From davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net Thu Feb 1 04:03:04 2018 From: davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net (David Johnson) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:03:04 -0600 Subject: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] The 1% front group MoveOn In-Reply-To: <2B1BEAD2-7D05-420C-9480-9D7B706935B2@gmail.com> References: <231423c-305c4-5a7281ee@list.moveon.org> <2B1BEAD2-7D05-420C-9480-9D7B706935B2@gmail.com> Message-ID: <016801d39b11$8fe5fcc0$afb1f640$@comcast.net> Indeed ! MoveOn picketed U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich's office back in 2009 when he refused to support the ACA, because Kucinich supported Medicare for All and saw the ACA for the scam that it was (is ). David J. -----Original Message----- From: Peace-discuss [mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 9:22 PM To: Peace-discuss List Cc: peace Subject: [Peace-discuss] The 1% front group MoveOn MoveOn has been from its beginning a facade for the political establishment (neocons, neolibs, the 'intelligence community,’ the Rep & Dem leadership, the Clinton campaign, etc.) - a front for the one-percent and their pro-war and pro-Wall Street policies. ‘Russiagate’ is the hysterical invention of that establishment. ============================ > Remove Representative Devin Nunes > Rep. 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To remove yourself from this list, click here. > > _______________________________________________ Peace-discuss mailing list Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss From karenaram at hotmail.com Thu Feb 1 16:13:14 2018 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 16:13:14 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Fwd: CALL TO ACTION! References: Message-ID: From: Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases > Subject: CALL TO ACTION! Date: February 1, 2018 at 06:55:57 PST Reply-To: Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases > View this email in your browser [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ccd625b69dbee766fcef0d707/images/96c99095-0a03-4303-856d-db04adbf86f1.jpg] THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR CONFERENCE IN BALTIMORE NOW IT IS TIME TO ORGANIZE! PLEASE RSVP FOR THE FEBRUARY 3rd, 3:00 - 4:30 PM, CONFERENCE CALL FOR PLANNING OUR NATIONAL DAY OF ANTI-WAR ACTION Dear Friends, Please accept our most sincere thanks for your invaluable support of the Coalition and our most successful Conference Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases in Baltimore. We hope to benefit from your continued support in our future activities as well. The conference, endorsed by more than 40 national and international organizations, was attended by 200 people and viewed live by at least 13,000 viewers in the U.S. and around the world. The videos of the 3-day conference are available on our web site: NoForeignBases.org for those of you who may not have been able to attend the Conference or watch it online. As you are well aware, at the Conference we collectively adopted three important resolutions and issued a statement in support of Hiroji Yamashiro and other arrested anti-bases activists in Okinawa. Now we asking all of you to help us take concrete steps toward implementation of these resolutions: 1. With regard to our Resolution against Guantanamo, we are asking you and your organization to organize an action, in any form that is appropriate for you, on or around February 23rd. Please send us information about your planned actions ASAP so we can publicize them for you on our web site. 2. On the Resolution for a National Day of Anti-War action in Spring, we are setting up a conference call for all organizations that would like to participate in planning and organizing our collective Spring Action. This Conference call will be on February 3rd, at 3:00 - 4:30 PM. We have set up an RSVP form on our web site for your organization to register for and participate in the Call. Due to shortness of time, please RSVP for the call as soon as possible. 3. As to our upcoming Global Conference Against U.S./NATO Bases, we are happy to inform you that Peace & Neutrality Alliance (PANA) in Ireland has generously agreed to to host our Global Conference in Ireland. We are discussing the details with PANA and will inform you about the details as soon as they are available. 4. Thanks to our dear activist friends of Okinawa Peace Appeal in New York City area, our statement in support of Hiroji and other arrested Okinawa activists was translated into Japanese and distributed widely among anti-bases activists and the media in Okinawa and around the world. We were honored to receive a photo of Hiroji and his wife holding the Japanese translation of our statement in front of Camp Schwab in Okinawa. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ccd625b69dbee766fcef0d707/images/75f96878-a3c6-4886-95d9-95a4c80cc570.png] We thank all of you again and are looking forward to a closer working relationship with you as our common struggle for peace and justice continues. 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Come when you can) 4-6pm School for Designing a Society 122 Franklin St., Urbana, IL (tea and coffee provided) *Seminar Sessions will include: * - films and documentaries - research the book *Global Heartlands *by Faranak Miraftab - presentations by guests - testimonials by emigrant neighbors - collecting news reports about detentions/deportations/travel bans - collecting info about working conditions in places where immigrants work - analyzing right wing exploitation of anti-immigrant sentiment around the world - researching pro-immigrant organizations in Illinois - looking at labor organizing as it relates to immigration - looking at other artistic responses to the issues - theater, songs, films, poetry, visual art - creating guerrilla theater interventions This seminar is being organized at no cost to participants. 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Spring will come & flags will fly... > On Feb 2, 2018, at 10:45 PM, stuartnlevy via Peace-discuss wrote: > > Hello all, > > How do people feel about demonstrating tomorrow? > > Weather looks chilly - not bitter, but with strong winds, 20-35 mph. This will not be fun for people carrying signs, and the cold will get to us. > > I could be there until around 3pm if we do demonstrate, but would need to leave then. > > Happy to make signs available as usual if anyone wants to go ahead. But neither Karen nor I will be around at the usual 4pm end time. > > I'll vote to not be on the streets this month, but what do you all think? > > > > -- Stuart > _______________________________________________ > Peace-discuss mailing list > Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net > https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss From stuartnlevy at gmail.com Sat Feb 3 15:15:30 2018 From: stuartnlevy at gmail.com (Stuart Levy) Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 09:15:30 -0600 Subject: [Peace] AWARE - ok, let's ***call off*** today's demonstration. [but note Bend the Arc DACA march at 11:30] In-Reply-To: References: <5a75304c.8bdb0d0a.3056f.627d@mx.google.com> <78ABDE56-43C3-4200-99EC-E94350475081@illinois.edu> <1001901956.1830777.1517633096453@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1dccc1e2-0620-3c0b-05e7-b46cf955cfa7@gmail.com> Sending to Peace list too:     It's expected to be very windy today, as well as fairly cold.      