> The immediate task at hand should consume much of our time and energy,
> to be sure, but it makes sense to think about how to avoid activist
> demobilization (a la the anti-war movement against the Gulf War) in the
> event of invasion and quick US victory. We have to think about how we
> may build a movement within a movement, i.e. a movement against
> capitalism and imperialism within a movement against _this_ war.
Uhh, Yoshie, there are several movements, remember? The anti-capitalist, anarchist movement that I'm part of is not the same as the one led by ANSWER, or the one led by unions, or the one that is religious. Not to mention the student movement and so on.
Perhaps we should ask you and Lou the big question: is your goal as socialists to build movements or to stop the war?
Chuck0
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