After being an armchair activist for 6 years complaining about the war, I finally got out of it and did something today! Took part in a march to commemorate the 6th anniversary of Iraq war demanding "Money for Jobs and education, not for wars and occupation". True to the anti-war nature of the protest it was a peaceful one. It was heartening to see the young and old together in such a protest.
Photos from the event
I heard somewhere that the "New Deal" was a direct result of people taking to the streets demanding a New Deal! So if we expect Obama to do a "FDR" then the onus is on the citizenry to spur him into action.
Had an interesting conversation with an Obama grassroots worker who was trying to get signatures to support the President's economic stimulus plan, his healthcare, education and "green" policies. I brought up the question of single-payor healthcare and how that seemed to have vanished from the Obama administration and she was trying to convince me that that's the job of the Left/Progressives to apply the pressure on the administration so that these issues are part of the national agenda, which i totally agree, but at the same time i am skeptical largely due to the people in the current administration.
Long story short, it was an interesting 2 hour rally to be part of and as I looked around the crowd it suddenly looks like "socialists" are coming out of the closet and socialism is in vogue in the new America with a President who is labeled a "Socialist"!
That's a wrap!
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