Let's *cancel* today's AWARE demonstration for Saturday, Feb 3rd.     We can look for a Saturday with better weather as David suggests. Also, James M. points out the Bend the Arc demonstration at 11:30am-12:30pm today in support of DACA. It's only an hour, and the wind isn't forecast to be as strong by then as it will be by midafternoon. Starts at WCIA on Neil St.   Here are details for those interested:    https://www.facebook.com/events/1557551660960874/ They write: The Dreamers lives hang in the balance. Their families lives also hang in the balance. We want to show Rodney Davis, John Shimkus and all other congresspeople that refuse to have a clean Dream Act, that we, the people in their districts, support a path for the Dreamers that also keep their families together. We want the press to notice us, so they can amplify our voices. WITH THE PRESS IN MIND: Please join us in marching from the *WCIA Channel 3 office on Neil St in Champaign* to the *News-Gazette office at 15 Main St *in downtown Champaign. Bring signs in support of the Dreamers. We will be singing and chanting all along the way. This totals about 2/3 mile distance. If we are at their doorsteps, howcan they miss us? For those who are not able to walk or would prefer not to, we have a very special task for all of you. We will be walking north on Neil St from the WCIA offices to Main St. Then we will walk east on Main St to the News-Gazette offices. Could each of you drive to a parking lot along this route? Bring your DACA signs. As soon as the group reaches your location, can you wave your signs and honk your horns while we are all passing by? This way, everyone will notice us. We would like a general number of about how many marchers and honkers to expect. So please note if you are going. #DreamActNow On 02/02/2018 10:50 PM, James M. wrote: > Sounds good. For those interested, Bend The Arc is doing a DACA > walk/march tomorrow 11:30am-12:30pm starting at the WCIA building. Cheers! > > On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 10:44 PM, David Green via Peace-discuss > > wrote: > > I think we should cancel tomorrow, and keep on eye on the weather > forecast on a week-by-week  basis for the first somewhat above > freezing Saturday during February, or just wait until March 3rd. > > DG > > On ‎Friday‎, ‎February‎ ‎2‎, ‎2018‎ ‎10‎:‎06‎:‎53‎ ‎PM‎ ‎CST, Carl > G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss > wrote: > > > I’m out of town & will be unavailable to demonstrate or distribute > flyers tomorrow. Regrets. > > Tell Doug to get inside & not risk frostbite. Spring will come & > flags will fly... > > > > On Feb 2, 2018, at 10:45 PM, stuartnlevy via Peace-discuss > > wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > How do people feel about demonstrating tomorrow? > > > > Weather looks chilly - not bitter, but with strong winds, 20-35 > mph.  This will not be fun for people carrying signs, and the cold > will get to us. > > > > I could be there until around 3pm if we do demonstrate, but > would need to leave then. > > > > Happy to make signs available as usual if anyone wants to go > ahead.  But neither Karen nor I will be around at the usual 4pm > end time. > > > > I'll vote to not be on the streets this month, but what do you > all think? > > > > > > > >  -- Stuart > > _______________________________________________ > > Peace-discuss mailing list > > Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net > > > https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Peace-discuss mailing list > Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net > > https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Peace-discuss mailing list > Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net > > https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From davegreen84 at yahoo.com Sat Feb 3 17:05:35 2018 From: davegreen84 at yahoo.com (David Green) Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 17:05:35 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Peace] Who has TV studio uplink capacity in Champaign-Urbana they would make available? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1076109859.1916611.1517677535204@mail.yahoo.com> You might like to see if Jason Liggett can help you at UPTV. On ‎Saturday‎, ‎February‎ ‎3‎, ‎2018‎ ‎08‎:‎10‎:‎07‎ ‎AM‎ ‎CST, Robert Naiman via Peace wrote: From time to time, RT TV calls me for an interview. Usually, they have liked to do this in a studio, rather than via Skype; recently, they have made this a requirement, rather than a preference.  Often, I have used the WILL-TV studio for this purpose. I like doing it this way, because RT pays them for the studio time, so it's a way of subsidizing WILL that doesn't cost me anything. Also, I like the people there and it's convenient.  However, for whatever reason, that often doesn't work out. So I'm interested to know to what extent this capacity exists elsewhere in Champaign-Urbana or could be made to exist.  Any leads?  === Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org naiman at justforeignpolicy.org (202) 448-2898 x1 Senate: Wield the Constitution to Stop Saudi Starvation of Yemeni Childrenhttps://www.change.org/p/senate-invoke-war-powers-to-stop-saudi-from-starving-yemeni-kids _______________________________________________ Peace mailing list Peace at lists.chambana.net https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susanroseparenti at gmail.com Sun Feb 4 01:47:14 2018 From: susanroseparenti at gmail.com (Susan Parenti) Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 19:47:14 -0600 Subject: [Peace] YOU'RE INVITED: Sunday seminar on immigration starts tomorrow, Sunday, 4-6 pm. Message-ID: *School for Designing a Society* invites you to a weekly community “drop-in” seminar on global/local immigration: *"How can investigating issues about immigration lead to activist interventions in Champaign-Urbana?"* Sundays (beginning Feb. 4. Come when you can) 4-6pm School for Designing a Society 122 Franklin St., Urbana, IL (tea and coffee provided) *Seminar Sessions will include: * - films and documentaries - research the book *Global Heartlands *by Faranak Miraftab - presentations by guests - testimonials by emigrant neighbors - collecting news reports about detentions/deportations/travel bans - collecting info about working conditions in places where immigrants work - analyzing right wing exploitation of anti-immigrant sentiment around the world - researching pro-immigrant organizations in Illinois - looking at labor organizing as it relates to immigration - looking at other artistic responses to the issues - theater, songs, films, poetry, visual art - creating guerrilla theater interventions This seminar is being organized at no cost to participants. For info or to RSVP, please contact susan at designingasociety.net -- *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * -- *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kmedina67 at gmail.com Sun Feb 4 04:17:50 2018 From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (kmedina67) Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 22:17:50 -0600 Subject: [Peace] YOU'RE INVITED: Sunday discussions on immigration starts tomorrow, Sunday, 4-6 pm. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <5a768971.62449d0a.c8380.f1e0@mx.google.com> Dear aware,See below. Weekly Sunday seminar on immigration. 