<!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 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2>Dennis K is at the Green Festival, also in DC tomorrow.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2>I've tried to follow the discussion here about how vacuuous the marches are because of who's organizing them.  Reminded me of this piece in the Nation last week:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2><A href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050926/robin">http://www.thenationcom/doc/20050926/robin</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2>I don't know quite enough about the intercenine battles being fought here, but I do know that I have heard from a few friends who I didn't even know were active that they were coming down on buses from New York.  I'll also mention that, listening to the local media in DC and even NPR this morning, there was much discussion of the marches, more than I</FONT><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2> remember for the past few marches.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2>They may not be perfect, but what are we supposed to do, wait until someone else is in charge?  The only people who really care who the organizers are are the people on the far left and far right who (obviously) won't be swayed anyway.  And as for the laughable speeches they give at those marches, I rarely see anyone listening; most are just milling about waiting to march looking at the literature from the various other groups that have tables set up around the march.  I don't know how those groups got their tables, but if someone were interested in informing them of other types of leftish activism, that might be a good place to start.  I'm new to this though...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2>I would also mention that ANSWER isn't the only group organizing for tomorrow.  In fact,I think the day was originally chosen by a local group called Mobilization for Global Justice, a group that usually organizes marches in Sept. around the IMF/World Bank meetings, which are also this weekend.  That's where I heard about the marches first.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2>Anyway, I'll be there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2>-s</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Helvetica LT" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=srobin21@comcast.net href="mailto:srobin21@comcast.net">Steven L. Robinson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 23, 2005 2:17 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [lbo-talk] DC</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>So where's "the Wonderful Barbara Lee" or  Dennis the K,? SR</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>: As the Philadelphia <BR>> >Inquirer points out, the only Democratic officeholders who plan to <BR>> >speak at this weekend's protest are Reps. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) <BR>> >and John Conyers (D-MI).) <BR>> <BR><BR>> ___________________________________ <BR>> <A href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</A> </DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>