[lbo-talk] On Selecting Goals of Demonstrations: An Example

[Carrol Cox]

Perhaps the discussion of goals chosen by mass demonstrations will be 
somewhat illuminated by the following, especially the long list of 
endorsers of the Oct. 8 action. Each of those endorsers will bring 
anywhere from two or three people to hundreds to the rally. Note that 
the more specific the Call was as to purpose, the fewer there would be 
on that list. Probably the specific Anti-Obama cast to the call has 
already reduced the number of those who wiil endorse or come. That's a 
necessary narrowing, however, at the present time because the Rally also 
has to excite potential participants, not just appeal to their current 
political views. That is just one of the reasons anti-war campaigns must 
NOT try to be 'nuanced' about the war. No anti-war campaign, fore 
example, will get off the ground without the cooperation of several 
major pacifist groups.

Carrol

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Subject: [BNCPJ] info on 10/08 March in Chicago
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:18:37 -0500
From: Janice Cox <jkcox30 at yahoo.com>
To: bncpj at yahoogroups.com <bncpj at yahoogroups.com>

We'll be talking about our BNCPJ'S contingent at tomorrow's meeting.
Good speakers.

Anti-war activist and frequent Obama critic Bruce Dixon will be the
keynote speaker at a march on Obama 2012 national headquarters on the
10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.

The march and rally will begin at 12 noon, Saturday, October 8 at the
intersection of Michigan Avenue and Congress Parkway.

Dixon is Managing Editor of Black Agenda Report and author of pieces
such as “Barack Obama VS Those Craaaazy Republicans: Is He the Lesser
Evil, or the More Effective Evil?”

Joining Dixon on the podium will be people like Mary Dean, a volunteer
with Voices for Creative Nonviolence, who returned from a month-long
visit to Afghanistan in mid-August, and Alejandro Villatoro of Iraq
Veterans Against the War, an Army Reservist who returned from a
deployment to Afghanistan in mid-August.

More information such as the march route, transportation information,
etc. can be found at the www.ChicagoMassAction.org website.  Follow us
on Twitter at @MidwestAntiwar   Help organize for the protest by
RSVP’ing at the Facebook event and inviting your Facebook friends.

The event is now endorsed by over 50 organizations – see list below.
For more information or to endorse, email CCAWR at aol.com
8th Day Center for Justice
Albany Park, North Park, Mayfair Neighbors for Peace and Justice
American Friends Service Committee
American Muslims for Palestine
ANSWER Chicago
Bloomington-Normal Citizens for Peace and Justice
Chicago Area CodePINK
Chicago Area Peace Action (CAPA)
Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism
Chicago Committee Against Political Repression
Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights
Chicago Democratic Socialists of America
Chicago Ron Paul Meetup Group
Chicago Socialist Party
Chicago World Can't Wait
Comité Anti-Militarización (CAMI)
Communities United Against Foreclosures and Evictions
Cook County Green Party
DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice
DuPage County Green Party
Eco-Justice Collaborative
End the Occupation, Northern Illinois
Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Gay Liberation Network
Generations for Peace
Hammerhard Media Works
Indiana Peace and Justice Network
International Socialist Organization
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Join the Impact Chicago
La Voz de los de Abajo
Labor Beat / Labor Express
Lafayette Area Peace Coalition
Logan Square Neighbors for Justice and Peace
March 19th Anti-War Coalition
Minnesota Peace Action Coalition
Near West Citizens for Peace & Justice
Neighbors For Peace
News & Letters Committees
Nicaragua Solidarity Network
North Shore Coalition for Peace, Justice and the Environment
Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition
Northwest Suburban Peace & Education Project
Palestine Solidarity Group - Chicago
Pax Christi Seed Planters
Progressive Peace Coalition, Columbus, Ohio
Southsiders For Peace
Students For a Democratic Society -- UIC Chapter
U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)-Chicago Chapter
Veterans For Peace
Voices For Creative Nonviolence
Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ
West Side Greens
Witness for Peace - Great Lakes Region

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