> Condemnations are not enough. They are words without demands for bringing
> the criminals involved to justice. The latter is what has been lacking
> from the largest WWP-related rallies that have gotten most public
> attention. Sure, some smaller rallies have had better politics, but the
> initial cooperation of many leftists in making the WWP events early
> successes helped pigeon hole the image of the antiwar movement in many
> peoples minds.
>
> The NLG is heavily split on this whole thing-- large chunks of the New York
> and DC chapters have opposed participation in any rally that does not
> clearly call for seeking to capture and try the Sept 11 murderers. Others
> have militantly defended the WWP line of rhetoric. Yeah, everyone agrees
> that if they get caught, they should be tried in an international tribunal,
> but the national convention spent more time debating whether capital
> punishment should be allowed against Bin Laden than in discussion on any
> serious alternative positive policy that would promise security to fellow
> Americans.
I've been trying to figure out an anarchist response to this dilemma. It's not like an anarchist can be logically consistent and call for any state to pursue these criminals. It's also hard to argue that, if captured, they be tried in a state's court or imprisoned in a state's prison.
I supect that the statists in the anti-war movement would have an easier time talking about bringing Osama and his buddies to justice (keeping in mind that none of us have seen the "evidence" linking OBL to the 9/11 crimes).
I think it's pretty easy to say that this is a criminal investigation and not the cause for war. The U.S. didn't go to war after the WTC bombing in 1993.
Perhaps an anti-statist solution to this dilemma would be to call for an international *volunteer* effort to go after OBL. Sort of like the Abraham Lincoln Brigades.
Chuck0