[Peace-discuss] Monthly Anti-War Demos

[Karen Aram]

Further to my previous email, in relation to the Law School supporting war, I will discuss it with Peter.


> On Dec 17, 2019, at 18:12, Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> James
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> Please use my email when contacting me as I’m not on the Peace Discuss List. Fortunately, David forwarded your email to me today.
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> Peter and met with me to discuss the issue of working together, given I have been doing just that for a couple years now.
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> As to PSL or ANSWER supporting AWARE demonstrations once a month, as you suggested, thats doubtful given time constraints etc. It’s possible someone may show up at some point, which would be nice but…….
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> PSL/ANSWER is the umbrella organization for all other anti-war organizations, so I certainly support continued efforts to work with them. Peter/PSL/ANSWER will do flyers for the Teach-In which they plan on January 11th, I think thats the date, so they hope AWARE will assist in distributing flyers at our monthly demo. on January 4th. 
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> The topics as suggested are the plan, so any information or suggestions one has in relation, should be forwarded to James. 
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>> On Dec 17, 2019, at 15:29, David Johnson <davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net <mailto:davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net>> wrote:
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>> Karen,
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>> This is an excellent idea !
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>> David J.
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>> From: Peace-discuss [mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net <mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net>] On Behalf Of James M via Peace-discuss
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 4:03 PM
>> To: Peace Discuss
>> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Monthly Anti-War Demos
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>> Hi All,
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>> I had discussed with a few of you in the past about trying to get some new energy into the monthly AWARE anti-war demos, and I'm writing to follow up on the progress of this. 
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>> One of the ideas was to combine efforts with another like-minded anti-war group in town, perhaps PSL or DSA.
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>> I've reached out to Peter of the local PSL chapter. And he & PSL have expressed interests in helping us with our monthly anti-war demo. One idea that came up in the discussions with Peter was the idea of doing a monthly teach-in the week after the demo. We could hand out flyers for the teach-in to those passing by, and this can be a tangible thing to bring in outside citizens to the local anti-war movement. 
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>> Peter has offered to organize the plans & logistics of the teach-in. And the topics would focus on how Champaign County connects to global war. Potential examples include: our congressman & senators have voted in favor of expanding military budgets, the UIUC law department is very favorable to promoting legal reasons why war is ok (example, the alan dershowitz talks), and the connections of the local tech industries to NSA & the military. These teach-ins could further expand on potential ways to impact or protest these local connections to war.
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>> Peter suggested to try and do the first teach-in this January. That may still be a little hasty (and january is always a tough month in general because of the cold), but Peter & I are both willing to dive into things head first and see how they go.
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>> I'd love to see new energy at the demos, and I think there is plenty of potential in this plan or a plan similar.
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>> Do these sound like good ideas? Are there things we should change or do different? Would anyone like to help with the planning &/or prepping?
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>> (Karen, I believe Peter was also going to email you directly and discuss more about some of the history of the AWARE demos.)
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>> Let me know what y'all think.
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>> Thanks!
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>> James Manrique
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