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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Stuart,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>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 size=2 face=Arial>David J.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=stuartnlevy@gmail.com href="mailto:stuartnlevy@gmail.com">Stuart
Levy</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A 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 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>
<DIV><BR></DIV>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><BR><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><BR>
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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"
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wrote:<BR>
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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#aa0000 size=6 face=impact>The Crisis in
Syria:</FONT><FONT size=6 face=impact> <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 size=4 face=georgia><I>We oppose any U.S. military
intervention, direct or indirect, in the Syrian conflict</I></FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4 face=georgia><I>The U.S. should focus on providing more
humanitarian assistance through established internationally recognized
neutral institutions and organizations </I></FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4 face=georgia><I>There is no military solution to the
crisis in Syria </I></FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4 face=georgia><I>Initial steps to arm rebels will surely
create pressure for further escalation, leading the U.S. into another
quagmire </I></FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4 face=georgia><I>We call on our government to reverse its
decision to provide arms and other military support to the Syrian rebels
</I></FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4 face=georgia><I>The Syrian crisis is for the Syrian
people to resolve by political negotiations </I></FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4 face=georgia><I>There must be an immediate full arms
embargo applied to all countries </I></FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4 face=georgia><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><FONT size=4 face=georgia><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><FONT size=4 face=georgia><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 size=3 face=georgia><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>
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