Why protest matters
CounterPunch
by Sharon Smith
02/07/07
Hundreds of thousands of antiwar protesters amassed on the streets of Washington, D.C. on January 27, emboldened by the optimism of an antiwar majority that has finally found its voice….. It is politically naïve, however, to expect that a single demonstration of any size would be enough to persuade the world’s lone military superpower to reverse its bloodthirsty course.A demonstration is not a protest movement. Such a movement requires an ongoing commitment to grassroots struggle. The large turnout on January 27 represents the potential to revive the antiwar movement, after an extended period of dormancy...
http://www.counterpunch.org/sharon02072007.html
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jan27
by Sharon Smith
02/07/07
Hundreds of thousands of antiwar protesters amassed on the streets of Washington, D.C. on January 27, emboldened by the optimism of an antiwar majority that has finally found its voice….. It is politically naïve, however, to expect that a single demonstration of any size would be enough to persuade the world’s lone military superpower to reverse its bloodthirsty course.A demonstration is not a protest movement. Such a movement requires an ongoing commitment to grassroots struggle. The large turnout on January 27 represents the potential to revive the antiwar movement, after an extended period of dormancy...
http://www.counterpunch.org/sharon02072007.html
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jan27
rudkla - 8. Feb, 14:35
