Million Worker March Sunday -opinions please

[ribbon]

http://www.millionworkermarch.org/

I got this link from a women's group that I psuedo belong to. The email read in part: The kerry/Edwards Get Out The
Vote Team, and thousands of marchers in Washington on October
the seventeenth. MMIV. We will be handing out Kerry/Edwards flyers,
and taking a public stand for civil rights, and for the
Kerry/Edwards Team.

The demands of the Million Worker March include: Bring the
Troops Home; Jobs and Healthcare -- Not War; A Living Wage and
Workers Rights; Rights to Womens rights, Immigrant Workers;
Stop Layoffs and Union Busting; and End the Occupation of Iraq.

No matter who they intend to vote for in November, participants
will be protesting in Washington because they realize that
voting alone is not enough.

The Administration in Washington, DC cannot fulfill the needs
of our communities while it is pre-occupied with a war halfway
around the world, remote from our true interests and needs. Our
neighborhoods have serious problems which need to be addressed
immediately.

We mean to fire the Bush's and we are taking it to the streets
of Washington! Buses will be available.

When I read the email, before going to the local and national sites, I was intrigued and thought it might be something I in which I would participate. After going to the websites, I'm staying decided to stay home and watch :football. Although I'm in favor of what the email said, I am antiunion, because I only want to march for something I believe in one hundred%.
I wondered what others think about supporting a cause you only partially agree with. Of course, I will be voting for Kerry and there are some things I disagree with him about. I doubt I'll ever find a candidate that I agree with every single stance they take, unless I ran, which I wouldn't :muhaha.
I try to look at candidates in shades of gray and YES, there are one or two things I agree with Bush more then Kerry, most specifically caps on pain and suffering payouts for malpractice lawsuits so that we can keep our doctors and not discourage future doctors from going in to high lawsuit risk fields.
What do you do when you agree with some, but not all of an agenda for a march or social consciousness event?

[bellydancer]

Ribbon,
I consider myself to be a feminist, but I don't agree wtih everything every feminist says. I'm an environmentalist, but I don't agree with the tactics of the Earth Liberation Front and other extremist groups.

I do support the labor movement. I grew up in Michigan, in a town run by the auto industry. The bridge where Henry Ford's cronies beat the sh*t out of the UAW founder was a few miles from my house.

Neither of my parents were in the industry, but both were in unions at their jobs. That said, I don't like the way that some unions in particular are going. I think they're getting away from their original intent and aren't representing the interests of their members anymore.

I guess I feel that if the general thrust of an event is one that you agree with, it's okay to support it. For example, I would be willing to go to environmental protests, but if someone was interested in damaging property or worse I wouldn't be involved.

I guess there are issues in which I believe one-hundred percent, but I don't always belive in the people involved to the same extent. This is probably because they're people and thus, they are not perfect. But I believe in preserving forests, the water supply, air quality, etc.

[Vicks]

wondered what others think about supporting a cause you only partially agree with

Well, I think it depends on the issue. I had thought abuot going to the March in DC last April called the "March For Women's Lives". I really had wanted to go, but after reading more and more of the publicity for the event, I realized that I didn't want to go if the march was ONLY going to deal with the abortion issue, which is what I FELT, it was going to deal with. And while I am pro-choice, that issue isn't the most important issue in my life, I would have preferred going to the March, if it was going to really focus on all aspects of women's health, contraception, Breast Cancer Awarness, ect..

Also, a few years back I went to a Rally in DC a few years back, that was about Israel. I went because the rally was a Pro-Israel Rally, and I am Pro-Israel, not pro- all of their policies, but Pro-Israel. So I went. I work for a zionist Non-Profit, and I do not agree with everything my organization beleives, but I still show up and still do the best I can at my job.

I think in general, the answer to your question is it depends on the Issue and your passion for that issue. For me, I have diehard core issues and things I beleive in. Ultimately, I would love to see more people show up to things.

Vicks

[ribbon]

I'm glad that two of my favorite current event posters replied to this.
Bellydancer, I like how you describe your interest in feminism and the environment doesn't mean that you subscribe to every thing some of these causes stand for. That rings true for me too. Even with :ribpinkbreast cancer:ribpink, the cause nearest to my heart, there are petitions I'm asked to sign that I refuse to, because I don't believe in them.
Vicks, the answer to your question is it depends on the Issue and your passion for that issue. You are absolutely right. Thanks.