[Peace-discuss] I won't be at today's meeting, but...

[Morton K.Brussel]

  I too will be away for a couple of weeks, but wish to reinforce 
Randall's suggestion that AWARE contribute to UFPJ-NYC events. I regret 
not being able to be at the meeting with the WILL folks, but am 
confident that AWARE will be tough on their policy that local 
commentaries be restricted to local issues. How arbitrary and silly!; 
locals cannot discuss world events on WILL whereas discussions on world 
issues via PBS by nonlocal experts(?) happen all the time. Why the 
prejudice?

Mort

On Aug 15, 2004, at 3:18 PM, Randall Cotton wrote:

> Even though I won't be present at today's meeting, I'm still proposing 
> that
> AWARE contribute $100 (others may propose a different amount) to 
> United for
> Peace and Justice in support of the Republican National Convention
> demonstration in New York.
>
> UFPJ has been planning this demonstration for over a year, and though
> they've met with overwhelming resistance from the authorities, they 
> will be
> marching perhaps hundreds of thousands of folks (including Jan and Durl
> Kruse who will attend in person representing AWARE) right past Madison
> Square Garden (where the RNC will be held).
>
> UFPJ is a nationwide umbrella organization of hundreds of Peace and 
> Justice
> groups (and AWARE is a member). They are the foremost organizer of 
> anti-war
> demonstrations (they were the ones that organized the 500,000 strong 
> Feb 15,
> 2003 demonstration prior to the war).
>
> They are appealing for funds to cover the cost of the upcoming 
> demonstration
> and I'm proposing that although we aren't organizing a trip to go out 
> there
> (Jan and Durl are going on their own), we can and should support this 
> effort
> by sending in a contribution.
>
> Thanks
> R
>
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