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Louis writes about ANSWER's steering committee. I guess he missed the point of what I just wrote. The demonstration in San Francisco was organized officially by the "March 20 Coalition", not by ANSWER, and consisted of numerous groups in the city. I believe the same was true in DC and LA. Certainly ANSWER played a leading role in organizing the March 20 coalition, but all groups in the area had an equal opportunity to participate in the planning and decision making that went into the event. The composition of ANSWER's steering committee has no relevance whatsoever. And to D. Walters, who thinks "March 20th was truly terrible in size, influence, impact," no doubt that is a subjective judgment. I felt quite differently. You can judge the size of the demonstration here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5NT1fHaD6s As for its "influence" and "impact," there was TV coverage on almost all Bay Area channels the night before the demonstration and the afternoon and night following the demonstration. That may be a small "impact," but it's larger than any other antiwar action had in a year. And, needless to say, "influence" and "impact" go far beyond that; I won't bother to elaborate. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/210850553/direct/01/ ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
