The one thing we have to remember is that we have Giuliani on the ropes, and we don't need anything to happen to take him off the ropes. It's kind of got you trapped to do what you've got to do. We have to take it from a temporary coalition to a permanent working alliance if we really want to move to other issues. We need to have a retreat somewhere for a few days. All of us are upset because our people don't have jobs, don't have adequate housing.
Environmental racism is alive and well.
But we have to get more proactive and visionary than even that. One of the good things that's happened is that the bar has been raised. It's not just about demonstrations anymore. On other issues, they're doing civil disobedience now, like the community garden folks. One thing that has been underlying a lot of what we're saying is that the Democratic party is not our party anymore.