One problem is mass action tactics are tired and governments and media know how to route around and counter them.

Also, mass protests on one hand attack the mass media for being compliant to the government but on the other want maximum coverage to get their message out. Seems a bit self-defeating to expect mass media to give good coverage after calling them lackey stooges.

Let’s take a simple example: how many anti-war activists have actually gone to Iraq? As far as I know, only the Christian Peacemakers have done that kind of work. That’s a handful of people out on the fringes of a movement that claims millions of people– and they were largely ignored (even though at least one paid the ultimate price).

If you want to end the war, someone’s going to have to think outside the (1960s) box.

War striking never became particularly faddish.

So what did they do after it turned sour? Did they give the anti-war voices their time in the sun? Of course not. Profits would be hurt if they were to point out how abysmally bad they did at their jobs before. Profit is their first consideration. Chomsky always says they are legally bound to maximize profit, but I don’t know exactly where he gets that.

For example, “So they are required legally to maximize power and profit no matter what[.]” from this article.