{"id":1626,"date":"2008-05-07T09:17:25","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T13:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2008-05-07T18:03:53","modified_gmt":"2008-05-07T22:03:53","slug":"recreate-68-splits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=1626","title":{"rendered":"Recreate 68 splits"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Left is not only suffering the split of the Democrat Party between Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama, it seems the anti-war groups are having trouble keeping the various groups together as well (Denver Post<\/a> link);<\/p>\n

A close ally with the local war protest group Re-create 68, which is organizing for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, is severing its ties, the group told R-68 today.<\/p>\n

Tent State University, a national group represented locally by Adam Jung, says it is having trouble organizing support and bands to perform because of the violent imagery associated with R-68’s name, and with recent heated rhetoric from R-68 organizer Glenn Spagnuolo, who has been the face of the local effort to date.<\/p>\n

From the outset, Spagnuolo’s group has attracted criticism because of its name, which suggests for many the violence outside the convention hall in Chicago in 1968.<\/p>\n

“We don’t feel that Re-create-68 is working well with the anti-war left,” Jung said.<\/p>\n

Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the national group CodePink, seconded concerns over R-68’s message and image, saying she wanted to portray the anti-war message as positively as possible. But Benjamin didn’t rule out working with R-68, as long as the group’s message conformed with CodePink’s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But, that’s what you get you base an entire movement on egos and personalities with no other goal other than making money. The anti-war left is not interested in ending the war, they’d dissipate like the groups of the ’60s and the members, especially the so-called leaders, would have to get real jobs.<\/p>\n

They’re only extending our involvement in the Middle East with their rhetorical theater and that’s their intention. Why else would they be focused on protesting their hope for ending the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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