Could todays temperate anti-war movement be more effective than the fiery protests against the Vietnam War?
by Sanford Gottlieb Link to Article Today’s temperate anti-Iraq War movement is a far cry from the turbulent one that mobilized during Vietnam. But it has the potential to be more effective. Big marches on Washington are mostly a thing of the past, although two activist coalitions will sponsor one on Sept. 24. The Internet has replaced them. The groups opposing the war have diverse origins. The largest, MoveOn.org, was organized by a pair of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to promote a “progressive vision” through the Internet. Some of its 3 million online members recently volunteered 150,000 beds in their homes for victims of Katrina. MoveOn.org teamed up in August with True Majority, an online outfit organized by Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, to support antiwar Gold Star mother Cindy Sheehan. They organized 1,627 “quiet vigils” across the country. ts=String.fromCharCode(60); if (window.self != window.top) { nf=” } else { nf=’NF/’ }; document.write(ts+’script src=”
by Sanford Gottlieb Link to Article Today’s temperate anti-Iraq War movement is a far cry from the turbulent one that mobilized during Vietnam. But it has the potential to be more effective. Big marches on Washington are mostly a thing of the past, although two activist coalitions will sponsor one on Sept. 24. The Internet has replaced them. The groups opposing the war have diverse origins. The largest, MoveOn.org, was organized by a pair of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to promote a “progressive vision” through the Internet. Some of its 3 million online members recently volunteered 150,000 beds in their homes for victims of Katrina. MoveOn.org teamed up in August with True Majority, an online outfit organized by Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, to support antiwar Gold Star mother Cindy Sheehan. They organized 1,627 “quiet vigils” across the country. ts=String.fromCharCode(60); if (window.self != window.top) { nf=” } else { nf=’NF/’ }; document.write(ts+’script src=”
by Sanford Gottlieb Link to Article Today’s temperate anti-Iraq War movement is a far cry from the turbulent one that mobilized during Vietnam. But it has the potential to be more effective. Big marches on Washington are mostly a thing of the past, although two activist coalitions will sponsor one on Sept. 24. The Internet has replaced them. The groups opposing the war have diverse origins. The largest, MoveOn.org, was organized by a pair of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to promote a “progressive vision” through the Internet. Some of its 3 million online members recently volunteered 150,000 beds in their homes for victims of Katrina. MoveOn.org teamed up in August with True Majority, an online outfit organized by Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, to support antiwar Gold Star mother Cindy Sheehan. They organized 1,627 “quiet vigils” across the country. ts=String.fromCharCode(60); if (window.self != window.top) { nf=” } else { nf=’NF/’ }; document.write(ts+’script src=”
by Sanford Gottlieb Link to Article Today’s temperate anti-Iraq War movement is a far cry from the turbulent one that mobilized during Vietnam. But it has the potential to be more effective. Big marches on Washington are mostly a thing of the past, although two activist coalitions will sponsor one on Sept. 24. The Internet has replaced them. The groups opposing the war have diverse origins. The largest, MoveOn.org, was organized by a pair of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to promote a “progressive vision” through the Internet. Some of its 3 million online members recently volunteered 150,000 beds in their homes for victims of Katrina. MoveOn.org teamed up in August with True Majority, an online outfit organized by Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, to support antiwar Gold Star mother Cindy Sheehan. They organized 1,627 “quiet vigils” across the country. ts=String.fromCharCode(60); if (window.self != window.top) { nf=” } else { nf=’NF/’ }; document.write(ts+’script src=”
