Comments on: Chicago 1886, Los Angeles 2007, NOTHING has changed.

By: theagitator

theagitator — Sun, 20 May 2007 05:45:26 +0000

Thank you very much for that video, The Mishaped. Excellent work. As you can see from the post, that was my suspicion from the beginning, that there was no violence on the part of the demonstrators, that it was a pure police state assault. That canard was an attempt to get away with attacking a peaceful crowd of immigrants, workers, and their families and supporters, and blame it all on the always demonizable anarchists. That’s why I titled this post the way I did, because that’s exactly what happened in Chicago in 1886.

By: The Mishaped

The Mishaped — Sun, 20 May 2007 02:46:26 +0000

Check out a video I made a about May Day. I was there and it was peaceful until the cops started shooting and the video shows that.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v509590MPgQB4RS

By: Stein

Stein — Fri, 04 May 2007 02:43:06 +0000

Thanks for the rage. The last couple weeks have been particularly difficult: I keep asking folks (about the Carhart decision, about police torture in Chicago, etc.), “Where’s your outrage?” Folks will always assure you it’s there, just under the surface.

By: theagitator

theagitator — Fri, 04 May 2007 02:15:35 +0000

Thanks for your comment, slivermoon. Over at the Democratic blog dailykos, the first reaction yesterday was to blame the protesters, but as more and more video is coming out, the mood is starting to swing. One thing about the modern Democratic leadership, they usually have their finger in the wind, so they probably are waiting to see how the local party operatives, the media etc and public attitudes in general shape up before they take a position. What they lose by that approach is that they don’t get to play any role in shaping public attitudes. Unfortunately that leaves the field of opinion shaping open to the Republicans and their corporate media mouthpieces.

By: Fascist Police State Welcomes L.A. May Day Demonstration « the coastal dissident

Fri, 04 May 2007 00:56:07 +0000

[...] The Agitator says in this post exactly what I feel about this whole situation. And in much more eloquent a fashion than I am capable of. [...]

By: slivermoon22

slivermoon22 — Fri, 04 May 2007 00:15:39 +0000

So beautifully said, I have nothing to add. I was as horrified as you. I can’t believe that the Democratic Leadership isn’t standing straight up and speaking out on this. I gave up on the media long ago. Its a brave new world, and May 1 was bloody proof.