From: dr.bedggood-AT-auckland.ac.nz Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 00:21:00 +0000 Subject: Re: M-I: Re: Politics, Please > Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 05:28:23 -0500 (EST) > From: Gerald Levy <glevy-AT-pratt.edu> > To: marxism-international-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU > Cc: marxism-international-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU > Subject: M-I: Re: Politics, Please > Reply-to: marxism-international-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU > LNP wrote: > > > I wasn't questioning your involvement with the squatters, dear chap. > > This is what you wrote previously: > > > Less time spent in the squats of morons with Mohawk hairdos and more > > time at the library would do you a little good, wouldn't it? > > These "morons", as you call them, are under attack by the state and real > estate developers. > > Last week, there was a fire at the 5th Street squat. Although the building > was safe, the squatters were told that they would be evicted the next > morning but that they could get their possessions out of the squat first. > Funny huh? > > The next morning the squatters weren't allowed into the building and the > riot cops cordoned off the block. A wrecking ball truck was brought in to > demolish the building quickly since the squatters' attorney was in court > to obtain a restraining order. Better act quickly before some judge stops > you. Funny, huh? > > A squatter went into the building anyway and the cops went in to flush him > out. When they couldn't, they ordered the demolition to begin anyway. > While the person was still in the building, the wrecking ball hit > and the walls shook and the stairs that he was standing on trembled. > What's the life of one squatter worth anyway in relation to the greater > glory of gentrification? Funny, huh? > > As the building collapsed a number of dogs and cats owned by the > squatters were buried alive. Funny, huh? > > Within hours, the whole building was demolished and only a vacant lot > remained. Word _then_ came that a judge had issued a restraining order. > Funny, huh? > > Lead and asbestos dust was spread over the whole block and the adjoining > building almost collapsed as well. Well, who cares about the health of > low-income renters, right? Funny, huh? > > A demonstration of about 100 community residents, sponsored by the 5th > Street Block Association, protested the City's action later that week. > Representatives of "Marxist" groups were nowhere to be found. Funny, huh? > > What became of the 5th Street squatters? Some are crowded into other > squats and some are now homeless. Funny, huh? > > When all this was going down, I was there supporting the squatters and you > were enjoying your vacation. Funny, huh? > > To you, politics is a game. Everything is a "joke" to you. No matter that > there are lives at stake. No matter that more young people are homeless. > > You're right -- I shouldn't waste my time arguing with you. You're not > worth it. > > Jerry --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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