[Peace-discuss] Protest in solidarity, the appearance of Alan Dershowitz

[Carl G. Estabrook]

You (et al.) should read what Chomsky says, e.g.

"Trumpism is one of many manifestations of the effects of the neoliberal policies of the past generation. These have led to extreme concentration of wealth along with stagnation for the majority. There have been repeated crashes of the deregulated financial institutions, each worse than the last. Bursting bubbles have been followed by huge public bailouts for the perpetrators while the victims have been abandoned. Globalization has been designed to set working people throughout the world in competition with one another while private capital is lavished with benefits. Democratic institutions have eroded ... all of this has led to anger, bitterness, often desperation -- one remarkable effect is the increasing mortality among middle-age whites ..., analyzed as "deaths of despair," a phenomenon unknown in functioning societies. While there are variations from place to place, some features are common. One is the decline of the centrist parties that have long dominated political life, as we see in election after election. In the US, in recent years, whenever candidates arose from the base in the Republican primaries, the established powers were able to crush them and impose their own choice: Mitt Romney, most recently. In 2016, for the first time they were unable to do so, but they quickly rallied to the winning candidate, who proved quite willing to front for the more brutal wing of the traditional party. The real surprise in the election was the Sanders campaign, which broke with a long tradition of pretty much bought elections, and was stopped only by machinations of the Obama-Clinton party managers. The Democratic Party is now split between the donor-oriented New Democrat managers and a growing activist social democratic base…”

That suggests a possible political program.  —CGE


> On Apr 26, 2018, at 7:04 AM, Boyle, Francis A <fboyle at illinois.edu> wrote:
> 
> Read Chomsky. fab
> 
> Francis A. Boyle
> Law Building
> 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
> Champaign IL 61820 USA
> 217-333-7954 (phone)
> 217-244-1478 (fax)
> (personal comments only)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl G. Estabrook [mailto:galliher at illinois.edu] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 7:02 AM
> To: Boyle, Francis A <fboyle at illinois.edu>
> Cc: Peace-discuss List (peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net) <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] FW: Protest in solidarity, the appearance of Alan Dershowitz
> 
> Francis— 
> 
> I hope you’ll take the trouble to explain to a yet unknowing world, why Dershowitz’ views are wrong - rather than simply denouncing the College of Law.
> 
> —CGE
> 
> 
>> On Apr 26, 2018, at 6:57 AM, Boyle, Francis A via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>> 
>> DershNOwitz
>> LOL! Made my day. And it is only beginning. Fab.
>> 
>> Francis A. Boyle
>> Law Building
>> 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
>> Champaign IL 61820 USA
>> 217-333-7954 (phone)
>> 217-244-1478 (fax)
>> (personal comments only)
>> 
>> From: Peace-discuss [mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] 
>> On Behalf Of Karen Aram via Peace-discuss
>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 6:43 AM
>> To: Peace-discuss List (peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net) 
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>> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Protest in solidarity, the appearance of Alan 
>> Dershowitz
>> 
>> 
>> Message from the group ZAHRA
>> "Join us in solidarity to protest the appearance of Alan Dershowitz who will be speaking at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Dershowitz is a Zionist, denies war crimes, and supports US intervention in Syria. He will be speaking at Foellinger Auditorium starting at 7:30 pm "
>> Professor Francis Boyle from the College of Law at the University of Illinois will be speaking” on behalf of human rights at the protest.
>> Co-sponsors: ISO, SASA, Socialist Alternative, PSL
>> APR26
>> Going
>> Alan Dershowitz? More like Alan DershNOwitz Thu 6:45 PM CDT · 
>> Foellinger Auditorium · Urbana, IL Brandon and Monika are interested 
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