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<i>AWARE On The Air</i> for the third week of January 2011 will be
cablecast tonight on Urbana Public Television (channel 6) at 10pm.
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On tonight's program, the Rising Tide (of violence) will be
addressed by Ron Szoke, the Obama administration's Mickey Mouse
(sorry - Tom and Jerry) war in AfPak will be discussed by Linda
Weber, and propaganda for America's Mideast war from CNN and the NYT
will be considered.<br>
<br>
Today is January 18, as we open the book of slaughter and
forgetting: on this day in <br>
# 1919 – World War I peace conference opens in Versailles, France.
The dominant economic classes recruit nationalism against socialism:
see John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (cf.
the Bretton Woods system, from WWII to neoliberalism in the 1970s);<br>
# 1943 – Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, by Polish Jews against German
occupation;<br>
# 1944 – Soviet forces liberate Leningrad, effectively ending a
three year siege by the German army and beginning the military
defeat of Germany in WWII (US invades Europe - "D-Day" - only when
that is clear, but the major fighting is in the East); and<br>
# 1945 – Liberation of the Budapest ghetto by the Red Army.<br>
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Before the taping of the show, Ron related the following story:<br>
<br>
"Wang Han-chin, an electrician in central Taiwan, accused five
neighbours of teaching their mynah, a parrot-like bird, to curse at
him as revenge after he complained to the police that they were too
loud. Wang alleged that whenever he left home, the bird would see
him off with the words 'Clueless big-mouthed idiot,' causing serious
distress and making him lose concentration at work so he suffered
burn injuries, it said. He pressed charges, but the neighbours
denied instructing the bird to curse and prosecutors decided to drop
the charges due to insufficient evidence linking the bird to his
injuries." <br>
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We do not know if the neighbors were charged with corrupting the
morals of a mynah.<br>
<br>
--il tuo schiavo<br>
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***<br>
Anti-War Anti-Racism Calendar - Protests in January<br>
Recent and upcoming events on the local scene, <br>
from last Sunday's AWARE meeting and the AWARE mailing lists, <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:peace@lists.chambana.net"><peace@lists.chambana.net></a> and
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net"><peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net></a><br>
(Thanks to MOA Karen Medina.)<br>
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***<br>
Defenseless under the night<br>
Our world in stupor lies;<br>
Yet, dotted everywhere,<br>
Ironic points of light<br>
Flash out wherever the Just<br>
Exchange their messages:<br>
May I, composed like them<br>
Of Eros and of dust,<br>
Beleaguered by the same<br>
Negation and despair,<br>
Show an affirming flame.<br>
--W. H. Auden, "September 1, 1939"<br>
<br>
*Tuesday 11 January, Witness Against Torture
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.witnesstorture.org"><http://www.witnesstorture.org></a> began its protest of American
torture, symbolized by Guantanamo, which turned 10 that day.<br>
<br>
*Saturday 15 January, Washington, D.C. Ongoing demonstrations
against 20 Years of War on Iraq
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://dccatholicworker.wordpress.com/2010/12/25/january-15-1991-january15-2011-20-years-of-u-s-war-on-iraq"><http://dccatholicworker.wordpress.com/2010/12/25/january-15-1991-january15-2011-20-years-of-u-s-war-on-iraq></a><br>
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*Monday 17 January, Washington, D.C., and Quantico VA. Protest of
FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm">http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm</a><br>
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*Wednesday 19 January 7:30-9pm Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S.
Lincoln Ave., U.<br>
Pioneering Latinos: Building a Legacy on and Beyond the Playing
Field <br>
Film: "Roberto Clemente" /Adrian Burgos with filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz<br>
<br>
*Thursday 20 January 3-7pm Wesley Evening Food Pantry, 1205 W. Green
St., U.<br>
Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Day of Service<br>
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*Thursday 20 January 7-10pm Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S.
