> According to Rahul Mahajan, a member of the Green Party, one of the
> reasons for the collapse of the anti-war movement is its imprisonment
> in the AnybodyButBush political cage:
>
> Massive amounts of resources have been devoted to this; for example,
> the Service Employees International Union is spending $65 million on
> such efforts.
$65 million is tiny, compared to the half a billion dollars which gets spent on the US Presidential election alone, mostly by the scions of Capital. Here are the major donors to both candidates:
http://www.bop2004.org/bop2004/report.aspx?aid=374
SEIU's leadership and much of its membership are not happy with the Dems, but they're pragmatic enough to know that nothing good can happen in this country until the oiligarchy is booted out. With Shrub gone, labor will be able to go from defensive struggles to offensive ones.
-- DRR