From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Sun Aug  1 08:53:28 2010
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 08:53:28 -0500
Subject: [Peace] AWARE Films: Sunday August 1 / "The Response" short
	film and discussion about the military tribunals
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TODAY

> AWARE Films is proud to announce a film and discussion. This months
> filim is <a href="http://www.theresponsemovie.com/" target="_blank"
> name="Official webpage for The Response">"The Response"</a> -- a
> 30-minute drama based on the actual transcripts of the Guant?namo
> Military Tribunals.
>
> What: ?Film and discussion: "The Response"
> Date: ? Sunday, August 1st, 2010
> Time: ? 2pm to 4pm
> Where: <a href="http://www.champaign.org/about_us/meeting_rooms/main_library.html"
> target="_blank">Champaign Public Library Meeting Room B</a>, 200 W.
> Green Street
> Champaign, Illinois
>
> In June (Torture Awareness Month), Amnesty International showed this
> film around the country.
>
> "The Response" was also screened for members of Congress at the
> Capitol on June 30, 2010.
>
> AWARE Films coordinated this showing with Rachel Storm. Rachel will
> lead the discussion after the film. rachelstrm at gmail.com
>
> This event is free and open to the public. Due to the nature of the
> film, children must be accompanied by an adult.

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Wed Aug  4 10:15:44 2010
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:15:44 -0500
Subject: [Peace] marriage equality demonstration on UIUC campus this evening
	7pm
Message-ID: <AANLkTimOqB3XyXVqTzvcPbF1EFjq-x_6Qg4SLFLbLj6b@mail.gmail.com>

Not an anti-war event, but of interest to many on the peace list:

Equal Marriage event (the following is forwarded from an email):

Today (Wednesday, August 4, 2010), a California judge will deliver a
landmark ruling in the fight over Proposition 8, California state's
ban on same-sex marriage.

So, this evening, on the U of I campus, EQuality Champaign-Urbana is
organizing a PROP 8 DECISION RALLY
Date: Wednesday 8/4/2010
Time: 7pm-8pm
Place: Alma mater statue at the corner of Green and Wright streets in Urbana

Why today?: Sometime during the day on Wednesday 8/4/2010 U.S.
District Judge Vaughn Walker will hand down his decision on the
Proposition 8 trial, Perry v. Schwarzenegger.
Proposition 8 was the measure in 2008 which stopped legal same-sex
marriage in California, five months after California's state Supreme
Court legalized same-sex marriage.

Judge Walker may decide on the constitutionality of Proposition 8.
Either way, the loosing party will probably appeal the decision and
eventually the case may reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

This case marks the first time a federal court will decide whether a
state can constitutionally bar same-sex couples from getting married.

Please join us in showing your support of marriage equality.

Please feel free to bring posters supporting LGBT rights, same-sex
marriage rights, and rainbow flags. ?Paul Nolan will try to make some
posters to share, but if there is a large turnout it will be best to
make and bring your own poster.

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Wed Aug  4 11:06:22 2010
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:06:22 -0500
Subject: [Peace] reading group Thursday: Zionism and Israel's Role in the
	Middle East
Message-ID: <AANLkTimKyH1BrhE5f+yn_e_E6CM9Ph+m_S6OPRd8eU9D@mail.gmail.com>

I just wanted to make sure you had the readings for Thursday, in case
you want to come.

Thursday, August 5, 7 PM
Noyes Lab, R. 163 (Northeast side of the quad)
Socialist Reading Group: Zionism and Israel's Role in the Middle East

In the wake of its attack on a flotilla of international Palestinian
solidarity activists delivering aid to Gaza, the state of Israel has
come under increased criticism for its blockade of the Gaza strip, and
the brutal methods it employs to enforce it. But how does this
blockade fit into Israel's long-term strategy towards the
Palestinians? What is the real history of the conflict between Israel
and the Palestinians? And what role does Israel play in the middle
east?

We will be discussing all of these questions, based on the following readings:

"Zionism, False Messiah" by Lance Selfa
http://www.isreview.org/issues/04/zionism_false_messiah.shtml

"Israel: The U.S. Watchdog" by Lance Selfa
http://www.isreview.org/issues/04/Israel_watchdog.shtml

"Israel: Colonial-Settler State" by Phil Gasper
http://www.isreview.org/issues/15/israel_colonial.shtml

Interview with Naseer Aruri on the Oslo "Peace" Process
http://www.isreview.org/issues/15/Aruri_interview.shtml


Additional reading from the current issue of the International Socialist Review:

Apartheid Israel and the Contradictions of Left Zionism (an interview
with Tikva Honig-Parnass)
http://www.isreview.org/issues/72/feat-tikvaint.shtml


For more info on the contents of this email, call 415-713-6260 or
email iso.champaign at gmail.com



-- 
karen medina
<~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
"In this universe, we are given two gifts: the ability to love, and
the ability to ask questions." (Mary Oliver, American poet)
A third gift is the ability to laugh. (Jenifer, a friend)

From slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu  Thu Aug  5 14:58:49 2010
From: slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu (Stuart Levy)
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:58:49 -0500
Subject: [Peace] new immigration-rights group? - Tue 7pm,
	Champaign Public Library, room "C"
Message-ID: <20100805195849.GA32244@osage.ncsa.uiuc.edu>


What:  Organizing meeting for an immigrants' rights group
When:  Tuesday, Aug. 10th, 7:00-9:00 PM
Where: Champaign Public Library, Robeson Pavilion room "C"
	

Several of us [*] have been talking about ongoing action on
immigrants' rights, sparked by Arizona's SB 1070 law, the
prospect of similar laws in other states, and anti-immigrant
feeling in general.

We held a demonstration against SB 1070 and in support of
humane immigration policies on July 29th, the day the Arizona law
went into effect -- it was a symbolic occasion but only a small step
in a long struggle.

We're looking now at how to go further.  We have some ideas, and
hope you will too.  Interested?  Please come to the meeting if you can
(Tue 8/10, 7:00pm, Champaign Library room "A"), or let us know
and we can include you in future mailings.

[Besides the lists above, we're also blind-cc'ing people who'd
been involved in the New Sanctuary movement in the past.  If you get
this and aren't on the AWARE-Peace or CUCPJ-announce lists, and want to
continue hearing about this effort, please let us know, too.]


Some ideas we've talked about:

   * Many people in the area are simply unaware of the issues
	surrounding immigration in the US, and there's plenty
	of misinformation going around.

	We should assemble information, with SB 1070 and related
	legislation as the core, to inform people, keep them aware of
	current events, debunk myths, maybe provide alternatives
	to anti-immigrant spin.  We'd probably prepare flyers, at least.

	Those flyers could be good things to offer passersby at demonstrations.

	This is a personal struggle.  How our country treats immigrants
	isn't just a matter of "them".  A climate of fear affects us all.

   * We should look to involve students, *and also* need to be
	present to people in the community, who will be an anchor:
	lasting support will come from people of the C-U community.


   * We anticipate future events that will require quick action --
	for example, anti-immigrant legislation in other states including IL
	(or anti-immigrant editorials, or deportation raids ...).
	We should assemble a response task force to be ready to speak out.


   * Specific local action: Jimmy John Liautaud, owner of Jimmy John's
	(with its national HQ in Champaign), has apparently actively 
	supported SB 1070.  In 2008, sent $10,000 (of his own money)
	to a group supporting the reelection of Phoenix's appalling
	Sheriff Arpaio.

	We could mobilize around this.   For example,
	could write to Jimmy John himself, inviting him to
	publicly change his position and oppose SB 1070.
	(This could be a private contact, or an open letter.)

	We could choose some Jimmy John's locations and hold protests
	outside them, urging the franchise owner of that shop
	to make a similar statement.

	If we think there's enough support, we could try to
	organize a boycott of Jimmy John's.

[*] People who've been meeting so far:
   Allison McGillivray; Jesse Phillippe, Eric Heim (of ISO);
   Celeste Larkin (La Colectiva); Paul Nolan; Stuart Levy (AWARE).
   And at least 18 people attended the July 29th demonstration.


From mmulberry at gmail.com  Thu Aug  5 15:09:44 2010
From: mmulberry at gmail.com (Michael Mulberry)
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:09:44 -0500
Subject: [Peace] new immigration-rights group? - Tue 7pm,
	Champaign Public 	Library, room "C"
In-Reply-To: <20100805195849.GA32244@osage.ncsa.uiuc.edu>
References: <20100805195849.GA32244@osage.ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=Ky_=hHuKtXYC2jNeqFTqXkU-c9FhA3ndxEUnM@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Stuart!

Awesome!  Thanks for the ministry you are doing.

If I can be support from afar, please let me know.  I always offer
delegations to Postville, Iowa. (always thought we could create a similar
model in Rantoul).    There are also immersion models out of Chicago--one
being done by the Chicago Religious Leadership Network.  Just go to the CRLN
website www.crln.org and scroll down to the BorderLinks reference.  These
might help people come back to the C-U area with a different perspective on
how to organize.  Just let me know.

I'm also taking a youth and young adult delegation to Chiapas, Mexico, which
will have immigration as part of its focus.  That takes off December 27 and
returns January 5.  Would love to have someone involved from the area.

Each faith, each denomination has developed a resource list for immigration.
 HIAS (Jewish) has great stuff.  I have helped put stuff together for the
UCC.  The ELCA, Pres. USA, and UMC all have great material.  If you ever
want a one page info sheet I and others have put together, please let me
know.  So many people in C-U are so dear to me.

