Antiwar movement losing steam?????

Ian Murray seamus2001 at home.com
Mon Oct 29 14:18:43 PST 2001


From: "Carl Remick" <carlremick at hotmail.com>


>
> I see we're off to a strong start in consensus-building :)
Actually, your
> point is well taken, Nathan, and IMO your suggested policy seems
reasonable
> for the left as a whole to rally around, i.e.:
>
> >- cooperative police work between nations to catch the perpetrators
> >- international tribunals to try them for war crimes to assure
global
> >acceptance of their trials

======== Who? The US? How do we know 9-11 was an act of war?


> >- addressing real grievances of the muslim world (such as the
Palestinian
> >cause) to isolate the murderers from the general population

======= What happens if their grievances add up to the economic collapse of 'the West' and we have no way of addressing/implementing their criticisms?


> >- global economic justice to eliminate the misery which feeds
resentment
> >against the US and sympathy for such terrorism

========== This would need one hell of a lot of content to fill in the definition of GEJ.


> >- defense of civil liberties in favor of sane security measures
that don't
> >breed more police abuses and cycles of resentment and violence
>
> Anyone have a problem with that list?
>
> Carl

Ian



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