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In my community (Sussex and Warren Counties of New Jersey) there are people who express sympathies with the Tea Party in our churches, neighborhoods, and workplaces. Most of them have never thought about politics much before. Our antiwar committee has a very strong religious component, and within that context, we interact often with people who express support for the Tea Party movement, but in reality don't really agree with the cynical liars who are leading it. Ron Paul's opposition to the Iraq and Afghan wars presents us with a genuine opportunity to reach out to them and engage them in activity in opposition to the wars. I recognize all the problems with Dr. Paul's politics, but we're not reaching out to him, we're reaching out to people who are listening to him. And we have a persuasive message. Furthermore, I don't agree all the time with the "9/11 truth maniacs," but without these "maniacs" we wouldn't HAVE an antiwar committee in our area. We're able to discuss our differences as friends, neighbors, and collaborators in the peace movement and then get together to organize a vigil or charter a bus to a national demonstration. Building a movement at the grassroots level by definition means getting your hands dirty. And unless we build an antiwar movement from the grassroots upwards, it's not going to mean a damned thing. BTW: I don't give a shred of credence to the 9/11 Commission. Something's being covered up; I don't know that the 9/11 Truthers have the answers (I suspect not), but there's more than "reasonable doubt." Tom On Apr 15, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Andrew Pollack wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > You don't START with the misguided ones who wander into the Tea Party. > You start by expanding the ranks of newly-radicalizing workers and > others, and create a bigger, broader pole of attraction, which > minimizes the attractiveness of the Tea Party. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
