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    That's a great question.  I've no idea who they were.  Cool though!  
    Did anyone else recognize them?<br>
    <br>
    As they stood there, they held a sign that said something like
    (maybe someone remembers better) -<br>
    <br>
    <tt>     Clapper</tt><tt>                  Snowden<br>
      <br>
    </tt><tt>    Lied to Congress about<br>
          NSA eavesdropping        Exposed NSA eavesdropping</tt><tt><br>
      <br>
    </tt><tt>    Patriot?                  Traitor</tt>?<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/5/13 1:48 PM, David Johnson wrote:<br>
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      <div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Stuart,</font></div>
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      <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Who were those people at the
          parade yetsreday ( across from Illini Grove on Lincoln ) who
          were standing in the crowd, and speaking in favor of Snowden
          and the First Ammendment etc.., using an amplified microphone
          / bullhorn ?</font></div>
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      <div><font face="Arial" size="2">David J.</font></div>
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        <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
        <div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color:
          black"><b>From:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
            title="stuartnlevy@gmail.com"
            href="mailto:stuartnlevy@gmail.com">Stuart Levy</a> </div>
        <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a
            moz-do-not-send="true" title="peace-discuss@anti-war.net"
            href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net">Peace Discuss</a> </div>
        <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Cc:</b> <a
            moz-do-not-send="true" title="OccupyCU@lists.chambana.net"
            href="mailto:OccupyCU@lists.chambana.net">occupycu</a> </div>
        <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 05, 2013
          1:30 PM</div>
        <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [Peace-discuss]
          tomorrow's AWARE demonstration - and flyer sources: Snowden's
          statement ('the Obama Administration is afraid of an informed,
          angry public') and USLAW against intervention in Syria</div>
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        Tomorrow is the first Saturday of the month - AWARE's monthly
        anti-war demonstration:<br>
        <br>
             2-4PM, Saturday, July 6th,<br>
             corner of Main and Neil, downtown Champaign - the usual
        place<br>
        <br>
        We haven't settled on a flyer for tomorrow, but talked a bit
        after the parade about things that might go in it, including
        Edward Snowden's statement this week (below).  Also below is a
        current statement by US Labor Against the War opposing
        intervention in Syria.     Discussers of peace, what do we think
        of these?   Are there other things that we really need to
        include?  I'll aim to assemble something tonight, and get it
        copied tomorrow midday, unless someone else wants to do either
        of those.<br>
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        <br>
        <blockquote type="cite">One week ago I left Hong Kong after it
          became clear that my freedom and safety were under threat for
          revealing the truth. My continued liberty has been owed to the
          efforts of friends new and old, family, and others who I have
          never met and probably never will. I trusted them with my life
          and they returned that trust with a faith in me for which I
          will always be thankful.<br>
          <br>
          On Thursday, President Obama declared before the world that he
          would not permit any diplomatic "wheeling and dealing" over my
          case. Yet now it is being reported that after promising not to
          do so, the President ordered his Vice President to pressure
          the leaders of nations from which I have requested protection
          to deny my asylum petitions.<br>
          <br>
          This kind of deception from a world leader is not justice, and
          neither is the extralegal penalty of exile. These are the old,
          bad tools of political aggression. Their purpose is to
          frighten, not me, but those who would come after me. For
          decades the United States of America has been one of the
          strongest defenders of the human right to seek asylum. Sadly,
          this right, laid out and voted for by the U.S. in Article 14
          of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is now being
          rejected by the current government of my country. The Obama
          administration has now adopted the strategy of using
          citizenship as a weapon. Although I am convicted of nothing,
          it has unilaterally revoked my passport, leaving me a
          stateless person. Without any judicial order, the
          administration now seeks to stop me exercising a basic right.
          A right that belongs to everybody. The right to seek asylum.<br>
          <br>
          In the end the Obama administration is not afraid of
          whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We
          are stateless, imprisoned, or powerless. No, the Obama
          administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of an informed,
          angry public demanding the constitutional government it was
          promised — and it should be.<br>
          <br>
          I am unbowed in my convictions and impressed at the efforts
          taken by so many.<br>
          <br>
          Edward Joseph Snowden</blockquote>
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            <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 2:58 AM,
              Michael Eisenscher <span dir="ltr"><<a
                  href="mailto:nationalcoordinator@uslaboragainstwar.org"
                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">nationalcoordinator@uslaboragainstwar.org</a>></span>
              wrote:<br>
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                  <div align="center"><font color="#aa0000"
                      face="impact" size="6">The Crisis in Syria:</font><font
                      face="impact" size="6"> <br>
                      Statement by the Steering Committee of<br>
                      U.S. Labor Against the War <br>
                    </font><font face="Georgia">July 5, 2013</font></div>
                  <ul>
                    <li><font face="georgia" size="4"><i>We oppose any
                          U.S.  military intervention, direct or
                          indirect, in the Syrian conflict</i></font> </li>
                    <li><font face="georgia" size="4"><i>The U.S. should
                          focus on providing more humanitarian
                          assistance through established internationally
                          recognized neutral institutions and
                          organizations </i></font> </li>
                    <li><font face="georgia" size="4"><i>There is no
                          military solution to the crisis in Syria </i></font>
                    </li>
                    <li><font face="georgia" size="4"><i>Initial steps
                          to arm rebels will surely create pressure for
                          further escalation, leading the U.S. into
                          another quagmire </i></font> </li>
                    <li><font face="georgia" size="4"><i>We call on our
                          government to reverse its decision to provide
                          arms and other military support to the Syrian
                          rebels </i></font> </li>
                    <li><font face="georgia" size="4"><i>The Syrian
                          crisis is for the Syrian people to resolve by
                          political negotiations </i></font> </li>
                    <li><font face="georgia" size="4"><i>There must be
                          an immediate full arms embargo applied to all
                          countries </i></font> </li>
                    <li><font face="georgia" size="4"><i>We support
                          initiatives in Congress to prevent the U.S.
                          from becoming embroiled in another armed
                          conflict in the Middle East </i></font> </li>
                    <li><font face="georgia" size="4"><i>We call for
                          using funds now spent on the military to
                          address poverty, unemployment, inequality and
                          numerous other social ills here at home and
                          abroad </i></font> </li>
                    <li><font face="georgia" size="4"><i>By addressing
                          these problems we will also increase our
                          national security and reduce the need to
                          resort to arms.</i></font>
                      <div align="center"><font face="georgia" size="3"><a
href="http://uslaboragainstwar.org/downloads/USLAW%20Statement%20on%20the%20Crisis%20in%20Syria.final.070313.pdf"
                            target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Download
                            full statement in PDF format</a></font> </div>
                    </li>
                  </ul>
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