There is a misunderstanding of how to organize big demos on the part of WW/IAC/ANSWER critics. Getting permits, porta johns, etc. is a relatively easy part that any organization can do on its own. Getting buses, however, is not the doing of WW/IAC/ANSWER organizers alone -- far from it. WW/IAC/ANSWER most likely has big enough chapters with good enough organizers only in DC, NYC, Chicago, LA, and SF, who can themselves charter some buses and organize some caravans. That's _not_ enough to make a big national action happen. What WW/IAC/ANSWER has is _a current (i.e., not outdated!] list of contact persons who are themselves skilled local organizers with good phone trees and mailing lists_ -- something that cannot be developed overnight. It is those local organizers _unaffiliated with WW/IAC/ANSWER_ who are doing the main part of the work. The other two coalitions -- NION and United for Peace -- have yet to develop as good a list of local organizers unaffiliated with NION and United for Peace -- as WW/IAC/ANSWER does. No national "coalition" can hope to achieve a big turnout in the USA (where activist scenes are much more decentralized than in other nations) only through organizers already inside the "coalition"; you have to know how to let organizers outside the "coalition" know about upcoming actions. That's why I titled this thread "contact information," because that's what you need, if you want to be successful. -- Yoshie
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