Re: [A-List] A War Protest Falls Short in Manhattan

["Yoshie Furuhashi" <critical.montages@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>  >
>  > What can be done to fix this problem?
>
>  I think it is not really a problem -- it is simply a condition more or
>  less characteristic of _all_ anti-war movements except under very
>  special conditions. Consider earlier anti-war efforts in the u.s. (other
>  than the '60s): Spanish-American War; WW1, Korea. The perception of
>  weakness in the current effort is grounded in false expectations. This
>  false perception needs to be corrected if we are to make the most of
>  what the present movement is, rather than focusing on making it what it
>  cannot be -- and never could have been.
>
>  In B/N we have more people actively involved in planning and organizing,
>  and on the whole larger demos than we ever achieved here during the
>  Vietnam War. It is important not to romanticize the '60s.

The situation is not as bad as the Korean War, and it's better than
the early phases of the Vietnam War, I agree, as far as anti-war
activities among Americans are concerned.

Washington seems to be shifting into higher gear this year, though,
both against Iran and Venezuela.  And yet, we can't match its shift.
-- 
Yoshie
<http://montages.blogspot.com/>