<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Doug said:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>"What we really should be discussing is things like the 5000 Worker March, that help <BR>us enumerate our strengths, and how to work for that revolution that's gonna come someday--"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I agree with you as far as you went.  Last October's Million Worker March in D.C. did in fact leave a sort of legacy.  Here in Detroit we have a small core of marchers who formed a MWM-Detroit committee which is engaged in some good local stuff.  Our major focus is Detroit:  a city near bankruptcy, with major lay-offs, whose assets continue to be plundered by capital.  MWM-Detroit holds forums and participates with other working class-based groups in anti-capital, anti-imperial protests.  It's not a big deal yet, but there is potential.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Other places have local MWM committees, and there is some kind of national coordinating body, though we don't know a lot about non-Detroit activities and structures.  We'll learn more on May 14-15 when Detroit will host a national MWM get-together that should bring folks together from both coasts and points in between for a National Reportback & Networking Meeting with the purpose of "Building the Movement."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob Mast</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>