Why is a commentary in the center column, prominently displayed above all the other (good) coverage of the March 19th actions?
Hundreds of people of all ages committing to arrestable actions against war, thats what I saw, and bringing them to the corporations rather than just government. The March 19th actions were powerful, meaningful and fun as hell too. It was small compared to the legal marches we've had in the past, and the number of people bringing momentum and commitment to the organizing was not what it should have been. But we pulled off a lot anyway and if we do it again with more energy we could accomplish much much more. Sam says that "some SDSers handcuffed themselves to desks and sang bella ciao". What I saw there was a lockdown and occupation of a major intersection in the heart of corporate DC (Connecticut, 17th and K) for an hour and a half. And lockdowns in at least two other intersections next to buildings of war profiteering corporations. At 14th and L at about 9 am ten people in masks, dressed in black with headscarves, representing Iraqi mothers, locked down the intersection with lock boxes till they were cut out. Others held the intersection of 13th and L all morning (in front of the American Petroleum Institute). I have been to a lot of protests in DC and not seen anything like this in a long time.

I hope that the DC indymedia editors will move this discussion to the side bar! or include it as one of the links in the M19 center column coverage, not its own separate thing above everything else. I will work on writing a fuller account of what I saw on March 19th.