As for the Socialist Worker article, I've written them, and we'll see if they print my note.

Essentially, I said the politics of the day were firmly 'Out Now' and the linking demands on our materials--all have been informed of this, it's in all our materials and will be the banner under which everyone speaks. We're not budging from it. If anyone has a different position, they'll have to adapt to us, not us to them.

And the ISO timeline is wrong on the inner life of the coalition. The ground floor decision to build this as a coalition of all forces against the war, left and center, including elected officials, of any party, was the one made the first day. The decisions to invite certain political figures was made further done the pike.

As for the confirmed speakers list, it's a work in progress.

But the only confirmed elected officials are Joe Moore and Rick Munoz.

Imam Malik Mujahid, head of three mosques and chairman of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, will speak.

Raed Jarrar, an Iraqi-Palestinian journalist, will speak.

Stacey Haley, one of the military families national leaders, will speak.

Jan Schakowsky, Kathy Kelly and Jess Jackson were asked, but they are speaking in other cities that day.

A number of other union leaders, community leaders, church leaders, immigrant rights leaders, women's leaders and student leaders have been approached, but not confirmed.

It will be a fine program that serves the antiwar cause well.

Rather than get tangled in a mess of 'what ifs?', it might be better to get engaged, help make decisions, big and small, and build a powerful event, working both with folks you agree with and those you don't agree with, to end this horrible war.