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

E. Wayne Johnson ewj at pigs.ag
Mon Apr 27 12:48:14 CDT 2009


By the way, Bill Kauffman is a Catholic Worker.


C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> 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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