thanks all for the responses... it seems, after all, that i do not require the superhuman organizing energy that yoshie seems to possess ;-), in order to have my voice heard.
some question remains: i know that there is a segment of people concerned about the palestinians who it seems are not reached by such calls for protest... how do we energize these folks? does the fact that the left fights multiple causes prevent us from generating the kind of fever that seems to bring about events such as the pro-israel rally? putting aside all the intellectual stuff (which i do not condemn and understand are an integral part), what is the left organizing strategy?
--ravi