Today's edition of Salon.com has an interesting article by Michelle Goldberg, "Rage or reason / Antiwar activists debate: Should they take over the streets or work to defeat Bush in 2004?" I suppose it reflects my viewpoint: the war has already started and probably can't be halted, but that it's crucially important to prevent another four years under the current nightmare we call an administration.
"Moderate groups like MoveOn.org and the National Council of Churches don't wholly disagree [with the direct action movement's ideas], but their emphasis is on long-term goals and expansion. They see the war as resulting from a breakdown in education and democracy, and their aim is to spread the word about the Bush administration's foreign policy agenda through teach-ins, Web sites and church meetings. They also plan a parallel effort to work to elect progressive candidates who they hope will return a measure of accountability to government and start mending international institutions like the U.N. "
--> www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/27/ antiwar_movement/index.html
