[Peace-discuss] Uncle Noam on the BBC

[Barbara kessel]

Hear, hear! Just what I was talking about.
It is no time to sit and wait and see what the big power brokers are
going to do. As many people on this list feel that in foreign policy,
Obama is not likely to produce big changes, then all the more reason
not to miss a beat. Barbara

P.S. Drive by the Wesley Foundation on Green Street and see the giant
billboard about the cost of the war (figures from Joseph Stiglitz,
design by American Friends Service Committee, political will by the
students and staff at Wesley Foundation, money from 18 adult
contributors around the towns, and labor by AWARE and Quakers). Up on
November 5. How's that for not missing a beat? Barbara Kessel


On 11/6/08, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 10:33:27AM -0600, Robert Naiman wrote:
>  > The Prophet was on the BBC this morning. The Prophet says: what
>  > matters is what people do with their disappointment when Obama fails
>  > to meet their expectations. He noted that there was also a burst of
>  > idealism around Kennedy, which fueled the activist movements of the
>  > 60s when Kennedy failed to meet expectations.
>
>
>
>
> And just what expectations do we have of him?
>  Lots of groups are going to be telling Pres. Elect Obama what
>  they expect him to do and not do.  We need to tell him too! and not
>  simply wait for him to disappoint us.
>
>  J Street PAC is doing something that seems just right I think:
>  saying plainly what they/we trust he will do in a petition
>  for which they're gathering signatures, and better,
>  they're buying a full-page New York Times ad which makes
>  those expectations public.  (And if he's said things to AIPAC
>  that contradict statements he's made elsewhere, we don't need to
>  mention those right now.)  It reads
>
>     http://action.jstreet.org/t/3945/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=491
>
>
>       You Bring a Promise of Change to America and Hope to Israel and the Middle East
>
>     On Tuesday, Americans - including the overwhelming majority of American Jews -
>     rejected fear and smear campaigns.  They chose to support you, your values and
>     your promise of far-reaching change.
>
>     As President, you will now face daunting challenges at home and abroad -
>     not least in the Middle East.  J Street salutes your commitment to diplomacy
>     in the Middle East, to prioritizing comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace,
>     to direct engagement with Iran and to ending the war in Iraq.
>
>     We applaud your recognition that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian
>     conflict is vital to Israel's security and future well being as well as to
>     regional stability.
>
>     J Street and the vast majority of American Jews support these views.
>     We are mobilized as never before to help you fulfill this important
>     mandate for change.
>
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