4 to 6 pm School for Designing a Society invites you to a weekly community “drop-in” seminar on global/local immigration: "How can investigating issues about immigration lead to activist interventions in Champaign-Urbana?" Sundays (beginning Feb. 4. Come when you can)4-6pmSchool for Designing a Society122 Franklin St., Urbana, IL (tea and coffee provided) Seminar Sessions will include: - films and documentaries- research the book Global Heartlands by Faranak Miraftab - presentations by guests- testimonials by emigrant neighbors- collecting news reports about detentions/deportations/travel bans- collecting  info about working conditions in places where immigrants work- analyzing right wing exploitation of anti-immigrant sentiment around the world- researching pro-immigrant organizations in Illinois- looking at labor organizing as it relates to immigration- looking at other artistic responses to the issues - theater, songs, films, poetry, visual art- creating guerrilla theater interventions This seminar is being organized at no cost to participants.For info or to RSVP, please contact susan at designingasociety.net --  Susan Parenti Educational Coordinator  -- Susan Parenti Educational Coordinator The School for Designing a Society www.designingasociety.net Like us on Facebook! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Mon Feb 5 19:14:52 2018 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 19:14:52 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Program: Saturday "The Role of Women in Stopping the Threat of Nuclear War" Message-ID: [State Representative Carol Ammons's photo.] FEB10 The Role Of Women In Stopping Nuclear War Public · Hosted by State Representative Carol Ammons Going Share * clock Saturday, February 10 at 2 PM - 4 PM CST 5 days from now · 19–32°Snow Grains * pin Show Map Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center 202 S Broadway Ave, Urbana, Illinois 61801 * * About * Discussion See All Share Details With the threat of nuclear warning growing, now more than ever it is critical we bring to the table the voices of those directly impacted by war and organize ourselves to advocate for peaceful solutions. Join Representative Carol Ammons and a panel of experts discussing topics ranging from historical overview of United States involvement in global conflict, current international relations between the United States and key countries, experiences of military personnel who have served on the ground during wartime, and hear the experiences of those who have been forced to relocate because of war. The panel is the kickoff event to starting the Illinois Chapter of Women's Action for New Directions (WAND). WAND empowers women to be agents of change to reduce violence and militarism, support nuclear disarmament, and redirect excessive Pentagon spending to unmet human and environmental needs. About our speakers: Ji-Yeon Yuh is a History professor at Northwestern University and specializes in Asian American Studies, Comparative Race and Diaspora, and Gender and Sexuality Studies. She has extensively researched military conflicts, particularly focusing on how they have impacted women. She is also active in her community; she co-founded the Alliance of Scholars Concerned about Korea, is a board member of Korea Policy Institute, and was a board president of KANWIN, a Korean American women's organization focused on ending domestic violence. Robert Naiman is the Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy, a non-partisan organization dedicated to organizing Americans desirous of having foreign policy based in diplomacy, law, and cooperation. He is the president of the board of Truthout, a non-profit organization focused on providing independent daily news, and has worked as policy analyst and researcher at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch. He has masters degrees in Economics and Mathematics, and has both studied and lived in the Middle East. Tori Riso is a tutor at Illini Tutoring. Having graduated from UIUC with a Bachelor's in Engineering, Tori is now working towards getting a Master's in Nuclear Engineering. 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Tue Feb 13 CST at Esquire Lounge Inc 105 guests Interested · Going English (US) · Español · Português (Brasil) · Français (France) · Deutsch Privacy · Terms · Advertising · Ad Choices · Cookies · More Facebook © 2018 [UIUC Divest's photo.] FEB9 UIUC Divest Launch Party Public · Hosted by UIUC Divest InterestedGoing Share * clock Friday, February 9 at 6 PM - 8 PM CST 4 days from now · 18–27°Snow Showers * pin Show Map Channing Murray Foundation 1209 W Oregon St, Urbana, Illinois 61801 * * About * Discussion 6 Going · 4 InterestedSee All * [https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p74x74/23471903_10155875503199717_457712417170105222_n.jpg?oh=88b4f840fe6fc134a3a83bd9ffedf364&oe=5B237EE5] * [https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p74x74/20108663_1106175956180116_551041218329168697_n.jpg?oh=946a05d3f733fbc6c1a262202466add5&oe=5B17E0CA] * [https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p74x74/20770016_10111144332530094_8953385986207597454_n.jpg?oh=3fae59cda8edcdfb100bbfac4ee78f9e&oe=5B1F9377] Dunia, Muhammad and Joel are going Share Details We are incredibly proud to announce the 2018 launch of UIUC Divest: a campaign to withdraw the University's investments from companies which violate human rights locally and globally--including companies which are complicit in, enable, or carry out the suppression of oppressed and marginalized communities. Join us at the Channing Murray Foundation to celebrate this launch and to learn more about our campaign, goals, and who we are. We will be hosting a multitude of poets and performers from organizations that support Divest! Doors open at 6pm, with the event starting at 6:30pm. Refreshments will be provided, with Palestinian sweets from Nablus Sweets in Orland Park, IL. Co-sponsoring Organizations: Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Black Students for Revolution (BSFR) Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán (MEChA) Campus Union for Trans Equality and Support (CUTES) United Muslim Minority Advocates (UMMA) Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC) Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) Muslim Students Association (MSA) Black Lives Matter-CU Chapter (BLM-CU) Black United Front (BUF) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Wed Feb 7 22:38:54 2018 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 22:38:54 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Fwd: Tell Congress to say no to more "usable" nuclear weapons References: <7E.5A.24183.2BE7B7A5@asv11mtam006.ngpweb.com> Message-ID: Reply-To: ucsaction at ucsusa.org [UCS - Science for a healthy planet and safer world] A Recipe for Disaster Urge your members of Congress to speak out forcefully against the Trump administration's reckless new nuclear weapons policies. Take Action Today! ACTION ALERT Congress: Say No to More "Usable" Nuclear Weapons Last Friday, the Trump administration released its new "Nuclear Posture Review" outlining its plans for radical, dangerous, and costly changes in US nuclear weapons policy that will make nuclear war more likely and the United States—and the entire world—less safe. This truly is an all-hands-on-deck moment. Urge your members of Congress to help stop this potential disaster. What are they planning? Two