Tuesday, April 15, 2003

Can the antiwar movement retain its broad base while struggling to find a new message?


Mother Jones -- Activists, and mainstream Democrats, are also united in playing up the domestic costs of the war. However proud Americans might feel about helping free the Iraqis from a brutal dictator, they may not be so happy to see billions of their tax dollars going to rebuild Iraqi cities when their own cities and schools are slashing budgets. Focusing on the domestic costs of the war, activists reason, will help reign in hawkish schemes for expanding this war into the rest of the Middle East. It will also play into the antiwar movement's larger goal: Unseating Bush in 2004.

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