[Peace-discuss] proposed change: WEFT underwriting message

[Morton K.Brussel]

I don't think one needs to spell out AWARE in view of the given list 
that follows that it represents. this will save a couple of seconds.

I don't think that the "militarization of society" is sufficiently 
encompassed by "war" and "the global extension of American power".

The "global extension of American power" overlaps, in my mind,  
"corporate globalization".

>  "The demise of internationally agreed norms of behavior", like 
> preventive war and Guantanamo incarceration,  is important to us and 
> should be retained.

Sorry if this is not as helpful as you would like.

Mort




On Mar 4, 2004, at 3:57 PM, Randall Cotton wrote:

> For the last 6 months, AWARE has been underwriting "Democracy Now!" on 
> WEFT
> ($208 for those 6 months). This underwriting is up for renewal now. 
> The last
> message is next Wednesday, March 10.
>
> Here is the current message:
> ------------------------
> Wednesday's "Democracy Now!" is supported in part by the listeners of
> W-E-F-T and by AWARE, a local group of progressive, concerned citizens
> acting together to promote peace and justice. AWARE addresses issues 
> of:
>
> - war
> - racism
> - militarization of society
> - inequalities of wealth and opportunity
> - consolidation of news sources
> - global extension of American power
> - the demise of internationally agreed norms of behavior
> - corporate globalization
> - and the erosion of civil liberties.
>
> AWARE meets Sundays 5-7pm at the Independent Media Center, 218 W. Main 
> St.
> in Urbana. All are welcome to attend! AWARE is also on the web at
> anti-war.net .
> ------------------------
> As discussed at the last AWARE meeting, opinions were expressed that 
> our
> full name should be included and that perhaps some of our interests 
> that are
> itemized in the message should be cut (since we are already over their
> requested time limit and also to make it more digestible). I'm not
> comfortable making the cut choices by myself (this could be a sensitive
> issue). Also, no one really stepped forward to help me with that at the
> meeting, so I'm throwing out a proposal on the list to see if there is 
> any
> feedback. We can also discuss this at the next meeting as well.
>
> So, here's a first pass, adding in our full name, but rewording a bit 
> and
> taking out two of the itemized issues - "the demise of internationally
> agreed norms of behavior" (the longest wording) and "militarization of
> society" (which overlaps with "war" and "global extension of American 
> power"
> to some extent). This preserves the same read time (about 43 seconds).
> ------------------------
> Wednesday's "Democracy Now!" is supported in part by the listeners of
> W-E-F-T and by AWARE, the Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort. AWARE is a local
> group of progressive, concerned citizens acting together to promote 
> peace
> and justice. AWARE also addresses other issues beyond war and racism,
> including:
>
> - consolidation of news sources
> - inequalities of wealth and opportunity
> - global extension of American power
> - corporate globalization
> - and the erosion of civil liberties.
>
> AWARE meets Sundays 5-7pm at the Independent Media Center, 218 W. Main 
> St.
> in Urbana. All are welcome to attend! AWARE is also on the web at
> anti-war.net .
> ------------------------
>
> R
>
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