There is so much hate out there.  Thanks for being one of the vanguards of
love and compassion.  Blessings on this continuing ministry

Grace and peace (not as the world gives),
Mike Mulberry

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:

>
> What:  Organizing meeting for an immigrants' rights group
> When:  Tuesday, Aug. 10th, 7:00-9:00 PM
> Where: Champaign Public Library, Robeson Pavilion room "C"
>
>
> Several of us [*] have been talking about ongoing action on
> immigrants' rights, sparked by Arizona's SB 1070 law, the
> prospect of similar laws in other states, and anti-immigrant
> feeling in general.
>
> We held a demonstration against SB 1070 and in support of
> humane immigration policies on July 29th, the day the Arizona law
> went into effect -- it was a symbolic occasion but only a small step
> in a long struggle.
>
> We're looking now at how to go further.  We have some ideas, and
> hope you will too.  Interested?  Please come to the meeting if you can
> (Tue 8/10, 7:00pm, Champaign Library room "A"), or let us know
> and we can include you in future mailings.
>
> [Besides the lists above, we're also blind-cc'ing people who'd
> been involved in the New Sanctuary movement in the past.  If you get
> this and aren't on the AWARE-Peace or CUCPJ-announce lists, and want to
> continue hearing about this effort, please let us know, too.]
>
>
> Some ideas we've talked about:
>
>   * Many people in the area are simply unaware of the issues
>        surrounding immigration in the US, and there's plenty
>        of misinformation going around.
>
>        We should assemble information, with SB 1070 and related
>        legislation as the core, to inform people, keep them aware of
>        current events, debunk myths, maybe provide alternatives
>        to anti-immigrant spin.  We'd probably prepare flyers, at least.
>
>        Those flyers could be good things to offer passersby at
> demonstrations.
>
>        This is a personal struggle.  How our country treats immigrants
>        isn't just a matter of "them".  A climate of fear affects us all.
>
>   * We should look to involve students, *and also* need to be
>        present to people in the community, who will be an anchor:
>        lasting support will come from people of the C-U community.
>
>
>   * We anticipate future events that will require quick action --
>        for example, anti-immigrant legislation in other states including IL
>        (or anti-immigrant editorials, or deportation raids ...).
>        We should assemble a response task force to be ready to speak out.
>
>
>   * Specific local action: Jimmy John Liautaud, owner of Jimmy John's
>        (with its national HQ in Champaign), has apparently actively
>        supported SB 1070.  In 2008, sent $10,000 (of his own money)
>        to a group supporting the reelection of Phoenix's appalling
>        Sheriff Arpaio.
>
>        We could mobilize around this.   For example,
>        could write to Jimmy John himself, inviting him to
>        publicly change his position and oppose SB 1070.
>        (This could be a private contact, or an open letter.)
>
>        We could choose some Jimmy John's locations and hold protests
>        outside them, urging the franchise owner of that shop
>        to make a similar statement.
>
>        If we think there's enough support, we could try to
>        organize a boycott of Jimmy John's.
>
> [*] People who've been meeting so far:
>   Allison McGillivray; Jesse Phillippe, Eric Heim (of ISO);
>   Celeste Larkin (La Colectiva); Paul Nolan; Stuart Levy (AWARE).
>   And at least 18 people attended the July 29th demonstration.
>
>


-- 
www.illinoismayaministry.blogspot.com
www.theunitedchurchofbyron.net

Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of
cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is
the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is
dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty~Oscar Romero
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From slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu  Thu Aug  5 17:21:55 2010
From: slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu (Stuart Levy)
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:21:55 -0500
Subject: [Peace] *Thu 8/5 6:15pm* Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony: Live
	Broadcast
Message-ID: <20100805222155.GA24465@osage.ncsa.uiuc.edu>

The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima 65 years ago tomorrow.

There will be a web broadcast of the Peace Memorial Ceremony:

In about an hour, at 6:15pm Central time *Thursday Aug 5th*,
you can watch it live, and listen to the Mayor's speech:

???http://navi.smartstream.ne.jp/peacedec/live.asx

[Japan time, this will be 8:15 AM JST on the 6th.
Sorry for the late notice -- I'd misread the US time earlier.]

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Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:33:07 -0700
From: Jackie Cabasso <wslf at earthlink.net>
Subject: [ufpj-activist] Fwd: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony: Live
	Broadcast on August 6, 2010.
To: ufpj-disarm at yahoogroups.com, SC <ufpj-sc at lists.mayfirst.org>,
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Dear colleagues -- Greetings from Hiroshima, the first A-bombed city.
The following information is from the Mayors for Peace Hiroshima
secretariat. -- Jackie Cabasso

The 2010 Peace Memorial Ceremony and the Peace Declaration in English
read by Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba will be broadcast live via the internet.
We would appreciate it if you could take some time out of your busy
schedule to view the ceremony and reflect on the significance of world
peace.

[Ceremony]
1?Date
??6: 15 PM on August 5, 2010 (CDT, USA) [8:15 AM JST on August 6]

2?Web address
??Hiroshima City webpage?English?The Atomic Bomb & Peace>
Peace Memorial Ceremony 2010 Live Devotion

[Peace Declaration in English]
1?Date
??8: 15 AM on August 6, 2010 (CDT, USA) [10:15 PM JST on the same day]

2?Web address
???http://navi.smartstream.ne.jp/peacedec/live.asx


In addition, FM Chupea, a local radio station in Hiroshima, will broadcast the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony live from 8:00 AM JST to 8:55 AM JST on August 6, 2010 in both Japanese and English.  The program will be broadcast via both ground wave (76.6 MHz) and the internet (http://www.simulradio.jp/asx/fm-chupea.asx).  A 20-minute "Prologue" will also be broadcast in two languages from 7:40 AM JST up until the ceremony starts. 

[Contact]
Manabu Iwasaki (Mr.)
Division Director
Mayors for Peace Secretariat
1-5, Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0811 JAPAN
Tel: +81-82-242-7821
Fax: +81-82-242-7452
Email: mayorcon at pcf.city.hiroshima.jp







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From galliher at illinois.edu  Fri Aug  6 10:12:05 2010
From: galliher at illinois.edu (C. G. Estabrook)
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:12:05 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Flyer for Main Event, 7 August
Message-ID: <4C5C2645.6030007@illinois.edu>




    U.S. WAR POLICY VS. OBAMA'S RHETORIC ON REDUCING NUCLEAR WEAPONS

/*On August 6, 1945, the U.S. detonated an atomic weapon in a defeated Japan, 
killing 150,000 people. Three days later, a different sort of atomic bomb was 
dropped on another defenseless city, killing another 75,000.*

If there is an argument for the attack on Hiroshima, there can be none for that 
on Nagasaki - a weapons test with live subjects. And we in America have no 
memory at all of the "finale" described in the official Air Force history, a 
1000-plane raid on civilian targets organized by General "Hap" Arnold to 
celebrate the war's end, five days after Nagasaki. According to survivors, 
leaflets were dropped among the bombs announcing the surrender.

Sixty-five years later the U.S. - the only country ever to use such weapons in 
war - spends more each year on war than the entire rest of the world. And our 
country has maimed, killed and made homeless more noncombatants than all the 
rest of the countries in the world combined since World War II.
*
If Americans knew what was being done in their name around the world, they would 
be appalled.*
/
Right now Iran's nuclear ambitions dominate the headlines. The warnings are that 
Iran may be concealing something from the International Atomic Energy Agency and 
violating U.N. Security Council Resolution 1887, passed last October and hailed 
as a victory for Obama's efforts to contain Iran.

Meanwhile, a debate continues on whether Obama's recent decision to reconfigure 
missile-defense systems in Europe is a capitulation to the Russians or a 
pragmatic step to defend the West from Iranian nuclear attack.
*
Silence is often more eloquent than loud clamor, so let us attend to what is 
unspoken.*

Amid the furor over Iranian duplicity, the IAEA passed a resolution calling on 
Israel to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and open its nuclear 
facilities to inspection.

The United States and Europe tried to block the IAEA resolution, but it passed 
anyway. The media virtually ignored the event.
*
The United States assured Israel that it would support Israel's rejection of the 
resolution - reaffirming a secret understanding that has allowed Israel to 
maintain a nuclear arsenal closed to international inspections, according to 
officials familiar with the arrangements. Again, the media were silent.*

Indian officials greeted U.N. Resolution 1887 by announcing that India "can now 
build nuclear weapons with the same destructive power as those in the arsenals 
of the world's major nuclear powers."

Both India and Pakistan are expanding their nuclear weapons programs. They have 
twice come dangerously close to nuclear war, and the problems that almost 
ignited this catastrophe are very much alive.
*
Obama greeted Resolution 1887 differently. The day before he was awarded the 
Nobel Prize for his inspiring commitment to peace, the Pentagon announced it was 
accelerating delivery of the most lethal non-nuclear weapons in the arsenal: 
13-ton bombs for B-2 and B-52 stealth bombers, designed to destroy deeply hidden 
bunkers shielded by 10,000 pounds of reinforced concrete.*

It's no secret the bunker busters could be deployed against Iran.

*Planning for these "massive ordnance penetrators" began in the Bush years but 
languished until Obama called for developing them rapidly when he came into office.*

Passed unanimously, Resolution 1887 calls for the end of threats of force and 
for all countries to join the NPT, as Iran did long ago. NPT non-signers are 
India, Israel and Pakistan, all of which developed nuclear weapons with U.S. 
help, in violation of the NPT.

Iran hasn't invaded another country for hundreds of years -- unlike the United 
States, Israel and India (which occupies Kashmir, brutally).

*The threat from Iran is minuscule. If Iran had nuclear weapons and delivery 
systems and prepared to use them, the country would be vaporized.
*
To believe Iran would use nuclear weapons to attack Israel, or anyone, "amounts 
to assuming that Iran's leaders are insane" and that they look forward to being 
reduced to "radioactive dust," strategic analyst Leonard Weiss observes, adding 
that Israel's missile-carrying submarines are "virtually impervious to 
preemptive military attack," not to speak of the immense U.S. arsenal.

In naval maneuvers in July of 2009, Israel sent its Dolphin class subs, capable 
of carrying nuclear missiles, through the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea, 
sometimes accompanied by warships, to a position from which they could attack 
Iran - as they have a "sovereign right" to do, according to U.S. Vice President 
Joe Biden.
*
Not for the first time, what is veiled in silence would receive front-page 
headlines in societies that valued their freedom and were concerned with the 
fate of the world.*

The Iranian regime is harsh and repressive, and no humane person wants Iran - or 
anyone else - to have nuclear weapons. But a little honesty would not hurt in 
addressing these problems.

