We have learned to judge a group by their web site and the links on that web site. For instance, if someone cites racial material and, when we go to the site, it links to Nazi sites, we know what we are dealing with.
In this spirit,I took a look this morning at "http://www.indymedia.org/" which I believe is the main "antiwar" protest site from this last weekend. Here are a few of the Headlines and opening paragraphs from it's featured links. Standard Socialist fare, This is no big deal to me, except proof about the motives of people who organized the marches. The general tenor seems to be that you did not have a successful march unless you got arrested! :>)
>>>> JAN. 18 NO WAR IN IRAQ PROTEST Jan 20 2003 Radical Youth take action against US military; Smashes windows at recruiting office
From the open publishing newswire: For Immediate Release: On Saturday, January 18th at approximately 4pm the Radical Youth Brigade launched the first in a series of preemptive strikes directly against military recruiting in the Portland area. The windows of the U.S. Military recruiting office at NE 13th and Broadway were shattered and graffiti nearby proudly proclaimed that there will be "NO WAR BUT THE CLASS WAR."
The Brigade launched this offensive in direct response to the unrestrained militarism of the Bush administration, a rogue dictatorship in possession of weapons of mass destruction. This action was taken in solidarity with the worldwide protest against the impending war on Iraq. Although war has not been declared, racist military recruitment and the "poverty draft" amount to war on the youth of our communities.<<<
>>>>>Anti-Capitalist March Draws Thousands
Following the march in San Francisco, one thousand people joined a radical anti-capitalist breakaway march and militantly marched through the financial center smashing windows and graffitting the SF Chronicle, British Consulate, CitiCorp, the INS building, Starbucks, and Victoria's Secret. There were two confirmed arrests. One protester said, "The anti-globalization movement may be dead, but the anti-capitalist movement is alive and well."<<<< |
