{"id":1407,"date":"2006-05-02T11:30:05","date_gmt":"2006-05-02T15:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2006-05-02T11:30:05","modified_gmt":"2006-05-02T15:30:05","slug":"antiwar-or-antibush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=1407","title":{"rendered":"AntiWar or AntiBush?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael J. Smith<\/a> on Saturday’s antiwar march in NYC:<\/p>\n

I would have been more motivated to show up if the march had headed uptown rather than down from Union Square, toward Schumer’s and Clinton’s Manhattan offices, conveniently located a cozy block apart on Third Avenue, at 47th and 48th Streets respectively. But no, the peace movement, as usual, prefers to expend its strength against a target on which it can have no effect.<\/p>\n

Press coverage, not surprisingly, was routine, and one can hardly blame the press — there was basically no story, just the usual kvetching on a mass scale. If the march had gone uptown — if a cadre of resisters had blocked Clinton’s and Schumer’s lobbies, or tossed blood on their doors — I daresay that would have created more of a stir.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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