[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] NEED ONEMORE PERSON: National Assembly to End the Iraq War and Occupation

[Randall Cotton]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Medina" <kmedina at uiuc.edu>
To: "peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] NEED ONEMORE PERSON: National
Assembly to End the Iraq War and Occupation


: The conference in Cleveland is about the one issue of Iraq. All other
issues are
: separated from this.
:
: While some see the focus on Iraq as a way to unite the largest number of
: people, others see this as a failure to see how it is all part of the
WAR -- 
: including Afghanastan, Pakistan, Israel, Palestine, Iran, control of oil
resources,
: sanctions, and US foreign policy that started many presidents ago and
continues
: on the same wrong track.
:
: I would like to see a bit of discussion on this particular issue -- 
whether it is
: better for the Cleveland conference to focus on Iraq or whether it
should have
: gone broader. I am particularly interested in such a discussion because
I believe
: both Ghandi and ML King were criticized for focusing on one issue and
not
: always taking a stand on related issues or timely issues where
leadership were
: sought. ML King did, after some time, take a very strong stance against
the
: Vietnam War, but he at first declined.

This issue is discussed in the context of a report about the Cleveland
"National Assembly" Conference, tonight on "AWARE on the Air". 10PM on
UPTV, Cable channel 6.

R




:
: -karen medina
: =========================================
: >   This is nice, Carl.  You finally seem to be
: >   acknowledging my uniqueness as an asset to the
: >   community, rather than some sort of liability.
: >   Thank you.
: >
: >     John W. wrote:
: >
: >       This sounds like one of those convoluted
: >       questions on the LSAT (Law School Aptitude Test,
: >       for the uninitiated).  :-)
: >
: >       On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Randall Cotton
: >       <recotton at earthlink.net
: >       <mailto:recotton at earthlink.net>> wrote:
: >
: >          At last Sunday's AWARE meeting, funds were
: >       approved to send up to 4
: >          AWARE
: >          folks to this weekend's gathering of the
: >       "National Assembly to End the
: >          Iraq War and Occupation". Details of my
: >       proposal on this are in this
: >          week's minutes (near the bottom of the post)
: >       at:
: >
: >
: >        http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/peace/2008-
: June/021403.html
: >
: >          And we have 4 folks who are interested in
: >       going - myself included (on my
: >          own dime). The other three folks are:
: >
: >          1. David Harley
: >          2. Mort Brussel
: >          3. Roger Epperson
: >
: >          HOWEVER, Mort may not be able to go because
: >       of a physical injury.
: >          FURTHERMORE, if Mort can't go, we may only be
: >       able to send ONE person
: >          (David). Since I would only go at my own cost
: >       (on principle, since I'm
: >          proposing all this), I won't be able to go
: >       unless at least TWO other
: >          folks
: >          go (I just couldn't afford it otherwise). In
: >       addition, Roger said he'd
: >          only go as the 4th person. Yes, it's a little
: >       convoluted, but the upshot
: >          is:
: >
: >          *** WE NEED A SECOND PERSON ***
: >
: >          so that the third person (me) and fourth
: >       person (Roger) can go. Mort
: >          would
: >          really like to go as the second person, but
: >       just may not be able to
: >          because of his injury (and it will definitely
: >       be a physical hardship for
: >          him if he does go). He plans to make a call
: >       on this tomorrow night.
: >
: >          So we're in serious need of an AWAREista to
: >       commit to joining us (or at
: >          least be an alternate for Mort in case he
: >       can't make it), pulling
: >          everything together so we can send a full
: >       contingent of 4 folks (the max
: >          we can put in one hotel room).
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