[A-List] Inactivism - Press gloats over split in Antiwar Movement up in Denver

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From the Denver Post: "The new coalition, called Alliance for Real 
Democracy, is a network of local and national groups, including Code 
Pink, United for Peace and Justice, the American Friends Service 
Committee, the Green Party of Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Peace and 
Justice Center, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Colorado Street Medics, 
and Students for Peace and Justice."

Press gloats over split in Antiwar Movement up in Denver

By Tony Logan
NOT MY TRIBE - 6/28/2008 11:53AM MDT

The Gazette of Colorado Springs today published a national AP report 
gloating about how activists planning protests in Denver during the 
Democratic Party convention have been split into two different 
organizing groups. The Denver Post, too, has a commentary about this 
split… <http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_9495375> Convention protest 
hit by groups’ split The cops and corporate press could not be happier 
with this unfortunate development.

The split has several causes, not least of is that Democratic voters 
amongst Peace-antiwar group’s memberships really don’t want much of a 
protest at the Democratic Party Convention at all. Here in Colorado 
Springs we have the same phenomena, where many Democratic Party glued 
liberals are doing all they can to ignore the Denver protests and will 
avoid at all lengths going 1- hour North to participate in them.

The local Colorado Springs based Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission 
is currently playing dead on dealing with this upcoming big Colorado 
event. Their 3 paid staffers and Board cliquers have other things on 
their agenda, like perhaps napping for a year or so? Don’t look for them 
to help build up much (if any?) of a good vibe for going up to Denver to 
protest there. Heck, the word ‘protest’ is kinda radical, is it not? And 
these people are as ‘peaceful’ as deep sleep. They only get violent when 
woken from their sleep, in fact.

Actually there really is little of a new split here. Those who want to 
protest will, and those that don’t want to protest will try to hinder 
those that do. What else is new these days in antiwar circles? The 
Democratic Party people amongst us really should be labeled Inactivists.

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