A.N.S.W.E.R. parent organization supports Chinese occupation of Tibet.

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... (International A.N.S.W.E.R., hereafter called "IA") is a stepchild of the Workers World Party. The WWP is, in the words of David Corn, "a small revolutionary-socialist outfit with a fancy for North Korea's Kim Jong-Il and the goal of abolishing private property." (Before someone comments that David Corn is a dupe of the Bush Administration, note that he is the author of the best-selling book The Lies of George W. Bush.) Joe Conason (author of the best-selling Big Lies) also has some choice things to say about IA in this column (e.g., "stooges for fascism").

Of prominent liberal journalists, David Corn has raised the most flags about IA. In Los Angeles Weekly, Corn documented such extensive ties between IA and WWP "that it seems fair to dub it a WWP front."

Workers World Party, a small political sect that years ago split from the Socialist Workers Party to support the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956. The party advocates socialist revolution and abolishing private property. It is a fan of Fidel Castro’s regime in Cuba, and it hails North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il for preserving his country’s “socialist system,” which, according to the party’s newspaper, has kept North Korea “from falling under the sway of the transnational banks and corporations that dictate to most of the world.” The WWP has campaigned against the war-crimes trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. A recent Workers World editorial declared, “Iraq has done absolutely nothing wrong.” (David Corn, "Behind the Placards," Los Angeles Weekly, November 1-7, 2002)

... WWP not only defends such "stalwarts" of democracy and liberty as Kim Jong Il and Slobodan Milosevic; it supported the Chinese government's 1989 Tienanmen Square massacre.

Even more remarkable, WWP supports the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Please see these articles from WWP publications:

Gary Wilson, "Tibet As It Never Was," Workers World, October 23, 1997

Gary Wilson, "Radio Free Asia: U.S. Focuses Anti-China Campaign on Tibet," Workers World, November 13, 1996

(According to Mr. Wilson, "The Dalai Lama ruled Tibet through the use of harsh violence, maintaining a system of serfdom and slavery.")

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[Oberst Klink]

1. The pic at the bottom of your posts has always bothered me.

First, the sensors on the helmet are basically laser tag sensors for training... something never worn in combat.

The face paint job is terrible and would have been laughed at by anyone who actually knows what the real deal is, in regards to cammo paint. Also, after 4 hours of good training, the cammo paint gets totally smeared and worn. This guy(?), at best, just got off the bus and probably has no real reason (yet) to have such a long face - which leads me to the uniform.

The uniform is as crispy as a new $20 bill. Again, this person has not really participated in any serious training that day or any other day prior.

It is a volunteer army. This guy volunteered and is likely a non-combat soldier assigned to the Big Red '1' and is wimpering because he was made to do his 2 weeks training away from whatever cushy job he signed up for.

Oh... and ANSWER sucks, too.

[arcane1]

2. yet they are one of the FEW orgs

that can actually get a march going, and I am in total agreement with them as far as wanting US troops out of Iraq

:toast: to them for that


when they start holding Tibet rallies, then I'll start to give a shit about that part of IA



or, put another way- how fucking pitiful is the left in this country, where only such "radical" groups have any goddamned organizational skills at all???

simple fact- if not for groups like IA, NION, UPJ, the streets would've been empty this weekend. And silence = consent, IMHO

[BayCityProgressive]

3. Sorry I am really ignorant to some of this

but did the students in Tianeman really kidnap and turn violence against Chinese soldiers?

[arcane1]

4. I have no idea

there is a lot of info about Tiananmen that I am unaware of..

[WoodrowFan]

6. No, they didn't

anymore than DUers attacked Freepers in a mob at the March on Saturday. I had a good friend, a US student at Beijing University there, so I followed it quite closely. I will never stop being disgusted that Bush #I sent messages to Beijing after the massacre/crackdown assuring them that he wanted good relations still. thug.

[bowens43]

5. So?

What does that have to do with their sponsorship of anti-war rallies?

Is bashing ANSWER a hobby or your life's mission?

[WoodrowFan]

7. So this

we (rightly) bash repuks for attending rallies, meetings, conference of far RW groups like the CCC. Why should we tolerate such extremists in our own ranks? The far left is as anti-Democracy as is the far right, even tho both fringes proclaim their love of 'liberty'.

[arcane1]

8. this wasn't exactly an ANSWER conference, meeting, etc

at least in SF, there were a few groups co-sponsoring, and the people at IA accoutned for maybe .05% of the total in attendance

Cynthia McKinney spoke there, so I guess we have to write her off now, too?

I don't care who gets the permits, personally. We ALL want the troops home, after all.

I'm sure I can disagree with many of the DUers that came to the march (in fact I KNOW I do, there were interesting conversations all around) but the point of the march was not about Clark vs Dean, or Capitalism vs Communism, or anything like that. It was ANTI-OCCUPATION, a feeling all present shared

and I will continue to attend events like this co-sponsored by IA.

Though it would be nice if other groups would get involved as well. Sadly, IA is one of only a few we have that are doing it. To stay home because you don't agree 100% with all of their other views, irrelevant to Iraq, is sad

[WoodrowFan]

11. I'm just worried

Ok, fair enough. I'm just worried about our participation being taken as support for their other positions. I think all dictatorships are evil, regardless of whether or not they make the trains run on time, or stick "People's" in their name and promise free health care.

I do, however, on further reflection, wish I had attended the ralley in DC.

[Oberst Klink]

9. ANSWER is the core of our ranks

unfortunately.

Thank goodness the major media has not really harped on this. The middle of the country, such as Michigan Democrats, are not ready for this much justice and equality.

[Oberst Klink]

10. the demonstration was essentially organized by the Workers World Party

.... a small political sect that years ago split from the Socialist Workers Party to support the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956. The party advocates socialist revolution and abolishing private property. It is a fan of Fidel Castro’s regime in Cuba, and it hails North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il for preserving his country’s “socialist system,” which, according to the party’s newspaper, has kept North Korea “from falling under the sway of the transnational banks and corporations that dictate to most of the world.” The WWP has campaigned against the war-crimes trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. A recent Workers World editorial declared, “Iraq has done absolutely nothing wrong.”
Officially, the organizer of the Washington demonstration was International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism). But ANSWER is run by WWP activists, to such an extent that it seems fair to dub it a WWP front.