200,000 Protest the "War Without End

[Chuck Munson]

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> 
> Chuck0 wrote:
> 
> >The good thing is that most of us know now where to start a fight
> >and where to hold back.  Yesterday, it was important to hold back,
> >especially with the huge turnout of Palestinian families.
> 
> Right -- given a large number of young children and even babies in
> the crowd, it would have been horrible if the demonstrators had been
> attacked by cops.

On the other hand, nobody should expect the nature of Saturday's protest
to become the norm at future large mobilizations. I talked to many
activists this weekend and I get the sense that many want to be more
confrontational. It seems that those who wish to harness the growing wave
of dissent are about to lose any control they may have had. Even the
"moderate" protesters are sounding like the black bloc!

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