[Peace-discuss] Farmer's Market and Demonstration on Saturday; and, another on Sept. 6th for Bradley Manning on eve of Obama's speech?

[Jenifer Cartwright]

I'm guessing you guys haven't been listening to the Repub Convention speeches, but Romney et al are  FAR, FAR, FAR worse than Obama et al... So how 'bout we save our protests until AFTER the election, and use our energy defeating the LOTS WORSE evils??? It won't significantly affect YOUR lives if the Dems are defeated, but it will be devastating to MILLIONS across the US and the world.

--- On Fri, 8/31/12, Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com>
Subject: [Peace-discuss] Farmer's Market and Demonstration on Saturday; and, another on Sept. 6th for Bradley Manning on eve of Obama's speech?
To: "Peace" <peace at anti-war.net>, "Peace Discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>, "ocCUpy" <occupycu at lists.chambana.net>
Date: Friday, August 31, 2012, 11:26 AM

The wars go on despite the weather and so shall we (at least we'll try).

Expect AWARE and CUCPJ at the Farmer's Market tomorrow morning, 8-noon.

And, from 2-4, the AWARE+OccupyCU demonstration will be at its usual first-Saturday site,

   Main and Neil, downtown Champaign
   2-4 PM Saturday, Sept. 1st

If it turns into a real downpour, we'll retire somewhere nearby for lunch.



There's also a nationally-coordinated suggestion for groups to hold demonstrations on *Thursday, September 6th*, in support of Bradley Manning --

    "Show Obama that Bradley Manning is our hero"

Why the 6th?  That's the date of Obama's acceptance speech at the DNC.

To make a definite *proposal*, how about:

   (proposed) Demonstration in support of accused whistleblower Bradley Manning
   5:00PM Thursday, Sept. 6th
   Urbana Veterans' Memorial
       (that's Broadway and Main, or, the NW corner of the block where the county courthouse is)

What do people think?   (Could also make sense to complain more broadly about Obama's unfulfilled promise as a peace, civil liberties, etc. candidate from four years ago.)

If you like the idea *and* think you can be there for at least part of 5-6PM, please write back (either to peace-discuss at anti-war.net or to occupyCU or to me, but not to the peace list please).

If we have at least, say, five people who believe they can do this, then let's go for it.  Meanwhile let's consider Sept. 6th as still tentative.

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