The Nobel Peace Prize, of course, is not concerned solely with reducing the 
threat of terminal nuclear war, but rather with war generally, and the 
preparation for war. In this regard, the selection of Obama raised eyebrows, not 
least in Iran, surrounded by U.S. occupying armies.

*On Iran's borders in Afghanistan and in Pakistan, Obama has escalated Bush's 
war and is likely to proceed on that course, perhaps sharply.
*
Obama has made clear that the United States intends to retain a long-term major 
presence in the region. That much is signaled by the huge city-within-a city 
called "the Baghdad Embassy" [in Iraq] - unlike any embassy in the world. He has 
also announced the construction of mega-embassies in Islamabad [capital of 
Pakistan] and Kabul [capital of Afghanistan] and huge consulates in Peshawar and 
elsewhere.
*
Nonpartisan budget monitors report in that the "administration's request for 
$538 billion for the Defense Department in fiscal 2010 and its stated intention 
to maintain a high level of funding in the coming years put the president on 
track to spend more on defense, in real dollars, than any other president has in 
one term of office since World War II. And that's not counting the additional 
$130 billion the administration is requesting to fund the wars in Iraq and 
Afghanistan next year, with even more war spending slated for future years."*
/
The war will continue until more Americans speak up loudly and reject it. A 
majority of Americans do reject it, but that is not enough for our government. 
If you are appalled that the US is conducting an unjustified war in the Middle 
East -- and misrepresenting the reason for it -- call your Congressional 
representatives. Congressman Tim Johnson, Senator Roland Burris, and Senator 
Dick Durbin can be reached through the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121. Tell 
them that the US has no business killing people in the Middle East for resisting 
our invasion and occupation. (Your protest makes a difference: Congressman 
Johnson, who voted for the invasions of Afghanistan and Pakistan, now says that 
he was wrong to do so and refuses to vote for any more funding for war in the 
Middle East.)

You can also join a local peace group that is working to end the war in 
Afghanistan. In Champaign-Urbana, one local peace group is AWARE, the Anti-War 
Anti-Racism Effort (see our page on Facebook), members and friends of which 
produced this leaflet for our monthly peace demonstration in downtown Champaign. 
We meet every Sunday 5-6:30pm at the McKinley Foundation, 5th & Daniel streets 
in Champaign. Visitors and new members are welcome.

AWARE presents "AWARE on the Air" each Tuesday 10-11pm on Urbana Public 
Television, cable channel 6. Each week we bring you comments by members and 
friends of AWARE about the war and the opposition to it, locally and nationally, 
by Americans who oppose our government's betrayal of our democratic principles. 
AWARE is composed of people opposed to the war, but it is not affiliated with 
any other group or political party. /      ###
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From brussel at illinois.edu  Fri Aug  6 10:32:03 2010
From: brussel at illinois.edu (Morton K. Brussel)
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:32:03 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Flyer for Main Event, 7 August
In-Reply-To: <4C5C2645.6030007@illinois.edu>
References: <4C5C2645.6030007@illinois.edu>
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Fine, 
I would also state that wrt to Iraq, the U.S. State Department is signing contracts for an estimated 100,000 "non-military" personel to take up the gap left by the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The occupation continues in other guises. 
--mkb

On Aug 6, 2010, at 10:12 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

> U.S. WAR POLICY VS. OBAMA'S RHETORIC ON REDUCING NUCLEAR WEAPONS
> 
> On August 6, 1945, the U.S. detonated an atomic weapon in a defeated Japan, killing 150,000 people. Three days later, a different sort of atomic bomb was dropped on another defenseless city, killing another 75,000.
> 
> If there is an argument for the attack on Hiroshima, there can be none for that on Nagasaki - a weapons test with live subjects. And we in America have no memory at all of the "finale" described in the official Air Force history, a 1000-plane raid on civilian targets organized by General "Hap" Arnold to celebrate the war's end, five days after Nagasaki. According to survivors, leaflets were dropped among the bombs announcing the surrender.
> 
> Sixty-five years later the U.S. - the only country ever to use such weapons in war - spends more each year on war than the entire rest of the world. And our country has maimed, killed and made homeless more noncombatants than all the rest of the countries in the world combined since World War II.
> 
> If Americans knew what was being done in their name around the world, they would be appalled.
> 
> Right now Iran's nuclear ambitions dominate the headlines. The warnings are that Iran may be concealing something from the International Atomic Energy Agency and violating U.N. Security Council Resolution 1887, passed last October and hailed as a victory for Obama's efforts to contain Iran.
> 
> Meanwhile, a debate continues on whether Obama's recent decision to reconfigure missile-defense systems in Europe is a capitulation to the Russians or a pragmatic step to defend the West from Iranian nuclear attack.
> 
> Silence is often more eloquent than loud clamor, so let us attend to what is unspoken.
> 
> Amid the furor over Iranian duplicity, the IAEA passed a resolution calling on Israel to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and open its nuclear facilities to inspection.
> 
> The United States and Europe tried to block the IAEA resolution, but it passed anyway. The media virtually ignored the event.
> 
> The United States assured Israel that it would support Israel's rejection of the resolution - reaffirming a secret understanding that has allowed Israel to maintain a nuclear arsenal closed to international inspections, according to officials familiar with the arrangements. Again, the media were silent.
> 
> Indian officials greeted U.N. Resolution 1887 by announcing that India "can now build nuclear weapons with the same destructive power as those in the arsenals of the world's major nuclear powers." 
> 
> Both India and Pakistan are expanding their nuclear weapons programs. They have twice come dangerously close to nuclear war, and the problems that almost ignited this catastrophe are very much alive.
> 
> Obama greeted Resolution 1887 differently. The day before he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his inspiring commitment to peace, the Pentagon announced it was accelerating delivery of the most lethal non-nuclear weapons in the arsenal: 13-ton bombs for B-2 and B-52 stealth bombers, designed to destroy deeply hidden bunkers shielded by 10,000 pounds of reinforced concrete.
> 
> It's no secret the bunker busters could be deployed against Iran.
> 
> Planning for these "massive ordnance penetrators" began in the Bush years but languished until Obama called for developing them rapidly when he came into office.
> 
> Passed unanimously, Resolution 1887 calls for the end of threats of force and for all countries to join the NPT, as Iran did long ago. NPT non-signers are India, Israel and Pakistan, all of which developed nuclear weapons with U.S. help, in violation of the NPT.
> 
> Iran hasn't invaded another country for hundreds of years -- unlike the United States, Israel and India (which occupies Kashmir, brutally).
> 
> The threat from Iran is minuscule. If Iran had nuclear weapons and delivery systems and prepared to use them, the country would be vaporized.
> 
> To believe Iran would use nuclear weapons to attack Israel, or anyone, "amounts to assuming that Iran's leaders are insane" and that they look forward to being reduced to "radioactive dust," strategic analyst Leonard Weiss observes, adding that Israel's missile-carrying submarines are "virtually impervious to preemptive military attack," not to speak of the immense U.S. arsenal.
> 
> In naval maneuvers in July of 2009, Israel sent its Dolphin class subs, capable of carrying nuclear missiles, through the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea, sometimes accompanied by warships, to a position from which they could attack Iran - as they have a "sovereign right" to do, according to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.
> 
> Not for the first time, what is veiled in silence would receive front-page headlines in societies that valued their freedom and were concerned with the fate of the world.
> 
> The Iranian regime is harsh and repressive, and no humane person wants Iran - or anyone else - to have nuclear weapons. But a little honesty would not hurt in addressing these problems.
> 
> The Nobel Peace Prize, of course, is not concerned solely with reducing the threat of terminal nuclear war, but rather with war generally, and the preparation for war. In this regard, the selection of Obama raised eyebrows, not least in Iran, surrounded by U.S. occupying armies.
> 
> On Iran's borders in Afghanistan and in Pakistan, Obama has escalated Bush's war and is likely to proceed on that course, perhaps sharply.
> 
> Obama has made clear that the United States intends to retain a long-term major presence in the region. That much is signaled by the huge city-within-a city called "the Baghdad Embassy" [in Iraq] - unlike any embassy in the world. He has also announced the construction of mega-embassies in Islamabad [capital of Pakistan] and Kabul [capital of Afghanistan] and huge consulates in Peshawar and elsewhere.
> 
> Nonpartisan budget monitors report in that the "administration's request for $538 billion for the Defense Department in fiscal 2010 and its stated intention to maintain a high level of funding in the coming years put the president on track to spend more on defense, in real dollars, than any other president has in one term of office since World War II. And that's not counting the additional $130 billion the administration is requesting to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan next year, with even more war spending slated for future years."
> 
> The war will continue until more Americans speak up loudly and reject it. A majority of Americans do reject it, but that is not enough for our government. If you are appalled that the US is conducting an unjustified war in the Middle East ? and misrepresenting the reason for it ? call your Congressional representatives. Congressman Tim Johnson, Senator Roland Burris, and Senator Dick Durbin can be reached through the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121. Tell them that the US has no business killing people in the Middle East for resisting our invasion and occupation. (Your protest makes a difference: Congressman Johnson, who voted for the invasions of Afghanistan and Pakistan, now says that he was wrong to do so and refuses to vote for any more funding for war in the Middle East.)
> 
> You can also join a local peace group that is working to end the war in Afghanistan. In Champaign-Urbana, one local peace group is AWARE, the Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort (see our page on Facebook), members and friends of which produced this leaflet for our monthly peace demonstration in downtown Champaign. We meet every Sunday 5-6:30pm at the McKinley Foundation, 5th & Daniel streets in Champaign. Visitors and new members are welcome.
> 
> AWARE presents "AWARE on the Air" each Tuesday 10-11pm on Urbana Public Television, cable channel 6. Each week we bring you comments by members and friends of AWARE about the war and the opposition to it, locally and nationally, by Americans who oppose our government's betrayal of our democratic principles. AWARE is composed of people opposed to the war, but it is not affiliated with any other group or political party.         ###
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From galliher at illinois.edu  Fri Aug  6 12:45:26 2010
From: galliher at illinois.edu (C. G. Estabrook)
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 12:45:26 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Nader on C-Span Saturday 8-11am
Message-ID: <4C5C4A36.4080108@illinois.edu>

  BOOK TV ON C-SPAN

In Depth: Ralph Nader - Saturday, August 7th at 9am-noon (ET)

     Ralph Nader was a candidate for President of the United States on the Green 
Party ticket in 1996 and 2000 and as an independent in 2004 and 2008. He is the 
author of several books, including "Unsafe at Any Speed," an indictment of the 
auto industry published in 1965. As a consumer and political activist he has 
spoken out on a variety of issues, including health care, food safety, 
environmental pollution, worker rights, tax reform, civil rights, and corporate 
influence.

