[IPSM] Anti-war Movement Denial: Dishonesty Leads to Demobilization

[Macdonald Stainsby]

Anti-war Movement Denial: Dishonesty Leads to Demobilization

Macdonald Stainsby and David Chege

I need a dream, a vision. So do you, anti-war activist, and that's the 
problem. Almost exactly a year ago, I (Macdonald) wrote an article called Is 
Ignorance our answer? <http://lefthook.org/Theory/Stainsby032304.html> and 
to this day it seems that much of this point needs to be brought up and 
fleshed out all over again. A year ago, I was watching Noam Chomsky speak in 
Vancouver. This year I was listening to a few trade unionists speaking in 
Montreal, along with some of their allies in various good organizations: for 
example PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity). Our numbers have gotten 
smaller, yet the global resistance has gotten larger. The situation is more 
stark globally speaking, but more of our people stay home. What's going on here?

Let's recap the last year. First, what has the world been up to, all the 
people of this planet not in North America? In Iraq, the resistance we dare 
not speak of continues to grow. In the aftermath of the choreography called 
an "election" last January 31st, the popular movements to Algerianize the 
resistance to the point where it is impossible to govern the country 
continues, and it is not only happening inside the so-called Sunni triangle. 
If it wasn't completely obvious before, it certainly is now: the election 
was held not to do anything other than give the American citizen a reason to 
avoid the harsh truth about the occupation.

- (Read full)
http://lefthook.org/Politics/StainsbyChege032805.html

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Macdonald Stainsby
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In the contradiction lies the hope
	--Bertholt Brecht.