F15: Movement of movements

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Sat Feb 15 20:20:45 PST 2003


Doug Henwood wrote:
> Chuck0 wrote:
>
>> Do we all understand now what Tom, I and others are saying when we
>> talk about a "movement of movements?"
>>
>> Good to see that the anti-globalization movement style of dissent can
>> turn so many people out. Let's hope that folks will stop playing
>> around with this fiction that a few groups run ONE movement.
>
>
> Who said they did, aside from Cooper and O'Reilly?

There are many activists who still subscribe to the old paradigm.


>> This almost feels like Seattle again, if not for those pics of the
>> people going along with the protest pens in New York City.
>
>
> That wasn't the whole story. The cops lost control of Third and Second
> Avenues, as people spilled into the streets.

Great! I'm looking forward to seeing more pix and hearing more anecdotes. Perhaps next time people will just disrupt the fence bullshit right away.

Chuck0

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