[lbo-talk] Why there's no strategy to end this war

[Chuck]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> Nathan Newman wrote:
> 
>> And the mass immigration rights rallies in the last few days show that 
>> the
>> problem is not that people won't show up in massive numbers for a cause.
> 
> 
> That turnout is really inspiring. But it's a different demographic from 
> the antiwar crowd, no?

Not only is it a demographic, but the people who protested this past 
weekend will be directly affected by the proposed legislation. Many more 
of them face the prospect of arrest, imprisonment, deportation, 
disruption of families and death.

The members of the anti-war movement face few similar risks, despite 
their liberal whining about government spying. Most members of the 
antj-war movement are privileged Americans who are unwilling to take any 
personal risks to back up their convictions. Groups like ANSWER exploit 
this by organizing series of spectacular (not very) mass mobilizations 
which are primarily about establishing people as the "leadership" of the 
movement and shaking down the peace lemmings for cash.

It looks like ANSWER--ever the predictable opportunists--have seized on 
the recent immigration protests as the latest way to make more money. 
They've printed some more of their ugly ass signs which all have the 
latest ANSWER website.

Donate money now so that the WWP central committee can have new clothes 
for their trip to sunny North Korea!

Chuck