On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Bill Bartlett wrote:
> Are there parallels between militias in the US and youth gangs in cities
> like Los Angeles? I ask this because I have recently read a quite
> interesting analysis of the 1992 Los Angeles "rebellion" (putting it firmly
> in the category of class war) from the Aufheben web site which says similar
> things about them. However that analysis concludes that rascism is less a
> factor there than might be expected, which is a hopeful sign.

        well, i have an interview transcript that was done with
        Chomsky here at WRCT in March '94.  He compares the
        uprising in chiapas with the riots in LA.,  discusses why
        they WERE riots and how the same factors created both the
        LA riots and the Chiapas uprising.

        the interview can be found at:
        http://www.worldmedia.com/archive/interviews/9403-wrct.html

                lenny
                                       MAYBE I AM NOT VERY HUMAN - WHAT I
                                       WANTED TO DO WAS PAINT SUNLIGHT
                                       ON THE SIDE OF A HOUSE
                                            Edward Hopper
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