by Robert Lederman(6/25/99)
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"Giuliani's Brooklyn Boyhood" (an article in Brooklyn Bridge Magazine, Summer 1999 issue), despite being a puff piece (did a relative write this?), shows the origins of the Mayor's repressive Catholic school upbringing, his violent hot tempered father and excessively admiring mother.
In other words, it shows the origins of the Mayor's repressive policies towards minorities (they moved out of Brooklyn when blacks moved into the 'hood), his overweening egoism, his school uniform obsession, his violent temper and his belief that like him we must all blindly obey authority, especially his. Unfortunately, these values are not those of most New Yorkers. We believe in equality, free speech and smashing phoney politician's like Giuliani. Too bad he can't be the Mayor of a small town in Serbia, he'd probably like it a lot better and be far more appreciated by his constituents.
For more information contact:
Robert Lederman, President of A.R.T.I.S.T. (Artists' Response To Illegal State Tactics), (718) 369-2111
Email: ARTISTpres@aol.com
Website: http://www.openair.org/alerts/artist/nyc.html