Talk:American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council

Red power? And that i should be capitalized. Maestro 23:28, 27 July 2007 (EDT)

We don't take sides in controversies.

• he used violence to prevent voting
• an FBI-instigated shootout

Please identify the source of these charges: Who said he used violence? Who said the FBI instigated a shootout?

We are not writing an editorial but working together to provide reference material, so please be objective and fill in the necessary details. --Ed Poor ^Talk 12:30, 20 March 2010 (EDT)

AIM it appears is a Maoist organization. Rob Smith 12:56, 20 March 2010 (EDT)

Probably, although at one point it defended the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua against leftist militants. If you can find a copy of Nicaragua Was Our Home, by Unificationst film maker Lee Shapiro, you'll see that there was an anti-communist element there.

Anyway, we need a broader article on Native American rights or Native American rights activism. There are at least two groups calling themselves "AIM" or claiming to represnt the "American Indian movement". Can you help me clarify any of this? --Ed Poor ^Talk 13:01, 20 March 2010 (EDT)

• "The occupation was attended by members of the Communist Party of Canada, Marxixt-Leninist, including the leader of the CPC, Vern Harper. The CPC openly boasted in a statement to the Toronto Globe and Mail that they had been involved in the occupation and had helped to fund it. (The Communist Pary to Canada, Marxist-Leninist is a Maoist organization - one of the stronger Maoist organizations in the Western world - whose members openly wear Mao buttons. It is not to be confused with the Communist Party of Canada, which follows the Moscow line. In his testimony, Mr. Durham, on page 65, spoke of the Communist party of Canada, Marxist-Leninist. However, on page 7 he referred to it simply as the Communist Party of Canada. In the interest of accuracy, the corrections is made here)."^[1]

Note: I was revierwing the material two days ago on the relationship between the Communist Party of Canada, Marxist-Leninist, and the CP-ML (USA) founded by Carl Davidson, webmaster of Progressives for Obama. Rob Smith 13:19, 20 March 2010 (EDT)

Wikipedia lists

• Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) or CPC(ML)
• Communist Party USA (Marxist–Leninist), not to be confused with
• Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) (USA) founded by Carl Davidson, usually refered to as the CP(ML), CP(M-L), or CP-ML.

Rob, thanks for all that. It should be mentioned in the article that this branch (or version) of AIM has Marxists roots and/or is Communist-controlled. There's a reason a lot of these activists are in jail for murder. They keep shooting cops. Normal activists generally choose to make their case by displaying a higher ethical posture. My fave is Henry David Thoreau, who meekly submitted to arrest and then wrote "Civil Disobedience". --Ed Poor ^Talk 13:43, 20 March 2010 (EDT)

Not just "communist," but "Maoist." That's where much confusion sets in; User:Radh helped out immensely the other day on William Ayers reminding that the WUO spinoff of SDS occured precisely because of the break between SDS and the Soviet funded CPUSA. Rob Smith 13:48, 20 March 2010 (EDT)

This document, [1] from Van Jones's STORM, Standing Together to Organize a Rvolutionary Movement (another Maoist organization) may be of some help. While it should be read in its entirety, sample a passage such as this from page 10 (pdf):

• "The organization's early work was to be based in low-income communities of color and also to recognize the central role of youth in movements for social change [em added]....As STORM was getting off the ground as an orgainzatiopn, its members remained deeply involved in their current movement work....Members were active in many sectors of the movement - from the women 's movement to the labor movement to the community-organizing [em added] world to the direct action movement." Rob Smith 14:39, 20 March 2010 (EDT)