Ralph Nader is author or co-author of more than 20 books, including:

Unsafe at Any Speed (1965); Whistle-Blowing (1972); Action for a Change (1973); 
The Big Boys (1986); The Lemon Book (1990); Winning the Insurance Game (1990); 
Canada Firsts (1992); Collision Course (1994); No Contest (1996); Ralph Nader 
Reader (2000); Cutting Corporate Welfare (2000); Crashing the Party (2002); In 
Pursuit of Justice (2004); The Good Fight (2004); Civic Arousal (2004); The 
Seventeen Traditions (2007); Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! (2009)

     http://www.booktv.org/Program/11751/In+Depth+Ralph+Nader.aspx


From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Thu Aug 12 17:27:11 2010
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:27:11 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Farmer's Market this Sat -- anyone else?
In-Reply-To: <20100812215759.GB5229@osage.ncsa.uiuc.edu>
References: <20100812215759.GB5229@osage.ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <AANLkTimgPD0wzxVtxtQ9tdSUnHBohX6LJj4uZ=7aVtfX@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Peace people,

For the AWARE Farmer's Market table this Saturday,
four of us have signed up, but several of the regular table
staff people aren't available. ?We could use one or two more --
one each on the first shift (8:00am-9:20am) and last shift (10:40am-noon).

If you say Yes, you'll be the second person on that shift,
so you & partner won't be entirely tied to the table during your time.

Can anyone spare an hour and a third this Saturday morning?

From akmcgilli at gmail.com  Fri Aug 13 14:30:47 2010
From: akmcgilli at gmail.com (Allison McGillivray)
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:30:47 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Join the Cause to Denounce Hateful Legislation
Message-ID: <AANLkTikbYoS3374mvcv_0WS_pn-VAoZOiCdAqZTXLOe-@mail.gmail.com>

JOIN THE CAUSE TO DENOUNCE HATEFUL LEGISLATION

It has been two weeks since Arizona's SB 1070 was enacted into law. While
the threat to undocumented immigrants is lessened due to Federal Judge Susan
Bolton's ruling (read below), the persecution of undocumented immigrants
continues throughout Arizona and the U.S.

Still, more frightening than Arizona's new law is the ripple effect it is
making through the country. Five states have already introduced similar
legislation, and 20 additional states are purportedly considering it.

The border is no longer just along the Rio Grande.

A group of Champaign-Urbana residents have been meeting to discuss what we
can do here to help our immigrant brothers and sisters and prevent this kind
of legislature from reaching Illinois. While we have some ideas of what
could be productive, engaging and fruitful, we need your help to make this
possible!

We invite you to join us for our continued planning meetings.

*Champaign Public Library*
 * Friends Meeting Room (rm 215 on 2nd floor)
*  *7:00-9:00 PM, Monday, Aug. 23rd

*Hope to see you there!

Peace,
Allison McGillivray

Some background...

On July 29th, Arizona enacted into law SB 1070. Thankfully, the most
threatening aspects of the bill were struck down by a federal judge.
However, the law is still promoting segregation and fear by dismantling
ethnic studies in public schools, allowing Arizona residents to sue the
state for not fully enforcing immigration laws, and making it a state crime
to pick up day laborers.

"Why Judge Susan Bolton Blocked Key Parts of Arizona's SB 1070," Christian
Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/0728/Why-Judge-Susan-Bolton-blocked-key-parts-of-Arizona-s-SB-1070

Original SB1070 Text
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.pdf
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From galliher at illinois.edu  Sun Aug 15 14:05:32 2010
From: galliher at illinois.edu (C. G. Estabrook)
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:05:32 -0500
Subject: [Peace] AWARE mtg. & AWARE On The Air
Message-ID: <4C683A7C.6050803@illinois.edu>

  I won't be able to make the AWARE meeting tonight, but I will be there to 
soldier on (so to speak) with AWARE On The Air on Tuesday at 1pm in the UPTV 
studio (Urbana City Council chambers).   Join me if you can.

I'd appreciate reports on what is said, done, & announced at tonight's meeting 
for use on Tuesday.

The New (academic) Year might be a good time to begin again to keep minutes.   --CGE

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Tue Aug 17 09:11:05 2010
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:11:05 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Dinner funder raiser for Flood Victims in Pakistan / Aug.
	21 (Saturday)
Message-ID: <AANLkTikcT3_yXk-BRO-G5AetZz1C_WgBJ9+1kyEFB1rd@mail.gmail.com>

Upcoming Events:
Pakistan is currently experiencing the worst monsoon floods in living
memory, and receiving very little humanitarian aid. Flash floods and
landslides have killed at least 800 people and affected over one
million in northwest Pakistan, according to a local official. The
flooding began more than two weeks ago in the mountainous northwest
and has spread throughout the country. Some 20 million people and at
least one-fifth of the country's land mass have been affected.

Event: Iftar* Dinner funder raiser for Flood Victims in Pakistan:
Date/Time: August 21, Saturday 6pm
Location: Research Park Gateway Building, 1800 S. Oak St., Champaign, Illinois

Hosted by PGSA ? UIUC (Pakistan Graduate Students Association at the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Tickets are $30 for one, $50 for a couple, $65 for a family of three,
$75 for a family of four
Tickets can be purchased from Barbara Kessel, barkes at gmail.com
Donations are also accepted
Also: Osman Sarood (217-819-9492) or Qazi Aurangzeb (217-417-9821) to
purchase tickets or ask further questions
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ro/www/PakistaniGraduateStudentsAssociation/
Cosponsors: Islamic Relief**, CIMIC, CU-Interfaith Alliance, First
Mennonite Church, CU-Friends Meeting, MSA, MAS, Intercultural
Friendship Foundation.

--   Notes of explanation
* Iftar (Arabic: ??????), refers to the evening meal when Muslims
break their fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Iftar is one of
the religious observances of Ramadan and is often done as a community,
with people gathering to break their fast together. Iftar is done
right after Maghrib (sunset) time.
** Islamic Relief is an independent NGO founded in the UK in 1984 and
is an international relief and development organization comprised of a
family of 15 Aid Agencies that, as a whole, aims to alleviate the
suffering of the world?s poorest people. They are inspired by their
Islamic values and envisage a world where communities are empowered,
social obligations are fulfilled and people respond as one to the
suffering of others. Islamic Relief is a member of the UN's Economic
and Social Council and it is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for
the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in
Disaster Relief. IR is also a member of Bond (British Overseas NGOs
for Development) and is part of the global Make Poverty History
coalition which is campaigning to end extreme poverty.

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Tue Aug 17 09:43:22 2010
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:43:22 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Meeting of the CU Immigrant Rights Group / August 23rd, 7pm
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=WDRVPx+SvdmYfa4mwB=MVg39prRdkSRc0fKs_@mail.gmail.com>

Meeting of the CU Immigrant Rights Group,
August 23rd, 2010;
7pm
at the Champaign Public Library conference room

Agenda: Talk about Mr. Jimmy John Liautaud, a local, a large business
owner, and a very strong financial supporter of anti-immigration
politicians in Arizona like Joe Arpaio and John McCain. Mr. Liautaud
is the founder of Jimmy John?s and continues to be 67% owner. He lives
in Champaign Illinois.  The corporate headquarters are also in
Champaign.

Minnesota had a very successful boycott of Jimmy John?s.  See the
story: http://www.fightbacknews.org/2010/7/15/jimmy-john-s-franchise-owner-condemns-sb1070-under-pressure-boycott

---
CU Immigrant Rights Group is an independent group, but has several
AWARE members who are active in the group.

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Tue Aug 17 09:53:33 2010
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:53:33 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Quad Day / August 22nd, noon to 4pm
Message-ID: <AANLkTimJt+VAqJJO612iq2Cko3qg303yPj-2hCzerJ+t@mail.gmail.com>

Quad Day, August 22nd, 2010
Noon to 4pm on the University of Illinois Quad*
AWARE has been offered some space on other groups? tables. We will be
giving out peace buttons and AWARE business cards.

* The Quadrangle is between Green Street and Gregory Drive, and
between Wright Street and Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Tue Aug 17 10:24:23 2010
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:24:23 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Somewhat full list of Upcoming Events for August 15,
 2010 - August 28, 2010
Message-ID: <AANLkTinPe_qvWS6-D5KBMyvQL194PcE9vToKWLmqwA_k@mail.gmail.com>

Somewhat full list of Upcoming Events for August 15, 2010 - August 28, 2010:

[not an anti-war event, but some may be interested]
CUPrideFest 2010 (the first gay pride festival in Champaign Urbana!)
August 20th, 2010, Friday; 4pm-2am
Lincoln Square Mall (downtown Urbana)
Family friendly events!
Food, kids? games and activities, performances by Amasong and loads of
bands and much more.

Farmer?s Market / AWARE?s table at the Farmer?s Market
August 21st, 2010, Saturday; 8am-noon
Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets, Urbana, Illinois
Bumper stickers, buttons, literature, conversation, yard signs, peace
flags, tee-shirts.

