Long row to hoe for the anti-imperium. According to Noam Chomsky in the Monthly Review, the hard work starts now for opponents of the Iraq invasion and Bush Administration policies.
The tasks are now much greater and more serious than they were before. On the other hand, it's harder. It's just psychologically easier to organize to oppose a military attack than it is to oppose a long-standing program of imperial ambition, of which this attack is one phase, and of which others are going to come next. That takes more thought, more dedication, more long-term engagement. It's the difference between deciding, okay, I'm in this for the long haul and saying, okay, I'm going out to a demonstration tomorrow and then back home. More>>

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