[Peace] Fwd: [UFPJ] New UFPJ Flyer vs "Surge success" Spin

[Morton K. Brussel]

Can we use this leaflet on Bush's Iraq Surge [http:// 
www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3843] at our monthly protest at  
One Main? What do you all think of it? --mkb

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> From: Judith LeBlanc <jleblanc at unitedforpeace.org>
> Date: February 13, 2008 4:42:54 PM CST
> To: "ufpj at lists.mayfirst.org >> UFPJ-Member Groups"  
> <ufpj at lists.mayfirst.org>
> Subject: [UFPJ] New UFPJ Flyer vs "Surge success" Spin
> Reply-To: jleblanc at unitedforpeace.org
>
> Dear UFPJ member group,
>
> Every day the anti war movement is challenged to counter the spin  
> on developments in Iraq. A year ago we protested the “surge” and we  
> were right again! The ”surge” is a failure for the Iraqi and U.S.  
> people.
>
> UFPJ has a new leaflet, in English and Spanish, entitled: “Bush's  
> Iraq "Surge": "Mission Accomplished" This Time?” You can down load  
> the flyer from our website at: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ 
> article.php?id=3843
>
> As the leaflet says,” The surge is a success in only one way. It  
> has shifted debate in the U.S. away from its pre-surge focus on how  
> big a disaster the whole Iraq war is. “
>
> Your local contact info can be added in the space at the lower   
> right corner of the flyer. It can be used to leaflet presidential  
> campaign events in the primary states and in the course of outreach  
> to community groups for the 5th anniversary.
>
> We thank War Times/Tiempo de Guerras, a member group of UFPJ, for  
> their help in preparing this piece. (Check out their website for  
> other resources: http://www.war-times.org )
>
>
>  Additional resources:
>
> In addition to our new flyer we want to recommend a few other
> excellent resources for background information to counter the  
> “surge success” spin:
>
> 1) An article by award winning journalist Juan Cole, “Top Ten Myths  
> about Iraq”. http://www.juancole.com/2007/12/top-ten-myths-about- 
> iraq-2007.html
>
>
> 2)  An article by the Washington, DC think tank initiated by former  
> members of the Clinton administration, Center for Americas  
> Progress, which is a sharp critique of the surge going far beyond  
> the Democratic presidential debates on the occupation. http:// 
> www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/01/surge_anniversary.html/ 
> print.html
>
> 3) A Washington Post op-ed by Andrew J. Bacevich, a professor of  
> history and international relations at Boston University. http:// 
> www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/18/ 
> AR2008011802873.html
>
> 4) On UFPJ’s website, you can listen to a 12/12/07 briefing on the  
> situation in Iraq and the growing crisis for the millions of Iraqis  
> who are internally or externally displaced–, featuring speakers  
> Raed Jarrar from the American Friends Service Committee's Iraq  
> Project, and Noah Merrill from Electronic Iraq's Direct Aid  
> Initiative.
> Click here to access an audio recording of this conference call  
> briefing: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3828
>
> Please let us know if your group has material that can be shared  
> with others or suggestions for material you would find helpful.
>
> Take care,
>
> Judith Le Blanc
> UFPJ Organizing Coordinator
>
>
>
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