[not an AWARE event, but some may be interested]
Iftar* Dinner funder raiser for Flood Victims in Pakistan:
August 21st, 2010, Saturday; 6pm
Research Park Gateway Building, 1800 S. Oak St., Champaign, Illinois
Hosted by PGSA ? UIUC (Pakistan Graduate Students Association at the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Tickets are $30 for one, $50 for a couple, $65 for a family of three,
$75 for a family of four
Tickets can be purchased from Barbara Kessel, barkes at gmail.com
Also: Osman Sarood (217-819-9492) or Qazi Aurangzeb (217-417-9821) to
purchase tickets or ask further questions or to make a donation.
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ro/www/PakistaniGraduateStudentsAssociation/
Moneys go to Islamic Relief** ? a NGO with a good reputation.

Quad Day,
August 22nd, 2010, Sunday; Noon to 4pm
AWARE will be giving out peace buttons and AWARE ?business? cards.
The Quadrangle is between Green Street and Gregory Drive, and between
Wright Street and Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801

AWARE weekly meeting
August 23rd, 2010, Sunday; 5pm-6:30pm
McKinley Foundation's Dean Clark room, 5th and Daniel, Champaign, Illinois
News of the week discussion, work group reports, upcoming events.

[not an anti-war event, but some may be interested]
University of Illinois Fall Semester begins (first day of instruction)
August 23rd, 2010, Monday.

[not an anti-war event, but some may be interested]
Meeting of the CU Immigrant Rights Group,
August 23rd, 2010, Monday; 7pm at the Champaign Public Library conference room
200 W. Green St., Champaign, Illinois

Sweet Corn Festival / AWARE?s booth at the festival
Friday August 27 and Saturday August 28, 2010
Friday, 5pm-11pm; Saturday, 11am-11pm.

Join the peace listserv! It is a great way to know about upcoming peace events!
http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace

--   Notes of explanation
* Iftar (Arabic: ??????), refers to the evening meal when Muslims
break their fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Iftar is one of
the religious observances of Ramadan and is often done as a community,
with people gathering to break their fast together. Iftar is done
right after Maghrib (sunset) time.
** Islamic Relief is an independent NGO founded in the UK in 1984 and
is an international relief and development organization comprised of a
family of 15 Aid Agencies that, as a whole, aims to alleviate the
suffering of the world?s poorest people. They are inspired by their
Islamic values and envisage a world where communities are empowered,
social obligations are fulfilled and people respond as one to the
suffering of others. Islamic Relief is a member of the UN's Economic
and Social Council and it is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for
the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in
Disaster Relief. IR is also a member of Bond (British Overseas NGOs
for Development) and is part of the global Make Poverty History
coalition which is campa

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Tue Aug 17 12:17:16 2010
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:17:16 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Dump and Run Garage Sale at the U of I Stock Pavilion,
	August 21 and 22nd
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=R6nRqnKfGKhqmDzHNOy34BqL=TJRP-bc5HSm=@mail.gmail.com>

The University Y will be host its Annual Dump and Run Garage Sale at
the U of I Stock Pavilion (see dates and times below.).  The Stock
Pavilion is located at 1402 W. Pennsylvania, Urbana -- three blocks
east of Memorial Stadium across Pennsylvania Ave. from Mount Hope
Cemetery,

This year's sale will be held in the U of I Stock Pavilion August 21- 22, 2010:
Friday, August 21 from 8 am - 4 pm ($2 admission)
Saturday, August 22 from 12 pm - 4 pm ($3 bag sale & 1/2 price furniture)

Got furniture?

The Y will be offering *limited* pick up service for large furniture
(couches, armchairs, dressers, etc.) this WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
afternoon.  If you have furniture you would like to donate, please
contact the Y at (217) 337-1500.

From davegreen84 at yahoo.com  Tue Aug 17 18:08:28 2010
From: davegreen84 at yahoo.com (David Green)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:08:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] Israel Studies Project Panel Discussion (sic)
Message-ID: <620744.81469.qm@web65404.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>

Business as usual??

Wednesday, August 25: Panel Discussion - "Debating the Country, Surprising the 
People: The Israeli Public Sphere." 4pm, Music Room, Levis Faculty Center.

http://www.jewishculture.illinois.edu/programs/israel/
http://www.jewishculture.illinois.edu/events/lectures/

Aug. 25
? 4 p.m., Music Room, Levis Faculty Center. Panel discussion: ?Debating the 
Country, Surprising the People: The Public Sphere in Israel.? Harris; Todd 
Hasak-Lowy, professor of Hebrew at the University of Florida and author of 
?Captives? (Spiegel and Grau, 2008) and ?The Task of this Translator? (Harcourt, 
2005); and Keret. Moderated by Matti Bunzl, the director of the Program in 
Jewish Culture and Society. 


http://www.news.illinois.edu/news/10/0809israeli_artists.html


Etgar Keret 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etgar_Keret
http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/629/prmID/1120
http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-310/_nr-320/i.html

"On the way home from my parents' house, I began to think that maybe my father 
was right. And that it wasn't exactly good news. If, after all the hopes and 
disappointments, all the accords and intifadas, the best a whole country can 
wish for is a politician so nondescript that the pundits are still arguing over 
whether he's on the left or the right ? if we want a non-event on Election Day ? 
then we really must be exhausted."
?

Todd Hasak-Lowy
?
Why Obama?

http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2008/09/why_obama_by_to.html

September, 2008

"The moment Barack Obama places his hand on that Bible (if only it were a Quran) 
next January, trust me, the notion of starting your own garden or tearing up 
your credit cards or biking to work or attending a protest once a month won?t 
seem so far-fetched anymore. The Wicked Witch will finally be dead, and Dorothy 
(Cecily Tyson, not Judy Garland) will rule the day. At that moment, America, 
anything and everything will be open to change."


      


From galliher at illinois.edu  Tue Aug 17 18:32:44 2010
From: galliher at illinois.edu (C. G. Estabrook)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:32:44 -0500
Subject: [Peace] AOTA NOTA BENE
Message-ID: <4C6B1C1C.1030303@illinois.edu>

  *AWARE On The Air* tonight (10pm ch. 6) dissects the following bit of Obama 
administration agitprop, as found in its semi-official newspaper:

/<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/world/15shadowwar.html?scp=1&sq=shadow&st=cse>./

It's a propaganda bonanza, worthy of Pravda in the halcyon days of their own 
invasion of Afghanistan (opposed by Presidents Carter of the US and Zia of 
Pakistan, who had both sent fanatic jihadists to commit murder in their stead.)

In addition, Ron Szoke, who analyzes the NYT, brings us further News from the 
Nuthouse...

...on the day in 1988 when a plethora of spy agencies vied with one another to 
(successfully) bring down President Zia's plane. ("Murder on the South Asian 
Express.") They even killed the American ambassador, which makes it clear that 
the CIA had a hand in it ("...striped-pants sissies...").

[General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq was President of Pakistan from 1977 to his death on 
this day in 1988. After helping to defeat the Palestinians in Black September in 
Jordan in 1970, he was appointed Chief of Army Staff in 1976 by Prime Minister 
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto - whom he overthrew in in 1977; two years later, he had 
Bhutto (the father of Benazir "Pinky" Bhutto) judicially murdered.
     Zia's consolidated the nuclear program, initiated by Bhutto, and promoted 
Islamization. With the Carter administration he subsidized the Mujahideen 
movement before and during the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
     Pakistan developed nuclear weapons, outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty 
(NPT), thanks in no small measure to Ronald Reagan, who pretended not to see 
what his ally was doing. This was one element of Reagan's "unstinting support" 
for the "ruthless and vindictive" dictator Zia ul-Haq, whose rule had "the most 
long-lasting and damaging effect on Pakistani society, one still prevalent 
today," the highly respected analyst Ahmed Rashid observes. With Reagan's firm 
backing, Zia moved to impose "an ideological Islamic state upon the population." 
These are the immediate roots of many of "today's problems - the militancy of 
the religious parties, the mushrooming of madrassas and extremist groups, the 
spread of drug and Kalashnikov culture, and the increase in sectarian violence."
     The Reaganites also "built up the [Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, 
ISI] into a formidable intelligence agency that ran the political process inside 
Pakistan while promoting Islamic insurgencies in Kashmir and Central Asia," 
Rashid continues. "This global jihad launched by Zia and Reagan was to sow the 
seeds of al Qaeda and turn Pakistan into the world center of jihadism for the 
next two decades." Meanwhile Reagan's immediate successors left Afghanistan in 
the hands of the most vicious jihadis, later abandoning it to warlord rule under 
Rumsfeld's direction. The fearsome ISI continues to play both sides of the 
street, supporting the resurgent Taliban and simultaneously acceding to some US 
demands.]

Don't let anyone tell you different: Obama's war (what the Pentagon calls The 
Long War - for the energy resources of SW Asia) is going swimmingly.  Americans 
will pay for it and won't ask questions. It probably won't even be necessary to 
destroy Iran.  But we can - as Obama has been threatening to do since he ran for 
the Senate - any time we have to.

Good night, and sleep well.

Yr. obdt. servt.


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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Wed Aug 18 16:42:37 2010
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:42:37 -0500
Subject: [Peace] AWARE meeting minutes for August 15th, 2010
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=ruBU8wyyAkxF3CgkW0Zpvd+P-=b-MRxENJZur@mail.gmail.com>

AWARE minutes for Sunday, August 15, 2010
McKinley Foundation, Dean Clark room

Six people in attendance: Charles, Doug, Karen, Rohn, Ron, Stuart.

