ACTIVISM Tactical carnival: social movements, demonstrations, and dialogical performance

October 26, 2002: Washington, DC. A preemptive peace demonstration, responding to the Bush Administration’s call for preemptive war on Iraq, is in progress. Hundreds of thousands have gathered for the largest antiwar demonstration here since the Vietnam War. Although the demonstration was first called by International ANSWER, a group largely run by the Workers’ World Party, the massive turnout includes people of many walks of life and worldviews, from all over the country and beyond. This diversity is encouraging for the potential growth of the peace movement.