Honest Criticism of ANSWERs San Francisco Demonstration

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Sun Mar 23 09:26:31 PST 2003


Michael Pugliese wrote:


> My hopes that, "Direct Action To Stop The War, " <URL:
> http://www.actagainstwar.org/ > would be a de-centralized
> network/cluster to counter the Stalinoid Popular Front of ANSWER, are
> belied by the announcement below, mirroring what Becker was announcing
> from the stage yesterday afternoon after the March re-converged at
> Civic Center, before the breakaway started.
> Direct Action Monday 7AM Justin Herman Plaza
> The historic wave of direct action against the war will continue on
> Monday morning. Direct Action to Stop the War, Not in Our Name and
> International ANSWER are calling for 7 am actions starting in Justin
> Herman Plaza on Monday. Let’s keep up the pressure on the Bush
> Administration and the war makers who live in our city. Form an
> affinity group and get ready for more direct actions next week by
> attending the spokescouncil meeting on Sunday at 7pm at St Boniface
> Church, 133 Golden Gate Ave.
>
I believe that some of the folks in Direct Action to Stop the War are anti-globalization activists who like to engage in coalition politics. I can understand your wariness about this joint call, but perhaps more disruption can be staged from these regular rallies. This should allow regular folks who haven't done direct action but are tired of rallies a way to plug into more radical tactics.

Chuck0



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