[Peace] News-Gazette Story worth reading 11/09/08

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

Activist 'works tirelessly when he believes in a cause'
Sunday November 9, 2008


CHAMPAIGN – Randall Cotton has closely cropped hair, wears serious  
wire-rim glasses and dresses somewhat conservatively. He speaks  
precisely and succinctly, like the computer engineer he is.

Abbie Hoffman he's not.

But Cotton, a 43-year-old Champaign resident, is every bit the  
committed, decidedly left-wing citizen activist.

"A lot of what I do is not high profile," Cotton said. "I speak out  
when necessary, but I'm not drawn to bringing attention to myself."

But in recent years, Cotton has quietly made himself felt on the local  
progressive scene. He led a successful yearlong campaign to get Urbana  
Public Television to carry the show "Democracy Now" in 2004.

He is active with AWARE, the Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort, that has led  
local protests against the Iraq War. He's working to get more community  
involvement in WEFT-FM, a community radio station.

And, most recently, he and fellow activists Martel Miller and Ricky  
Baldwin tried to rally public support for a property tax increase for  
City of Champaign Township, which dispenses a form of welfare, general  
assistance, to the extremely poor.

Read more and photo at:
   
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2008/11/09/ 
activist_works_tirelessly_when_he_believes_in_a_cause
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