Re: L.A. march against the war

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Devine wrote:
>
> In the
> labor contingent (where I was), almost everyone was yelling to get us
> moving. I didn't hear any of the last 2 or 3 speeches because of this.
> Not that I missed anything.

This sounds like a much brighter way to fight  WWP sectarianism than the
kind of red-baiting that comes both from DP loyalists and from some
anarchists on lbo-talk. Until some other groups or alliances emerge with
the same technical ability to bring people to the demos ANSWER remains
important to the anti-war movement.

> The ANSWER/WWP people seem to be trying to prove that "sectarianism is
> its own reward."

I wonder if it would be possible to organize a large rally/march in DC
or LA or Chicago to sub-divide into hundreds of smaller groups of
50-100, each group having its own speak-out as it were. We had over 120
at a local demo today, and the only speakers we had were from the
audience, all speakers limited to a maximum of two minutes. That sort of
thing energizes people instead of making them think mostly about the sun
on their necks and where's the porta-potty.

Carrol