So, will Voices activists lay down in the stairway leading to the stage as Durbin, Obama, or any of the others in the Chicago Congressional delegation who have voted for war funding (i.e., every single one of them) make their way to the podium?
Just what was the point of the Occupation Project then if they won't similarly commit civil disobedience when these pro-war speakers are finally out in the open, unprotected by a bevy of office flunkies?
Sort of makes a mockery of the notion of "resistance."
I find it hard to believe that all Voices members are comfortable with the decision to endorse a rally which gives explicit endorsement to political actors who are, by Voices' own definition over the past few months, pro-war. Unity at all costs just sounds too much like people who "just followed orders" despite what their consciences told them.
Re: Re: Q.s for Oct. 27 Rally Organizers
03 Oct 2007
Date Edited: 03 Oct 2007 03:23:48 AM
Just what was the point of the Occupation Project then if they won't similarly commit civil disobedience when these pro-war speakers are finally out in the open, unprotected by a bevy of office flunkies?
Sort of makes a mockery of the notion of "resistance."
I find it hard to believe that all Voices members are comfortable with the decision to endorse a rally which gives explicit endorsement to political actors who are, by Voices' own definition over the past few months, pro-war. Unity at all costs just sounds too much like people who "just followed orders" despite what their consciences told them.