[lbo-talk] M19 in New York City

[Lance Murdoch]

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:06:32 -0600, Chuck0 <chuck at mutualaid.org> wrote:
> THE DAMN PROTESTS IN NEW YORK CITY WILL NOT ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING!
> 
> Even the people who participated in them will forget about them within a
> week.
> 
> The Bush administration, the ruling class, and the pro-Bush Americans
> don't care about these protests because THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. They are
> mass exercises in standing around, listening to speakers from the WWP,
> and feeling like you've accomplished something. The war machine is not
> threatened by these rallies and as Doug pointed out, the pathetic
> numbers just make us look bad. The worst damage that comes from this is
> that it further disillusions those activists who have been sitting at
> home in despair. You aren't going to mobilize this base with the same
> old march and rally routine!

You keep advocating direct action as happened in New York City
yesterday (which I took pictures of -
http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/145509 ) and which you keep
advocating, yet when this happens you say it will not accomplish
anything!