[Peace] UIUC UGL promoting administration war propaganda

[C. G. Estabrook]

  The speech starts at 7pm CDT.


On 8/31/10 1:39 PM, Raia Hamad wrote:
> What time does this start?
>
> On Aug 30, 2010, at 9:14 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>
>>
>>             The Undergraduate Library @ UIUC announces the following:
>>
>>             "Witness history! Tomorrow (August 31) marks the end of the War
>>             in Iraq (sic). Join us at UGL to watch a live broadcast of
>>             President Obama's declaration of the end of the combat mission,
>>             and stay for a discussion afterward."
>>
>>             I sent them a note ("That's an outrageous acquiescence to the
>>             administration's propaganda. The war is nowhere near over. Obama
>>             continues to order mass murder in the Middle East in pursuit of
>>             America's neo-colonial project in the region. I hope you will
>>             have someone to point that out in the discussion afterward..."),
>>             to which they (?) replied
>>
>>             "Carl, come to the broadcast! I'm hoping the President's address
>>             will be followed by a vibrant discussion of *all* the issues. For
>>             the record, I don't disagree with you at all -- but it is still a
>>             historic moment, and a fantastically rich opportunity to talk
>>             about dozens of different things."
>>
>>             I suppose AWARE - perhaps particularly AWARE's new undergraduate
>>             members - should show up.
>>
>>             And I suppose we geezers have to go for moral support...  --CGE
>>
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