Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 22:56:43 +1100
From: Steve Wright <pmargin-AT-froggy.com.au>
Subject: Re: AUT: demos in Australia


Were they union marshals, Thiago?

In Melbourne at least, I'm not sure the Labor party has any sort of apparatus to
deploy in that fashion, outside union cadre. But I didn't make tonight's march, so
maybe similar things happened there (although I gather people made it to the US
consulate at least, for what that's worth).

>The overwhelming mood was one of
>sadness. It was like a funeral. There is a high chance this is my idiosyncratic
>and distorted impression, though - I got very depressed today.

I've already fessed up to my own 'idiosyncratic and distorted impressions' of last
month's weekend of anti-war demos - I'm still trying to grapple with the much more
skeptical interpretations others offered of them (or at least of forces/currents
within them).

Any reactions on the streets or elsewhere that other list members care to report?

Steve



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