[Peace-discuss] Fwd: RE: Submission for Commentary on WILL-580

Fri May 21 22:55:22 CDT 2004

This is outrageous -- a lie this cowardly simply shows that they don't
care what we think.  How should we respond?  I think we should probably
publish the correspondence about the commentaries -- and perhaps organize
a campaign to withhold pledges.

David Inge chaired a discussion at the library the other night on
censorship: the right-wingers trumpeted their support for free speech,
while the "liberal" medium in town was shutting it down.  Perhaps John
Foreman would like to editorialize on this censorship. --CGE

On Fri, 21 May 2004, David Green wrote:

> Here is Ali Kawa's response to my submission--not too
> surprising, unfortunately.
> 
> --- "Kawa, Ali" <kawa at WILL.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> > From: "Kawa, Ali" <kawa at WILL.uiuc.edu>
> > To: 'David Green' <davegreen48 at yahoo.com>
> > CC: "Pearce, Jay" <jhpearce at WILL.uiuc.edu>
> > Subject: RE: Submission for Commentary on WILL-580
> > Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 11:41:52 -0500
> > 
> > David, 
> > 
> > Thank you for your commentary submission.  Because
> > we are trying to keep
> > commentaries geared to issues involving our region
> > and of clearly local
> > relevance, I would suggest you submit this
> > commentary to NPR for national
> > consideration.
> > 
> > I have copied instructions from the NPR website
> > below.  
> > 
> > Again, thanks for your interest!
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > 
> > Ali Kawa
> > WILL AM 580
> > 300 N. Goodwin Ave.
> > Urbana, IL  61801
> > 
> > http://www.npr.org/about/pitch/
> > 
> > How do I submit a commentary or essay?
> > We are looking for commentaries or essays that tell
> > a tale, reveal a
> > personal reflection, or add an informed perspective
> > to events in the news.
> > We want pieces that express an original idea with
> > clear, creative writing.
> > While many essays are from regularly scheduled
> > commentators, we also want to
> > hear from people who can comment on a once-only
> > basis.
> > 
> > Here are some guidelines:
> > 
> > * Send one or two written commentaries in the body
> > of the e-mail. Because of
> > security and virus concerns, we are unable to open
> > e-mails with attachments.
> > 
> > * Each commentary should take about two-and-a-half
> > minutes to read aloud
> > (about 300 words in length).
> > * Please include your name, address, daytime
> > telephone number, and e-mail
> > address.
> > 
> > Send your commentary (with the word "Commentary
> > Submission" in the subject
> > line) to Morning Edition: mecommentary at npr.org, All
> > Things Considered:
> > atccommentary at npr.org or The Tavis Smiley Show's
> > Sheryl Flowers
> > (sflowers at npr.org)
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Green [mailto:davegreen48 at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 9:31 PM
> > To: kawa at will.uiuc.edu
> > Cc: jhpearce at will.uiuc.edu
> > Subject: Submission for Commentary on WILL-580
> > 
> > 
> > Subsequent to interactions with Randall Cotton, I
> > would like to submit the following commentary for
> > consideration on behalf of AWARE, the Anti-War
> > Anti-Racism Effort:
> > 
> >      As local men and women in our military continue
> > to sacrifice for our government's "war on
> > terrorism,"
> > it is vital to place the events of 9/11 and our
> > subsequent wars in historical context. But this past
> > March 15th, NPR's Morning Edition aired a commentary
> > by Ruben Navarette titled "Enough with Vietnam."
> > Navarette claimed that reflecting on our experience
> > in
> > Vietnam is irrelevant to preventing a future attack
> > on
> > our soil.
> > 
> >      Indeed, he expressed no interest in any of the
> > historical context relevant to an understanding of
> > terrorism as a response-however immoral--to U.S.
> > foreign policy. This imperial history broadly
> > includes
> > U.S. relations with both Latin America and Asia, but
> > at the very least must consider U.S. policies in the
> > Middle East since World War II that have
> > consistently
> > viewed the people of that region as pawns in the
> > service of American interests. These interests
> > translate into control over the region's oil
> > resources. Uncensored and unflattering historical
> > perspectives are vital for an understanding of the
> > continuities of U.S. foreign policy, and the
> > consistently aggressive actions by leaders of both
> > parties that-until 9/11-had not resulted in an
> > attack
> > within our borders.
> > 
> >      George Bush and John Kerry share this
> > historical
> > myopia. Bush has repeated the deceptions and
> > illegality of the Vietnam War in Iraq. Meanwhile
> > Kerry
> > writes in A Call to Service  "it's time to recognize
> > (Vietnam) as an exception, not a ruling example, of
> > the U.S. military engagements of the twentieth
> > century." But I would assert that the key to
> > understanding Vietnam is as the most egregious
> > example
> > of the rule that the U.S. is willing to use force
> > against any country whose popular aspirations
> > threaten
> > the interests and profits of U.S.-centered global
> > corporate capitalism. Since World War II, this rule
> > has been applied with bloody results in Iran,
> > Guatemala, the Congo, Indonesia, Chile, Angola,
> > Nicaragua, and elsewhere.
> > 
> >      We all want to avoid the pain of another event
> > like 9/11. But to do so we must critically examine
> > the
> > continuities of our history-including Iraq-and then
> > fundamentally change coercive U.S. foreign policies.
> > It is my view, on behalf of the Anti-war Anti-racism
> > Effort, that continued denial of our problematic
> > past
> > and present only makes future attacks more likely.
> > 
> > David Green
> > 2709 Lakeview Drive
> > Champaign
> > 356-2034 (home)
> > 265-5222 (work)
> > 
> > davegreen48 at yahoo.com
> > dlgreen at uiuc.edu
> > 
> > 
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