This from someone in World Can't Wait - good food for thought:
Hey everyone: It's been a while, but I wanted to let you know that three of my co-workers have decided to come to the Jan. 11th action at Federal Plaza to take a stand against torture and to call for Guantanamo to be shut down. The younger woman is against torture, but said she had never been to a demonstration and she thought it was time to learn what that was like, even though she is nervous about the police. The two older women had been to the earliest demonstrations against the Iraq war and the Nov. 5th WCW action, but had gotten tired of marching when they thought nothing was happening as a result. This time they both quickly said Yes, they would be there when I showed them the e-mail from Debra and the local website (looks really good!) The day before we had had a discussion about the Iowa caucuses and the elections and, although, both of them ultimately want there to be an electoral solution to all the outrages of today, they were both disgusted that there was not even a peephole for real change in the 2008 elections.
Hey everyone: It's been a while, but I wanted to let you know that three of my co-workers have decided to come to the Jan. 11th action at Federal Plaza to take a stand against torture and to call for Guantanamo to be shut down. The younger woman is against torture, but said she had never been to a demonstration and she thought it was time to learn what that was like, even though she is nervous about the police. The two older women had been to the earliest demonstrations against the Iraq war and the Nov. 5th WCW action, but had gotten tired of marching when they thought nothing was happening as a result. This time they both quickly said Yes, they would be there when I showed them the e-mail from Debra and the local website (looks really good!) The day before we had had a discussion about the Iowa caucuses and the elections and, although, both of them ultimately want there to be an electoral solution to all the outrages of today, they were both disgusted that there was not even a peephole for real change in the 2008 elections.
Although this is hardly a wide cross-section of society (the four of us make up 100% of the current work force at my job) I wonder if there aren't elements in this to learn from and look for and strengthen where we can. New younger people who have never taken political action before and more seasoned marchers (but not activists) who were hoping the world or the elections would make all of this horror go away, but are newly recognizing that it comes down to us and what we do to step outside these boundaries that are choking us and people all over the world. Anything less is complicity and we must spread the resistance.
See you Jan. 11, 4:30 p.m. at the Federal Building!
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