tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post1906619217870919177..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: "War fatigue" and the peace movementjaninsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-81554893562284218172007-12-07T12:18:00.000-08:002007-12-07T12:18:00.000-08:00your post seems based on a notion that the task of...your post seems based on a notion that the task of the anti-war movement is to work through the democratic party. this is, as you point out, a strategy that's been tried quite a few times - viet nam, el salvador, nicaragua, iraq I, etc. - and failed every single time in every way.<BR/><BR/>no progressive movement that relies on amnesia to develop its strategy has a chance, in the u.s. or anywhere.<BR/><BR/>every account of the movement which ended the viet nam war agrees: it was only when the movement stopped focusing on the mirage of influencing the democrats that it began to succeed. the 1968 convention was the last step in the process of taking the blinders off. <BR/><BR/>hopefully the 2008 campaign season (in which the strongest anti-war candidate appears to be a far-right libertarian who has no compunctions about taking money from stormfront.com) will play a similar role in our movement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-35191187494638971622007-12-05T17:56:00.000-08:002007-12-05T17:56:00.000-08:00We also need to change our economy from a war and ...We also need to change our economy from a war and weapons based one to something a bit more sane, but it probably won't be happening in our lifetimes. Still, as you point out, these things are incremental.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.com