new types of nuclear weapons on top of the seven we already have. These weapons will make it easier for the United States to use nuclear weapons, and expand the circumstances under which we would use nuclear weapons first—a rejection of decades of bipartisan efforts to reduce the role and number of US nuclear weapons. The administration wants to spend some $1.7 trillion—that's trillion—over the next 30 years to re-build the entire US nuclear arsenal. Throw in an intemperate, bellicose president with sole, unchecked authority over US nuclear weapons, and you have a recipe for disaster. Over the years, we've defeated similarly dangerous proposals. With your help, we'll do it again. Write to your members of Congress today and urge them to just say no to the Trump administration’s new nuclear weapons policies. Ask them to speak out publicly and to actively oppose plans and spending for new nuclear weapons. Nothing is more important than our safety and security. Nuclear weapons don't make us safe, and we must do everything we can to prevent nuclear war. [Take Action] Sincerely, [Sean Meyer] Sean Meyer Manager of Strategic Campaigns Global Security Program Union of Concerned Scientists [donate today] Science for a healthy planet and safer world UCS is a 501(c)(3) organization. All gifts are tax deductible. You can be confident your donations to UCS are spent wisely [Image] About UCS | Take Action | Donate | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | unsubscribe Union of Concerned Scientists 2 Brattle Square | Cambridge, MA 02138-3780 © Union of Concerned Scientists. 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From karenaram at hotmail.com Thu Feb 8 01:23:13 2018 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 01:23:13 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Legal strategy to break GEO Union Message-ID: ADMINISTRATION REVEALS NEW LEGAL STRATEGY TO BUST GEO At this session, the administration revealed their plans to terminate full tuition waiver protections and bust our Union. The administration argues that our tuition waivers are a permissive subject of bargaining, meaning that we legally cannot strike over it. Our position is that, as compensation, tuition waivers are a mandatory subject of bargaining and legal to strike over, a position upheld by two separate legally binding arbitration decisions. The administration wants to make it so that they can re-designate any program to self-supporting, which means that both current and incoming graduate students could lose access to tuition waiver generating appointments, even if they do the work of a TA or GA. If members are ineligible for tuition waivers, they won’t be able to attend school here. Furthermore, as tuition waiver generating appointments disappear from many departments, we’ll be forced to compete over the limited number of waiver-generating positions in the small number of departments that offer them. Not only will this make graduate education unaffordable, but it means that fewer graduate employees will be legally protected by GEO’s contract, as the Administration’s position is that only employees with tuition waivers are members of our bargaining unit. In the long term, this will decimate individual graduate programs: departments will only be able to recruit those who can afford to pay tuition rather than seeking out the best students. With fewer graduate students on campus and fewer positions covered by the contract, GEO will go extinct. Publically, the administration is claiming that the GEO is attempting to prevent them from creating new programs. The GEO recognizes that the administration has the right to create new programs. However, as long as a graduate employee performs bargaining unit work, then that graduate employee MUST be paid their full compensation under the terms of our contract, including a tuition waiver. What this means is that we’re no longer just fighting for fair compensation and working conditions: we’re fighting for the life of our Union, our ability to attend grad school, the future of our departments, and the future of higher education. Here is a link to the university administration’s proposal from 30th Jan. Their proposed tuition waiver side letter language has not changed since then. We are seeking the same tuition waiver side letter language as our last contract, which can be found at uigeo.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Thu Feb 8 01:34:54 2018 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 01:34:54 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Picket training for GEO strike Message-ID: Channing Murray Foundation 5:00pm Saturday, for “Picket Training” From susanroseparenti at gmail.com Sat Feb 10 22:54:53 2018 From: susanroseparenti at gmail.com (Susan Parenti) Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:54:53 -0600 Subject: [Peace] tomorrow, Sunday: 2nd seminar on Global/local immigration Message-ID: Hello friends—Tomorrow is our second session of the seminar on global/local immigration, Sunday, 4-6pm, 122 Franklin Street. Please come if you can! (see details down below). Tomorrow we’ll talk about what we’ve found out about immigration in other countries, and how people respond to the injustice of most of the policies around it. Rick Esbenshade has offered links to 2 articles he’s written on this subject for the Public I: http://publici.ucimc.org/refugee-crisis-a-crisis-of-europe/ > > http://publici.ucimc.org/anti-refugeeism-without-refugees-in > -eastern-europe/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *School for Designing a Society* invites you to a weekly community “drop-in” seminar on global/local immigration: *"How can investigating issues about immigration lead to activist interventions in Champaign-Urbana?"* Sundays (Come when you can) 4-6pm School for Designing a Society 122 Franklin St., Urbana, IL (tea and coffee provided) *Seminar Sessions will include: * - films and documentaries - research the book *Global Heartlands *by Faranak Miraftab - presentations by guests - testimonials by emigrant neighbors - collecting news reports about detentions/deportations/travel bans - collecting info about working conditions in places where immigrants work - analyzing right wing exploitation of anti-immigrant sentiment around the world - researching pro-immigrant organizations in Illinois - looking at labor organizing as it relates to immigration - looking at other artistic responses to the issues - theater, songs, films, poetry, visual art - creating guerrilla theater interventions This seminar is being organized at no cost to participants. 