TOWARD A MAXIMUM ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT

[Chuck0]

Carrol Cox wrote:
> 
> Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> 
>>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.
> 
> 
> Yes. I've been in that situation twice -- and when it happens, it's a
> rush like nothing else I know. And when small groups try to fake it,
> it's one of the stupidest things I know. The young woman who broke apart
> the local SDS back in 1969 by joining the Weatherman got her arm broken
> during the Days of Rage. The last time I saw her, she was passing
> through town from east to west and consulting an astrology guide to see
> what bus she should take. I wonder if Chuck0 will end up in astrology or
> the Baptists? :-)
> 

I am not a dilettante in revolutionary activism. I've been involved in 
activism going back to the student anti-apartheid movement of the 1980s. I've 
been arrested by the Chicago police and convicted of "Mob Action against the 
State." I've been involved in several black blocs, which means that I've seen 
my share of riot cops. Apparently the Washington police know me well enough 
to use my first name at protests, which I will take as a compliment to my 
hard work.

Yoshie has a good point in a sense, but I don't think she has the experience 
with big summit protests to understand how effective liberals, peaceniks, and 
sectarians can be in disempowering the more militant elements before the 
protest even begins. I'm kind of sick of watching this inside-the-beltway 
timid activism, so I'm up for a good riot right now.

Chuck0

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