NION & ANSWER

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>But the RCP was far less in control of NION and its politics and atmosphere
>is far different.  I doubt you would have Tim Robbins, who was a central
>speaker at NION in NYC, on stage at an IAC event explaining why he wasn't
>sure that the Afghanistan intervention was a bad thing.
>
>Let me put it this way-- I've been pissier about the Left every rally I went
>to since 911 and the single rally by NION reenergized my opposition to the
>war and made me feel I could actually recruit people to the antiwar movement
>in good concience again.  The difference in politics of the two coalitions
>could not be larger.
>
>--- Nathan Newman

The two coalitions endorsed each other's demonstrations, though: 
<http://www.notinourname.net/events.html>; 
<http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/o26/endorsers.html>. 
Why bother to divide what's united?  Dividing what's united sounds 
like a definition of sectarianism.
-- 
Yoshie

* Calendar of Events in Columbus: 
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>
* Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html>
* Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/>
* Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>