In the News this Week:
* Dispute over New York Islamic Center (Ron)
* Russia agrees to supply Iran; U.S. disliked, but now likes. (Doug)
* Floods in Pakistan; U.S. military is not helping the people
suffering from an incredibly horrible natural disaster. Not much help
is coming from anywhere. (Stuart)
* Because of Russia's crop failure, it stopped exporting wheat this
week. This is the kind of disruption, changing where food grows
reliably, that is expected as climate change goes on. (Stuart)
* U.S. secret war in Yemen (Carl via Ron)
* Real ID as a thing that started in the 1940?s and included probable
cause. (Charles)
* AT&T, GSM, hackers and government can intercept cell phone
conversations. (Charles)
* Google Earth used to help identify homes that built pools without
permits ; Aerial images being used to enforce laws; 4th amendment
(guards against unreasonable searches and seizures) (Karen)
[If the gist of comment was incorrectly represented here, I apologize. ?kem]

Working Group Reports:
Treasurer?s Report: We've spent about $600 recently on Farmer's Market
swag, and a couple hundred for use of McKinley through the end of the
year. Our balance is under a thousand but we're in OK shape. (Stuart)

AWARE on the Air:  We need more diversity! Tuesday, 1pm, UPTV. (Ron)

AWARE Films: September 26th, 2010; possibly going to show ?Rethink
Afghanistan?; 2pm at the Champaign Public Library.

Illinois Coalition for Justice, Peace and the Environment (Stuart):
recent face-to-face meeting in Chicago of the ICJPE representatives.
Stuart went (August 14th).  Topics discussed included :
* October 16, 2010: Midwest Regional Action day in Chicago (Obama?s
town).  A large antiwar demonstration right in Obama?s home town,
preceded by a teach-in, to make it mean more to the public than just
coming together and going home. Organizing committees are assembling.
Interested? Contact person: Andy Thayer (ccawr at aol dot com).
* November 6, 2010: Media Democracy Day: big meeting in Chicago, with
panels and a People?s Assembly.
* February 2011: proposed date for the next annual meeting of ICJPE:
Currently proposed is a smaller event with just a single good keynote
speaker. Suggestions for speakers are welcome. Two ideas: Glen Ford
(of Black Agenda Report), on activism in the era of Obama; or, finding
someone who is working on changing power relations ? like the work of
ACORN that made it such a target for the Right to bring down.
* November 2011 meeting; panels at this meeting.
* Monthly conference call meetings continue these discussions. Stuart
is ?attending? these as well.

Farmer?s Market: Comments from purchasers:
* Coexist bumper stickers are the wrong ones.  The ones we have do not
have the yin yang or the peace symbol on them.
* A certain county politician who frequents the table bought a yard sign.
* Stuart mentioned that we need to keep track of the ?War is not the
answer? yard sign sales so we can reimburse Friends Committee for
National Legislation (FCNL).
* A rough schedule for this coming Saturday was sketched out.
* The swag is at Stuart?s house.

Events of the Past Week:

Upcoming Events:
CUPrideFest 2010 (the first gay pride festival in Champaign Urbana!)
August 20th, 2010, Friday; 4pm-2am
Lincoln Square Mall (downtown Urbana)
Family friendly events!
Food, kids? games and activities, performances by Amasong and loads of
bands and much more.

Farmer?s Market / AWARE?s table at the Farmer?s Market
August 21st, 2010, Saturday; 8am-noon
Corner of Illinois and Vine Streets, Urbana, Illinois
Bumper stickers, buttons, literature, conversation, yard signs, peace
flags, tee-shirts.

Iftar* Dinner funder raiser for Flood Victims in Pakistan:
August 21st, 2010, Saturday; 6pm
Research Park Gateway Building, 1800 S. Oak St., Champaign, Illinois
Hosted by PGSA ? UIUC (Pakistan Graduate Students Association at the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Tickets are $30 for one, $50 for a couple, $65 for a family of three,
$75 for a family of four
Tickets can be purchased from Barbara Kessel, barkes at gmail.com
Also: Osman Sarood (217-819-9492) or Qazi Aurangzeb (217-417-9821) to
purchase tickets or ask further questions or to make a donation.
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ro/www/PakistaniGraduateStudentsAssociation/
Moneys go to Islamic Relief** ? a NGO with a good reputation.

Quad Day,
August 22nd, 2010, Sunday; Noon to 4pm
AWARE will be giving out peace buttons and AWARE ?business? cards.
The Quadrangle is between Green Street and Gregory Drive, and between
Wright Street and Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801

AWARE weekly meeting
August 22rd, 2010, Sunday; 5pm-6:30pm
McKinley Foundation's Dean Clark room, 5th and Daniel, Champaign, Illinois
News of the week discussion, work group reports, upcoming events.

University of Illinois Fall Semester begins (first day of instruction)
August 23rd, 2010, Monday.

Meeting of the CU Immigrant Rights Group,
August 23rd, 2010, Monday; 7pm at the Champaign Public Library in the
[Library] Friends Meeting Room (room 215, on 2nd floor)
200 W. Green St., Champaign, Illinois

Sweet Corn Festival / AWARE?s booth at the festival
Friday August 27 and Saturday August 28, 2010
Friday, 5pm-11pm; Saturday, 11am-11pm.

Join the peace listserv! It is a great way to know about upcoming peace events!
http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace

--   Notes of explanation
* Iftar (Arabic: ??????), refers to the evening meal when Muslims
break their fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Iftar is one of
the religious observances of Ramadan and is often done as a community,
with people gathering to break their fast together. Iftar is done
right after Maghrib (sunset) time.
** Islamic Relief is an independent NGO founded in the UK in 1984 and
is an international relief and development organization comprised of a
family of 15 Aid Agencies that, as a whole, aims to alleviate the
suffering of the world?s poorest people. They are inspired by their
Islamic values and envisage a world where communities are empowered,
social obligations are fulfilled and people respond as one to the
suffering of others. Islamic Relief is a member of the UN's Economic
and Social Council and it is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for
the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in
Disaster Relief. IR is also a member of Bond (British Overseas NGOs
for Development) and is part of the global Make Poverty History
coalition which is campaigning to end extreme poverty.
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From baldwinricky at yahoo.com  Wed Aug 18 21:23:11 2010
From: baldwinricky at yahoo.com (Ricky Baldwin)
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:23:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] Fw: [CentralILJwJ] REMINDER: Move-In Day Rally at UIUC
	TOMORROW Thurs Aug 19 at 12noon
Message-ID: <584275.31874.qm@web113814.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Please fwd widely...

Ricky Baldwin



"Speak your mind even if your voice shakes." - Maggie Kuhn

--- On Wed, 8/18/10, Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at yahoo.com>
Subject: [CentralILJwJ] REMINDER: Move-In Day Rally at UIUC TOMORROW Thurs Aug 19 at 12noon
To: "centraliljwj" <CentralILJwJ at yahoogroups.com>, "Robert Naiman" <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 9:21 PM







?



  


    
      
      
      Dear JwJ allies:

Labor and Learning Rally
Thursday Aug 19
12noon
(gather at 11:45 please)

FAR-PAR, 1001 College Ct.
off Lincoln
between Florida and Pennsylvania

Just a reminder, folks, and a word of caution:? parking is set to be horrendous, traffic, too, at the rally point and all along Lincoln and probably Pennsylvania.? Really ugly.? Good for visibility - once we're there.? But expect to park far away, or car pool, or use the buses.

Justus summarized it like this:

"Peabody Dr. between 1st and 4th St. is westbound only. 1st St between Peabody and Gregory Dr. is northbound only. This leads to the Ikenberry Commons.

For the noon rally by PAR and FAR, Maryland Dr. is northbound only, accessable only from Florida Ave. All interior roads between the complexes will be excessively
 crowded.

At ISR, Illinois St. is accessable from Goodwin Ave. only. Nevada St. will be one way, eastbound. And Lincoln Ave. will be a zoo.? It will probably be impractical to actually drive on most of the roads these halls are on. People need to bring money for meters."

In Solidarity,

Ricky Baldwin
Sr. Field Organizer
SEIU, Local 73


 





 



  






      
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Thu Aug 19 09:38:27 2010
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:38:27 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Dump and Run Garage Sale at the U of I Stock Pavilion,
 August 21 and 22nd
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=R6nRqnKfGKhqmDzHNOy34BqL=TJRP-bc5HSm=@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTi=R6nRqnKfGKhqmDzHNOy34BqL=TJRP-bc5HSm=@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=kH-LiWXn4OuLiM_GhDHM6pYUH_hi9F_=LgGAz@mail.gmail.com>

The Y just sent out a correction.
Saturday, August 21 and Sunday, August 22 (they had it as starting
Friday the 21st)

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The University Y will be host its Annual Dump and Run Garage Sale at
> the U of I Stock Pavilion (see dates and times below.). ?The Stock
> Pavilion is located at 1402 W. Pennsylvania, Urbana -- three blocks
> east of Memorial Stadium across Pennsylvania Ave. from Mount Hope
> Cemetery,
>
> This year's sale will be held in the U of I Stock Pavilion August 21- 22, 2010:
> Friday, August 21 from 8 am - 4 pm ($2 admission)
> Saturday, August 22 from 12 pm - 4 pm ($3 bag sale & 1/2 price furniture)
>
> Got furniture?
>
> The Y will be offering *limited* pick up service for large furniture
> (couches, armchairs, dressers, etc.) this WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
> afternoon. ?If you have furniture you would like to donate, please
> contact the Y at (217) 337-1500.
>



-- 
karen medina
<~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
"In this universe, we are given two gifts: the ability to love, and
the ability to ask questions." (Mary Oliver, American poet)
A third gift is the ability to laugh. (Jenifer, a friend)

From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Sun Aug 22 09:17:29 2010
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:17:29 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Quad Day today / AWARE buttons and business cards
Message-ID: <AANLkTimLbqyw40_xowpL7L0V1EEn0BntjQ5gyEFbKb7q@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Peace,

I forgot that I have a family reunion today... we need someone to hand
out AWARE pins and business cards today at Quad Day. noon - 4pm (or
any part thereof).

The ISO has offered to share their table with us. Rohn will get the
stuff to the table... we just need someone to keep the ISO company.
[They are all wonderful people.]

