[Peace] [sf-core] Fw: Unprecedented action in Urbana

[C. G. Estabrook]

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/03/16/99-percent-spring-the-latest-moveon-front-for-the-democratic-party/

http://gawker.com/5896763/occupy-wall-street-and-moveon-go-together-like-woodstock-and-1999

"99% Spring" is astroturf - the latest MoveOn front of the Democratic  
party. We've had almost 15 years to find out what MoveOn is - we  
shouldn't be fooled now.

A principal, indeed crucial, element in Obama's 2008 election was his  
success in co-opting the anti-war movement. His effective lies made  
him a "peace candidate" (and indeed Peace Prize winner) who was able  
to escalate the war he had inherited more brutally and efficiently  
than his predecessor. (That he knew quite well what he was doing from  
early on is clear from his discussion of the anti-Vietnam War movement  
in The Audacity of Hope.)

His re-election campaign is attempting the same cynical operation with  
the Occupy movement. That should be exposed, and this child-killer -  
and tool of the financial corporations - should be driven from office.  
As Glen Ford puts it, he's not the lesser evil - just the more  
effective evil.

--CGE

On Mar 28, 2012, at 4:32 PM, lightport at sbcglobal.net wrote:

>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> From: "Delann W." <moveon-help at list.moveon.org>
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:09:40 -0700
> To: Germaine Light<lightport at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Unprecedented action in Urbana
>
> You could be a part of a huge wave of progressive direct action this  
> spring. Learn how to practice nonviolence in the spirit of Gandhi  
> and Martin Luther King Jr. at a 99% Spring action training in Urbana  
> on Sunday, Apr. 15, 2012, at 2:00 PM. Click here to join in:
>
> Attend a Training
> Dear MoveOn member,
> I'm putting together an amazing event here in Urbana on Sunday, Apr.  
> 15, 2012, at 2:00 PM and I want you to come! I'm one of more than  
> 800 people across the country who have stepped up to plan a 99%  
> Spring action training.
>
> We're going to prepare ourselves to join a huge wave of progressive  
> direct action nationwide this spring. All over America, the 99%  
> movement is getting ready for 60 days of protests, sit-ins, rallies,  
> marches, and more this spring—all aimed and confronting the power,  
> greed, and influence of the 1%.
>
> It's exciting and I hope you can be part of it! The training is  
> filling up fast but there's still room for more folks.
>
> I jumped in to do this because I want to see the 99% Spring take off  
> in a big way, and I want all of us in Urbana to help make it happen.  
> The training is on Sunday, Apr. 15, 2012, at 2:00 PM. Will you join  
> in?
>
> Yes, count me in!
>
> Our movement will be holding huge rallies in every major city on Tax  
> Day to call out the 1% who refuse to pay their fair share. We'll be  
> gathering massive crowds to confront CEOs and top executives at  
> annual shareholder meetings of Wall Street banks, dirty energy  
> polluters, and corporations that refuse to treat workers fairly. And  
> we'll be doing everything we can to call out the corrupting  
> influence of corporate money on our elections.
> At the training I'm putting together here in Urbana, we'll be  
> preparing ourselves to take part in these bold actions and to build  
> connections with other progressives who want to see a 99% Spring in  
> America.
>
> We'll practice telling the story of what happened to our economy and  
> what a different future could look like, we'll learn the history of  
> nonviolent direct action, and we'll train and plan to take direct  
> action ourselves—in the footsteps of Gandhi and Martin Luther King  
> Jr.—to win change.
>
> We have an amazing shared history of everyday people using direct  
> action to transform the political landscape in this country from the  
> civil rights movement to Occupy Wall Street.
>
> This spring, I want to you join me in becoming a part of that legacy  
> right here in Urbana. Will you join in this April?
>
> Yes, I'll be at your training!
>
> Thanks for all you do.
>
> –Delann W.
>
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