[Peace-discuss] Where's Danielle? Where's patriarchy?

[Karen Medina]

Dear David,

As a friend of AWARE, thank you so much for these "snippets from the
archive."

-karen medina



On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 4:08 PM David Green via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> What's on my mind? Well, frustration about being able to find Danielle,
> Elizabeth, sexism, or patriarchy at an AWARE meeting, more than 11/2 years
> after its founding by Danielle and Elizabeth, less than "a few years" after
> Danielle claimed to have left the organization:
>
> Randall's minutes are exemplary -- a piece of art -- with links to the
> articles mentioned, background info incorporated, succint but thorough
> summaries of what was said. Many thanks for such a good job. L. -----
> Original Message ----- From: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>
> To: <peace at lists.groogroo.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 1:16 AM
> Subject: [Peace] Anti-war calendar and minutes of 5/4/03 AWARE meeting >
> Anti-War Calendar: > > May 3 (Saturday): AWARE's long-established
> "Prospect for Peace" > demonstration at Prospect and Marketview (2-4PM). >
> > May 4 (Sunday): AWARE's weekly meeting 5-7PM at the IMC (Independent
> Media > Center - 218 W. Main, Urbana). > > June 6-8 (Friday-Sunday)
> United for Peace and Justice Nationwide Anti-War > Conference in Chicago.
> AWARE may attend. > > October 7 (Tuesday): Noam Chomsky apparently coming
> to Illinois at ISU. More > info later. >
> --------------------------------------------- > meeting minutes: > >
> attendance: 20 > > presentation: Dave Johnson of the Carpenter's Union > >
> Dave promoted the idea of opposing anticipated anti-union, anti-worker >
> developments in Iraq as part of the larger opposition to the US occupation.
> > He pointed out it's only reasonable to expect the administration will >
> attempt to create a country-wide "free-trade" zone favorable to US corporate
> > interests and quash worker rights and organization as a result. > >
> Dave talked about Harry Kelber, who has spent his entire adult life (he is
> > now 90) in the service of the labor movement. Kelber is the editor and >
> founder of the newsletter "The Labor Educator" ( >
> http://www.laboreducator.org ). Kelber is a major proponent of actively >
> opposing anti-worker/anti-union developments in Iraq. > > handout: Harry
> Kelber article: "American Labor Can Play an Important Role as > Defender
> of Rights of Iraqi Workers" > > Dave noted that job site workers seemed
> to be about evenly divided > pro/anti-war. He noted that those who used
> the Internet to access news and > information were significantly more
> likely to be anti-war. > > He noted that the prospect of attacking Syria
> caused concern even among > pro-war workers. > > He described how once he
> informs workers of current developments regarding > the huge sweetheart
> contracts being doled out to anti-worker/anti-union >
> Bush-friendly/Bush-connected corporations such as Kellogg, Brown & Root and
> > Stevedoring, even pro-war workers became more skeptical of what's happening
> > in Iraq. > > During discussion, Dave made note of the fact that while
> many workers are > aware of and upset about NAFTA, many are uninformed
> about issues such as > GATT and WTO and the larger pattern of
> "free-trade" globalization. >
> --------------------------------------------- > news of the week (sadly,
> without Carl) > > Lisa: Good article in Sunday New York Times: "A
> Classicist's Legacy: New > Empire Builders" by James Atlas tracing back
> neo-conservative roots to the > late classicist and political philosopher
> Leo Strauss. (ed. note: here is a > link to the article: > >
> http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/04/weekinreview/04ATLA.html > > Charlotte:
> Israel has explicitly announced they are cracking down on > International
> Solidarity Movement non-violent activists (members of ISM were > in town
> recently for the Palestinian Truth Tour). (ed. note: From May 3 New >
> York Times article: "Britain Holds 6th Person in Tel Aviv Blast": > >
> "Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon, the chief of staff for the Israeli Army, announced
> > last month on army radio that he had given an order to remove the activists
> > from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, where they have acted as human >
> shields to prevent military operations against the Palestinians, such as >
> house demolitions." > > (ed.note: for more information, also see: > >
> http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=402676 > >
> Matt: British cameraman James Miller was killed by Israeli Defense Forces,
> > though he was unmistakably and actively identifying himself as a journalist
> > (even carrying a white flag). (ed. note: News article covering this
> from the > British Independent is at: > >
> http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=402956 > >
> Lisa: Noted that WMD is yet to be found and mentioned she had read that the
> > US Administration may be planning to target "enemy" regimes directly >
