Another story of a high profile defection of a top leftie to the right. “The Devil and Mr. Hicks - How one of L.A.ís leading lefties joined forces with David Horowitz and Southern Californiaís conservative elite”…
Then there is Joe Hicks, whose attendance at this party would strike some of his old friends as not only odd but blasphemous. Still, the veteran black political activist looks perfectly comfortable yakking away with Manny Klausner, one of the most energetic advocates and a co-author of the anti-affirmative-action Proposition 209 approved by California voters in 1996. You’d never know that Hicks had once tirelessly battled both Klausner and his ballot initiative. What’s more, Hicks not only spoke out against 209 in 1996, but has for several decades been a veritable fixture on the L.A. multicultural left, once serving as a union publicist, later as the ACLU spokesman, then as a leader of several civil rights organizations and most recently as the City Hall human- relations commissioner. So what’s a guy like Hicks doing at a party for a guy like Horowitz?
For many on the left, the answer is downright haunting. Hicks isn’t just hobnobbing with Horowitz. Since last December, he’s been working with Horowitz. Joe Hicks, one of the city’s most respected leftists, has defected. Joe Hicks has switched sides.
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