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Rwanda: Release Peter Erlinder now.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

 Peter Erlinder (May 7, 2010, Washington, D.C.) Three weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting up again with Peter Erlinder (whom I first wrote about here), this time at one of the talks he was involved in organizing for the Japan Communist Party. I briefly videoed Peter here.  When I mentioned that I had let my national membership in the National Lawyers Guild lapse while continuing my local membership -? due to my sharp differences with the national leadership ?- Peter pointed out that one thing he likes about the Guild is that among Guild members, he does not need to explain himself. On an individual basis, I tend to warm to Guild members much more than the exasperating policies and statements some of them make and support as a group, including the leadership?s supporting shoe throwing, the organization?s refusal to take a comprehensive stance against violence, and the organization?s repeated knee-jerk statements and policies against Israel without condemning violence from Hamas and elsewhere among Palestinians...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on May 30, 2010 (boomark / email).