[lbo-talk] Million Worker March?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Sep 17 06:44:03 PDT 2004


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>Is it just Max, Mark Pavlick, and me from the list? The Million
>Worker March will not be as big as the August 29, 2004 "World Says
>No to the Bush Agenda" march organized by UfPJ, much less worldwide
>mobilization against the invasion of Iraq on February 15, 2003. The
>social composition of main organizers and likely participants of the
>Million Worker March -- both in terms of class and race -- is,
>however, far more critical to the future of independent political
>action on the electoral and movement fronts than the march on August
>29.

I don't agree with the "more important" part, but it is sad that the MWM isn't getting more attention and support than it is. The impact of having a large, multiracial, class-centered march in DC could be enormous. What's the problem? Too black? Too working class? Too diffuse a message? Bad timing?

Doug



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