January 20, 2021 New Orleans I realize that talking about guns and their giant conservative enabler, the National Rifle Association, will have many of you thinking that we’re talking about the siege at the US Capitol and all the wannabe gunsels threatening politicians and organizing militias. Maybe we should, but instead we’re getting …
Month: January 2021
The Roots of “Stop the Steal” in the Attack on ACORN
January 19, 2021 New Orleans The arc of justice is long, but when people see it coming, they don’t stay silent. First, a text from the most devoted Times’ reader and power walker in the entire city of Houston, making sure I had seen the lead piece in the Times’ editorial page. A …
Crowd Chaos Underlines Differences in Instigators versus Organizers
January 18, 2021 Pearl River The post-mortem on the Capitol mob scene has been bizarrely interesting from an organizing perspective. A lot of it has been more about name-calling than analysis. This motley crowd is now seen as rioters, (maybe?), insurrectionists (really?), seditionists (huh?), and more. …