[Marxism] Shameless ... and very strange

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

San Francisco [Miltant Forum]
The Case of the Legless Veteran & the Fight for Workers Rights Today.
See a documentary on this fight, produced and directed by Howard 
Petrick.
Speaker: Laura Anderson.
Fri. Jan 28. Program 7:30 p.m.
3926 Mission St.
Tel: (415) 584-2135.

"In New York City, Jimmy Kutcher, the party’s “legless veteran,” who 
successfully fought the McCarthyite witch-hunt in the 1950s when they 
tried to fire him from his job in the Veteran’s Administration for his 
socialist ideas, fell victim to the Barnes witch-hunt and was recently 
expelled from the party.  Jimmy was falsely accused of striking a woman 
comrade with his cane – actually Jimmy, since he lost both his legs in 
World War II, has been in the habit of giving people a light tap to let 
them know that he is behind them and trying to get by.  The woman 
comrade denied that Jimmy had struck her.  The branch rushed to trial 
though while Jimmy was out of town and not present to defend himself.  
They settled there for a censure, then demanded that Jimmy come in for 
an interrogation.  Frightened, he requested a copy of the report made 
against him.  This was promised, but the promise was never kept.  While 
trying to reach an agreement on this matter, Jimmy was expelled for 
allegedly refusing to meet with the trial body."


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