[Peace-discuss] [Peace] Join us to leaflet the Art Theatre tonight 6-7pm

[John W.]

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 12:02 AM, Carl G. Estabrook via Peace <
peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

Send me their list of demands (and read Reed…)
>

Misplace your Google button again, Carl?  *snicker*

https://www.bsfruiuc.com/our-demands




> On May 10, 2017, at 11:48 PM, kmedina67 via Peace-discuss <
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>
>
> Point to items on their list of demands that are identity politics.
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Carl G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>
> Date: 5/10/17 23:15 (GMT-06:00)
> To: kmedina67 <kmedina67 at gmail.com>
> Cc: Harry Mickalide <mickalideh at gmail.com>, peace <
> peace at lists.chambana.net>, "C. G. ESTABROOK" <cge at shout.net>,
> prairiegreens at lists.chambana.net, Peace-discuss List <
> Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Subject: Re: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] Join us to leaflet the Art Theatre
> tonight 6-7pm
>
> I recall reading that. It seemed to me at the time susceptible to e.g.
> Adolph Reed’s critique:
>
> <http://bennorton.com/adolph-reed-identity-politics-is-neoliberalism/>.
>
> AWARE was founded to foster local opposition to US war-making and racism -
> and, by implication, capitalism, the source of both.
>
> We should be willing to cooperate with others who have effective ways to
> do that as well.
>
> But as Reed explains, identity politics is a defense of capitalism - and
> therefore at best only accidentally useful in an anti-war anti-racism
> effort.
>
> —CGE
>
>
>
> On May 10, 2017, at 10:57 PM, kmedina67 <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Carl,
>
> You have seen a copy of the demands of the Students. Months ago.
>
> It is online. I can't copy and paste the url from my cell phone. But you
> can Google their demands.
> -karen medina
>
> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Carl G. Estabrook via Peace" <peace at lists.chambana.net>
> Date: 5/10/17 21:18 (GMT-06:00)
> To: Harry Mickalide <mickalideh at gmail.com>
> Cc: peace <peace at lists.chambana.net>, "C. G. ESTABROOK" <cge at shout.net>,
> prairiegreens at lists.chambana.net, Peace-discuss List <
> Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Subject: Re: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] Join us to leaflet the Art Theatre
> tonight 6-7pm
>
> Harry—
>
> It would be helpful to members and friends of AWARE (‘Anti-War Anti-Racism
> Effort’) - and others - if you would set out
>
> (1) what the "concrete anti-racist anti-capitalist work on campus” being
> done by Black Students for Revolution or Project1000 consists of; and
>
> (2) what "support the students trying to seize power and democratize our
> own university” are asking for.
>
> Regards, Carl
>
>
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