[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Sign Antiwar Ad to Appear in NYT

[Alfred Kagan]

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>From: Joshua Cohen <jcohen at MIT.EDU>
>Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:58:05 -0500
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>Dear Friends:
>
>Like all of you, we are deeply concerned about the prospects of war
>in Iraq. Especially with mounting popular opposition to that war, we
>thought there might be special value at this point in a very simple
>statement from American intellectuals (academics and nonacademics)
>also declaring their opposition. Our hope is to get something into
>the NYT quickly, during the week of Feb. 24, signed by as large and
>ideologically diverse a group as we can put together between now and
>then. Just to be clear: we don't mean anything fancy or specialized
>by "intellectuals": if you feel comfortable signing on, then please
>do.
>
>In its entirety, our proposed statement reads:
>
>Against the War
>
>Our government is proposing a war against Iraq in the name of
>American national security. But no compelling evidence has been
>offered of an imminent threat to our security that would justify the
>use of military force. A war with Iraq will be a war of choice, not
>necessity. We condemn the Iraqi regime for its gross and persistent
>violations of the human rights of the Iraqi and Kurdish peoples, and
>support efforts by the Iraqi opposition to create a democratic,
>multiethnic and multireligious Iraq. But we believe that the decision
>to wage war at this time is morally unacceptable, and urge our
>government not to make it.
>
>We have raised the money (now around $55,000) to pay for it from some
>40 people -- including Robert Reich, Walter Gilbert, Louise Trubek,
>David Trubek, Cal Bedient, Chuck Sabel, Elaine Scarry, Sam Bowles,
>Fran Piven, Bruce Ackerman, Susanna Kaysen, Michael Piore Bob
>Berwick, Seyla Benhabib, Mark Levinson, Adam Hochschild, Jorie
>Graham, Peter Sacks, Dan Luria, Richard Falk, Martha Nussbaum, Susan
>Okin, Nancy Kanwisher, and Jenny Mansbridge. What we need now is your
>name and affiliation. If you are willing to provide them, please go
>to:
>
>http://cows.ctsg.com/
>
>And then PLEASE forward this message to anyone you think might be
>willing to sign it, and to any lists of people who would likely be
>interested. We want to get all the signatures by Monday at 5:00.
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Joshua Cohen
>Goldberg Professor of Humanities, MIT; editor Boston Review
>
>Joel Rogers
>MacArthur Professor of Law, Political Science, and Sociology,
>University of Wisconsin


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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
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University of Illinois Library
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