[lbo-talk] "preaching to the choir"

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Jul 4 12:38:51 PDT 2004


Chuck0 wrote:


>True, more "average" people are seeing this movie, but the folks
>gushing over it are mostly the usual suspects. This movie will
>probably radicalize a few more people, but what kind of long term
>change does this mean? Are we talking about people "seeing the
>light" and deciding to vote for the left wing of the Republican
>Party, or will this film radicalize people to reject electoral
>politics in order to work for direct action in their communities?

Who knows. The movie's producing an opening in mass consciousness; it's up to us to do something with it.

Doug



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