[Peace-discuss] July 4th Parade ?

[C. G. Estabrook]

David—

During the Bush-Obama wars, AWARE has had some (sometimes rather elaborate) floats in the July 4 parade, and in recent years AWARE members have marched with other groups.

I’d be open to doing that again, but I wouldn’t want to march with people or groups who will eventually be part of a Clinton campaign, even if they consider themselves “progressives.”

I think that would contradict what AWARE has stood for - but I could see AWARE being part of what is essentially a ‘Bernie’ coalition.

Would that work? I’ll plan to raise the matter at tonight’s AWARE meeting and on peace-discuss and fb.     

Regards, Carl


> On Jun 2, 2016, at 2:43 PM, David Johnson <davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Does AWARE have any plans to have a presence in the 4th of July parade this year ?
>  
> What does everyone think of having a large Left presence in the parade of all of the various organizations in C-U.
>  
> We did this back in 2000, 6-months after the WTO Seattle protests and it was the largest procession in the parade which stretched over one block long.
>  
> Let me know what all of you think and if so, I will help organize it.
>  
> David J.