This is a rare example of concrete work by an individual reported on, for context and discussion, on this list.  One lbo-talk er confirming 50+ for turnout on an iraq rally, when set against the hand-wringing, name-calling, obscure-nonsense-debating, and so forth, seems almost heroically humble and productive.  I so wish concrete work, with numbers turned out, descriptions of conversations moving people to action, or other aspects of real-world organizing, were put forward a tenth as often as we debated whether fidel really hated homos or post-structuralists really are just pretending to be talking about something real or hamas are great or horrible.  In this spirit I'll prepare for posting a description of the union election and contract I've been working on for awhile in a little cowboy town in nevada. <div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I have 52 promised to show at our vigil tonight in a small town south of Tampa. Hope those of you in larger cities can get larger crowds. There are 314 events. We have photos of US Army Specialist Dustin R. Donica, 22, the 3000th death. We will also read names of Iraqis killed. We will stand on the old "Tamiami Trail.' Veterans for Peace members are participating. Will be reporting here: <a href="https://www.afsc.org/3000/">https://www.afsc.org/3000/</a> </blockquote></div>