Pinkerton Outs 'Movimiento' in Radical Latino Media

Newsday/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

by Mark Finkelstein

June 15, 2006

I'd call Jim Pinkerton's Newsday column - 'Movimiento' Aims to Take Back America - today's must-read.

Pinkerton reports on his brief foray inside the belly of the 'immigrant rights' beast. He chillingly reports that far from an echo of the black civil rights movement of the '60s based on non-violence, it's a radical 'movimiento' animated by dreams of 'reconquista.'

Pinkerton explains that earlier this week he attended a panel discussion entitled "The New Immigrants Movement," part of a "Take Back America" conference convened in Washington, D.C., by the left-wing Campaign for America's Future.

Writes Pinkerton:

"Consider the words of Roberto Lovato, identified as a writer for New American Media, describing itself as "the country's first and largest national collaboration of ethnic news organizations." Speaking first, Lovato declared that he had problems with the words 'civil rights.' Why? In part because that phrase had been used by black Americans half a century ago - it was their term. But mostly, he continued, the term is inapt because today 'a lot of the members of the movement were political revolutionaries in countries such as Nicaragua and El Salvador.' And that's why, he concluded, 'this is not just a civil rights movement - this is the northernmost expression of a continental rights movement.'

"Got that? This is "'he northernmost expression of a continental rights movement' led by 'political revolutionaries' from Nicaragua and El Salvador. Could Lovato have gotten carried away? Could perhaps I have misquoted him? Fortunately for the sake of a verifiable record, Lovato made the same argument in an article, 'Voices of a New Movimiento,' in the June 19 issue of The Nation magazine. And how do I know about this piece? Because it was handed out to all attendees of the breakout session."

Asks Pinkerton: "Is that what we want to let into the United States?"

Good question.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Here's the URL for Pinkerton's column:

http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-oppin154781454jun15,0,3369999.column

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Clickable link:

http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-oppin154781454jun15,0,3369999.column

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Newsday/NewsBusters 'movimiento' ping to Today show list.

[mewzilla]

Asks Pinkerton: "Is that what we want to let into the United States?"

And give citizenship...?

[Lurker]

They're just coming to start the Revolucion Socialista that Americans don't want to.

L

[mewzilla]

You know that the left is dead when they have to import their revolutionaries.

[gotribe]

Nicaragua and El Salvador? I thought our night scopes and C-130s took care of that bunch. Who woulda guessed the the revolution they failed to create there would be so easily exported to the U.S.

[Dane]

So soes this mean all whites have the same political viewpoint as hillary, orall Jews have the viewpoint of noam chomsky, as it seems that Pinkerton is trying to say that all hispanics have the same radical views as this small fringe group.

Whose viewpoints by the way get blown up way out of proportion by writers such as Pinkerton.

[Dane]

I see you wish to play Pinkerton's little game,also.

So using Pinkerton's logic if you are white you must subscribe to hillary's views.

Two can play Pinkerton's silly little game.

[PGalt]

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I don't believe Pinkerton is suggesting these are the sentiments of all immigrants. But I do think he believes they represent the views of an influential segment of movement leaders.

[Sometimes A River]

Asks Pinkerton: "Is that what we want to let into the United States?"

No, but that's what Bush and the Senate GOP want to let into the United States.

[raybbr]

This is a free country. Advocates for unlimited Hispanic immigration are free to advocate a radical, even revolutionary, worldview - indeed, they do the rest of us a favor when they do. Because then we are free to oppose them.

Why is anyone suprised anymore about the idea that some people in high places really want the U.S. to become bi-cultural? It's been made clear for years.

THE "NEW AMERICAN"

We are now one of the largest Spanish-speaking nations in the world. We're a major source of Latin music, journalism and culture.

Just go to Miami, or San Antonio, Los Angeles, Chicago or West New York, New Jersey ... and close your eyes and listen. You could just as easily be in Santo Domingo or Santiago, or San Miguel de Allende.

For years our nation has debated this change -- some have praised it and others have resented it. By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America.

As I speak, we are celebrating the success of democracy in Mexico.

George Bush from a campaign speech in Miami, August 2000.

You can read the speech here.

Here is an excerpt of a good critique of that speech:

In equating our intimate historic bonds to our mother country and to Canada with our ties to Mexico, W. shows a staggering ignorance of the civilizational facts of life. The reason we are so close to Britain and Canada is that we share with them a common historical culture, language, literature, and legal system, as well as similar standards of behavior, expectations of public officials, and so on. My Bush Epiphany By Lawrence Auster

[Kimberly GG]

'Is that what we want to let into the United States?"

The're already here and imo are not leaving. They're determined to get what they want even if it means La Revolucion. I wasn't a bit fooled by the white t-shirts and flag switch. I'm more inclined to see them for who they really are, 12 plus million who take to the streets, threaten to shut down the country and try to intimidate our D.C. leadership into giving into their DEMANDS.

On the other hand, it would seem, as evidenced by Bush and the Senate's 2611, that our D.C. leadership have been on their side all along and are more than ready to give them what they want, and then some.

http://www.mexica-movement.org/granmarcha.htm

http://www.rense.com/general70/arm.htm

[Dane]

I don't believe Pinkerton is suggesting these are the sentiments of all immigrants. But I do think he believes they represent the views of an influential segment of movement leaders

And who made them "leaders". The radical and democrats and Pinkerton did, propped up with lefty soros money and chicken little articles by such people as Pinkerton.

I bet you if were to ask the avg. immigrant on the street, whose these people were, they give you a "huh".

It's the same thing with the NOW gang, their "influenece" is inflated by the press.

[Dane]

Huh, according to you Bush should also be castigated for doing this.

But you don't, even when he is wearing a green tie and accepting the shamrocks with the Irish flag in the background.

You all should be consistent in your animus, but you are not, and your selective outrage agenda shows.

[Dane]

It's a green reconquest I tells you.

BTW, ray are you goin to castigate any American politician who waves an Irish flag on St. Patrick's day or an Italian flag on Columbus day.

I doubt it, they are "approved" ethnic groups to you.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

As far as I know, Irish immigrants don't claim that the US actually belongs to them.

[Dane]

As far as I know, Irish immigrants don't claim that the US actually belongs to them

And neither does it to the vast majority of the new immigrants.

It only does to small fringe groups that the radical democrats and chicken little writers such as Pinkerton promote.

[raybbr]

You all should be consistent in your animus, but you are not, and your selective outrage agenda shows.

I didn't create the agenda - Bush did. He's the one advocating the biculturalisma of the U.S. to an America/Latin culture.

Bush doesn't give speeches in Gaelic, Polish, German, Thai, Chinese, etc. Only in spanish.

He doesn't go around the U.S. telling other ethnic groups how hard they work and how wonderful they are. (Hell, he doesn't even do that for Americans) but he does do it for hispanics.

You want to talk about agendas? Talk about Bush's agenda for the hispanization of the U.S. You won't though, because that's what you want.