{"id":380,"date":"2004-03-22T01:17:32","date_gmt":"2004-03-22T01:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"0"},"modified":"2006-09-28T12:08:33","modified_gmt":"2006-09-28T12:08:33","slug":"pruning_the_ant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/?p=380","title":{"rendered":"Pruning the ‘Antiwar’ Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:<\/b> Citizen Smash went to the antiwar demonstrations in San Diego, and filed quite a report<\/a>. He even interviewed one of the speakers<\/a>. Go check him out, view this picture<\/a>, and then<\/i> read the site linked below…<\/p>\n

Here’s some interesting reading from an antiwar Brit<\/a> who’s disgusted with the antiwar movement and wants it fixed. (Hat Tip to the always excellent Harry’s Place<\/a>). Essays include, in order:<\/p>\n

# A Personal Journey Through the Stop the War Coalition<\/a>
\n# Unholy Alliances:<\/a> The Stop the War Coalition, the Extreme Left and Islamic Fundamentalism
\n# Sinning by Omission:<\/a> The Stop the War Coalition and Palestine
\n# Playing Pontius Pilate:<\/a> Why Shouting “End the Occupation” Isn’t Helpful
\n# Stop the War Coalition Rehab:<\/a> A 7-Step Programme
\n# Further Online Reading<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve read lots of very similar things about our domestic antiwar movement – and seen them myself in some of the older “New Left” era.<\/p>\n

In case people wonder why I – a pro-war liberal – would want to see a healthier antiwar movement, the answer’s simple. I don’t think I have a monopoly on truth, and constructive, intelligent dialog is needed to help us all constantly review and check our perceptions of events and the world. I think we need a real debate – because when we have one, we’ll begin to be able to build a common framework from which we can act as a nation and a culture.<\/p>\n

We’re a long way from there today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s some interesting reading from an antiwar Brit who’s disgusted with the antiwar movement. He explains why, and also explains what needs to be done next…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}