[lbo-talk] The Problem of Conspiracy Theorists at the Anti-WarMeeting Yesterday

Robert Wrubel bobwrubel at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 11 17:16:25 PDT 2007


Nice to know that the "shutdown" of San Francisco in the week after the invasion has reached mythical status. If you examined any of the major downtown businesses' employee absence or sales records of those days, they wouldnt show a blip.

--- Chuck <chuck at mutualaid.org> wrote:


> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> > But the _apparent_ failure of the anti-war
> movement (an appearance
> > stemming from unrealistic expectations of what it
> could achieve) _does_
> > open it up to disruption both from conspiracism
> and from DP maneuvering
> > such as CGE describes here.
> > Carrol
>
> Without a doubt, the main coalition and
> organizations which have had the
> hubris to think they were "leading" the anti-war
> movement [sic] have
> been a total, absolute failure. Using any measuring
> stick.
>
> What has been accomplished by the anti-war movements
> has happened
> outside the orbit of the main coalitions. Cindy
> Sheehan and her public
> opposition to Bush. The February 15, 2003 global day
> of protests, which
> were modeled on the anti-globalization movement. The
> shut down and
> disruption of San Francisco in the week following
> the invasion. The many
> local actions against recruiting, war contractors,
> military facilities
> and so on. The role that online alternative media
> has played in exposing
> millions of people to anti-war views.
>
> Chuck
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