> (assassination, essentially) in the future. > > Linda: Listened to Bob
> McChesney's WILL AM 580 show "Media Matters" (Sundays > 1PM) and heard an
> interview with the editor of "The Progressive", Matthew > Rothschild,
> during which an incident was recounted from 2001 in which > Chicago
> police and a Federal postal inspector were called to question Voices > in
> the Wilderness because they chose not to buy stamps that depicted the US >
> flag. (ed. note: Details at: > >
> http://www.progressive.org/webex/wxmc120801.html > > Mort: Mentioned
> there was an unusual, good article in Sunday's News-Gazette > on the rife
> disinformation in the media regarding the war. > > Ricky: Hawaii passed a
> state resolution which opposes the Patriot Act and > encourages
> resistance against it within the state. > (ed. note: An article from
> Hawaii indymedia is at: > >
> http://hawaii.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/2164.php > > also, see: > >
> http://www.hawaiinews.com/archives/politics/000133.shtml > > David H:
> Says he learned of a recent assassination of a Pro-U.S Shia cleric. >
> (ed. note: It was unclear whether David was referring to the killing of >
> pro-western cleric Abdul Majid al-Khoei in Najaf on April 10 (he had >
> returned from exile in London). Much detail on the al-Khoei killing is at:
> > > http://www.observer.co.uk/islam/story/0,1442,936060,00.html > > Jeff:
> Says he learned Iraqi oil experts and executives were refusing to >
> cooperate with US. He also mentioned a Guardian article that described how a
> > single family was decimated during the firing of US troops at
> protestors in > Fallujah. (ed. note: The article is at: > >
> http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,949043,00.html > >
> Ricky: Added that Agence France Presse (AFP) reported that medical staff >
> were fired on during the first Fallujah shooting. > > Mort: Said that a
> United Nations humanitarian relief flight was not allowed > to land at
> Basra. He said it's not the first time this happened. Someone > else
> added the same thing happened with a CARE flight in northern Iraq. > >
> Peter: Added that some magnate or celebrity was allowed to land their relief
> > flight in Baghdad. > > Franklin Graham's (Billy Graham's son) mission
> to convert Iraqis to > Christianity was mentioned. (ed. note: An
> interesting article on this is at: > >
> http://www.counterpunch.org/cajee04112003.html > > David G: Noted that
> Democracy Now did an excellent piece last Friday on the > Carlyle group
> (ed. note - Carlyle is a secretive, powerful business > investment firm
> including a half-brother of Osama Bin Laden, both Bushes, > Frank
> Carlucci, Dick Cheney, James Baker, Colin Powell, John Major and >
> others. There is a new book exposing Carlyle - "The Iron Triangle". The >
> Democracy Now piece is an interview of the author, Dan Briody, by Amy >
> Goodman. Link to the audio interview at: > >
> http://stream.realimpact.net/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/demnow/dn20030502.ra&
> > start=27:35.4 > > Jeff: Chimed in that Bush had a speech at United
> Defense in Silicon Valley > during his trip to the aircraft-carrier
> photo-op last week. United Defense > is owned by Carlyle. >
> --------------------------------------------- > events of the past week: >
> > Mike: Mentioned the last two sessions of the Chancellor's campus forum
> on > the war. He specifically referenced the last session and what Robert
> McKim > had to say. He like much of what McKim presented, including his
> taking > evangelicals to task for not opposing the war strongly. > >
> Mort: Chimed in on the forum sessions, saying attendance was 25-45. >
> Described the sessions as stimulating, but mostly comprised of sterile >
> academic discourse followed by more interesting discussion with the >
> audience. > > Ken: Attended a talk given by former president of Zambia,
> Kenneth Kaunda on > the role of Zambia in the liberation of South Africa.
> Kaunda is blamed for > mismanagement of Zambia since he came to power in
> 1964 and forcing > dictatorial one-party rule in 1972. These culminated
> in violent riots in > 1990, which ultimately forced him to allow a
> multi-party system which > resulted in his ouster in 1991. Ken noted how
> curious it was that dictators > like Kaunda somehow get recycled into
> lecture circuits. > > Randall: Attended a weekly Progressive
> Resource/Action Cooperative (PRC) > meeting to discuss the idea (touched
> on last week by Carl and Robert) of a > Sept. 6 anti-war conference
> bringing together anti-war and progressive > groups. Found there was
> solid enthusiasm for such an idea within PRC and > they encouraged it to
> go forward. Randall will help to move the idea > forward. >
> --------------------------------------------- > Working group reports: > >
> Farmer's Market: Farmer's Market at Lincoln Square starts next Saturday. A
> > working group headed by Jeff was formed to get a table out with literature,
> > signs, etc. Many agreed that tabling at Farmer's Market was very important.
