What kind of 'anti-war movement'?

[Chuck0]

Lou Paulsen wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck0 <chuck at tao.ca>
> 
> The following sentence just leaped out at me:
> 
> >It is my hunch that the current anti-war movement isn't [having] much
> >effect because the usual Left sectarians are fighting over the new
> >movement du jour..
> 
> This really floors me.  You believe that the only reason we aren't storming
> air bases, turning the guns around, etc. etc. right now, is that left
> sectarians are fighting with each other?   That if we socialists had put all
> our human and material resources at your disposal from September 12 on,
> following your counsel about direct non-boring action, refusal to cooperate
> with the police, and whatever other tactical issues you believe we have
> fallen down on because we haven't heeded your advice, in that case the
> movement would be having a "much effect" by now and would be seriously
> impeding the U.S. from engaging in genocide in Afghanistan?
> 
> I honestly think you are underestimating the practical difficulties of
> stopping the U.S. war machine.

I think I understand these practical difficulties pretty well.

I also understand that if we let the Left sectarians have their way, we
will always play by the same script:

Rally -> March -> Rally -> Go home

At least there are some encouraging developments among the anti-war
elements. Some folks are engaging in more militant tactics. Lots of
folks are doing educational events. There are lots of local, independent
action popping up all over.

You talk about storming air bases. We all understand that those are well
fortified. So, what are the other chokepoints for the U.S. war machine?
If you were going to interfere with the "just in time" aspect of the
current war effort, where would you put pressure? How about the
propaganda machine? The CNN offices aren't fortified. How about the PR
machine? The offices of the Ad Council and the Rendon Group aren't
fortified either.

Let's think outside of the box.

Do you know how the people in the Phillipines brought down that corrupt
government? Cell phone and beeper agitprop.

Writers on the Left have written some great stuff against the war. How
many of us have forwarded those articles to the "CC" lists that always
come appended with bad Internet jokes? Articles by Left writers are so
frequently passed around between the usual suspects. What would happen
if each of made an attempt to get these articles and essays out to
average working people via email.

Net Anti-War to defeat the War.

Chuck0