[Peace] AOTA in festo sancti patricii

[C. G. Estabrook]

"Aware on the Air" will have its (official) St. Patrick's Day show tonight at 
10pm on cable channel 6, viz. & to wit

--News of the Week: upcoming events and events of the past week, notably the Mar 
21 (Saturday) March on the Pentagon (see <pentagonmarch.org>); Apr 4 (Saturday) 
national and international demonstrations on the anniversary of NATO (see 
<http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1087&Itemid=235>), 
including the Main Event, AWARE's monthly street demonstration at Main & Neil in 
Champaign, 2-4pm; and, last Thursday in the Illini Union, Norman Finkelstein & 
Ali Abunimah on "A New Direction in the Middle East: The US, Israel, and Palestine";

--Ron Szoke presents "Notes on Wars -- Class, Military, et al.";

--Conrad Wetzel introduces Phil Wilayto, author of new book "In Defense of Iran: 
Notes from a U.S. Peace Delegation's Journey through the Islamic Republic" 
<http://www.defendersfje.org/dpi>; and

--yr. obt. servt. offers animadversions -- and an Irish example for the Obama 
administration's war on terror: the Good Friday agreement required satisfying 
the legitimate demands of the IRA terrorists...

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	Horatio. There's no offence, my lord.
	Hamlet. Yes, by Saint Patrick, but there is, Horatio,
	And much offence too. Touching this vision here,
	It is an honest ghost, that let me tell you...


	riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay,
	brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle
	and Environs.


	Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

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Reflections on ethnic identity:

	Noel Ignatiev, "How the Irish Became White" (2008);

	Walter Benn Michaels, "Respecting diversity isn’t enough: Deference to other 
people’s cultures costs less than paying them a living wage," Le Monde 
diplomatique, March 2009 <http://mondediplo.com/2009/03/11diversity>.


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