On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 03:03 PM, Mark Baugher wrote: > > How would a multi-issue coalition have changed that besides making the > opposition to the Vietnam War in the US smaller? The multi-issue > coalitions failed during this time to move the needle. Do you think that > the right set of demands would have ended the Vietnam War sooner after the > US withdrew troops? The Chilean coup? Could we have done something to stop > imperialism in its tracks in the 1965-73?
Great questions, and I have no great answers. I don't think anything except general social revolution or earlier loss of control of the battlefield could have ended the war sooner, and nothing but mobilization of Chilean workers could have defeated the coup. The "broad democratic front" of the UP government, once considered "progressive," prevented that mobilization. Could we have done something between 1965-1973? Yes, we could have pushed the movement-- the "broad movement" to link the incidents of imperialism to the system of imperialism . I think the possibilities were there, existing only as possibilities But as soon as the "single issue front" gave a platform to Democrats, the possibilities began to disappear. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33473): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33473 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109441085/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
