[lbo-talk] An Appeal to the U.S. Antiwar Movement

snitsnat snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com
Fri May 13 10:13:29 PDT 2005


At 12:06 PM 5/13/2005, Chuck0 wrote:
>Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>>Why is that? Is it, as Comrade Stalin would have said, a failure of the
>>cadres rather than objective circumstances? Or is there real confusion
>>about what to do, what to call for, and the state of the popular mood?
>
>I think some of it has to do with our troops feeling disempowered.

Why?


>Some of it has to do with American activists and their comfort zones.

Why?


>Much of it has to do with the agenda of the major coalitions.

Why?


>There is anti-war activism happening out there, because people will
>organize without UFPJ telling them when and where to protest.

Why?


>There also seems to be an irrational amount of paranoia that American
>activists are being repressed.

Why?


> I also think that the younger generation, which got caught up in the
> anti-globalization movement is focused on young people stuff like
> college, first jobs, having babies, and so on.

There are no other younger people taking their place? Also, why?

Kelley



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