Re: Don't Let the Senate Derail the Talks with Iran

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Leigh Meyers wrote:
>

> There are posters up around town for mass demonstrations on October 5...
> Headlined as "No More Business As Usual". I would suggest that approach
> will be much more effective than whining to our elected representatives.
> Their minds are already made up, and any one of them that supports an
> anti-war position is in a teeny tiny minority with no power to change
> the course of events AT ALL.

This is true enough (and one of the reasons I refuse to vote even for
the most progressive DP candidates), but you ignore an even more
important task: Recruiting the army to make such slogans as "No More
Business As Usual" anything more than empty posturing. And urging people
to send letters to Congress (though not as useful as signing _and
circulating_ petitions) is almost always one element in the struggle to
move people to opposition. That first step into political activism isn't
very active (or objectively of any use), but it is the first step for
millions.

Carrol