So Long Saddam

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Mar 13 11:04:00 PST 2002


Nathan Newman wrote:


>How about we take all the time of those who prepare for the rally, attend the
>demo, and the time many spend in jail and doing work getting them out--
>instead, skip the demo and spend the same amount of time door-knocking to
>talk to folks about why war is a bad idea and global justice is a far better
>approach to assuring global security.

...and in the interim, vote for Democrats who'll support the war. Demos, as opposed to mere Dems, can scare the ruling class if they're big enough. Demos brought down a few regimes in Argentina (not that the US government is as weak as Argentina's, of course). Large demos made the Vietnam war much more of a political problem than it would have been otherwise. Why the either/or approach, anyway?

Doug



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