Here is the map: http://www.union.illinois.edu/QD_MapAndList2010_LG.pdf

I am assuming that the International Socialist Organization will be in
the "Political" group by the Administration Building, by the Illini
Union.

-- karen medina

From jane.marie.marshall at gmail.com  Sun Aug 22 16:23:15 2010
From: jane.marie.marshall at gmail.com (Jane Marshall)
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:23:15 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Full Moon Drum Circle TUESDAY
Message-ID: <AANLkTin=tW=x0NEL=uq0nDLpxJxCA=6J=vkVwfVjoDwG@mail.gmail.com>

Please help make Full Moon Drum Circle a success!  I hope we can continue
dancing and playing under the full moon, but this can only happen if you and
your friends/loved ones come out to join us!

What:
Drumming, dancing, listening = FUN! You do not need to play music or dance
when you come. Just relax and listen to the beats of djembes and the
whistling of the crickets.

Bring:
Drums, shakers, any other instruments, children, animals, friends, YOURSELF.



When:
9pm, Tuesday, August 24

Place:
*Under the light of the full moon at the pond at the Japan House. Please
note, parking lot entrance is on Lincoln, just south of Florida/Lincoln
intersection.

Directions:
http://webtools.uiuc.edu/ricker/CampusMap?target=displayMap&grid=S13*
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From slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu  Mon Aug 23 09:42:40 2010
From: slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu (Stuart Levy)
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:42:40 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Upcoming events of interest to AWARE, 8/22/2010
Message-ID: <20100823144240.GA20832@osage.ncsa.uiuc.edu>

Some upcoming events of interest to AWARE people:

*date not yet set*
   AWARE Presents group meeting to plan a public program on
   suicides in the military and their effect on our community.
   Interested?  Please contact
      Conrad Wetzel <mc-wetzel at hotmail.com>
   Planning meeting will likely be in the Mennonite church.


8/23 Monday 7:00PM *today*
   Champaign Public Library, "Friends Meeting Room" (rm 215, 2nd floor)
   Meeting of new C-U immigrants' rights response group

     JOIN THE CAUSE TO DENOUNCE HATEFUL LEGISLATION
     It has been four weeks since Arizona's SB 1070 was enacted into law. While
     the threat to undocumented immigrants is lessened due to Federal Judge Susan
     Bolton's ruling, the persecution of undocumented immigrants continues
     throughout Arizona and the U.S.

     Five states have already introduced similar legislation,
     and 20 additional states are purportedly considering it.
     The border is no longer just along the Rio Grande.

     A group of Champaign-Urbana residents have been meeting to discuss what we
     can do here to help our immigrant brothers and sisters and prevent this kind
     of legislature from reaching Illinois. While we have some ideas of what
     could be productive, engaging and fruitful, we need your help to make this
     possible!

8/27 Fri 5pm-11pm
8/28 Sat 11am-11pm
   *Urbana Sweetcorn Fest* -- downtown Urbana

   AWARE's booth is #104, on the south side of Main St.,
   fourth booth eastward from Race -- somewhere between
   Wooden Hanger and La Gourmandaise.

   This is a great chance to talk with a wide variety of 
   people from around Champaign county -- we can be an anti-war presence
   for a very different crowd from those who come to the farmer's market.

   Fortunately there is no band playing next to us this year,
   though on Sat. the Motor Muster, whatever that is,
   will be just across Race St.

   Please come by and see us!  And, to those who are
   helping staff the booth, thank you!


8/30 Mon  5:30pm   Gregory Hall room 223
   (on Wright St. just north of Armory, near UofI main library)

	   "The Case For Socialism"
   Meeting of the ISO, International Socialist Org.  They write:

     We live in a world of poverty, war, and environmental devastation.
     A world where living standards for working people plummet while an
     elite few enjoy lives of unbelievable wealth and power.  Something
     different -- an alternative to capitalism -- is desperately needed.
     But what should replace it?

     Come to this meeting to hear about the socialist alternative --
     a society built from the bottom up through the struggles of ordinary
     people against exploitation, oppression, and injustice; and discuss
     how you can be a aprt of that fight here at the University of Illinois.

     For more info, contact:  ISO.Champaign at gmail.com

   [Generally this semester, ISO meetings will be on Monday evenings,
    starting today, 8/23 at 5:30pm.]


9/1 Wed  9:00pm  Illini Union Courtyard Cafe
   "Radical Education for Autonomous Persons"
   C-U's local anarchist reading group.  They write:

   Discuss zines, pamphlets, books and films from an anarchist perspective
   Challenge, critique and investigate what the political
     philosophy of anarchism is all about

   First reading: "Anarchism and American Traditions" (1905),
	by Voltairine de Cleyre.

	[Interesting: I read that de Cleyre often spoke of the
	importance of women having a room of their own,
	a point that Virginia Woolf later took up.  -SL]

   More info:  cuareading {at} gmail.com
          or:  http://cuareading.blogspot.com/


9/4 Saturday 2:00pm-4:00pm  Main and Neil intersection, downtown Champaign
   AWARE's monthly first-Saturday anti-war protest.
   Please come stand with us against the ongoing wars.
   Carry one of our signs, or bring your own, or just be there.


9/21 Tue  somewhere
   September 21st is the International Day of Peace.
   Let's commemorate it, somehow.  Last year, Joy George
   organized a candlelight vigil at the Alma Mater, Green & Wright.
   Joy G. and Stuart and whoever is interested
   will meet soon, maybe some lunchtime --
   let Stuart know if you'd like to be involved:
   slevy {at} new.math.uiuc.edu.


9/26 Sunday 2:00-4:30pm   Champaign Public Library
   Showing of film: Rethink Afghanistan
   by Robert Greenwald / Brave New Foundation
   (AWARE Films group)


10/16 Saturday, somewhere in downtown Chicago
   Midwest Regional Action: A teach-in and large antiwar
   demonstration right in Obama's home town, during the runup
   to elections.  Organizing committees (Outreach, Teach-In,
   Cultural Diversity, Logistics ...) are assembling.
   Interested?  Contact: Andy Thayer,  CCAWR {at} aol.com.

   [In any case, AWARE should be involved at least by sending
   people to this region-wide gathering, I think.  -Stuart]

From akmcgilli at gmail.com  Thu Aug 26 20:18:15 2010
From: akmcgilli at gmail.com (Allison McGillivray)
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:18:15 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Champaign-Urbana for Immigrant Justice--Meeting August 30
Message-ID: <AANLkTinYfTu9iFVgGXn2VkbzqZRfV5OK_n4-UMAZkmgn@mail.gmail.com>

The small group that formed from the July 29th demonstration against Arizona
SB 1070 has grown! And we have a name!

*Champaign-Urbana for Immigrant Justice*

Our next meeting with be on *Monday, August 30th, 7pm-9pm at the Champaign
Library in the Foundation Conference Room (222)*. All are welcome and
encouraged to learn about the new immigration policies sweeping through our
country, as well as form ways to take local action to prevent hateful
legislation from infecting Illinois.

Peace and Solidarity
Allison McGillivray
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From lhaber at uiuc.edu  Mon Aug 30 15:39:11 2010
From: lhaber at uiuc.edu (Laura Haber)
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:39:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Peace] Combat Paper Project at Allen Hall 9/7-9/16
Message-ID: <130628.48181.qm@web33003.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

The Combat Paper Project will be Unit One/Allen Hall Guests-in-Residence Sept 
7th ? Sept 16th. They will be talking about their work with veterans, 
andconductingpapermaking, printing, bookmaking, andcreative writing workshops 
while they are in-residence. See below for a full schedule.
?
The Combat Paper Project is based out of Green Door Studio in Burlington, VT and 
has traveled throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, 
providing veterans' workshops, exhibitions, performances, and artists' 
talks.Their goal is to utilize art as a means to help veterans reconcile their 
personal experiences as well as broaden the traditional narrative surrounding 
service, honor, and the military culture.? Through papermaking workshops, 
veterans use their combat uniforms to create cathartic works of art. The 
uniforms are cut up, beaten, and formed into sheets of paper. Veterans use the 
transformative process of papermaking to reclaim their uniform as art and begin 
to embrace their experiences as a soldier of war. Through this collaboration 
between civilians and veterans, a much-needed conversation is generated 
regarding our responsibilities to the returned veteran and an understanding of 
the dehumanizing effects of warfare.
?
Full Schedule:
(all events are in the South Rec Room of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana, 
unless noted otherwise)
?
Tues, Sept 7th
7pm - Combat Paper: Reconciling War Trauma Through Art - CPP introductions and 
roundtable presentation about CPP?s work

Weds, Sept 8 
7pm - Liberating the Rag: Hands on papermaking 
A hands-on introduction to traditional western hand papermaking. We will begin 
the process by cutting to pieces the old textile and begin the pulping process 
for creating paper from rags. 

(Bring an article of clothing, made from plants ? cotton, linen or hemp, not 
polyester or acrylic, that has some significance to you.)

Thurs, Sept 9 
7pm ? Pulling Sheets: Making hand-made paper from rag pulp 

Saturday, Sept 11 
1pm ? The Embedded Image: printing on paper with paper 
Contemporary applications of hand papermaking. Learn the process that Combat 
Paper uses in its workshops around the country. An approachable way to print 
detailed images on wet paper sheets. 


Saturday, Sept 11 
evening ?Performance and Reading at IndyGo Artists Coop
Evening performance and reading with members of Combat Paper. Limited edition 
prints and books will also be on sale to support the project.

Sun, Sept 12 
7pm ? The Embedded Image: printing on paper with paper
Contemporary applications of hand papermaking. Learn the process that Combat 
Paper uses in its workshops around the country. An approachable way to print 
detailed images on wet paper sheets. 


Mon, Sept 13 
7pm ? Paper Out of Bounds: Creating Monster Sheets of Paper
This process explores a fusion of west Asian papermaking with DIY creativity. 
This collaboration will create paper sheets upwards of 3'x3' in size!

