ill Clinton ad- mitted the horrible damage created by his crime legislation—damage widely predicted by the bill’s progressive opponents: “We have too many people in prison. And we wound up... . putting so many people in prison that there wasn’t enough money left to educate them, train them for new jobs and increase the chances when they came out that they could live productive lives.”*

rest essentially upon what we do ourselves, and how seriously we take the mantle of leadership and self-determination.

Both realizations, over time, had a conservatizing effect, as Black politics moved to the right in ac- cord with the general conservative pall overtaking mainstream Amer- ican politics. The Democratic Party had opened itself up to Blacks, women, and youth for fear that these constituencies would pull voters away from mainstream politics and, in doing so, leach support from the party. In search of resources, support, and perhaps legitimacy in the face of a cloudy future for the Black movement, activists entered the party believing they could use it for their own purposes. But in- stead of the left turning the party, many activists found themselves having to conform to Democratic Party objectives.*

Yet when it came to getting things done, the CBC had a weak record. Most of its activity seemed to involve endless hearings and studies quantifying Black oppression. By the early 1970s, the plight of Black neighborhoods was old news; many other organizations had performed similar studies for years. The limitations of the CBC kept options for the Black left very much alive.

tokes also gave business a disproportionate role in the plans to redevelop the local economy. He appointed several busi- ness leaders who had supported his candid

iberals have faith in the idea that the permanent cessation of war is an attainable goal. Taking liberal ideas into practice, US President Woodrow Wilson addressed his famous ‘Fourteen Points’ to the US Congress in January 19

The problem is not with deterrence. Rather, it is that Washington has been trying to do too much with Tehran, with too limited a set of tools, over too long a period of time.