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It was clear that it is time for the antiwar movement to mobilize and make ourselves visible during this midterm election period as the bi-partisan wars continue to escalate. > > We have witnessed a massive increase in the military budget and tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy while programs that benefit the people are cut. The U.S. has announced a permanent military force in Syria and the 16-year war in Afghanistan has been escalated. Threats to N. Korea, Russia and China raise the spectre of nuclear war. The U.S. has provocatively declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel and has decided to move its embassy there, a move the entire world has opposed. The U.S. military presence in Africa is increasing and in Yemen, the U.S. and Saudia Arabia continue the devastation of that country as famine and disease are on the rise. Venezuela, Syria, Iran and other countries continue to be the U.S. targets for regime change, > > At home the militarization of the police continues. Unions are under attack. Immigrants are subject to the daily terror of ICE deportations and white supremacists and neo-Nazis are called honorable men by Trump and the racist officials in his administration. > > Join us on April 14 - 15. > > A new web site has been set up to help build the actions. Please go here, endorse the actions and become part of the solution: http://SpringAction2018.org . > > Planning meeting in the Bay Area > Monday, February 12, 7-9 pm at the > Niebyl Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. > > Planning meeting in Chicago > 12:30 pm to 3 pm > Saturday, Feb. 17 > United Electrical Workers Hall > 37 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago > Planning meeting in New York > > To be announced > > Close Guantanamo! Return the Land to Cuba! Stop the Torture! > > > > UNAC supports the call for actions around Feb 23, the 115th anniversary of the seizure of the Guantanamo Navy base on Cuban land. This is generally considered the first U.S. foreign military base. The call for actions was made at the Baltimore conference against U.S. foreign military bases. > > We urge all groups to take action on or around Feb 23 calling for the closing of the base, returning of the land to Cuba and freeing of the political prisoners held there. > > UNAC urges all groups to take action around Feb 23 and let the Bases Coalition know by sending an email with details of your action to info at NoForeignBases.org . You can see a list of the actions here: http://noforeignbases.org/calendar/ > Petition to Drop Charges Against Arrested Okinawa Anti-Bases Activists > > As a citizen of the world and an advocate for peace and people’s human and democratic rights, I demand that all charges against Hiroji Yamashiro, and his co-defendants, Hiroshi Inaba and Atsuhiro Soeda, be dropped and all attempts to silence the people of Okinawa in their just quest to rid their homeland of the many U.S. military bases be stopped. > > To sign this petition and have automatic letters sent to Japanese officials click here: http://noforeignbases.org/1975-2/ > For the best analysis from a progressive perspective, read the UNAC Blog > > https://unac.papillonweb.net/ > > Please make a contribution to UNAC: https://www.unacpeace.org/donate.html > If your organization would like to join the UNAC coalition, please click here: https://www.unacpeace.org/join.html > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to UNAC-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Your as usual negativity towards everyone in the community coming under the banner of “Democrat” is likely one of the reasons your “we” in relation to AWARE on the “Air” is now only “you.” On Feb 13, 2018, at 17:51, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss > wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek9tnlk1Dxs Topics include ~ A shameful attempt by local Democrats to co-opt anti-war sentiment re Korea ~ FOA (Friend of AWARE) Paul Street destroys the second greatest deleterious myth in US politics ### _______________________________________________ Peace-discuss mailing list Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.chambana.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fpeace-discuss&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1e08dcf597a44914303f08d5734d74ab%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636541698855575309&sdata=0iZgkcot5IfcVsvzkQTFz1RA%2B8jLUdCmysfYQa%2BqeRs%3D&reserved=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Wed Feb 14 13:25:21 2018 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 13:25:21 +0000 Subject: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] AWARE on the Air 2/13/18 In-Reply-To: <97CFA1BA-FEDC-4F56-A1B1-6AE83882FCCD@gmail.com> References: <65EB2F0D-30FC-476A-8348-B7AB71488747@gmail.com> <97CFA1BA-FEDC-4F56-A1B1-6AE83882FCCD@gmail.com> Message-ID: No, that was not meant for publication by you. If I had been on the program, I might have read it, I would have discussed it, but you had no permission to use my statement made to a few friends who couldn’t or wouldn’t make it to the program. My having to defend Bob Naiman is not something I like doing, but one must give credit where credit is due. He made it clear that the US is responsible for the policies provoking war with N.K. He did not blame Trump. He made it clear that its US foreign policy that began with Obama, which is responsible for the situation, and beginning with the war in Korea in the 50’s. There is no hope for an anti-war movement in our town, a real anti-war movement in a town that is capable of bringing out thousands, but AWARE can’t get beyond 13 people, on good days, unless we stop playing the blame game. That is “the Democrats did it.” anymore than those who assume all began with Trump and the Republicans. Negativity towards everyone who doesn’t agree with us, is not conducive to uniting in common cause, or ending wars. It takes more than just “talking” about war to end it. On Feb 14, 2018, at 05:18, C G Estabrook > wrote: Karen— That was your public account of the panel, which I hoped you’d present on the tv program. I think we should be concerned that soi-disant liberals are making such efforts to declare what can’t be said. Regards, CGE On Feb 14, 2018, at 6:54 AM, Karen Aram > wrote: Carl Did I give you permission to read my statement, made to a couple friends in relation to the “Panel on Women” against war recently? No, I did not. Your as usual negativity towards everyone in the community coming under the banner of “Democrat” is likely one of the reasons your “we” in relation to AWARE on the “Air” is now only “you.” On Feb 13, 2018, at 17:51, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss > wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek9tnlk1Dxs Topics include ~ A shameful attempt by local Democrats to co-opt anti-war sentiment re Korea ~ FOA (Friend of AWARE) Paul Street destroys the second greatest deleterious myth in US politics ### _______________________________________________ Peace-discuss mailing list Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.chambana.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fpeace-discuss&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1e08dcf597a44914303f08d5734d74ab%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636541698855575309&sdata=0iZgkcot5IfcVsvzkQTFz1RA%2B8jLUdCmysfYQa%2BqeRs%3D&reserved=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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My great friend Al, who just moved to town to work on our immigration play, is hankering for a dog to love and take care of. Apparently the humane society, at present, has very few dogs---so we were thinking maybe someone knows of a dog that is in transition? I vouch for Al.... -- *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susanroseparenti at gmail.com Fri Feb 16 17:48:46 2018 From: susanroseparenti at gmail.com (Susan Parenti) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:48:46 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Sunday Seminar on Immigration moved this weekend to Saturday, Feb. 17, 1-3pm Message-ID: Hi friends—just a reminder that this next ‘Sunday’ seminar will happen on Saturday, Feb. 17th, 1-3 pm, at the same place. There will be no Sunday seminar this weekend. The questions for research, and for pondering, for this next session: what if there were no restrictions on migration? what if there were no borders? if Nafta has no borders for objects, how could we bring about no borders for people? have there been times/places of no border? how does a country like Germany have the capacity to welcome so many migrants, to be almost ‘border free’?