[Marxism] Our alternative should be an antiwar movement,

Andy esquincle at capital.net
Sun Sep 9 16:44:46 MDT 2007


I'm sorry I couldn't make it.

andy

On Sep 9, 2007, at 1:39 PM, Benjamin Morgan wrote:

>
>
> Comrade Ben:
>
>   In my previous post I wasn't quoting you just containing my own 
> criticism of the Green within perentesises to focus on my actual point 
> instead of digressions.(which i and others tend to frequently have) i 
> was crticising your meaning but if you need a quote:
>
>   "my gut feeling is that this is what the left should be about right 
> now, building an antiwar movement, and NOT crafting an alternative for 
> the November 2008 elections."
>
>   Respectfully, your gut feeling is flawed my prievious post stands. 
> the more we throw at them the easier it will be to win vicories for 
> various subsets of the left. Bonnie is right the anti-war movement is 
> taking off now.(sure it could always use more support) What we should 
> be focusing on is networking and mounting massive challenges 
> connecting various subsets of the left together. Depending on the 
> effectiveness of networking, the left will have a bigger anti system 
> pool to rally support for an independent who runs on a platform which 
> appeals to a number of the subsets I mentioned in a prievious post. 
> The Democrats have already shown their ineptness at disagreeing with 
> their imperial co-spirers a over all network approach will probably 
> fair better than a single anti-war protest which should be the biggest 
> issue but not the only issue. (we should also blow that credit card 
> fiasco up)
>
>   Ben
>
>
> “Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry 
> has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to 
> take up our arms.”
>
>   ~ Ernesto "Che" Guevara
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