[Peace-discuss] tomorrow's AWARE demonstration - and flyer sources: Snowden's statement ('the Obama Administration is afraid of an informed, angry public') and USLAW against intervention in Syria

[David Johnson]

 Stuart,

Who were those people at the parade yetsreday ( across from Illini Grove on Lincoln ) who were standing in the crowd, and speaking in favor of Snowden and the First Ammendment etc.., using an amplified microphone / bullhorn ?

David J.

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  From: Stuart Levy 
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  Subject: [Peace-discuss] tomorrow's AWARE demonstration - and flyer sources: Snowden's statement ('the Obama Administration is afraid of an informed, angry public') and USLAW against intervention in Syria


  Tomorrow is the first Saturday of the month - AWARE's monthly anti-war demonstration:

       2-4PM, Saturday, July 6th,
       corner of Main and Neil, downtown Champaign - the usual place

  We haven't settled on a flyer for tomorrow, but talked a bit after the parade about things that might go in it, including Edward Snowden's statement this week (below).  Also below is a current statement by US Labor Against the War opposing intervention in Syria.     Discussers of peace, what do we think of these?   Are there other things that we really need to include?  I'll aim to assemble something tonight, and get it copied tomorrow midday, unless someone else wants to do either of those.



    One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has been owed to the efforts of friends new and old, family, and others who I have never met and probably never will. I trusted them with my life and they returned that trust with a faith in me for which I will always be thankful.

    On Thursday, President Obama declared before the world that he would not permit any diplomatic "wheeling and dealing" over my case. Yet now it is being reported that after promising not to do so, the President ordered his Vice President to pressure the leaders of nations from which I have requested protection to deny my asylum petitions.

    This kind of deception from a world leader is not justice, and neither is the extralegal penalty of exile. These are the old, bad tools of political aggression. Their purpose is to frighten, not me, but those who would come after me. For decades the United States of America has been one of the strongest defenders of the human right to seek asylum. Sadly, this right, laid out and voted for by the U.S. in Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is now being rejected by the current government of my country. The Obama administration has now adopted the strategy of using citizenship as a weapon. Although I am convicted of nothing, it has unilaterally revoked my passport, leaving me a stateless person. Without any judicial order, the administration now seeks to stop me exercising a basic right. A right that belongs to everybody. The right to seek asylum.

    In the end the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned, or powerless. No, the Obama administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.

    I am unbowed in my convictions and impressed at the efforts taken by so many.

    Edward Joseph Snowden




  On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Michael Eisenscher <nationalcoordinator at uslaboragainstwar.org> wrote:

    The Crisis in Syria: 
    Statement by the Steering Committee of
    U.S. Labor Against the War 
    July 5, 2013
      a.. We oppose any U.S.  military intervention, direct or indirect, in the Syrian conflict 
      b.. The U.S. should focus on providing more humanitarian assistance through established internationally recognized neutral institutions and organizations 
      c.. There is no military solution to the crisis in Syria 
      d.. Initial steps to arm rebels will surely create pressure for further escalation, leading the U.S. into another quagmire 
      e.. We call on our government to reverse its decision to provide arms and other military support to the Syrian rebels 
      f.. The Syrian crisis is for the Syrian people to resolve by political negotiations 
      g.. There must be an immediate full arms embargo applied to all countries 
      h.. We support initiatives in Congress to prevent the U.S. from becoming embroiled in another armed conflict in the Middle East 
      i.. We call for using funds now spent on the military to address poverty, unemployment, inequality and numerous other social ills here at home and abroad 
      j.. By addressing these problems we will also increase our national security and reduce the need to resort to arms. 
      Download full statement in PDF format 

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