—or is it? if migration were not used for ideology purposes (the blame game) what would actually be required to address the increased amount of migration? what are the real problems of migration? what are the fake problems? -- *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The U.S. has announced a permanent military force in Syria and the 16-year war in Afghanistan has been escalated. Threats to N. Korea, Russia and China raise the spectre of nuclear war. The U.S. has provocatively declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel and has decided to move its embassy there, a move the entire world has opposed. The U.S. military presence in Africa is increasing and in Yemen, the U.S. and Saudia Arabia continue the devastation of that country as famine and disease are on the rise. Venezuela, Syria, Iran and other countries continue to be the U.S. targets for regime change, At home the militarization of the police continues. Unions are under attack. Immigrants are subject to the daily terror of ICE deportations and white supremacists and neo-Nazis are called honorable men by Trump and the racist officials in his administration. Join us on April 14 - 15. A new web site has been set up to help build the actions. Please go here, endorse the actions and become part of the solution: http://SpringAction2018.org. Planning meeting in the Bay Area Monday, February 12, 7-9 pm at the Niebyl Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Planning meeting in Chicago 12:30 pm to 3 pm Saturday, Feb. 17 United Electrical Workers Hall 37 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago Planning meeting in New York To be announced Close Guantanamo! Return the Land to Cuba! Stop the Torture! [http://nepajac.org/Guantanamoprotest.jpg] UNAC supports the call for actions around Feb 23, the 115th anniversary of the seizure of the Guantanamo Navy base on Cuban land. This is generally considered the first U.S. foreign military base. The call for actions was made at the Baltimore conference against U.S. foreign military bases. We urge all groups to take action on or around Feb 23 calling for the closing of the base, returning of the land to Cuba and freeing of the political prisoners held there. UNAC urges all groups to take action around Feb 23 and let the Bases Coalition know by sending an email with details of your action to info at NoForeignBases.org. You can see a list of the actions here: http://noforeignbases.org/calendar/ Petition to Drop Charges Against Arrested Okinawa Anti-Bases Activists As a citizen of the world and an advocate for peace and people’s human and democratic rights, I demand that all charges against Hiroji Yamashiro, and his co-defendants, Hiroshi Inaba and Atsuhiro Soeda, be dropped and all attempts to silence the people of Okinawa in their just quest to rid their homeland of the many U.S. military bases be stopped. 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URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Sun Feb 18 02:23:22 2018 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 02:23:22 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Fwd: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: [unac] Spring Actions and more References: Message-ID: The anti-war demonstration will be held in Chicago, at noon on April 21st. [http://nepajac.org/bannerweb.jpg] Spring Actions Against the Wars at Home and Abroad Announced by a Broad Coalition of Peace and Justice Organizations. [http://nepajac.org/spring1.jpg] [http://nepajac.org/spring2.jpg] On Saturday, February 3rd, 66 people representing 42 organizations met by conference call and called for regional mobilizations against the wars at home and abroad on the weekend of April 14 - 15. It was clear that it is time for the antiwar movement to mobilize and make ourselves visible during this midterm election period as the bi-partisan wars continue to escalate. We have witnessed a massive increase in the military budget and tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy while programs that benefit the people are cut. The U.S. has announced a permanent military force in Syria and the 16-year war in Afghanistan has been escalated. Threats to N. Korea, Russia and China raise the spectre of nuclear war. The U.S. has provocatively declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel and has decided to move its embassy there, a move the entire world has opposed. The U.S. military presence in Africa is increasing and in Yemen, the U.S. and Saudia Arabia continue the devastation of that country as famine and disease are on the rise. Venezuela, Syria, Iran and other countries continue to be the U.S. targets for regime change, At home the militarization of the police continues. Unions are under attack. Immigrants are subject to the daily terror of ICE deportations and white supremacists and neo-Nazis are called honorable men by Trump and the racist officials in his administration. Join us on April 14 - 15. A new web site has been set up to help build the actions. Please go here, endorse the actions and become part of the solution: http://SpringAction2018.org. Planning meeting in the Bay Area Monday, February 12, 7-9 pm at the Niebyl Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Planning meeting in Chicago 12:30 pm to 3 pm Saturday, Feb. 17 United Electrical Workers Hall 37 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago Planning meeting in New York To be announced Close Guantanamo! Return the Land to Cuba! Stop the Torture! [http://nepajac.org/Guantanamoprotest.jpg] UNAC supports the call for actions around Feb 23, the 115th anniversary of the seizure of the Guantanamo Navy base on Cuban land. This is generally considered the first U.S. foreign military base. The call for actions was made at the Baltimore conference against U.S. foreign military bases. We urge all groups to take action on or around Feb 23 calling for the closing of the base, returning of the land to Cuba and freeing of the political prisoners held there. UNAC urges all groups to take action around Feb 23 and let the Bases Coalition know by sending an email with details of your action to info at NoForeignBases.org. You can see a list of the actions here: http://noforeignbases.org/calendar/ Petition to Drop Charges Against Arrested Okinawa Anti-Bases Activists As a citizen of the world and an advocate for peace and people’s human and democratic rights, I demand that all charges against Hiroji Yamashiro, and his co-defendants, Hiroshi Inaba and Atsuhiro Soeda, be dropped and all attempts to silence the people of Okinawa in their just quest to rid their homeland of the many U.S. military bases be stopped. To sign this petition and have automatic letters sent to Japanese officials click here: http://noforeignbases.org/1975-2/ For the best analysis from a progressive perspective, read the UNAC Blog https://unac.papillonweb.net/ Please make a contribution to UNAC: https://www.unacpeace.org/donate.html If your organization would like to join the UNAC coalition, please click here: https://www.unacpeace.org/join.html To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to UNAC-unsubscribe at lists.riseup.net --- _______________________________________________ Peace-discuss mailing list Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.chambana.