TOWARD A MAXIMUM ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jan 15 10:47:16 PST 2003


Carrol Cox wrote:


>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? :-)

You sound like Irving Howe telling some young 60s whippersnapper that he (Howe) would still be a socialist when the whippersnapper had grown up and become a dentist. You don't want to sound like Irving Howe now, do you?

Doug



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