[Marxism] Columbia's Chicano Caucus on DN!

[Andrew Pollack <acpollack2@xxxxxxxxx>]

                      DemocracyNow! on WBAI had planned a debate today  between 
the Minutemen's Gilchrist and Karina Garcia, political chair of  Chicano 
Caucus. Gilchrist hung up after a couple minutes (see the DN  site for a 
description), but not before blaming the ISO for the alleged  disruption.
  
                          Garcia was great. She said they never asked the 
university to ban him from speaking, that he had Columbia and NYPD security, 
that nobody attacked him, and that "when we went up on stage WE were attacked. 
It wasn?t a free speech issue. He?s a coward, he's very tough when has a 
shotgun in the middle of  the desert facing unarmed immigrants."
  
              She also pointed to the Minutemen's recruits from  the neoNazi 
National Alliance and other fascist groups. And in response  to Gilchrist's 
claims about not being violent or a racist, she pointed  out "David Duke took 
off his hood when he ran for Louisiana  governor. What Gilchrist represents in 
the Mexican community is the same as what Duke  and Klan represent for the 
African-American community.
      "He didn?t feel physically threatened. He was in the midst of  150 people 
crowding the  audience. He felt isolated [you can hear in the audio of the 
event the crowd  cheering, clearly on behalf of the protesters-AP]. He 
terminated his own speech.
              When asked about the difference in coverage between the Spanish- 
and English-language media, she said -- clearly moved -- "Oh my God, oh wow. If 
you saw Univision, you can  see we were attacked. The English press claimed we 
attacked. And all of a sudden Bloomberg  is a free speech advocate. Two years 
ago during the RNC he didn?t allow protest  permits."
      "This isn?t a battle of ideas, this is about people  with guns on the 
border. They say they should be able to shoot illegals."
  
  P.S. The online petition against reprisals (see Counterpunch's website of the 
day) is at almost 1900 signatures.
  
  
                
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