UFPJ had rallies in DC shortly before the 04, 06 and 08 elections (dwindling as the years went on) and now this. Is this a movement or a get out the vote effort for the Democratic Party?
Can this be a serious mass movement when protests habitually happen on weekends and then it's back to business as usual in DC on Monday?
Is a nationalist framework -- "One Nation" -- right or wise? Were not progressive movements in the US strongest when they linked up globally, like the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle or the Feb. 15, 2003 protests against the Iraq war? Why doesn't that get built on?
Do you have an actual strategy for pressuring the Obama administration, or isn't Rahm Emanuel right in saying you have nowhere else to go, (the Green Party doesn't seem to be a major force here)?
There seems to be a lot of demonization of the Tea Party people. Is that smart? For example, don't alot of people here have alot in common with Ron Paul and his supporters? (War, military budget, Wall Street bailouts, civil liberties, corporate giveaways and trade deals). Wouldn't it be better find common ground with some of them on crucial issues?
Lots of people are calling for a new New Deal, but isn't there something ahistoric about that? The New Deal happened because FDR and much of the establishment were afraid of communists gaining power. Won't real progress come if some sort of radical movement starts gaining momentum?