>John Lacny wrote:
>
>>The way you make that choice concrete -- as opposed to armchair
>>theorizing from afar -- is by mobilizing people to support their
>>brothers and sisters in that other country who are engaged in a
>>similar struggle. US Labor Against the War is planning on sending
>>another labor delegation to Iraq in the near future -- they will
>>visit and bring back stories about regular people, engaged in
>>struggles similar to the struggles of US trade unionists, stories
>>that will actually bring US union people to a better understanding.
>>You can do this and win the support even of people who were
>>formerly supportive of the "war," and that gives you an in to talk
>>about why the whole thing was a bad idea in the first place. I am
>>saying that this has potential in the union movement at least, but
>>it's not hard to imagine analogous strategies and "issue framing"
>>in other settings.
>
>Yes, this is precisely right.
>
>Contacts must be made with Iraqis, this is critical, decisively
>breaking the 'armchair theorizing' chain. If you cannot go yourself
>(true for most of us of course), support those who go on your behalf.
I highly recommend that LBO-talk subscribers take actions suggested by John & Dwayne above. -- Yoshie
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