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URL: From davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net Sat Jan 12 20:55:16 2019 From: davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net (David Johnson) Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 14:55:16 -0600 Subject: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] The US replaces the War on Terror with the War on Populism In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <007501d4aab9$1f7acc00$5e706400$@comcast.net> Carl, Who is C.J. Hopkins, the author of this article ? Quite a good parody and fairly accurate. 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: Saturday, January 12, 2019 5:04 AM To: peace-discuss at anti-war.net Cc: Peace Subject: [Peace-discuss] The US replaces the War on Terror with the War on Populism Remember when the War on Terror ended and the War on Populism began? That’s OK, no one else does. It happened in the Summer of 2016, also known as “the Summer of Fear.” The War on Terror was going splendidly. There had been a series of “terrorist attacks,” in Orlando, Nice, Würzberg, Munich, Reutlingen, Ansbach, and Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, each of them perpetrated by suddenly “self-radicalized” “lone wolf terrorists” (or “non-terrorist terrorists“) who had absolutely no connection to any type of organized terrorist groups prior to suddenly “self- radicalizing” themselves by consuming “terrorist content” on the Internet. It seemed we were entering a new and even more terrifying phase of the Global War on Terror, a phase in which anyone could be a “terrorist” and “terrorism” could mean almost anything. This broadening of the already virtually meaningless definition of “terrorism” was transpiring just in time for Obama to hand off the reins to Hillary Clinton, who everyone knew was going to be the next president, and who was going to have to bomb the crap out of Syria in response to the non-terrorist terrorist threat. The War on Terror (or, rather, “the series of persistent targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America,” as Obama rebranded it) was going to continue, probably forever. The Brexit referendum had just taken place, but no one had really digested that yet … and then Trump won the nomination. Like that scene in Orwell’s 1984 where the Party switches official enemies right in the middle of the Hate Week rally, the War on Terror was officially canceled and replaced by the War on Populism. Or … all right, it wasn’t quite that abrupt. But seriously, go back and scan the news. Note how the “Islamic terrorist threat” we had been conditioned to live in fear of on a daily basis since 2001 seemed to just vanish into thin air. Suddenly, the “existential threat” we were facing was “neo-nationalism,” “illiberalism,” or the pejorative designator du jour, “populism.” Here we are, two and a half years later, and “democracy” is under constant attack by a host of malevolent “populist” forces …. Russo-fascist Black vote suppressors, debaucherous eau de Novichok assassins, Bernie Sanders, the yellow-vested French, emboldened non-exploding mail bomb bombers, Jeremy Corbyn’s Nazi Death Cult, and brain-devouring Russian-Cubano crickets. The President of the United States is apparently both a Russian intelligence operative and literally the resurrection of Hitler. NBC and MSNBC have been officially merged with the CIA. The Guardian has dispensed with any pretense of journalism and is just making stories up out of whole cloth. Anyone who has ever visited Russia, or met with a Russian, or read a Russian novel, is on an “Enemies of Democracy” watch list (as is anyone refusing to vacation in Israel, which the Senate is now in the process of making mandatory for all U.S. citizens). Meanwhile, the “terrorists” are nowhere to be found, except for the terrorists we’ve been using to attempt to overthrow the government of Bashar al Assad, the sadistic nerve-gassing Monster of Syria, who illegally invaded and conquered his own country in defiance of the “international community.” All this madness has something to do with “populism,” although it isn’t clear what. The leading theory is that the Russians are behind it. They’ve got some sort of hypno-technology (not to be confused with those brain-eating crickets) capable of manipulating the minds of … well, Black people, mostly, but not just Black people. Obviously, they are also controlling the French, who they have transformed into “racist, hate-filled liars” who are “attacking elected representatives, journalists, Jews, foreigners, and homosexuals,” according to French President Emmanuel Macron, the anointed “Golden Boy of Europe.” More terrifying still, Putin is now able to project words out of Trump’s mouth in real-time, literally using Trump’s head as a puppet, or like one of those Mission Impossible