[Peace-discuss] How to kill an uprising against fascist governments

[Karen Aram]

Nit pick everything to death!!!!

I posted two lines of congratulations to those who brought about the Urbana Sanctuary City Resolution, and what do we get? Reams of emails “trivializing and criticizing the work and motives of those involved”. Trivializing the efforts of those from previous years attempting to save people who were undocumented, as a result of US war and interventions. 

Have those who criticized the Sanctuary Movement, read the document, do they know the facts and details related to the law, have they heard the arguments presented by Prof. Boyle, or the issues in relation to what the Immigration Forum has been confronting?

We know that currently most immigrants are economic refugees, and the corporations are responsible for bringing them here as cheap, slave labor. However, as one socialist/labor activist told me, “I’m going to support your efforts, because I don’t blame the “victims”. Maybe it only helps a few hundred people as compared to the millions we can save in the anti-war movement, but we here in Champaign/Urbana Il, are only a few grains of sand on the beach. It’s going to take tons of sand to accomplish our goals.

We should be organizing to resist war and poverty, but instead we alienate those who may now have awakened to that which is occurring. Yes, the Obama administration has been doing many of these things insidiously, while Trump announced in advance, like a “baseball bat in the face” his intentions. All one has to do is look at his Cabinet appointments and others in his administration, Prof. Peter Navarro a China hater for one, to recognize where we’re headed.

Yes, Trump may back away from Russia, for now. The “powers that be” recognize they must proceed more rapidly with China, as time is on China’s side, and attempting to take on two major world powers at the same time, is not strategically viable. This isn’t brain surgery, but it evaded the Obama administration who blindly just followed the advice of their warmongering Advisors, a misreading perhaps of Zbigniew? At least war criminal Kissinger has more sense than to foment wars that can’t be won, he sticks to the vulnerable nations, who have been suffering terribly and will likely continue to do so. 

So, we have a few more weeks to watch what the Obama administration does in respect to Russia and Syria, which maybe a lot. Given power is coming from “the system” the duck is lame, he isn’t yet dead. 

We need to prepare for the Trump administration on all fronts, and stop this nitpicking disguised as “intellectual discourse”. Those of us in the anti-war movement need to stop feeling superior because we’re concerned with the “big picture” we need to stop vilifying others for taking up Identity Issues, such as race, gender, etc., they are legitimate issues of concern. Criticize Prof. Dyson for making “race” the cause of all, with his articles in the NYT’s, thats fine. However, when our neighbors make an effort to change things for the better, for some, maybe we need to take a break. If we are to accomplish anything we need to unite and change our system of capitalism which is responsible for all, and we’re not going to do it if we alienate others because “we are right, and they are wrong”.