The combined force of the two anti-war coalitions did not bring out more than 500,000, did not have the punch to actively attempt to disrupt and stop the imperialist war. So this is the situation. Now we have a chance to think about some of these things. We have the freedom to speak our mind, we have the freedom to gather our thoughts together, to discuss. This is the belly of the monster.
Many people abroad look to see who is going to lead a fight here.
Importance of international solidarity At the beginning we, in common with all the others including I believe Iraq, were looking forward to a revolutionary overturn of the puppet regimes in Egypt, perhaps Saudi Arabia, perhaps Syria. But it did not materialize. We hailed each one of the demonstrations, each one of the powerful outpourings of millions of people. But that alone could not overturn a regime. Look at the Russian Revolution.