[Peace] [Peace-discuss] July 4th - how about Celebrating America's History of Protest?

[Karen Medina]

Very good point about protest as exception.

the problem with america's rejection of war is two-fold...
1. Rejection of war as exception, the same  point you made could be said
here.
2. We need other groups to join us. There aren't enough AWARE who can walk
in the heat, that will be in town, that aren't working that day. 3.5 people
can make an impact, but we are also part of a community that is aching to
be heard, "fellow americans, democracy means protesting", otherwise we
would still have slavery, women could not vote, veterans would have no
benefits, workers would have no contracts, and the vietnam  war would not
have ended. // america doesn't reject war enough.

-karen medina
On Jun 27, 2016 8:54 AM, "Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss" <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> The difficulty with this theme is that it implies “protest” is the
> exception - and what’s being protested against (war) is is usual and
> expected - and therefore in some sense justified - “in possession,” as
> lawyers might say.
>
> We might “Celebrate America” by saying “Celebrate America’s Rejection of
> War,” since every US war since the beginning has been opposed by the US
> public. (See attachment.)
>
> As President John Adams wrote in 1813, "The middle third ..., the soundest
> part of the Nation [is] always averse to War.”
>
> —CGE
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> > On Jun 25, 2016, at 7:47 PM, Stuart Levy via Peace <
> peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
> >
> > Thinking about July 4th Parade time again.   We'll be sending in AWARE's
> application today or tomorrow.
> >
> > Karen Medina had an idea which I think is just brilliant, taking off on
> the generic parade theme of "Celebrating America":
> >
> >     How about Celebrating America's History of Protest?
> >
> > We can go for anti-war anti-imperial protests (need a Eugene V Debs
> poster!), anti-slavery protests (some of our old signs might fit, like
> Elijah Lovejoy of Alton, IL), for protests throughout labor history
> (collective bargaining, a 40-hour week, minimum wage...)!, for the Civil
> Rights movement protests, for the great veterans' protest after WWI...  -
> there are lots of directions and we can choose whatever we most like.
> >
> > Anyone mind adopting this (broad) theme?   Barring objections I'd like
> to say this is what we'll do.
> >
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