> I really think that the two are pretty inseparable. Two hundred in
> Nashville simply can't keep it up unless there are reasonably successful
> national actions both to inspire and to give a core to the local action
> (namely, recruiting support for the national action).
>
> Despite all the hoopla around the Seattle action and subsequent similar
> rallies, I have come to believe that they were pretty empty because they
> simply couldn't ignite, and didn't come from, the "two hundred in
> Nashville."
Seattle action? Are you talking about the 1999 protests?
If so, you are pretty wrong on that because they ignited a firestorm of new activism.
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