Are We Politicians or Citizens?
by Howard Zinn
As I write this, Congress is debating timetables for withdrawal from Iraq...Democrats are behaving with their customary timidity, proposing withdrawal, but only after a year, or eighteen months. And it seems they expect the anti-war movement to support them.... There have been similar dilemmas for the labor movement. [But a] union leader who said, "Take this, it's the best we can get" (which is what the MoveOn people are saying about the Democrats' resolution) would be hooted off the platform.