[Peace] Re: Peace Digest, Vol 42, Issue 20

Mon Jul 23 19:28:21 CDT 2007

I purposely got off the peace-discuss list because I am not interested in reading the ideological critiques of events that other progressives have organized.  If you don't want to attend don't show up.  If you want to critique it, do it in the venues available to you--please not on peace announce-digest.
Thanks,
Matthew Murrey

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: [Peace]...target Johnson on support for Iraq war
      (Belden Fields)
   2. Re: [Peace]...target Johnson on support for Iraq war
      (C. G. Estabrook)
   3. AWARE meeting minutes Sunday July 15, 2007 (Karen Medina)
   4. Code Pink Peace-In Tuesday July 24th Senator Durbin's
      Springfield Office 4:00p.m (Robert Naiman )

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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:07:51 -0500
From: Belden Fields 
Subject: Re: [Peace]...target Johnson on support for Iraq war
To: C.G.Estabrook 
Cc: AWARE peace 

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Right Carl, but WE could do that with OUR signs.
Belden
On Jul 21, 2007, at 4:26 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

> Bob--
>
> You say you want to "pressure Congressman Johnson to withdraw our  
> troops from Iraq," but your way of doing it is to ask him to vote  
> *in favor* of a bill providing funding for the war -- just so long  
> as the bill is written by Democrats!
>
> The contradiction arises from the fact that this campaign is not  
> interested in ending the war so much as it in making it go away as  
> a problem for the Democrats.  This campaign -- funded with millions  
> from Democratic party funders -- wants to use the majority anti-war  
> sentiment in the country for the electoral benefit of Democrats.   
> (That's why the campaign targets no pro-war Democrats.)
>
> That would be fine if the Democrats really wanted to end the war.   
> I'll come closer to believing that, in spite of what their leading  
> presidential candidates say, when this front group starts calling  
> for Johnson to vote against *all* funding for the war.  They don't  
> do that now.
>
> Regards, Carl
>
>
> Robert Naiman wrote:
>> Come out Sunday to pressure Congressman Johnson to withdraw our  
>> troops
>> from Iraq!
>> SUNDAY, JULY 22,  2:00 pm
>> *****
>> Come join the Iraq Summer Campaign as they present Congressman Tim
>> Johnson's "report card" on Iraq.  We will be gathering in front of  
>> the
>> Congressman's high school alma mater to draw attention to how
>> Johnson's voting record conflicts with the growing anti-war sentiment
>> of his constituents.
>> For more information on our campaign, check out www.iraqcampaign.org
>> Who:  Educators and constituents from Champaign County
>> What:  Press Conference Presenting Johnson's Iraq Report Card
>> Where:  Urbana High School, 1002 South Race Street, Urbana
>> When:  Sunday, July 22nd, at 2pm (please arrive 5-10 minutes early,
>> should last until about 2:30)
>> ****
>> If you are interested, please call/email Bernie for more information:
>> Bernie Bergmann
>> IL-15 Field Organizer
>> Americans Against the Escalation in Iraq
>> illinois1 at iraqsummer.org
>> 202-425-0805
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:51:24 -0500
From: "C. G. Estabrook" 
Subject: Re: [Peace]...target Johnson on support for Iraq war
To: Belden Fields 
Cc: AWARE peace 

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Indeed we could -- and should.  --CGE

Belden Fields wrote:
> Right Carl, but WE could do that with OUR signs.
> Belden
> On Jul 21, 2007, at 4:26 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> 
>> Bob--
>>
>> You say you want to "pressure Congressman Johnson to withdraw our 
>> troops from Iraq," but your way of doing it is to ask him to vote *in 
>> favor* of a bill providing funding for the war -- just so long as the 
>> bill is written by Democrats!
>>
>> The contradiction arises from the fact that this campaign is not 
>> interested in ending the war so much as it in making it go away as a 
>> problem for the Democrats.  This campaign -- funded with millions from 
>> Democratic party funders -- wants to use the majority anti-war 
>> sentiment in the country for the electoral benefit of Democrats.  
>> (That's why the campaign targets no pro-war Democrats.)
>>
>> That would be fine if the Democrats really wanted to end the war.  
>> I'll come closer to believing that, in spite of what their leading 
>> presidential candidates say, when this front group starts calling for 
>> Johnson to vote against *all* funding for the war.  They don't do that 
>> now.
>>
>> Regards, Carl
>>
>>
>> Robert Naiman wrote:
>>> Come out Sunday to pressure Congressman Johnson to withdraw our troops
>>> from Iraq!
>>> SUNDAY, JULY 22,  2:00 pm
>>> *****
>>> Come join the Iraq Summer Campaign as they present Congressman Tim
>>> Johnson's "report card" on Iraq.  We will be gathering in front of the
>>> Congressman's high school alma mater to draw attention to how
>>> Johnson's voting record conflicts with the growing anti-war sentiment
>>> of his constituents.
>>> For more information on our campaign, check out www.iraqcampaign.org
>>> Who:  Educators and constituents from Champaign County
>>> What:  Press Conference Presenting Johnson's Iraq Report Card
>>> Where:  Urbana High School, 1002 South Race Street, Urbana
>>> When:  Sunday, July 22nd, at 2pm (please arrive 5-10 minutes early,
>>> should last until about 2:30)
>>> ****
>>> If you are interested, please call/email Bernie for more information:
>>> Bernie Bergmann
>>> IL-15 Field Organizer
>>> Americans Against the Escalation in Iraq
>>> illinois1 at iraqsummer.org
>>> 202-425-0805
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>> Peace mailing list
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:45:07 -0500 (CDT)
From: Karen Medina 
Subject: [Peace] AWARE meeting minutes Sunday July 15, 2007
To: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net, peace at lists.chambana.net
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AWARE meeting minutes Sunday July 15, 2007; 5pm start time
Bob Illyes facilitated
Gary Storm took notes
Karen Medina wrote up the notes