Tues, Sept 14 
7pm ? Bookmaking Workshop: Japanese stab binding, pamphlets, and creating your 
own book
What is an Artist's Book? How do I make a journal? Learn the technical 
components of some non-adhesive book making as well some concepts behind the 
book art process. 


Weds, Sept 15 
7pm ? The Transformative Power of the Written Word: Creative Writing Workshop
This facilitated workshop explores the writing process as habitat, inspiration, 
and transformation. All you need is a pencil and paper.

Thurs, Sept 16 
7pm - Poetry Open Mic ? share or listen
Share new works or listen to others share theirs. Combat Paper will close out 
with some of our recently created work and encourage others to do the same.
?
Combat Paper Project Visiting Artists:

http://www.combatpaper.org/artists.html

Drew Cameron:http://www.combatpaper.org/artists/drewcameron.html

Drew Matott: http://www.combatpaper.org/artists/drewmatott.html

Margaret Mahan: http://www.combatpaper.org/artists/margaretmahan.html

Hannah Pitkin: http://www.combatpaper.org/artists/hannahpitkin.html
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From rstorm2 at illinois.edu  Mon Aug 30 18:00:51 2010
From: rstorm2 at illinois.edu (Rachel Storm)
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:00:51 -0500
Subject: [Peace] Global Grrls Kick-Off Event this Thursday at the WRC
Message-ID: <AANLkTim+c8usAGGqeYJoBwO9=xRQK6xzco_4utHacs1V@mail.gmail.com>

   *
* *Please join us this Thursday! Forward widely!
*



-- 
*
_____________________________________________
Kind regards,

Rachel Storm
Program Coordinator, Illinois Women's Resources Center
The Women's Resources Center, University of Illinois**
Student Affairs--Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations
703 S. Wright Street, Champaign, IL 61820
MC-302
(217) 333-3137 (office phone)
(217) 244-3167 (fax)
(630) 677-7219 (cell)


"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too
dark to read." -Groucho Marx*
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From kmedina67 at gmail.com  Mon Aug 30 21:13:23 2010
From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina)
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:13:23 -0500
Subject: [Peace] "AWARE on the Air" Tuesday announcement
Message-ID: <AANLkTinoV=Xr0hSJh7_tGyOtNGmxsr-24aEnZyzvZjQ0@mail.gmail.com>

"AWARE on the Air" is recorded Tuesday afternoon.
Watch AWARE on the Air at 10pm Tuesday evening. Cable channel 6.

From galliher at illinois.edu  Mon Aug 30 21:14:00 2010
From: galliher at illinois.edu (C. G. Estabrook)
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:14:00 -0500
Subject: [Peace] UIUC UGL promoting administration war propaganda
Message-ID: <4C7C6568.90601@illinois.edu>




            The Undergraduate Library @ UIUC announces the following:

            "Witness history! Tomorrow (August 31) marks the end of the War in
            Iraq (sic). Join us at UGL to watch a live broadcast of President
            Obama's declaration of the end of the combat mission, and stay for a
            discussion afterward."

            I sent them a note ("That's an outrageous acquiescence to the
            administration's propaganda. The war is nowhere near over. Obama
            continues to order mass murder in the Middle East in pursuit of
            America's neo-colonial project in the region. I hope you will have
            someone to point that out in the discussion afterward..."), to which
            they (?) replied

            "Carl, come to the broadcast! I'm hoping the President's address
            will be followed by a vibrant discussion of *all* the issues. For
            the record, I don't disagree with you at all -- but it is still a
            historic moment, and a fantastically rich opportunity to talk about
            dozens of different things."

            I suppose AWARE - perhaps particularly AWARE's new undergraduate
            members - should show up.

            And I suppose we geezers have to go for moral support...  --CGE

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From naiman.uiuc at gmail.com  Mon Aug 30 21:29:22 2010
From: naiman.uiuc at gmail.com (Robert Naiman)
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:29:22 -0500
Subject: [Peace] UIUC UGL promoting administration war propaganda
In-Reply-To: <4C7C6568.90601@illinois.edu>
References: <4C7C6568.90601@illinois.edu>
Message-ID: <AANLkTimMp329SrWf-Vfvqk2We-AfDy+ZjvLQ1aNebnXi@mail.gmail.com>

Plus, according to press reports, the speech will not just be about the "end
of the War in Iraq" - it will be a pivot to the War in Afghanistan:

Obama Iraq speech to signal shift to Afghan focus
Mark S. Smith, Associated Press, Thursday, August 26, 2010; 4:43 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/26/AR2010082604739_pf.html

Vineyard Haven, Mass. - With his Oval Office speech Tuesday night, President
Barack Obama will signal a shift in America's focus from the Iraq War to the
war in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Thursday.

Administration officials have portrayed the 8 p.m. EDT speech as an
important pivot point from a war that candidate Obama said should never have
been fought to a conflict that President Obama sees as vital to the nation's
security.

Previewing the speech as Obama vacationed on Martha's Vineyard, Deputy Press
Secretary Bill Burton said Obama also wants to thank U.S. troops who've
fought bravely in Iraq.
[...]
Burton said the Oval Office address "commemorates an important milepost in
American history." He said Obama will use the occasion to speak "directly
with the American people about what our mission is in Afghanistan (and) the
fact that more of our efforts and focus are now on fighting al-Qaida in
Afghanistan."
[...]


On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:14 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>wrote:

>   The Undergraduate Library @ UIUC announces the following:
>
> "Witness history! Tomorrow (August 31) marks the end of the War in Iraq
> (sic). Join us at UGL to watch a live broadcast of President Obama's
> declaration of the end of the combat mission, and stay for a discussion
> afterward."
>
> I sent them a note ("That's an outrageous acquiescence to the
> administration's propaganda. The war is nowhere near over. Obama continues
> to order mass murder in the Middle East in pursuit of America's neo-colonial
> project in the region. I hope you will have someone to point that out in the
> discussion afterward..."), to which they (?) replied
>
> "Carl, come to the broadcast! I'm hoping the President's address will be
> followed by a vibrant discussion of *all* the issues. For the record, I
> don't disagree with you at all -- but it is still a historic moment, and a
> fantastically rich opportunity to talk about dozens of different things."
>
> I suppose AWARE - perhaps particularly AWARE's new undergraduate members -
> should show up.
>
> And I suppose we geezers have to go for moral support...  --CGE
>
> _______________________________________________
> Peace mailing list
> Peace at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace
>
>


-- 
Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

Urge Congress to Support a Timetable for Military Withdrawal from
Afghanistan
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/feingold-mcgovern
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From galliher at illinois.edu  Tue Aug 31 16:33:45 2010
From: galliher at illinois.edu (C. G. Estabrook)
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:33:45 -0500
Subject: [Peace] UIUC UGL promoting administration war propaganda
In-Reply-To: <CB423960-8A58-4C56-A2AB-E4EA12067FC7@gmail.com>
References: <4C7C6568.90601@illinois.edu>
	<CB423960-8A58-4C56-A2AB-E4EA12067FC7@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4C7D7539.90309@illinois.edu>

  The speech starts at 7pm CDT.


On 8/31/10 1:39 PM, Raia Hamad wrote:
> What time does this start?
>
> On Aug 30, 2010, at 9:14 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>
>>
>>             The Undergraduate Library @ UIUC announces the following:
>>
>>             "Witness history! Tomorrow (August 31) marks the end of the War
>>             in Iraq (sic). Join us at UGL to watch a live broadcast of
>>             President Obama's declaration of the end of the combat mission,
>>             and stay for a discussion afterward."
>>
>>             I sent them a note ("That's an outrageous acquiescence to the
>>             administration's propaganda. The war is nowhere near over. Obama
>>             continues to order mass murder in the Middle East in pursuit of
>>             America's neo-colonial project in the region. I hope you will
>>             have someone to point that out in the discussion afterward..."),
>>             to which they (?) replied
>>
>>             "Carl, come to the broadcast! I'm hoping the President's address
>>             will be followed by a vibrant discussion of *all* the issues. For
>>             the record, I don't disagree with you at all -- but it is still a
>>             historic moment, and a fantastically rich opportunity to talk
>>             about dozens of different things."
>>
>>             I suppose AWARE - perhaps particularly AWARE's new undergraduate
>>             members - should show up.
>>
>>             And I suppose we geezers have to go for moral support...  --CGE
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Peace mailing list
>> Peace at lists.chambana.net <mailto:Peace at lists.chambana.net>
>> http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace
>
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From raia.iman at gmail.com  Tue Aug 31 13:39:36 2010
From: raia.iman at gmail.com (Raia Hamad)
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:39:36 -0500
Subject: [Peace] UIUC UGL promoting administration war propaganda
In-Reply-To: <4C7C6568.90601@illinois.edu>
References: <4C7C6568.90601@illinois.edu>
Message-ID: <CB423960-8A58-4C56-A2AB-E4EA12067FC7@gmail.com>

What time does this start? 

On Aug 30, 2010, at 9:14 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

> The Undergraduate Library @ UIUC announces the following:
> 
> "Witness history! Tomorrow (August 31) marks the end of the War in Iraq (sic). Join us at UGL to watch a live broadcast of President Obama's declaration of the end of the combat mission, and stay for a discussion afterward."
> 
> I sent them a note ("That's an outrageous acquiescence to the administration's propaganda. The war is nowhere near over. Obama continues to order mass murder in the Middle East in pursuit of America's neo-colonial project in the region. I hope you will have someone to point that out in the discussion afterward..."), to which they (?) replied
> 
> "Carl, come to the broadcast! I'm hoping the President's address will be followed by a vibrant discussion of *all* the issues. For the record, I don't disagree with you at all -- but it is still a historic moment, and a fantastically rich opportunity to talk about dozens of different things."
> 
> I suppose AWARE - perhaps particularly AWARE's new undergraduate members - should show up.  
> 
> And I suppose we geezers have to go for moral support...  --CGE
> _______________________________________________
> Peace mailing list
> Peace at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace

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