>Because they drop off this list, that doesn't mean they will drop
>organizing, especially Leo who made it clear he was and would continue to
>work on such issues.
It would be great if Brad were organizing an anti-war faculty group at Berkeley, circulating an anti-war petition among economists, buying a full-page ad against war with his colleagues in the New York Times, etc.; & if Leo were working to get an anti-war resolution passed by the UFT; and so on.
>Fact is if you can't get Brad and Leo onboard your antiwar principles, you
>aren't going to get a majority of the country.
The majority will turn against war if the war turns out to be costly & protracted.
>High profile issues like
>antiwar fights give the illusion of left growth because suddenly all the
>usual suspect drop what they were doing to join together. But that's not
>real growth and outreach, since it's merely shifting resources among the
>committed.
We are signing up folks who haven't been involved in any activism before, especially among people of the Middle Eastern backgrounds. In any case, though, the anti-war movement began _just a week ago_; it would be shocking if we had already gotten the majority on our side by now. It should be so easy.
Yoshie