John:
Again, I think you are not listening. You write that "contact
information" and the email addresses of CSE members
shouldn't be passed on to Fred Lee. But Fred ONLY asked
for a list which includes the "last name, first name
and country" of CSE members. Indeed, he has said that if he is
given ANYTHING more then it will be discarded. Furthermore,
he has said that ANY information given to him "stays with me
and is not sent to a third party".
One of the worst aspects of McCarthyism was that it resulted
in progressives (and everyone else!) fearing each other and
suspecting that the progressive or neighbor next door was not
who they claimed to be. PARANOIA feeds right into this dynamic:
indeed, its diffusion assures victory to the McCarthyites. If
CSE members fear what Fred Lee (an IWW member, if I
recall correctly) will do with the list he is given, then the
CSE may not be killed off by McCarthyites but by the paranoia
of its own members.
Jerry
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