[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Fwd: [UFPJ] New UFPJ Flyer vs "Surge success" Spin

[Ricky Baldwin]

Looks good to me.  We'd have to print in our local info before making copies ...

Yes?  No?

Ricky
--- "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel4 at insightbb.com> wrote:

> Can we use this leaflet on Bush's Iraq Surge [http:// 
> www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3843] at our monthly protest at  
> One Main? What do you all think of it? --mkb
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> > From: Judith LeBlanc <jleblanc at unitedforpeace.org>
> > Date: February 13, 2008 4:42:54 PM CST
> > To: "ufpj at lists.mayfirst.org >> UFPJ-Member Groups"  
> > <ufpj at lists.mayfirst.org>
> > Subject: [UFPJ] New UFPJ Flyer vs "Surge success" Spin
> > Reply-To: jleblanc at unitedforpeace.org
> >
> > Dear UFPJ member group,
> >
> > Every day the anti war movement is challenged to counter the spin  
> > on developments in Iraq. A year ago we protested the “surge” and we  
> > were right again! The ”surge” is a failure for the Iraqi and U.S.  
> > people.
> >
> > UFPJ has a new leaflet, in English and Spanish, entitled: “Bush's  
> > Iraq "Surge": "Mission Accomplished" This Time?” You can down load  
> > the flyer from our website at: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ 
> > article.php?id=3843
> >
> > As the leaflet says,” The surge is a success in only one way. It  
> > has shifted debate in the U.S. away from its pre-surge focus on how  
> > big a disaster the whole Iraq war is. “
> >
> > Your local contact info can be added in the space at the lower   
> > right corner of the flyer. It can be used to leaflet presidential  
> > campaign events in the primary states and in the course of outreach  
> > to community groups for the 5th anniversary.
> >
> > We thank War Times/Tiempo de Guerras, a member group of UFPJ, for  
> > their help in preparing this piece. (Check out their website for  
> > other resources: http://www.war-times.org )
> >
> >
> >  Additional resources:
> >
> > In addition to our new flyer we want to recommend a few other
> > excellent resources for background information to counter the  
> > “surge success” spin:
> >
> > 1) An article by award winning journalist Juan Cole, “Top Ten Myths  
> > about Iraq”. http://www.juancole.com/2007/12/top-ten-myths-about- 
> > iraq-2007.html
> >
> >
> > 2)  An article by the Washington, DC think tank initiated by former  
> > members of the Clinton administration, Center for Americas  
> > Progress, which is a sharp critique of the surge going far beyond  
> > the Democratic presidential debates on the occupation. http:// 
> > www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/01/surge_anniversary.html/ 
> > print.html
> >
> > 3) A Washington Post op-ed by Andrew J. Bacevich, a professor of  
> > history and international relations at Boston University. http:// 
> > www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/18/ 
> > AR2008011802873.html
> >
> > 4) On UFPJ’s website, you can listen to a 12/12/07 briefing on the  
> > situation in Iraq and the growing crisis for the millions of Iraqis  
> > who are internally or externally displaced–, featuring speakers  
> > Raed Jarrar from the American Friends Service Committee's Iraq  
> > Project, and Noah Merrill from Electronic Iraq's Direct Aid  
> > Initiative.
> > Click here to access an audio recording of this conference call  
> > briefing: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3828
> >
> > Please let us know if your group has material that can be shared  
> > with others or suggestions for material you would find helpful.
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> > Judith Le Blanc
> > UFPJ Organizing Coordinator
> >
> >
> >
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