[Peace-discuss] A disgusting pro-Obama Democratic front operation

[Carl G. Estabrook]

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>
> [A report from a participant in today's rally in Chicago.  --CGE]
>
> The rally to praise Obama for supposedly ending the war in Iraq,  
> sponsored
> by Marilyn Katz, Carl Davidson, and "Chicagoans Against War in  
> Iraq," and
> billed as a national marque event, turned up 30 speakers and paid  
> staff
> members in front of microphones. There were about 5-10 in the  
> audience.
> Dozens and dozens of prepared placards that said "yes we can" were  
> in a
> box, untouched. Among the speakers were the president of the Cook  
> County
> Board Toni Preckwinkle, Alderman Joe Moore, and Tom Hayden.
> In opposition, holding placards, were some 15 or more from March 19th
> Anti-War Coalition, Occupy Chicago, Iraq Veterans Against the War,  
> Albany
> Park, North Park, Mayfair Neighbors for Peace and Justice, and  
> others. The
> placards included slogans "The U.S. War on Iraq is NOT Over" "Obama  
> Does
> Not Deserve Praise," "Obama is Continuing Illegal Illegal & Unjust  
> Wars,"
> "Obama Is Threatening Iran and Syria," "Free Bradley Manning," "No  
> War on
> Iran," "Orambo," "There Is Nothing to Celebrate" and others.  
> Hundreds of
> leaflets from the March 19th Anti-War Coalition were distributed to
> passersby as well as those at the rally. --<tristan.sloughter at gmail.com 
> >
>
> On Dec 15, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:
>
>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> From: Lauren Weiner <Weiner at americansunitedforchange.org>
>>>> Date: December 15, 2011 2:25:45 PM CST
>>>> To: Lauren Weiner <Weiner at americansunitedforchange.org>
>>>> Subject: FYI: Activists From Across the Nation to Gather in  
>>>> Chicago--Friday, 12/16 10:30 am
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> NEWS ALERT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>>>
>>>> Contact:
>>>> Marilyn Katz
>>>> MK Communications
>>>> 312-822-0505
>>>> 312-953-1225
>>>> mkatz at mkcpr.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Activists From Across the Nation to Gather in Chicago at
>>>> 2002 Rally Site to Mark Iraq War End
>>>> “Determination of a few can change the world”
>>>>
>>>> (CHICAGO) Nine years and two months after the first large protest  
>>>> against the then impending war in Iraq, organizers of the now- 
>>>> famous rally will return there with anti-war leaders from  
>>>> throughout the nation to mark the end of what they predicted to  
>>>> be and has turned out to be an ill-conceived and costly war.
>>>>
>>>> “On October 2, 2002,” said Marilyn Katz, “to the surprise of  
>>>> themselves and a nation still reeling from the events of 9/11,  
>>>> thousands of people gathered in Federal Plaza to voice our  
>>>> opposition to an impending war that we felt was built on lies and  
>>>> would cost both the people of Iraq and America thousands of lives  
>>>> and billions of dollars. Among the speakers that day was a  
>>>> relatively unknown state senator – Barack Obama, who added a  
>>>> strong voice in opposition when it was not yet a popular position.
>>>>
>>>> “What began as a few thousand people in Federal Plaza and places  
>>>> like it grew to a movement of millions who opposed a war and  
>>>> became a critical force in electing a president who promised to  
>>>> end the war he had long opposed.  That movement has continued.   
>>>> The promise has been kept.  We return to Federal Plaza to mourn  
>>>> the losses all have endured and  to celebrate the difference that  
>>>> citizen action can make in creating and changing  history – and  
>>>> to honor those whose word is their promise.”
>>>>
>>>> Among those joining Among those joining Bettylu Saltzman, Marilyn  
>>>> Katz and others who founded Chicagoans Against War and Injustice  
>>>> (CAWI), the group that called the demonstration, will be Cook  
>>>> County Board President Toni Preckwinkle; Alderman Joe Moore,  
>>>> president of Cities for Peace; labor leader Tom Balanoff, SEIU;  
>>>> anti-war stalwart Tom Hayden, Progressive Democrats of America;  
>>>> Chuy Garcia, commissioner, Cook County Board; Bill Zimmerman,  
>>>> media consultant to MoveOn.org and author of Troublemaker, a  
>>>> memoir of the Vietnam antiwar movement; Ryan Canney, Move On.org;  
>>>> Juan Andrade, United States Hispanic Leadership Institute; Julie  
>>>> Hamos, director, state of Illinois Department of Healthcare and  
>>>> Family Services; David Cortright, Win Without War; Bill MacInary,  
>>>> Lynda Deforge, William McNary, Citizen Action; Carl Davidson,  
>>>> Progressive Democrats for America; Adele Simmons, former  
>>>> president the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation;  
>>>> representatives from VetVotes; and Ilya Sheyman, candidate for  
>>>> U.S. Congress.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ###
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