[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
Stuart Levy
stuartnlevy at gmail.com
Fri Jul 5 19:53:38 UTC 2013
That's a great question. I've no idea who they were. Cool though! Did
anyone else recognize them?
As they stood there, they held a sign that said something like (maybe
someone remembers better) -
Clapper Snowden
Lied to Congress about
NSA eavesdropping Exposed NSA eavesdropping
Patriot? Traitor?
On 7/5/13 1:48 PM, David Johnson wrote:
> 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.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Stuart Levy <mailto:stuartnlevy at gmail.com>
> *To:* Peace Discuss <mailto:peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
> *Cc:* occupycu <mailto:OccupyCU at lists.chambana.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, July 05, 2013 1:30 PM
> *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
> <mailto:nationalcoordinator at uslaboragainstwar.org>> wrote:
>
> The Crisis in Syria:
> Statement by the Steering Committee of
> U.S. Labor Against the War
> July 5, 2013
>
> * /We oppose any U.S. military intervention, direct or
> indirect, in the Syrian conflict/
> * /The U.S. should focus on providing more humanitarian
> assistance through established internationally recognized
> neutral institutions and organizations /
> * /There is no military solution to the crisis in Syria /
> * /Initial steps to arm rebels will surely create pressure
> for further escalation, leading the U.S. into another
> quagmire /
> * /We call on our government to reverse its decision to
> provide arms and other military support to the Syrian
> rebels /
> * /The Syrian crisis is for the Syrian people to resolve by
> political negotiations /
> * /There must be an immediate full arms embargo applied to
> all countries /
> * /We support initiatives in Congress to prevent the U.S.
> from becoming embroiled in another armed conflict in the
> Middle East /
> * /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 /
> * /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
> <http://uslaboragainstwar.org/downloads/USLAW%20Statement%20on%20the%20Crisis%20in%20Syria.final.070313.pdf>
>
>
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