Lincoln Ave., U.<br>
Pioneering Latinos: Building a Legacy on and Beyond the Playing
Field:<br>
Fireside Chat with Bernardo Ruiz, Fernando Prez and Adrian Burgos<br>
<br>
*Friday 21 January marks one year since the Supreme Court's
"Citizens United" ruling handing corporations the power to spend
unlimited funds on elections. Events are being planned.<br>
<br>
*Saturday 22 January 9am, Cafe Kopi, 109 N. Walnut St., Champaign.
AWARE book club begins! The first book: Aaron Glantz, The War Comes
Home: Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans<br>
<br>
*Saturday 22 January 10am-1pm Krannert Center for the Performing
Arts, 500 S, Goodwin Ave., C.<br>
Martin Luther King Jr. Culminating Community Event<br>
<br>
*Saturday 22 January 10am-2pm Krannert Center for the Performing
Arts<br>
Martin Luther King Jr. Writing Contest Presentation of Winners<br>
<br>
*Tuesday 25 January, across the country. Protest FBI Raids
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.stopfbi.net"><http://www.stopfbi.net></a><br>
<br>
*Tuesday 25 January 11am-3pm Activity Day at UIUC. Will there be any
campus anti-war groups there?<br>
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The Critical Research and Action Caucus (CRAAC!) will be meeting for
another Radical Reading Circle on Tuesday, January 25th at 5pm at
the University YMCA in the chapel room. We will be discussing Myles
Horton, The Long Haul and its relevance to contemporary struggles
here in Champaign-Urbana and beyond. All are welcome.<br>
<br>
New reading group to examine "how the U.S. came to have the highest
incarceration rate in the world". First meeting will be Tuesday,
January 25 at 5pm in the IPRH Seminar Room, 805 West Pennsylvania
Avenue, Urbana [IPRH stands for Illinois Program for Research in the
Humanities]<br>
<br>
Public library screenings of Independent Lens documentaries prior to
their broadcast on WILL-TV. First event: For Once in My Life
screening and post screening discussion. January 27 at 6:30pm,
Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green St.
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://ww.itvs.org/screenings"><http://ww.itvs.org/screenings></a><br>
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*Thursday 27 January, Washington, D.C. Bill of Rights Day
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.bordc.org"><http://www.bordc.org></a><br>
<br>
*Thursday 27 January 27, 7pm. The Red Herring Coffee House, 1209 W.
Oregon St., Urbana<br>
The People Speak: A Live Performance. It's been a year since the
death of historian Howard Zinn. Commemorate the anniversary of his
passing with local activists from the campus and the community with
a live staged reading of "The People Speak." Using dramatic and
musical performances of the letters, diaries and speeches of
everyday Americans, THE PEOPLE SPEAK gives voice to those who spoke
up for social change throughout U.S. history, and insisted on
equality and justice. Based on Zinn’s best-selling books, A People’s
History of the United States and Voices of a People’s History of the
United States, THE PEOPLE SPEAK illustrates the relevance of these
historical moments to our society today and reminds us never to take
liberty for granted. (Admission charge.)<br>
<br>
Invisible Conflicts Fundraiser to benefit "Peace Together Uganda", a
community-based organization in rural Pajule, northern Uganda. PTU
was created as a forum for rebuilding a community devastated by a
twenty-year civil war. January 29th at 12:30 a run around the Quad
in underwear or costume. Thaw out until 2pm at the YMCA; food,
Ugandan jewelry, auction.<br>
<br>
***<br>
"NOTHING appears more surprising to those, who consider human
affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the
many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with
which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their
rulers. When we enquire by what means this wonder is effected, we
shall find, that, as FORCE is always on the side of the governed,
the governors have nothing to support them but opinion. It is
therefore, on opinion only that government is founded; and this
maxim extends to the most despotic and most military governments, as
well as to the most free and most popular..." <br>
--David Hume, "Of the First Principles of Government" (1768) <br>
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