TOWARD A MAXIMUM ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT

Marta Russell ap888 at lafn.org
Wed Jan 15 23:06:04 PST 2003



>If the struggle lasts long enough(and that depends partly on events
>outside our control, such as the magnitude of the resistance of the
>Iraqi people, whether the imperialists in D.C. carry their wars into
>Iran, etc. etc. etc.) -- under those conditions the actions you describe
>will occur.

Say this war does happen. How to make the struggle stick after the war even? How can we keep the momentum going? The last time the energy seemed to pretty much dissipate after the Vietnam War ended. How can the anger against "war" be turned into anger against imperialism? How can we storm the palace without deaths. I mean if we are about fundamental change, it isn't going to come by just stopping this war. Nor will it be bloodless far as I can see. The rich will never give it up. That is the quandry. We have both the potential for activating something to bring about equality and the need to go much further than Americans are prepared, I'm afraid.

BTW. I got it from a reliable counter that there were about 10,750 people at the Jan. 11 march in LA. ANSWER is saying 20,000, the LAPD, 5,000. I'm sure the majority of the marchers there on Saturday will just be happy if war is averted. There is no vision to carry them any further. That is what we need to be doing - putting a vision out there whenever possible. A social movement that goes beyond this war is badly needed. This may have already been covered in some other threads I haven't read. marta

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