March Forward make pests of themselves in Hollywood
Someone sent me a link to this “action” in Hollywood, where March Forward!, the veteran wing of ANSWER jammed up military recruiting in Hollywood for a couple of hours;
Leading the gaggle was Mike Prysner, who I wrote about last year.
After shutting down the recruiting station, Prysner said, “To our brothers and sisters in the military: it’s time we stopped fighting for the profits of a tiny group of billionaires; instead, we should struggle together for what’s in our interests. But we’re not going to fight alone—we’re going to fight with students who are getting their tuition raised, with teachers who are getting pink slips, with families who are suffering layoffs and scraping to get by—because when we unite together, that’s when we win.”
Ah, don’t you love the sound of class warfare in the morning? Prysner is a true class warrior. Also a member of the IVAW (he ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the IVAW board in the last election in an attempt to radicalize the IVAW), Prysner is one of the co-founders of the Maoist-founded ANSWER.
I’m not sure how ending the wars will stop teachers from getting fired or tuition’s rise, but it sure sounds nice, doesn’t it? Tuition was going up by more than 7% per year through the Clinton years when there were no wars – so blaming the current increases on war is pretty vacuous.
And, oh, yeah, in case you thought that the 100 or so demonstrators (according to the article – there were really about 25 by looking at the pictures) were veterans, allow me to disabuse of that fallacy;
The demonstration consisted mostly of young students, who have faced massive tuition hikes over the past year.
Poor babies. I’ll betcha that there students all over the world who wish that was their only problem. So students, led by a veteran, blocked a recruiting station. What sense does it make to close down a recruiting station because tuition costs are rising? They might as well shut down a florist shop for the same reason.
Category: Antiwar crowd, Iraq Veterans Against the War, March Forward, Usual Suspects
This reminds me of places like Berserkly, Kent State and other places…..from the sixties into the early seventies.
And probably nancy pelousi’s living room.
Don’t forget Berkley on the Huron River, Ann Arbor, Mi. Go there sometime, it’s like a trip in a time machine, you can step out of your car directly into 1968.
Dicksmith *tweak* coming in 4, 3, 2, 1.
Hollywood? Shit, that recruiting station was a waste when I was recruiting out of LA. Shitty school filled with illegals who couldn’t cut a 31 on the ASVAB. But somehow that’s OUR fault. Got it.
In Hollywood, maybe they were hoping Jane Fonda would show up. From the pictures it looks like the police were there and the entrance was open, so technically they did not shut it down.
Their class warfare claim of the war for the profits of billionaires falls apart because billionaires move their money where there is profit and if they can’t get it in the US they will move it overseas. As many have done. Of course when they do the jobs go and the tax base decreases. Putting people and some are veterans out of work is not something most people would support.
I think they don’t understand that in the military the mission comes first. And they should not attempt to degrade the military by wearing the uniform at a demonstration. A special occasion is fine but not to promote a personal gripe.
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