Womens Conference runs into rough seas of their own making

[Ken Burch]

238. I agree with everything in what you posted in the original OP, as I did then.

And I think that those who planned this Conference and invited the speakers they invited still do.

I wasn't the one who sent out the invitations.

And I would never say that no women should have had the speaking slot Bernie was offered-which he should still turn down and should have turned down in the first place.

If he does, I'd recommend they replace him with a grassroots, radical(perhaps socialist)feminist who speaks instead-someone with the soul of a street fighter. Someone unknown to a national audience.

The only reason to even have an anniversary conference of a heroic, radical event is to reconnect with the original event's spirit. Doesn't mean everything would have to be done exactly the same way as in '77, but it needs to be a break with the blander post-'77 approach. If it isn't that, if it gets turned into nothing but a smug validation of the current approach-why would be the point of having it be a celebration of staying the course?