News of the week
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Carl Estabrook's News of the Week focused on Impeachment (see his list in an email from him)
Discussion of the News of the Week

"Tough Talk on Impeachment" -- Bill Moyer's Journal (7/13) explored the talk of impeachment with Bruce Fein (Constitutional scholar) and John Nichols (author of THE GENIUS OF IMPEACHMENT) 
* Gary suggested AWARE purchase a copy
* Bill Moyer's Journal, an on-line journal at http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07132007/profile.html , has a link to the video and the transcript.

Norman Solomon's new documentary "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us To Death." is showing here in town August 1st. See Upcoming events for more details.

Working Groups
-----------------------
Financial Report: $71.50 from Farmer's Market

Main Event: no report

Farmer's Market: Very busy; ran out of "Impeach" stickers; need yard signs or other items for communicating (perhaps people's bumpers are full). tee-shirts were mentioned.

AWARE Presents: Need to meet. Watch for announcement.
ISU faculty - 2 Net articles; possible speaker?

Anti-Racism: Read the News-Gazette article about the police shooting into the home of Mildred Davis when Torriano Johnson randomly ran into her house on June 24. Mildred and 4 children were in the house at the time.

Counter Recruitment: A family objected to pro-military previews being shown at the Savoy 16 theaters. Shall we write letters to the Press? Do a public service announcement about it? Could we get equal time? Letter to the theater from AWARE.

Student Groups: no report  

Iran Working Group: Interview with Z-Magazine -- military is dead against invading Iran. But would Israel strike? Dave will convene the working group soon. 

Anti-Torture: no report

Old Business
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SiCKO is worth seeing; humor mixed with serious topics.
SiCKO is still at the Boardman's Art theater, rated PG13, FINAL WEEK! ENDS THURSDAY, JULY 26; Shows daily 2:00 4:30 7:00 9:45 pm 

Sweet Corn Festival: approved $50 for a table
The festival runs Friday August 24 5:00 pm-11:00 pm AND Saturday August 25 11:00 am-11:00 pm

Green Party: Mark Mullen(?sorry, I am not sure I caught his last name, and I think this is what Gary had written)
Mark from the Prairie Greens was at AWARE to invite people to run for offices. Now is the time to run! There are alot of people up for re-election, and only a few signatures are needed to get on the ballot. info at prairiegreens.org
* Ballot line for all state officers
* Green Party is available to help, they know how to campaign

New Ideas
---------------
Carl: Big Lies -- reported without challenge
eg. "Terrorists will follow us home". AWARE needs to find ways to counter viel
* Letters to the editor
* Library displays
* Speakers, etc

Tim Haden observation
Size of anti-war movement
International crime

Occupation Project (Chicago) where they had sit-in at Durbin's office. This was done by the Center for Creative NonViolence.

Events of the Past Week
------------------------------------
nobody mentioned any

Upcoming Events
-------------------------
Need to find the banner "Impeach Bush/Cheney"

Instant runoff voting (IRV) meeting: Wednesday, 7pm at Durl's (This would have been last week; sorry I took so long to write up the minutes)

August 1, 2007
Norman Solomon's new documentary "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us To Death." is showing here in town.
August 1, 7pm at the Community United Church, 805 S. Sixth Street Champaign, Illinois 61820
Sign up for a seat online http://warmadeeasy.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/9627-champaign
(Note that the interview with Norman Soloman is available for download from WILL:
http://www.will.uiuc.edu/media/mediamatters070715.mp3 )
"War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50- year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations."

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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:56:41 -0500
From: "Robert Naiman " 
Subject: [Peace] Code Pink Peace-In Tuesday July 24th Senator Durbin's
 Springfield Office 4:00p.m
To: "AWARE peace" 

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From: CODEPINK Springfield Area 
Date: Jul 22, 2007 10:31 PM
Subject: Peace-In Tuesday July 24th Senator Durbin's Springfield Office 4:
00p.m

Dearest CodePINKer:

This past May, Senator Durbin unconscionably voted to continue the war and
occupation of Iraq, despite the Mandate for Peace to end war NOW we have
given him.

Tuesday, July 24th, at 4:00p.m. we will vigil in front of his office at 525
South 8th St, Springfield and at 4:30 we will hold a Peace-In inside his
office.

PLEASE join us - it is so very important that we hold Senator Durbin
accountable. He must hear us for he will have the opportunity once again in
September to vote to shut down the war. It is up to us to make sure he knows
what he needs to do to represent us in D.C.

We will be joined by Zanne Joi, who is driving the CodePINK truck around the
country on the Summer of Protest: Hold Our Ground for Peace Tour!

Durbin also has offices in Chicago and Marion. Anyone up for doing Peace-Ins
there?

Wear your hottest pink, bring banners, or just come! And PLEASE help spread
the word!

Together we WILL end war!

Peace, Springfield Area CP
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