Lessons of the anti-war movement
CounterPunch
by Ron Jacobs
03/19/07
On Saturday March 17th, Appeal to Reason co-founder Liam Madden and a number of other Iraq vets stood on the stage near the Pentagon and called for people to move from protest to resistance. Madden’s call echoed similar suggestions that have been coming up more frequently among movement activists. In fact, some groups have already begun this move, occupying legislator’s offices and insisting that they do more than say they are against the war while they vote to continue funding it. In Washington state, activists with the Port Militarization Resistance have attempted to block shipments of Stryker vehicles and other supplies on their way to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from the ports of Olympia and Tacoma. On March 16th, Christian antiwar activists participated in a sit-in across from the White House to protest the war. These instances are but a few examples of how the momentum of the movement can be pushed forward...
http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs03192007.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=March+17
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tacoma
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Jacobs
by Ron Jacobs
03/19/07
On Saturday March 17th, Appeal to Reason co-founder Liam Madden and a number of other Iraq vets stood on the stage near the Pentagon and called for people to move from protest to resistance. Madden’s call echoed similar suggestions that have been coming up more frequently among movement activists. In fact, some groups have already begun this move, occupying legislator’s offices and insisting that they do more than say they are against the war while they vote to continue funding it. In Washington state, activists with the Port Militarization Resistance have attempted to block shipments of Stryker vehicles and other supplies on their way to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from the ports of Olympia and Tacoma. On March 16th, Christian antiwar activists participated in a sit-in across from the White House to protest the war. These instances are but a few examples of how the momentum of the movement can be pushed forward...
http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs03192007.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=March+17
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tacoma
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Jacobs
rudkla - 20. Mär, 15:24
