[Peace-discuss] a possible flier for the next Main Event

[ann h.]

Yes, the "end of america" list would make a great flier.

--- On Wed, 10/22/08, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] a possible flier for the next Main Event
To: "ann h." <annhett at yahoo.com>, "E. Wayne Johnson" <ewj at pigs.ag>
Cc: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 2:45 PM

I'd say there's yr flyer -- just reprint the Wikipedia entry verbatim (giving credit to Wikipedia). Eye-catching, eye-opening, and irrefutable.
 --Jenifer

--- On Wed, 10/22/08, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:

From: E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] a possible flier for the next Main Event
To: "ann h." <annhett at yahoo.com>
Cc: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 2:08 PM


While I am all for heaping tonnes of calumny and reflective ill will upon the neocons who dominate and characterize the GOP, 
the partisan slanted rhetoric & agenda of the POAC is not going to be of much use in protecting us 
against the likely similar abuses under the similarly authoritarian, similarly imperialist/interventionist
policies of the New Regime greeting us in early 2009.   

The POAC in my opinion tends to be divisive/cohesive/sectarian amusement 
rather than persuasive/coalition building/outreaching and thought provoking.
I do love and enjoy POAC's posters, and I might own and display a few if we didnt have small children.

Naomi Wolf correctly and astutely points out that future presidents will naturally follow GWBush's precedent and
be unwilling to surrender the massive accretion of executive power.  Unless we work pretty hard to turn the tide.

I personally would
 prefer, and I imagine that we can be more effective in strengthening the anti-war anti-racism efforts
with the rather non-partisan coalition-building approach suggested by Naomi Wolf, using her 10 points which are
timeless and applicable, no matter which stupid and evil gang of bi-partisan elitists is calling the shots and pulling on our strings.

Maybe something can be constructed from this 
(Fascist America, in 10 easy steps)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/apr/24/usa.comment

or from this----

(from Wikipaedia):

The End of America
In The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot (2007), Wolf takes a historical look at the rise of Fascism, outlining the 10 steps necessary for a Fascistic group (or government) to destroy the democratic character of a nation-state and subvert the social/political liberty previously exercised by its citizens:

Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy.
Create secret prisons where torture takes place.
Develop a thug caste or paramilitary force not answerable to citizens.
Set up an internal surveillance system.
Harass citizens' groups.
Engage in arbitrary detention and release.
Target key individuals.
Control the press.
Treat all political dissidents as traitors.
Suspend the rule of law.[citation needed]
The book explains how this pattern was followed in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy as well as elsewhere, and compares it to the current state of affairs in American political power since the September 11 attacks.
In The End of America, she compares the steps taken by fascist states in their early years to actions taken by the George W. Bush administration and the U.S. Congress after the September 11, 2001 attacks.****


ann h. wrote: 




14 Points of fascism: The warning signs
http://www.oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htm
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