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I am so tired of the mainstream media complaining about the lack of a peace and social justice movement in our country ["Where Have All the Protests Gone?" Style, Sept. 24]. There is a movement -- a strong and vibrant one.
And people would know about it if outlets such as The Post covered it. Time and time again, the media have belittled and ignored protests. We had an estimated quarter-million people in the street in Washington in 2007 (just like the '60s!), and the media wondered, "Why not more?" and "Do marches do anything anyway?" We had hundreds risking arrest despite little fanfare in Minneapolis at the Republican National Convention and in Washington on the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
One of the major problems of the peace and justice movement is the media's refusal to cover it. Instead, you choose to make a story of how my generation is apathetic and disconnected. Isn't it time you got bored of that story and started covering the amazing work being done? I'd bet that folks would love to hear about it.
-- Sonia Silbert
Washington
The writer is co-coordinator of the Washington Peace Center.
Constitutional Equals
Dana Milbank's cogent, amusing and otherwise excellent column ["Kumbaya, Distinguished Gentlemen, Kumbaya," Oct. 2] was marred by a surprising contention. He wrote that in the battle over the financial bailout the Senate "clearly had the upper hand in the sibling rivalry as it asserted its status as the upper chamber."
