This could be big

The British antiwar movement will turn into a political force to take on Tony Blair's New Labour in the European elections in June 2004.

The historic announcement was made on Wednesday night in central London where the MP was addressing a rally of the now famous Stop The War movement which has more than two million supporters.

If national backing for the new political version of the movement continues, it will be larger than any political party in the UK with more than two million supporters. (emphasis mine)

Galloway, a lifelong member of the Labour swore British Prime Minister Tony Blair would live to regret his decision in having the Scots-born MP expelled from the party last week.

Now it appears he has kept his word.

..."The first level requires steps towards a mass unifying movement of grassroots radicals to hobble the State, bring it under popular control and complete an unfinished radical democratic revolution.

"This level will unite Muslims, Christians and Jews, socialists, liberal and conservatives, men, women and the disadvantaged of all types in one movement of democratic liberation.

..."The second tier is where the battle for ideas and souls will take place in a People's Britain . In that battle, I will remain what I have always been - a radical democratic socialist in the Labour tradition - but until power is decentralised and returned to the people.

"I will work with anyone who shares those first tier values because we need nothing less than a revolution in our national political life." article

Al Giordano could be right - the people's demand for participatory democracy taking hold in South America which has rebuffed and ousted U.S./multinational corporation backed puppet leaders may be spreading the globe. Wouldn't that be something if it spread to the U.S.?

Government by the people for the people! Where have I heard that idea before?