[theapportioner]

The New York City protests are organized by United For Justice and Peace, a different organization. ANSWER does the DC protests, and other smaller ones.

On the allegiance thing, you just have to exercise sound judgement, and it's up to you to decide whether the cons outweigh the pros. On the flip side, one could say that by voting Republican one is aligning with various unsavory characters -- racists et al. A movement -should- be self-critical, but not to the point that it breaks down into this or that dispute. You'd have no mobilization at all if that happened.