[lbo-talk] Re: DC

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Sep 25 09:36:41 PDT 2005


Marvin Gandall wrote:


>Very well done, American friends, very well done. It was an impressive demo
>on TV, and I noticed the AP quotes the Washington police chief as saying the
>organizers easily "hit their target" of 100k. The point, I think, is not
>that less than 1% of the US population took part, but how many more watching
>at home were confirmed in their belief the war is wrong and is opposed by by
>a broad range of people very much like themselves.

I'm a little surprised how friendly the press coverage has been. It suggests a real turn in public opinion. That 40% approval rating is really starting to show.

Doug



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