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Eli is correct in response to Louis that the SF Demos and the other ones ANSWER participated in were in fact coalitions. There was a 'broad based' coalition...still mostly leftists...involved in the SF one, the only one I know anything about. This was not their intention, it was certainly open to anyone. Responsibilities were shared among the participants and, if anything, ANSWER seemed to play a very un-sectarian role. Eli...how many do you think were at that rally? 3,000? 6,000? It was miserable and *smaller* than the last one ANSWER and others participated in last year. No one disputes this, not even the ANSWER members I talked with. It was the SF/Bay Area left community and not much more. You know this. It was not a mass action. If in 2003 we had 100,000 or more, now...less than 10% of that, way less, I consider this a *failure*. In no way do I blame ANSWER or anyone else for this, the problems are deeper, and, more historically rooted. The coalition could only do what it could do. The anti-war movement is in a miserable state. David ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
