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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (258711)	11/7/2005 3:41:09 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572550

THIS MONTH marks the 10th anniversary of one of the fiercest urban uprisings in U.S. history--the Los Angeles Rebellion. At the time, politicians and their media hacks focused on the property damage that took place. They did their best to discredit the uprising as "wanton destruction" and "mob brutality" carried out by "criminals" and "gangs." But in reality, the LA Rebellion expressed in the most decisive terms the raging, accumulated bitterness caused by racism and class inequality. For everyone interested in social justice, it should be remembered as an inspiring example of working-class people refusing to be treated like animals--an upheaval in which, as left-wing writer Mike Davis put it, "a generation found that it can fight back." Things are still bad in the riot areas but they are a lot better than they were ten years ago. Before the riots, there was not one chain supermarket, not one movie theather in the barrios of S. Central. That has all changed......there are supermarkets pretty much everywhere.....movie theaters and other retail stores have opened up. Insurance companies have stopped redlining the area and are providing insurance coverage. Gov'ts have put money into the community through supporting locally owned banks and providing seed money for rehabbing homes. They've got a ways to go but its definitely better than it once was. Of course, Bush II's policies have worsened the plight of the poor and the unemployment is very high again in South Central. Its too bad Americans don't realize that Bush's cronies make lousy leaders. ted