Vol. 80/No. 13      April 4, 2016

 

Letters

 

A correction

The quotation attributed to me in issue no. 12 on the article on Lac-Mégantic did not accurately reflect my views in response to the question asked me by your reporter about my reaction to the recent revelations in the Globe and Mail on the Lac-Mégantic disaster. It should have said that while the rail workers who are currently charged share some of the responsibility for the tragedy, it would have been necessary to go higher in the pyramid of all those who were responsible, like the former owners of the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway and the former Minister of Transport Denis Lebel, who should also be among those charged.

André Blais
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec

Trump is insider

The Militant is “spot on” regarding the thuggish antics of groups to disrupt Donald Trump’s campaign meetings and their influences on setting back the working class. The same is true of the economic crisis and his non-fascist tag. However, Alyson Kennedy missed the chance to identify Trump as part of the 1 percent and very much of an insider. He is part of the ruling class that controls the very same insider politicians that he rails against.

Ken Morgan
Baltimore, Maryland

Rabbi fought Jim Crow

I appreciated Janice Lynn’s excellent article in the March 21 issue on the celebration of the life and political contributions of Lea Bockman. In relation to Bockman’s participation in the religiously mixed panel that spoke out in the early 1960s, one of those was Janice Rothschild. She was the wife of the late Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, whose synagogue, the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, was bombed in 1958. He began speaking out publicly against Jim Crow segregation after moving to Atlanta after World War II and becoming the congregation’s rabbi.

Lisa Potash
Atlanta, Georgia

 
 
 
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