In the New York Daily News, Zev Chafets says that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg should grant loony left group United for Peace and Justice full access to demonstrate in Manhattan during the Republican convention in late August: Give ‘em center stage. (Hat tip: NC.)

Why?

The answer is right there on the United for Peace and Justice Web site, which contains a roster of groups that “share our goals” for the impending demonstrations.

These include some well-known pillars of the Democratic progressive establishment - the National Council of Churches, the National Organization for Women, Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and MoveOn. The participation of such mainstreamers inevitably links the Democratic Party to United for Peace and Justice and to the hundreds of groups on its list of sponsors.

The lineup includes the Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return Coalition, Connecticut chapter. The Anti-Capitalist Convergence. The Anti-Imperialist News Service. The Communist Party U.S.A. and, separately, the Communist Party branches of New York, Maryland and central Indiana (who knew?).

Want more? The Chicago Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. The Chicago Cuba Committee. House of the Goddess Center for Pagan Wombyn. The International Socialist Organization. The International Solidarity Movement. No Blood for Oil. Pakistan FATA Peace Forum. Psychoanalysts for Peace and Justice. Queer to the Left. The Raelian Religion. The Ruckus Society. Socialist Action, Socialist Alternative and the Socialist Party U.S.A.

Also, Students Against Testing (I’m not making this up), the Young Communist League U.S.A., Youth Crime Watch of the Gambia and the School of Journalism of the University of Texas.

The Peace and Justice people swear on a stack of Weathermen pamphlets that they don’t intend to reenact Chicago 1968. If they are fibbing, the Democrats are sunk. Americans don’t much care for political street violence, and they expect the major parties to control their supporters. When the parties don’t, they pay. After the ‘68 convention riot, law-and-order parties got almost 60% percent of the vote.

For the full A-to-Z list of deranged moonbats who are affiliated with this group, check out their web site: Member Groups of United for Peace and Justice.