[lbo-talk] M19 in New York City

[Gar Lipow]

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 08:21:28 -0500, Nathan Newman
<nathanne at nathannewman.org> wrote:
> Who cares about coordinating with ANSWER?  Why wasn't UFPJ coordinating
> with antiwar Democratic grassroots groups like the Deaniacs or the Kossacks
> or the other networks of antiwar folks?  The mobilization for M19 was
> nearly invisible as far as I could see and I saw little evidence of
> outreach.
> 

For what it is worth, our local Olympia rally included two city 
council members . (One was a speaker.)

Co-sponsers included Voices For Change which grew out of a  merger
between the Deaniac and Kuchinich movements.  But it also included
some grassroots people linked to "fringe groups".  Basically, any 
grassroots progressive group who supported the immediate end of the
U.S. occupation in Iraq  was welcome to  join the coalition putting
together the rally.