[lbo-talk] Tariq Ali's piece at Counterpunch

[Dennis Perrin]

> Brian Siano wrote:
>
> >So tell me, Doug: _Why_ do you publish a newsletter when challenging
> >capitalism may be equally futile?
>
> Sometimes I wonder, but mainly because I hope to inform and energize
> the choir, and maybe win a few converts. It's a long, and largely
> thankless, process.
>
> Doug

I don't think any of this is futile or thankless. Far from it.

Look at the wealth of anti-occupation info that's out on the Web. Not all of
it is good (some of it is horrible), but a lot of it is very informative and
well thought out, and this has inspired hysterical attacks from the empire
lovers (Yardley's piece being the most recent). They dismiss us while they
warn others of us. They feign boredom and bemusement but between the lines
there's real concern. That's progress, and as the occupation drags on,
domestic opposition will spread.

I understand the gloom & doom, and sometimes share it. But a swing through
the Web will show you that we're not alone.

DP