Direct Action at the Holland Tunnel RIGHT NOW!

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Tue Feb 11 09:03:49 PST 2003


Matthew Snyder wrote:
> Chuck0 writes:
>
>>Some of you were wondering what anarchists were going to do in NYC to ratchet
>>up dissent. Here's one example that's happening this morning.
>>
>>Direct Action at the Holland Tunnel RIGHT NOW! (8:15AM)
>
>
> [snip]
>
> Am I wrong in thinking that this sort of dissent is more likely
> than not to lead to a *drop* in support for the anti-war stance?
> I'm not saying that it's wrong, it's just that forming a human
> chain at the mouth of a major tunnel seems to me, well,
> counter-productive.

Of course it isn't counter-productive. The U.S is getting ready to kill thousands of Iraqis. It's already killed tens of thousands. This action might cause some inconvenience for a few drivers, but that pales in comparison to the inconvenience that is about to be launched against the Iraqi people.

So, would you ask the same question about labor strikes?

For people who want to see some pictures of this morning's blockade:

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/02/11/5076480

Chuck0

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