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From: Jake<BR>
NYTimes article on antiwar movement<BR>
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The renewed attack on ANSWER is really a coded attack on the entire left <BR>
wing of the movement, as the Times piece shows. Years from now UFPJ types <BR>
will try to say ANSWER left the movement in a fit of radical pique, whereas <BR>
it's clear that ANSWER is now being deliberately purged.<BR>
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What we'll see everywhere now is a call for a ceasefire followed by a <BR>
UN-administrated division of spoils (and internationally coordinated <BR>
aggression against other Middle Eastern states)<BR>
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So the predictable attempt to purge the Left from the antiwar movement is <BR>
in full swing. What disturbs me is how quickly and efficiently the liberals <BR>
wheeled to the right, in lockstep, just as soon as the war started. I <BR>
instantly found myself isolated within the University antiwar group I <BR>
helped found -- an anti-imperialist message was no longer welcome. For the <BR>
most part the "global justice" types seem more comfortable with the <BR>
liberals than the radicals.<BR>
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How the hell did they get the new exclusionary liberal line out so <BR>
effectively? Or was is just the gut instinct of every liberal to start <BR>
waving the flag when things got tough?<BR>
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jake<BR>
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>Antiwar Effort Emphasizes Civility Over Confrontation<BR>
>By KATE ZERNIKE and DEAN E. MURPHY<BR>
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>The week before the war began, another major coalition, United for Peace<BR>
>and Justice, declined to join in sponsoring a rally put on by<BR>
>International Answer, a group whose names stands for Act Now to Stop War<BR>
>and End Racism, saying its message was too left-wing and alienating....<BR>
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>full:<BR>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/29/international/worldspecial/29PROT.<BR>
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