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

Sat May 22 15:10:49 CDT 2004

Maybe you should submit it as an Ag. commentary since
they are always talking about global issues.  When I
complained recently this is what Dave Dickey sent to
me:

We are sorry, but we do not make audio copies nor
transcripts available 
of
commentaries.  However you are encouraged to submit a
response to Amy
Rochkes' commentary of May 18th, or any other you hear
on our AM 580.  
You
may also write a commentary of your own on an
agricultural issue. If 
you are
interested in doing so we can provide guidelines.  We
are also 
interested if
you have any recommendations for people who might wish
to comment on
agricultural issues.  WILL values open disucssion and
debate of issues 
--
and certainly GMO's are not excluded.  Thank you for
sharing your 
views.

Dave Dickey 
Director of Agriculture
WILL AM 580

--- "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
wrote:
> 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
> 
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