[lbo-talk] Sadr Urges Followers to Resist U.S. Forces

[Jim Straub]

> > It's doubtful that an "anti-war movement" will ever
> > grow in the USA.
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> The top story on AP is about the "thousands" rallying in Washington:
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> http://www.ap.org/ovn/
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> And there are many demonstrations scheduled for tomorrow.
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I'm sort of driving around the country at the present moment, so I routed
myself for today to be able to go to the peace rally in Fayetteville, NC.
It's a big army town that I hear was a relative hotbed of GI revolt in the
70s, and a local anti-war coalition has been organizing events there in
recent years, with a bit of success.

I missed the march, but got there for the rally after.  There were still
about a thousand folks there, diminished from a larger crowd earlier.
Largely whitey graying baby boomer peacenik types, but with noticeable
smatterings of soldiers/vets and african american folks.  Very low on the
sect people and subcultural youths, which left me feeling oddly
dissapointed.

I know the workers against the war group (mostly members of my old local of
hospital workers, and the powerhouse casino workers union) in vegas had a
rally today, I'll email them to ask how it went.  If I was grounded in a
particular city right now that I have some time again, I think I'd be trying
to get involved to see if a broad coalition could bring out big numbers.  We
had a lot of success with this in Richmond VA where I lived when the war
started.  But I share Yoshie's pessimism.  Opinion in this country has
turned decisively against this sick war, and the left has somehow managed to
paint itself into the only corner in the country isolated from that mass
sentiment.

This historical period blows.
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