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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2180)	1/19/2003 12:26:17 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 25898

Authoritarian Opportunists Who Cozy Up To Genocidal Dictators - for Peace (International A.O.W.C.U.T.G.D.F.P.) A look at the people running the anti-war movement: International A.N.S.W.E.R. is a post-9/11 creation of the International Action Center, one of many front groups for the Workers World Party. The Workers World Party: » supported the Chinese government's 1989 Tienanmen Square massacre workers.org » supports the "socialist" North Korean dictatorship of Kim Jong Il workers.org workers.org » and views Iraq's Saddam Hussein as a beacon of anti-imperialist resistance workers.org » defends the genocidal Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic iacenter.org workers.org workers.org shadow.autono.net For these reasons, as well as Workers World's poor track record of relations with other groups, some people refuse to attend A.N.S.W.E.R. events, including the January 18 anti-war protest. On the pro side, A.N.S.W.E.R. has proven skill at organizing massive demonstrations. Most who attend the group's protests know nothing about their actual political leanings and merely wish to express their opposition to war in Iraq And many people and groups who are repulsed by A.N.S.W.E.R.'s support for genocidal dictators choose to attend their anti-war protests anyway, because they feel it is so urgent to stop the Iraq war. See, for example, Z Magazine's Q&A on the topic (A.N.S.W.E.R. is discussed in #8): zmag.org To help you make up your mind, we've assembled links to a range of writings on the topic - some more factual, some more polemical, from various points on the political spectrum: * slash.autonomedia.org; Lengthy, detailed expose of International Action Center's politics * infoshop.org Anarchist critique of Workers World Party * laweekly.com David Corn critique of A.N.S.W.E.R.'s October 26 D.C. anti-war march * salon.com Salon reporter's critique of A.N.S.W.E.R. and other far-left anti-war groups * zmag.org A critical response to Corn and other A.N.S.W.E.R. detractors * thenation.com An example of A.N.S.W.E.R.'s relations with other groups * journalofaestheticsandprotest.org Why the A.N.S.W.E.R. style of political mobilization is inherently disempowering brought to you by International A.O.W.C.U.T.G.D.F.P. authoritarianopportunistswhocozyuptogenocidaldictators-forpeace.org