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fpeace-discuss&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05e7b1fff47b4e2607cd08d57180e18e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636539720706247591&sdata=S%2F9hWz177wayDcKtsJq%2FqKCgIL2aeqDjpytQsuCZ8Yk%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ Peace-discuss mailing list Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.chambana.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fpeace-discuss&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cbc0bfcbab5834389f26108d5765444ce%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636545026657891182&sdata=unQyln99M6F0UHDPRJMx5zZ0rSjRsFS8RSVO%2BDFgz1U%3D&reserved=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Members and friends of AWARE are welcome. —CGE From cgestabrook at gmail.com Sat Feb 17 01:23:44 2018 From: cgestabrook at gmail.com (C G Estabrook) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:23:44 -0600 Subject: [Peace] News from Neptune on UPTV 2/16/18 In-Reply-To: <65EB2F0D-30FC-476A-8348-B7AB71488747@gmail.com> References: <65EB2F0D-30FC-476A-8348-B7AB71488747@gmail.com> Message-ID: <2DD76F8E-7A32-405D-A2F7-717EFEF83A7C@gmail.com> Good evening, & welcome to News from Neptune for the 7th week of 2018 {February 16}. I’m Carl Estabrook. Since 1990, this program has been a weekly hour of spontaneous & unrehearsed discussion of the news of the week and its coverage by the media - first, on a so-called community radio station - and now via Urbana Public TV, YouTube, & . [Program #369 on UPTV] Our program’s name, 'News from Neptune,' comes from Noam Chomsky, who’s been writing sensible things about U.S. politics for half a century. Chomsky says that in the U.S. media, “Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune.” Tonight David Green and I will try to say some true things on what is inevitably a GUN CONTROL edition ~ with thanks to Doctor Know, J. B. Nicholson, for research. KNOW’S NOTES will be posted on the program’s Facebook page. 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URL: From brussel at illinois.edu Wed Feb 21 20:38:02 2018 From: brussel at illinois.edu (Brussel, Morton K) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:38:02 +0000 Subject: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] A clear sketch of the war in Syria In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2C296E57-C148-4D2C-AE80-45B8B438AC26@illinois.edu> As an aside, I had a falling out with Paul Street because he considered Ashcar his friend when I criticized Street’s reliance on him for interpretation. Ashcar appears in Z-Communications with articles, and is a reason I do not contribute to Albert’s website. Ashcar was one of those who advocated saving Libya from Gaddafi (sp?) by vigorously supporting NATO’s attack on Libya. He’s a phony, and Francis Boyle is right: Ashcar has virtual blood on his hands. —mkb > On Feb 21, 2018, at 12:02 PM, Boyle, Francis A via Peace-discuss wrote: > > Obama exterminated 50,000+ Libyans and 500,000+ Syrians. Achcar publicly supported him. Fab. > > Francis A. Boyle > Law Building > 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. > Champaign, IL 61820 USA > 217-333-7954 (phone) > 217-244-1478 (fax) > (personal comments only) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Boyle, Francis A > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 11:57 AM > To: 'C G Estabrook' > Cc: peace-discuss at anti-war.net; Peace > Subject: RE: [Peace-discuss] A clear sketch of the war in Syria > > I am not going to waste my time reading a warmongering lunatic who has publicly supported Obama's Nuremberg Crimes against Peace, Crimes against Humanity, war crimes and genocide against Libya and Syria. He has no credibility on anything. Fab. > > Francis A. Boyle > Law Building > 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. > Champaign, IL 61820 USA > 217-333-7954 (phone) > 217-244-1478 (fax) > (personal comments only) > > -----Original Message----- > From: C G Estabrook [mailto:cgestabrook at gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 11:55 AM > To: Boyle, Francis A > Cc: peace-discuss at anti-war.net; Peace > Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] A clear sketch of the war in Syria > > That’s at least a bit overstated, Francis. > > What do you see wrong in this account of the situation in Syria? > > —CGE > > >> On Feb 21, 2018, at 11:44 AM, Boyle, Francis A wrote: >> >> Achcar is a warmongering lunatic who supported Obama’s wars of aggression against Libya and Syria. He has no credibility whatsoever. Fab. >> >> Francis A. Boyle >> Law Building >> 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. >> Champaign, IL 61820 USA >> 217-333-7954 (phone) >> 217-244-1478 (fax) >> (personal comments only) >> >> From: Peace-discuss [mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] >> On Behalf Of C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss >> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 11:43 AM >> To: peace-discuss at anti-war.net >> Cc: Peace >> Subject: [Peace-discuss] A clear sketch of the war in Syria >> >> https://medium.com/stories-soas/the-war-is-far-from-being-over-in-syri >> a-17937139ac29 >> >> SOAS Syria Society | Feb 12 | The war is far from being over in Syria >> Syrian Corner talks with Gilbert Achcar about recent developments in the Syrian conflict. >> >> Gilbert Achcar is Professor of Development Studies at SOAS, University of London, as well as a well-known author focusing on the Middle East and the Arab World. He met with Syrian Corner during Syria Awareness Week 2018. Achcar posits that the Syrian conflict is far from over and that for Bashar al-Assad to establish a new political framework, an accord between the US and Russia is necessary. Achcar says the role of Iran in a future Syria is one of the key issues at stake, and discusses the Turkish war against the PYD, the regional role of Saudi Arabia, the international peace conferences for Syria, the recent demonstrations in Iran, and the new US foreign policy for the Middle East in the interview [above]. >> >> ### > > _______________________________________________ > Peace-discuss mailing list > Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net > https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss From susanroseparenti at gmail.com Thu Feb 22 19:38:14 2018 From: susanroseparenti at gmail.com (Susan Parenti) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:38:14 -0600 Subject: [Peace] no Sunday Immigration Seminar this Sunday. Feb. 25; reconvenes next Sunday, march 4, 4-6pm Message-ID: Hi friends---Mark and I are still out of the country. This Sunday's seminar will be postponed to next Sunday, March 4, 4-6pm, at the Parkhouse, 122 Franklin Street Urbana. -- *Susan Parenti* *Educational Coordinator * *The School for Designing a Society *www.designingasociety.net *Like us on Facebook !* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Sat Feb 24 14:10:38 2018 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 14:10:38 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Fwd: "Chicago Anti-War Coalition " Demonstration on April 21st. References: Message-ID: In solidarity with other peace/anti-war groups holding rally’s/demonstrations across the nation on April 24th,, the “Chicago Anti-War Coalition” will be holding their demonstration on the weekend of the 21st. Please see below: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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David reflects my views in relation to how many, and what news sources, I care to consider, narrowing it down to only those few trusted sources, over time. I will reconsider my opinion and see the film “The Post.” On Feb 24, 2018, at 12:22, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss > wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VRUwSXSPZo Our guest is Professor Jo Thomas, former New York Times reporter, in a discussion of the current film 'The Post,' about the publication of the 'Pentagon Papers' in the midst of the Vietnam War. ### _______________________________________________ Peace-discuss mailing list Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.chambana.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fpeace-discuss&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca6ea60bc1bd345004bf608d57bc472bb%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636551006026370313&sdata=tkp1jHLhLo9KKkrdzt57MwRtJVF8BQ4MYaTamPN3b9U%3D&reserved=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From deb.pdamerica at gmail.com Tue Feb 27 10:51:03 2018 From: deb.pdamerica at gmail.com (Debra Schrishuhn) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 04:51:03 -0600 Subject: [Peace] save net neutrality--act today Message-ID: Please share and please join Tuesday's action: https://www.battleforthenet.com/onemorevote/: FB: https://www.facebook.com/PDAmerica/posts/10156365487084236 Twitter: https://twitter.com/pdamerica/status/968152530244001794 Tumblr: http://pdamerica.tumblr.com/post/171311646387/save-net-neutrality-tell-congress-we-need Google+: https://plus.google.com/+ProgressiveDemocratsofAmerica Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/120119515045076136/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6373919580036829184 Website: http://pdamerica.org/save-net-neutrality/ From karenaram at hotmail.com Tue Feb 27 12:35:45 2018 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:35:45 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Fwd: A major issue of concern for all References: Message-ID: > After 17 years we have invaded and murdered millions, destroying 7 nations, with our wars of imperialism and hegemony. Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, plus Pakistan, and we now threaten North Korea, and all those in Asia with our nuclear weapons. We have set up military bases across the continent of Africa, and we’re on the verge of doing the same in our quest for regime change in Venezuela, as we did in El Salvador, and Nicaragua in the 80’s. > > To the rest of the world, there is no anti-war movement in America, its considered dead, we need to prove them wrong, we need to prove we do care about the lives of others. > > The lack of appropriate healthcare, with costs bankrupting many, the lack of jobs, or a decent minimum wage is a severe threat to millions within our own nation. > Add to this the recent tax increase for most working people in the US, providing a huge bonus for the wealthy, with plans to destroy Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security, and more millions going to create more weapons of death, we are marching to the precipice of doom. > > Here in Champaign, a couple hours drive south of Chicago, the University Graduate Employees Organization is on strike, for the rights of not just themselves, but for future generations.They have refused to capitulate to an Administration that takes home in addition to six figure salaries, bonuses in the hundreds of thousands. All these young grad employees are asking for is a “contract” “tuition wavers” given they are paid below COL for this community. Instead the Provost wants to increase fees and force graduate employees to pay out of pocket to serve the students. > > The GEO have been asking nicely, and gotten no where, they have attempted to negotiate, while being rudely rejected at every turn, they have been offered tuition wavers for themselves now, but not for future workers. They have stood strong, on behalf of the future. > > Some of us within the community join them on the picket lines daily, in solidarity, because we know this is just the beginning of the crushing of public unions across the nation. We know that being “nice” gets us no where with those who are so lacking in humanity and concern for human rights, that we must take action. Nonviolent action, but strong unrelenting action as was done in the sixties and seventies. Our leaders eventually did listen to us then, we may not be so lucky now, but with climate change on our doorstep, and no action preventing it from further destruction, we cannot compromise. > > From karenaram at hotmail.com Wed Feb 28 12:52:54 2018 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:52:54 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Fwd: Thursdays Program References: <9548D5C5-9206-4521-AB94-1A9B8A59DAE1@hotmail.com> Message-ID: [http://calendars.illinois.edu/eventImage/3094/33301244/large.png?rn=0228T065024] Boycott, Divest, Sanction: Stopping Zionist Genocide Against the Palestinians Event Type Lecture Topics human rights, international, palestine, social justice Sponsor Students for Justice in Palestine Date Mar 1, 2018 6:00 pm Views 29 Originating Calendar Asian American Studies Come hear from University of Illinois College of Law professor Francis Boyle as he speaks to the grave injustice that is the treatment of the Palestinian people both within the West Bank and Gaza, as well as within Israel proper. 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Our subject is the wars the US government is waging around the world, and the racism we display to those we’re killing, in accord with the Latin proverb, ‘Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris” - “It’s human nature to hate those you have injured.” At this moment the US is making war in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, & Yemen - principally to control the flow of oil out of the Mideast and North Africa, which the US uses as a weapon against its economic rivals from Germany to China. Thousands of U.S. troops are killing people in these countries, although most Americans are barely aware of it. ~ More than a quarter of a million US troops are stationed in a thousand US bases on foreign soil, most of them ringing Russia and China. ~ The 70,000-members of the U.S. ‘Special Operations Command’ are active in three-quarters of the countries of the world. Their activities include kidnapping (‘rendition’), torture, and murder. As the rest of the world recognizes - but Americans don’t - they are nothing less than American death squads. The rest of the world recognizes that the US today is what ML King called it long ago, the “greatest purveyor of violence in the world today” - an international criminal surpassing all others. But most Americans don’t know that, protected as they are by government and media propaganda. What we do here at AWARE ON THE AIR is talk about US war-making. ### -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: