Bob Morris @ Oct 27th 2002 23:53 - Category: Unfiled ;
Former 60’s antiwar protesters
Back again to protest yet another lunatic war. Mark Kline, Bob Morris (your blogmaster), Michael Mitchell. Long time friends. And if there’s another dumb war in thirty years, we’ll protest that one too.
Bob Morris @ Oct 27th 2002 16:24 - Category: Unfiled ;
Chavez sees “axis of good” emerging in Latin America.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a populist former paratrooper who is resisting opposition calls to quit, said on Sunday a left-wing “axis of good” was emerging in Latin America.
Bob Morris @ Oct 27th 2002 10:06 - Category: Unfiled ;
Geek talk
I’ve been posting here from San Fancisco this weekend, using the remote login features of Radio UserLand, the software that runs this blog. It’s working fine, I’m posting this via a Macintosh logged into my PC via a dialup line as I look out the window at the ocean.
Now I have to figure out how to do this via a wireless gadget and I can post here anytime from anywhere.
Bob Morris @ Oct 27th 2002 09:37 - Category: Unfiled ;
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
Bush wants the power to imprison anyone at anytime on his word alone. This is terrifying President Bush has authority as commander in chief to order the indefinite imprisonment of American-born terror suspects without second-guessing by federal judges, the Justice Department told a federal appeals court yesterday. Justice Department lawyers set the stage for a landmark courtroom battle in Virginia on Monday, telling… [Lean Left]
Bob Morris @ Oct 27th 2002 09:25 - Category: Unfiled ;
More thoughts on the protests
I was active in the Vietnam war protests. For years the participants were primarily hippies, old line Lefties, SDS, etc. It wasn’t until years into the protests that middle America began joining in.
The protests of day are different. Middle America already has joined in - and the war hasn’t even started yet. One of the things that impressed the most yesterday at the San Francisco demonstration was just how broad-based the support is.
There was lots of everyone there. Middle America most especially. Once the war starts, and I expect it will, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was spontaneous mass civil disobedience across the country, blocking federal sites from doing business. I mean, if we can pull this many people to protests before the war starts, imagine how many will be there when it does starts.
The size and scope of these protests has gotten way bigger than their original foundings in small Communist parties - Not in Our Name being started by the revolutionary Communist Party and International Answer by Worker’s World. Dozens if not hundreds of groups have been involved in both groups by now, and, in my opinion, those real live commies who started organizing here a) should be commended, and b) have done a superb, non-doctrinaire job.
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