[lbo-talk] Michael Lerner tattles: the state of the antiwar movement

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Sep 11 18:49:48 PDT 2007


On Sep 11, 2007, at 7:56 PM, Chuck wrote:


> You want strategy? Bring the anti-war movement out to Independence,
> Missouri for a visit to the Lake City ammo plant. That plant supplies
> *all* of the small arms ammunition being used in the ongoing war. Shut
> down that plant for a week and you'll have the warmongers by the
> balls.

You and what army? Do you know what the US government would do if something like this happened? Massive force to remove everyone involved and then massive force to prevent a recurrence. The US state would probably stop at nothing to protect its warmaking power. And if the admin spun it as protecting the troops, public approval would be 70%.

Doug



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