Experimental & Fallibilistic Re: Operation Enduring Protest

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>I agree. But for a revolutionary idea to take hold even among a committed
>minority, it has to have some visceral appeal. The rightness of the
>abolitionist stance was obvious at least to some people at the time, and
>they risked and sacrificed their lives for it.  The "Don't Even Bother to
>Fight Terrorists, We're All Fucked" program lacks that sort of resonance.
>
>Liza

"Fight Terrorists" -- you mean literally?  Who is going to "fight 
terrorists"?  You, Doug, Kelley, Mark Naison, Katrina vanden Heuvel, 
etc. (Cf.  Rick Perlstein, "Left Falls Apart as Center Holds," at 
<http://www.observer.com/pages/frontpage1.asp>)?  Or the U.S. 
government with its reactionary allies?  NATO?  The U.N.?  Where are 
you gonna "fight terrorists"?  Only in Afghanistan?  Pakistan?  Saudi 
Arabia?  Kuwait?  Egypt?  Sudan?  Algeria?

In any case, if the emergent anti-war movement doesn't look 
attractive to you, start a new one yourself, with your own political 
program -- then we'll be able to see if your program is more 
appealing to Americans than the anti-war movement's.  The proof of 
the pudding is in the eating.

experimentally & fallibilistically yours,

-- 
Yoshie

* Calendar of Anti-War Events in Columbus: 
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>
* Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html>
* Anti-War Organizing in Columbus Covered by the Media: 
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/media.html>