Moving from Protest to Resistance
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I applaud all who attended the protests in DC over the weekend.
But the words of a 26 year old iraq war vet and leader of the Iraq vets against the war, ring true: The movement must move from protest into resistance.
He is spot on.
The protest wouldnt have even made the news if chaos hadnt ensued: people particpating in the "die in", the hundreds of people arrested, people climbing the white house fence, etc...
Lets face it: holding "no war" signs aint gonna bring the troops home. And it aint gonna end up on CNN.
The movement must move beyond protest and into resistance.
I have been an activist since 2001. And around 2006 I got pissed off at the slow pace of change. I was even more pissed at the movements lack of originiality.
Nonviolent activism, or going to your local fed building and holding vigils, is admirable. Its needed. But at some point the war needs to be stopped. And if holding signs was going to stop it, the war would have already stopped.
We would all do well to heed the veterans advice.
Resistance must become the mantra of the movement
But the words of a 26 year old iraq war vet and leader of the Iraq vets against the war, ring true: The movement must move from protest into resistance.
He is spot on.
The protest wouldnt have even made the news if chaos hadnt ensued: people particpating in the "die in", the hundreds of people arrested, people climbing the white house fence, etc...
Lets face it: holding "no war" signs aint gonna bring the troops home. And it aint gonna end up on CNN.
The movement must move beyond protest and into resistance.
I have been an activist since 2001. And around 2006 I got pissed off at the slow pace of change. I was even more pissed at the movements lack of originiality.
Nonviolent activism, or going to your local fed building and holding vigils, is admirable. Its needed. But at some point the war needs to be stopped. And if holding signs was going to stop it, the war would have already stopped.
We would all do well to heed the veterans advice.
Resistance must become the mantra of the movement
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In the 60's protests were front page news. Now its rare to find a protest on CNN or ABC.
And its only when things get chaotic, that CNN cares.
Resistance could mean multiple things.
But it sure as hell means thinking outside the box, and it means thinking that the movements tactics should be reevaulated.
The movement to end the war should be just that: a movement that aims to end the war.
What has been going on since 2003 hasnt stopped the war. Fine, we move on.
But we dont move on by doing the same old crap again and again./
Nonviolent protests arent ending the war. Those are the facts. Nonviolent protests arent changing policies like they did in the civil rights era and during vietnam. Thats the facts right there.
What I hope is that people realize this and do something.
DO SOMETHING!
We tried it. We tried for 4 years. Yet the war is still raging on.
Anyone think a new strategy and new tactics are warrented?
Yep. It sounds like he's advocating violence to stop violence. Very interesting...
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you will never achieve your goals with nonviolence. the notion of peaceful protest has gone the way of the dinosaur. the people that make policy decisions do not listen and they laugh at you from the confines of their secure goverment building while protesters sit in "free speech zones". now a days, if you want to make front page news, and i am not advocating any of this, but you have to riot or burn something down, or kill someone. and there are not enough people willing to do those sorts of things because self preservation is an instinct that most americans have, and most of them do not have time to risk going to jail or getting beat up by the cops.. that sort of thing cuts into "american idol" time or mall shopping time.
the cops will be coming with clubs, shields, pepper spray, and guns, and more importantly, the authority of the state on their side. these people that advocate violent protesting had better be prepared for this. people feel it is good to protest until they begin to feel the choking sting of the pepper spray or the burn of a bullet.
the bottom line is the media and the country as a whole DOES NOT CARE! they don't care about protesting. as long as this war is not affecting them directly they are not willing to act either in support of or against it.
the anti war movement has no leaders. where is the abby hoffman of today? takin bong hits and thanking god he got into college rather than joining the military.
if protesters think they are changing anything consider this. as long as O.J. and britney spears are the lead stories on the evening news, you are losing.
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i would, but i've got law classes.
You got to spend it all
Like heroin or crystal meth would be a natural step up on the way from drinking beer/smoking pot.
This is obviously a rant, but I just get frustrated when people talk about "revolution" is if it actually would happen. If you're that upset about things why not work on a local measure or work for a local political party or candidate. Engaging in state politics can be really rewarding.
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It sometimes seem to me the only attention many of these marches garner is when severe violence occurs or a death or vandalism. In the 60's Vietnam Peace protest marches gained attention mainly because there was a draft. With that draft everyone was affected in a sense and they were more willing to voice there opinion and opposition.
"If my child has to go to war I've gonna have something to say about it". We don't have that this time around and it seems seriously that this country has been surrounded/scared into an atmosphere of FEAR. Most appear to be afraid to say "hell no we aint gonna take it no more".
I'm not sure what will spark a desperate form of resistance to make a change but I certainly sense that a resistance/change will come...what will make it happen I do not know??
Peace
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Sit down, be quiet, work two jobs, and give us your taxes...or else!
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