> On Nov 9, 2024, at 4:52 PM, Mark Lause via groups.io
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> i have no idea what March 2017 demonstration you're talking about. Btw, I'm
> not talking about window dressing background for TV news like they did over
> the Kavenaugh heareings but real mass demonstrations.
>
> There were demonstrations in January 2017 in response to Trump's inauguration
> (if that's what you mean) was broadly initiated. The Democrats jumped into it
> and got control of the organizdeing committees which never called more
> demonstrations.
https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33402. There were Women's Marches in 2017,
2018, and 2019. The movement was split after 2017 over the Israel and the
Occupied Territories.
>
> In contrast, during the Vietnam War, the demonstrations were always in the
> hands of movement people. Democratic voters were always welcome and their
> political leaders were given a place on the platform. But any demonstration
> they're in a position to make a one-off isn't really the kind of
> demonstration that was being discussed here in terms of united fronts and
> united front-like actions.
>
The Women's March wasn't a one-off and the point I made in
https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33402 was that is coopted.
Mark
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