[PEN-L:2715] Re: Re: Lamont and Spencer Freed.

[Sam Pawlett <epawlett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brad De Long wrote:

> >Christine Lamont, 39, of Vancouver B.C. and David Spencer, 35, of
> >Moncton N.B. were given full parole yesterday.... They
> >had served a little over 10 years of the life sentences they were given
> >in Brazil for the kidnapping of supermarket magnate Alberto Dinz....
> >I hope Lamont and Spencer write
> >about their experiences and continue their commitment to social change
> >in L.A. Their experience and dedication is badly needed in the movement
> >here.
> >
> >Sam Pawlett
>
> Why in God's name would this kind of "experience and dedication" be "badly
> needed"?
>
> Brad DeLong

This looks like a cheap shot but I guess I wasn't clear enough.. I wasn't
referring to their "experience and dedication" in kidnapping and other violent
activities but to their many years of experience working with the popular
movements in Central America ( not to speak of  organizing in a Brazilian
prison). Someone who cut her teeth as an activist for the FMLN and FSLN in the
80's would be valuable to any social movement because of her knowledge in what
works and what doesn't in organizing for social change and the specific
policies to be pursued in bringing about that  social change. Given the state
of the popular movement here in Canada, such people are badly needed.

Sam Pawlett