position on the BLM movement is the correct one. Look I turned on Fox sport a few weeks ago and there were two black cricketers talking about Black Lives Matter. Was I supposed to say this was proof the movement was co-opted? Bull shit. It was proof the movement was breaking through. For once let us celebrate our victories and rejoice when we actually reach out beyond the faithful few. We on the Left have forgotten how to win. BLM is winning and that is something to be joyful over.
comradely Gary On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 10:33 AM Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > On 8/30/20 8:11 PM, Roger Kulp wrote: > > grants from the Ford Foundation.and the WK Kellogg Foundation,in 2016? > > So what? > > If it weren't for BLM, you wouldn't have had millions of Americans out on > the streets in June and July. I don't see it as an organization but as a > sprawling, locally based movement that depends on local initiatives mostly > led by people who only know Kellogg as the cereal they eat in the morning. > This article > <https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/07/03/smearing-black-lives-matter-from-the-left/> > captures the essence of this movement, not the obsessive attacks from > Socialist Equality Party, Matt Taibbi and Adolph Reed Jr. > > Most of the young people organizing the protests hardly seemed to be > cooptation-bait as indicated by a New York Magazine interview > <https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/6-teens-organized-a-protest-10-000-people-showed-up.html> > with the female, teenage organizers of a Louisville protest that drew > 10,000: > > New York Magazine: Have you faced any backlash since the protest? And what > does it mean to you three to be doing this work in the South? > > Kennedy: I was actually surprised that we had a lot of support, because we > do live in the South, and I’ve encountered various types of racism from > people in the South. We did get backlash from a lot of people saying we’re > brainwashed or that we’re being paid to do this or that we’re secret people > the Democrats are using to win. > > Emma Rose: We’re not even Democrats. > > Kennedy: I’m not even a Democrat. I’m a radical. > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1017): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/1017 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76450059/21656 -=-=- 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: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
