a critique of the march on Sandton

[Chuck Munson]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> Chuck Munson wrote:
> 
>> But don't get in the way of those who want to burn the convention 
>> center down.
> 
> 
> You've got to be kidding, Chuck. There's the immediate problem of 
> massive numbers of cops who would have shredded anyone who tried, and 
> the less immediate one of discrediting any movement that did something 
> like that. Are you really interested in a political transformation, or 
> just in getting your ya-yas out?

This is where we fundamentally disagree. Political transformation never 
happens after people are tamed into listening to speakers and leaders.

Was Seattle about getting our ya-yas out?

Perhaps we should have obediently filed into the stadium to listen to 
hours of speeches from the officially-approved labor leaders?

Chuck0

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