[Peace] [Peace-discuss] Join us to leaflet the Art Theatre tonight 6-7pm

[Carl G. Estabrook]

Send me their list of demands (and read Reed…)


> On May 10, 2017, at 11:48 PM, kmedina67 via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> Point to items on their list of demands that are identity politics.
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> From: "Carl G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>
> Date: 5/10/17 23:15 (GMT-06:00)
> To: kmedina67 <kmedina67 at gmail.com>
> Cc: Harry Mickalide <mickalideh at gmail.com>, peace <peace at lists.chambana.net>, "C. G. ESTABROOK" <cge at shout.net>, prairiegreens at lists.chambana.net, Peace-discuss List <Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Subject: Re: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] Join us to leaflet the Art Theatre tonight 6-7pm
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> I recall reading that. It seemed to me at the time susceptible to e.g. Adolph Reed’s critique:
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> <http://bennorton.com/adolph-reed-identity-politics-is-neoliberalism/ <http://bennorton.com/adolph-reed-identity-politics-is-neoliberalism/>>.
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> AWARE was founded to foster local opposition to US war-making and racism - and, by implication, capitalism, the source of both.
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> We should be willing to cooperate with others who have effective ways to do that as well.
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> But as Reed explains, identity politics is a defense of capitalism - and therefore at best only accidentally useful in an anti-war anti-racism effort.  
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> —CGE
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>> On May 10, 2017, at 10:57 PM, kmedina67 <kmedina67 at gmail.com <mailto:kmedina67 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Carl,  
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>> You have seen a copy of the demands of the Students. Months ago.
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>> It is online. I can't copy and paste the url from my cell phone. But you can Google their demands.
>> -karen medina
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>> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
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>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: "Carl G. Estabrook via Peace" <peace at lists.chambana.net <mailto:peace at lists.chambana.net>>
>> Date: 5/10/17 21:18 (GMT-06:00)
>> To: Harry Mickalide <mickalideh at gmail.com <mailto:mickalideh at gmail.com>>
>> Cc: peace <peace at lists.chambana.net <mailto:peace at lists.chambana.net>>, "C. G. ESTABROOK" <cge at shout.net <mailto:cge at shout.net>>, prairiegreens at lists.chambana.net <mailto:prairiegreens at lists.chambana.net>, Peace-discuss List <Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net <mailto:Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>>
>> Subject: Re: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] Join us to leaflet the Art Theatre tonight 6-7pm
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>> Harry—
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>> It would be helpful to members and friends of AWARE (‘Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort’) - and others - if you would set out 
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>> (1) what the "concrete anti-racist anti-capitalist work on campus” being done by Black Students for Revolution or Project1000 consists of; and 
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>> (2) what "support the students trying to seize power and democratize our own university” are asking for.
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>> Regards, Carl 
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