[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Taking the LOAD off AOTA

[C. G. Estabrook]

I've called but not got a commitment from them yet.  Hope to.

Karen Medina wrote:
> I saw/heard parts of last night's AWARE on the Air (Tuesday postponed
> till Sunday for this past week). Good stuff, as always.
> 
> Too bad Paul Street won't be here for Tuesday's recording. That would
> be sooooo cool.
> 
> But the Catholic Workers will be most wonderful, if they can come and
> talk about Xe/Blackwater outing.
> 
> -karen medina
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:13 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu> wrote:
>> "AWARE on the Air," presented by members and friends of the Anti-War
>> Anti-Racism Effort of Champaign-Urbana, the local peace group, is usually
>> seen Tuesdays at 10pm on cable channel 6. This week however technical
>> difficulties at UPTV prevented its being shown at the usual time, so it will
>> appear instead at 11pm this evening, Sunday, April 26.
>>
>> In addition to the usual calendar of recent and upcoming anti-war events,
>> tonight's program will feature the following commentaries, mostly beyond the
>> "limits of allowable debate" (LOAD):
>>
>>  --Ron Szoke ("apostle of inclusivity") refracting "Reflections on Racism";
>>
>>  --Wayne Johnson ("lux, libertas, et crustula") on "Being in the Right"; and
>>
>>  --yr. obdt. servt. ("what's so funny about peace, love, & understanding?")
>> on troubles with diversity and the anti-war movement.
>>
>> ===
>>
>> Noam Chomsky on the LOAD: "The smart way to keep people passive and obedient
>> is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very
>> lively debate within that spectrum -- even encourage the more critical and
>> dissident views.  That gives people the sense that there's free thinking
>> going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being
>> reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate."
>>
>>        ###
>>
>>
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