> > The working group had their first meeting immediately after the main >
> meeting. > > CO: (Mike) Anti-militarism tabling event at Urbana High
> School went very > well. This proves that more tabling should be done at
> Urbana High and also > in Champaign, if possible. To find an inroad into
> Champaign, though, we may > need a parent of a Champaign high school
> student or a member of a high > school's faculty to help out (ed. note:
> can anyone out there help?). Other > future actions are also called for,
> such as leafleting students about their > opt-out rights under the "No
> Child Left Behind" rider which otherwise allows > the US to obtain
> student information from schools for recruitment purposes. > > P4P:
> (Ricky) Attendance was up at P4P this week. Attendance was down at Neil >
> St., though (and they wound up coming to Prospect). Due to lack of >
> attendance, there will no longer be an organized Neil St. component >
> (especially since the counter-demonstrators should be gone next week). There
> > were new signs. New literature was passed out (about 100 copies). > >
> Incident: The "pro-war" van often seen circling around heckling us (and >
> this week, even flashing us) was pulled over by the cops and subsequently
> > disappeared. > > Incident: A couple minutes before 4PM, as things were
> winding down, a > couple pro-war bikers apparently decided to go down our
> entire line, one of > them (a woman) taking individual close-up photos of
> people and verbally > attacking some. It was provocative harassment,
> though not violent and not > illegal. Lori asked the woman not to take a
> photo of her and then > unfortunately let her emotions get the best of
> her when she did. Lori > grabbed the camera and tried to destroy it
> (though she says she grabbed the > camera without actually touching the
> photographer). The cops came running > and one of them tackled Lori from
> behind, pinning her to the ground with a > knee in her back and then
> cuffed her. All our witnesses agreed that the cops > were unnecessarily
> violent with Lori. The photographer did not press charges > and Lori was
> not arrested. Lori was released on-site, but charged with > resisting
> arrest and has a court date. She plans to plead not guilty and > fight
> the charge. We got together a list of witnesses and asked them to > write
> down exactly what they saw as soon as possible. If Lori is fined, a >
> collection will be taken to help her out. As of Sunday, Kim Kranich was >
> setting up a meeting with Lieutenant Gallo to address this issue. Lesson >
> learned: don't let our guard down, even when all seems stable. This incident
> > could very well have been avoided if we had enforced the buffer zone by
> > protesting the crossover when it happened, appealing to the pro-war >
> organizers and the police as necessary. Luckily, this was the last week of
> > organized counter-protest. > > Ricky put forth the idea of winding down
> P4P during May and quitting at the > end of the month for the summer. > >
> He also suggested refreshments next week at P4P. > > Town Meeting: (Mort)
> Mark Thompson backed out from participating, so this > working group is
> reconsidering/re-evaluating the next step. > > Speaker's Bureau: (Linda)
> New meeting of speaker's bureau working group took > place immediately
> after main meeting. > > Literature: Mort and Ricky each have their new
> documents and continue to > revise them. It was suggested we have final
> versions ready to go for > Farmer's Market next week. > > Finances: Gabe
> reports a balance of $2073.51. Gabe will order buttons and > bumper
> stickers (for Farmer's Market among other things). > > Party 4 Peace:
> Lisa's place, Saturday May 17th. Lisa will post more > information later.
> > --------------------------------------------- > Upcoming
> Events/Miscellaneous > > RSO status: Mike pointed out that the semester
> is almost over and we need to > renew RSO status and request a table for
> Quad day NOW. > > Lisa: Wondered aloud whether we should try to have
> closer ties with and/or > enlist the support of prominent
> progressive/anti-war voices such as Bob > McChesney and Francis Boyle. > >
> Ricky: Alan Dershowitz (the legal scholar/celebrity who advocates torture in
> > some circumstances) is apparently speaking on Monday, May 5 at
> Foellinger > (ed. note - I couldn't find any reference to this
> presentation on any UIUC > web site, but it's Monday night already, so I
> guess it's moot). > > Lisa: Looking for socially responsible consumer
> tips to include in an > article for the Public I. Please forward them to
> her. > > Randall: United for Peace and Justice is conducting a national
> anti-war > conference in Chicago June 6-8 and offers funds to pay for
> travel and > conference attendance (possibly contingent on joining UFPJ
> as an affiliated > group). Randall is interested in going, is looking
> into this and will report > next week.
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-- karen medina
"The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark
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