Reply #11: The biggest difference, and IMO the most important

[meganmonkey]

is that they are disrupting the normal course of things in a way the anti-war movement seldom does. The are continuing their protests for days, they are leaving school and work, and they are doing it on business days so everything gets disrupted.

The anti-war movement has these big demonstrations - but always on weekends - that last one day. I am not trashing these events, I went to DC for the first time to protest in Oct 2002, 6 months before the war started, and I have gone several times since, as well as attending many, many, local events. I am also planning to go to NYC in a few weeks (see sig line).

But what we really need to do, if we want to shake things up, is to get things going during the week, have events that last for days, that disrupt people's daily lives, and shake up the status quo. We need to take more risks and get out of our comfort zones. I am doing it locally, on an almost daily basis at rush hour, and it amazes me how many people say they will join me but they never come back.



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