[Peace-discuss] Yesterdays AWARE demonstration

[Karen Aram]

Carl
 
I know, and I would like to focus on these two issues a bit more. I ordered the book.
 
Thank you
 
Subject: Re: Yesterdays AWARE demonstration
From: carl at newsfromneptune.com
Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 12:02:54 -0500
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To: karenaram at hotmail.com

Chomsky has argued the following frequently:
http://catalog.sevenstories.com/products/nuclear-war-and-environmental-catastrophe
On May 4, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com> wrote: 
Stuart: I neglected to acquire a copy of the leaflet handout you and Carl created, if possible bring one to the meeting tonight? Or, someone can email to me.
 
David Johnson: the pre-lunch at the Esquire was very nice, gave us a chance to meet up with others, thank you and I hope we can continue. I counted at least 12 people in our demonstration and a lot of positive responses by passerby's.
 
In my haste to create a poster I wrote up a quick "end the killings, end the wars, end poverty, climate change and nuclear proliferation." This was my attempt at casting a wide net and appeal to all. We all have our special interests which has resulted in our becoming political activists which we tend to focus on, along with the usual media complaints "he said, she said, etc." when on the air. We feel good about ourselves doing what we can to solve the problems of the world by disseminating information, but I wonder where we go from here.
 
I ask this because I noted a group of young men, coming out of one restaurant and passing by to enter another, they were all wearing white t-shirts, and some held up their fingers in a V-sign, however I noted some laughing, and it didn't appear they were laughing with us, but rather at us, I hope not. Maybe Karen or Stuart or others across the street had a chance to speak with them. I did with one. He stopped to thank me for including "climate change" on my poster, which he sees as a major concern, he appeared genuinely grateful and I wish I'd had the opportunity to discuss with him the inter-relationships between all of the mentioned  issues. Perhaps we can, someone better at it than I, create a leaflet that does relate the critical issues facing the world, keeping it simple in order to be a handout. Perhaps we already have one. I know it's been discussed, but I think if we are to reach the younger segment of society, by young I mean those who will likely still be here 20 or so years from now.
 
Perhaps we can discuss at this evenings AWARE meeting?
 		 	   		  
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