[lbo-talk] Re: An Appeal to the U.S. Antiwar Movement for United Demonstrations in the Fall

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Tue May 10 08:02:16 PDT 2005


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Chuck0 wrote:
>
>> Whether we agree or disagree with Jacobs on his call


> To make the antiwar movement into an antiimperialist movement? I see a
> couple of problems with this: the antiwar movement is moribund, so it's
> not clear what would be transformed in this move, and if something as
> specific as opposition to the war in Iraq is so troubled, why would
> increasing the vagueness of the target (how do people not obsessed with
> these things understand imperialism anyway?) increase the political
> traction of the movement?

If people feel that the movements should become more anti-imperialist, they should organize actions that lead it in that direction. Calling for more anti-imperialism is a waste of time. What's going to happen? ANSWER putting another speaker on the podium of a rally attended by 1000? UFPJ is in thrall to the Democratic Party, so it ain't going to adopt a more anti-imperialist line.

Looks like it is up to radicals interested in halting the war machine to up the ante.

Chuck



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