Are Marches Pep-Rallies? (was Antiwar Protest Largest Since '60s)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Nov 5 13:32:07 PST 2002


Michael Pollak wrote:


>But wouldn't it be even easier to bring them out of the wood work if we
>had simultaneous small demos in their own downtowns? Baltimore isn't but
>a half hour from Washington. But if they were from Cleveland they'd
>probably be balked.
>
>Don't small local demos do everything big demos with less effort and less
>need for the party structure? And denser connections made with people who
>live close enough to easily consider doing something else with?

Small demos, big demos, local demos, national demos - let a thousand flowers bloom. And if Nathan wants to knock on doors, that's fine with me too.

Doug



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