Re: [Marxism] Washington Post on yesterday's demo

["S. Artesian" <sartesian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think it's dead.  I think, tactically, calling for a single mass 
march in DC, given the weakened state of the antiwar movement is/was a 
mistake.  And I think we may also be running up against the limits of the 
explicitly "single issue" organizing principle.

Tough to get lots of people to DC-- now I know 1/4 of the population of the 
US lives, or lived 20 years ago, in the corridor between DC and Boston, but 
these are tough times economically and many are reluctant to spend the 
money, and time,  involved in even a day trip.

Probably wiser to start by calling coordinated demonstrations in major 
cities on the same day.

Even wiser to link those with demands for no bank bailouts, no layoffs,  for 
universal free healthcare-- to make the link of the war to the entire 
program of capital, and oppose the war on the base of a total program of 
opposition.

Takes a lot of work at local levels-- but it's not dead labor.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "chegitz guevara" <absynthe@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <sartesian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] Washington Post on yesterday's demo


> That's it, the antiwar movement is officially dead.


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