Will The Real March Please Stand Up?

[rickling at softhome.net]

Chuck's pretty much correct. We did have a proposal, which was defeated, a 
couple of months ago to add a "fifth demand" against the war (in 
Afghanistan) to the four we have of the World Bank and IMF. Many -- not just 
the "professional" activists -- thought that such a proposal would hinder 
MGJ's ability to build alliances with other groups. Many also felt that 
there were other organizations and coalitions in DC which were better suited 
to anti-war organizing (such as DAWN, the DC Anti-War Network). 

We're having a joint demo today, with DC Jobs with Justice and HERE Local 
25, at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center (3:30 pm at 13th St. and 
Penn Ave. NW) in support of Local 25's organizing drive and in support of 
Dawn Caby, a Reagan Building worker who was fired for trying to organize her 
fellow workers. The focus of the rally will be to link local and global 
issues and struggles. It's doubtful that we could have organized such an 
event had we taken an anti-war stance. 

mark 

www.globalizethis.org 

 

Chuck Munson writes:
> Max B. Sawicky wrote:
>> What bothers me is that the wholesome group --
>> Mobilization for Justice -- isn't talking
>> about the war at all.  Their home page(s)
>> do not contain the word "Iraq."
> 
> This is because of politics, which reared their ugly head last year, when 
> the Mobe cancelled their protests. 
> 
> Some of the NGOs don't want to see their work tied in with anti-war 
> activism. This isn't an oversight, it's deliberate policy. 
> 
> However, the nonprofessional activists in the Mobe did want to talk about 
> the war. 
> 
> At least, that's my take on it. 
> 
> Chuck0 
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