> From: Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu>
-Yes, certainly it is. But the role of journalists, even journalists inside -movements like myself, is still very different from that of people who make -flyers, announce events w/chalk etc. Our role is no more valuable nor less, -but it is not the same.
Although one good example of advocacy journalism is this weeks San Francisco Bay Guardian (where I'm visiting), which under a cover of "Resistance is not Futile" has a series of articles giving broader advice on how people can mobilize against the war with multiple stories on internal debates on strategy and nuts & bolts such as:
At http://www.sfbg.com/37/08/index.html
* Critical resistance * Four activists weigh in on the antiwar movement * Planning ahead - Today's antiwar movement has a solid core of experienced leadership. * Making Congress listen - Guess what? When it comes to war, writing letters sometimes works. * Another way There are real, progressive alternatives to U.S. policy in the Middle East. * How to convince your conservative relatives to oppose the invasion.