>Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com, Sat Sep 25 08:59:06 PDT 2004:
>>Carrol Cox wrote:
>>>The thrust of the march is to measure commitment to non-electoral
>>>politics (i.e., real politics).
>>
>>You've said that before. It's almost certain that the turnout will
>>be small, and the measurement of commitment will therefore be
>>small. Do you really want to set yourself up for that?
>
>Supporting only what is already popular doesn't help us move US
>politics to the left.
I agree. But present it as such, and not as a measurement of commitment. As any advance man knows, you pick a room too small to fit the expected crowd, so it looks like a great success. Carrol is setting himself up for guaranteed failure.
Doug