PHOTOS OF O26 ANSWER & ANTI-WAR ACTION MARCHES IN SF

Thanks for taking these photos. I especially like the picture of the guy sitting on the lawn with a sign saying "anyone seen my old friend Paul?" and the Filipino for Peace photo.

Thanks again.

I am not impressed with ANSWER and their constant effort to convince all and sundry that they are the ones who organize everything.

So everyoen at this protest was there to stand up for Milosevic and North Korea? Or did the WPP forget to come entirely clear with their politics?

One would normally guess efforts to divide an antigovernment group would really be an FBI operation. But this is probably not the case. The left is divided enough that nobody stops to think that demonizing other groups on the left is beyond counterproductive. I have issues with ANSWER's politics but I have more issues with any group that demonizes them without trying to build their own large movement. In the Bay Area the only other large demos Ive seen was NION and I'm guessing this effort to demonize the IAC isnt comming from them. Although teh smae people trying to demonize ANSWER are also going after NION with a similar line.

Efforts should be made to organize more antiwar demos and actions not to undermine the groups that are doing things already. The Bay Area ios known for sectarianism but there is a limit to how far one can go attacking active groups before one is just a tool of the state. IAC may undermine other groups to some extent in other cities but I have not seen that here. All I see here are unorganized individuals and small groups that spend more effort support Bush by dividing the antiwar movement than trying to build up alternatives (And its almost humrous that right inwgers like Rob Morse have used this same line of demonization as anarchists and other liberals).

I would never join the WWP and dont support many aspects of how the IAC organizes and I definitely am not a Maoist so I dont agree with the RCP. But when ANSWER and the IAC have so far shown the best ability to create large protests I wouldnt go around atacking them. Yes, large protests are just one strategy but I think they are one needed strategy that should not be undermined (just as small CD actions and small direct actions are also needed)

I'm so glad to see that not all the American people are behind Bush and his unquenching desire to go to war. keep up the good work!

Dear big world and everyone in it. I'm an Iraqi living abroad and shiver when i watch the news as all my family are in Iraq. the reasons of me being here is to find a way to say 'thank you' to all those who protest against war in Iraq, not just because i am an Iraqi, but because you people will protest against any war in the world. it's good to know you exist and thank you.
all my love and thank you once more.
muna