AC nails Cooper perfectly

[Chuck0]

Max B. Sawicky wrote:
> My recollection is that the first big anti-war demo
> was organized by SDS, not the SWP.
> 
> The latter was more like one-half or maybe 60 percent
> of the really big mobilizations in later years.  The
> rest was a huge coalition anchored in the CP-USA.
> 
> Then there was the cosmically cool mass civil
> disobedience of Mayday, 1971, which neither the
> SWP nor the CP instigated.  Nor do I think either
> was involved in levitating the Pentagon, another
> very early action.  It is amusing to imagine what
> D. Henwood thought of those events, at the time.
> 
> mbs

I think if we really pursue this thread, it will turn out that the SWP was 
really just another part of the anti-war movement, not some big mover and shaker.

Many of the official left histories of the period put way too much emphasis 
on groups dominated by white college activists. They tend to ignore the 
numerous anti-war groups that were organized by people of color. They 
underestimate the activism done by religious groups and people. Most 
importantly, they underemphasize the amount of resistance to the war that was 
organized by soldiers themselves.

Chuck0

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