TOWARD A MAXIMUM ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

At 12:32 PM -0600 1/14/03, Carrol Cox wrote:
>Marta Russell wrote:
>>  Yes, same person.  I know he has a radical background and is a fine
>  > activist but everything seems to be toned down these days.  No one
>>  wants to offend the police, no chances taken, no Starbucks windows
>>  thing you know.
>>  marta
>
>Marta, Besides "toned-down" old radicals, we _also_ (and crucially) have
>new _about-to-become-radicals_, and we can't lead them into traps.
>(Jerry Rubin at least, and probably other "leaders" in the '60s, _did_
>lead new people  into traps, on the assumption that getting beat up
>would be a wonderfully radicalizing experience. But Jerry Rubin was a
>shithead from the beginning -- so judged even by people who spent time
>in jail with him.)

If a huge number of demonstrators really, really want to take 
chances, offend the police, break stuff, or what have you, they can 
and will do it, whatever rally organizers or "peace marshals" or 
others might say or do.  If the crowd who want to take chances, 
offend the police, break stuff, etc. are too small to overwhelm and 
override the rally organizers, "peace marshals," etc., they are too 
few to overwhelm and override the police.
-- 
Yoshie

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