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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>At least she didn’t vote in favor !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And back to my question ; “ Did anyone in C-U contact her ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I assume the answer is NO.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>David J.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> C. G. Estabrook [mailto:carl@newsfromneptune.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> David Johnson<br><b>Cc:</b> Brussel, Morton K; peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net; occupycu; sf-core<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Peace-discuss] "Telling people what the state believes"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If this were a generation ago, and our state representative refused to vote against a measure that required pension funds to stop investing money in foreign companies that boycotted apartheid South Africa, would we be asking if anyone from Champaign-Urbana contacted her/him BEFORE the vote to urge him/her to vote NO and why? <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Carol voted badly wrong on this, for whatever reason. I assume she will apologize.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On May 19, 2015, at 6:50 AM, David Johnson via Peace-discuss <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Not to make excuses, but at least Carol didn’t vote FOR the bill.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>More importantly, did anyone from Champaign-Urbana contact her BEFORE the vote to urge her to vote NO and why ?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If even a few dozen of us had called her before the vote, she probably would have voted against it.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I was aware of the bill when it was sponsored, like most people on this list, but I had no idea that the bill had moved so quickly to a vote and was unaware until it was voted in that it had passed.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>David J.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Peace-discuss [<a href="mailto:peace-discuss-bounces@lists.chambana.net"><span style='color:purple'>mailto:peace-discuss-bounces@lists.chambana.net</span></a>]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Brussel, Morton K via Peace-discuss<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Monday, May 18, 2015 10:29 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Estabrook, Carl G<br><b>Cc:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Peace-discuss List<br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: [Peace-discuss] "Telling people what the state believes"</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We, some of us at least, from Urbana-Champaign, should inform Carol Ammons of our disappointment, disillusion and anger at her cowardly no-vote. As to Scott Bennett, I never knew much about him, so how could I be disappointed? We should demand explanations, although my guess is that there are money issues involved from donors.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>—mkb<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On May 18, 2015, at 9:07 PM, Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net"><span style='color:purple'>peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Both Rep. Carol Ammons (103) and Sen. Scott Bennett (52) were recorded as “not voting” as this measure passed in both houses!<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On May 18, 2015, at 8:52 PM, David Green via Peace-discuss <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net"><span style='color:purple'>peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432000146380_2267"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>I guess some "viewpoints" are not to be respected after all.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432000146380_2364"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432000146380_2365"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2015/05/congress-legislatures-against"><span style='color:purple'>http://mondoweiss.net/2015/05/congress-legislatures-against</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432000146380_2291"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432000146380_2289"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The Illinois measure on state pensions, which has passed the state Senate, is now being debated in the House. This measure, like the Congressional one, is a law with some teeth. The legislation requires pension funds to stop investing money in foreign companies that have boycotted Israel.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432000146380_2290"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>In a statement,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://palestinelegalsupport.org/2015/05/14/final-action-alert-stop-anti-bds-legislation-in-illinois-house/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432000146380_2370"><span style='color:#0066CC'>Palestine Solidarity Legal Support said</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>that the bill forces “pension fund administrators to blacklist companies that boycott Israel or businesses that operate in ‘territories under the control of Israel.’ Illinois should not be shielding Israel from boycotts protesting human rights abuses and settlements, which are illegal under international law in what is considered occupied territory by the U.S. government.”</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432000146380_2261"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Dima Khalidi, the director of <a href="http://palestinelegalsupport.org/2015/05/14/final-action-alert-stop-anti-bds-legislation-in-illinois-house/"><span style='color:#0066CC'>Palestine Solidarity Legal Support</span></a>, told me in an e-mail that one of the dangers of the Illinois bill is that it would have a “chilling” effect “not only on companies that would consider making ethical business decisions, but also on people who advocate for such decisions. When the state takes a policy position such as this, it is telling people what the state believes is acceptable discourse and political activity, thereby dissuading viewpoints that are contrary to that.”</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432000146380_2326"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>These efforts are looking to be more successful than the previous wave of anti-boycott bills that were debated after the American Studies Association<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.theasa.net/american_studies_association_resolution_on_academic_boycott_of_israel"><span style='color:#0066CC'>voted to boycott Israel in late 2013</span></a>. Many of those bills did not get support from pro-Israel lobby groups because of concerns over academic freedom and free speech, though. This crop of legislation has garnered more support from traditional bastions of pro-Israel advocacy.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432000146380_2329"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>After an Illinois committee passed the anti-BDS bill, the Jewish <a href="http://www.bnaibrith.org/press-releases/bnai-brith-commends-anti-bds-bills-passage-by-illinois-house-executive-committee-calls-for-full-passage-by-state-house-of-representatives" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432000146380_2328"><span style='color:#0066CC'>group B’nai Brith International applauded the state representatives in a statement</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>for “taking such a strong stance against a movement rooted in anti-Semitism that ultimately impedes the peace process by opposing constructive dialogue between Israel and Palestinians.”</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>- See more at:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2015/05/congress-legislatures-against#sthash.BehzwZAt.dpuf" id="ms__id643"><span style='color:purple'>Congress and state legislatures are on the warpath against BDS</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-top:3.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt' id="enhancrCard_0"><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=450 style='width:337.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:.75pt'><td colspan=8 style='background:#E5E5E5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.75pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:.75pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:1.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></td></tr><tr style='height:4.5pt'><td width=1 rowspan=5 style='width:.75pt;background:#E5E5E5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.5pt;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:4.5pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:1.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></td><td width=168 rowspan=5 style='width:1.75in;background:black;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.5pt;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:4.5pt'><a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2015/05/congress-legislatures-against#sthash.BehzwZAt.dpuf"><span style='color:purple;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><image002.jpg></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=1 rowspan=5 style='width:.75pt;background:#E5E5E5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.5pt;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:4.5pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:1.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></td><td width=14 rowspan=5 style='width:10.5pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.5pt;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:4.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></td><td colspan=2 style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.5pt;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:4.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:6.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></td><td width=20 rowspan=5 style='width:15.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.5pt;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:4.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:20.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></td><td width=1 rowspan=5 style='width:.75pt;background:#E5E5E5;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:4.5pt;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:4.5pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:1.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" colspan=2 style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2015/05/congress-legislatures-against#sthash.BehzwZAt.dpuf"><span class=link-enhancr-card-title><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:purple'>Congress and state legislatures are on the warpath again...</span></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#999999'>A crop of bills and resolutions in Congress and state legislatures are targeting the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. 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