masks. (Rachel Maddow conclusively proved this by spending a couple of hours on Google comparing the words coming out of Trump’s mouth to words that had come out of Russian mouths, but had never come out of American mouths, which they turned out to be the exact same words, or pretty close to the exact same words!) Apparently, Putin’s master plan for Total Populist World Domination and Establishment of the Thousand Year Duginist Reich was to provoke the global capitalist ruling classes, the corporate media, and their credulous disciples into devolving into stark raving lunatics, or blithering idiots, or a combination of both. But, seriously, all that actually happened back in the Summer of 2016 was the global capitalist ruling classes recognized that they had a problem. The problem that they recognized they had (and continue to have, and are now acutely aware of) is that no one is enjoying global capitalism … except the global capitalist ruling classes. The whole smiley-happy, supranational, neo-feudal corporate empire concept is not going over very well with the masses, or at least not with the unwashed masses. People started voting for right-wing parties, and Brexit, and other “populist” measures (not because they had suddenly transformed into Nazis, but because the Right was acknowledging and exploiting their anger with the advance of global neoliberalism, while liberals and the Identity Politics Left were slow jamming the TPP with Obama and babbling about transgender bathrooms, and such). The global capitalist ruling classes needed to put a stop to that (i.e, the “populist” revolt, not the bathroom debate). So they suspended the Global War on Terror and launched the War on Populism. It was originally only meant to last until Hillary Clinton’s coronation, or the second Brexit referendum, then switch back to the War on Terror, but … well, weird things happen, and here we are. We’ll get back to the War on Terror, eventually … as the War on Populism is essentially just a temporary rebranding of it. In the end, it’s all the same counter-insurgency. When a system is globally hegemonic, as our current model of capitalism is, every war is a counter-insurgency (i.e., a campaign waged against an internal enemy), as there are no external enemies to fight. The “character” of the internal enemies might change (e.g., “Islamic terrorism,” “extremism,” “fascism,” “populism,” “Trumpism,” “Corbynism,” et cetera) but they are all insurgencies against the hegemonic system … which, in our case, is global capitalism, not the United States of America. The way I see it, the global capitalist ruling classes now have less than two years to put down this current “populist” insurgency. First and foremost, they need to get rid of Trump, who despite his bombastic nativist rhetoric is clearly no “hero of the common people,” nor any real threat to global capitalism, but who has become an anti-establishment symbol, like a walking, talking “fuck you” to both the American and global neoliberal elites. Then, they need to get a handle on Europe, which isn’t going to be particularly easy. What happens next in France will be telling, as will whatever becomes of Brexit … which I continue to believe will never actually happen, except perhaps in some purely nominal sense. And then there’s the battle for hearts and minds, which they’ve been furiously waging for the last two years, and which is only going to intensify. If you think things are batshit crazy now (which, clearly, they are), strap yourself in. What is coming is going to make COINTELPRO look like the work of some amateur meme-freak. The neoliberal corporate media, psy-ops like Integrity Initiative, Internet-censoring apps like NewsGuard, ShareBlue and other David Brock outfits, and a legion of mass hysteria generators will be relentlessly barraging our brains with absurdity, disinformation, and just outright lies (as will their counterparts on the Right, of course, in case you thought that they were any alternative). It’s going to get extremely zany. The good news is, by the time it’s all over and Trump has been dealt with, and normality restored, and the working classes put back in their places, we probably won’t remember that any of this happened. We’ll finally be able to sort out those bathrooms, and get back to paying the interest on our debts, and to living in more or less constant fear of an imminent devastating terrorist attack … and won’t that be an enormous relief? —CJ Hopkins January 10, 2018 ### _______________________________________________ Peace-discuss mailing list Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss From jbw292002 at gmail.com Sat Jan 12 23:39:28 2019 From: jbw292002 at gmail.com (John W.) Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 17:39:28 -0600 Subject: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] The US replaces the War on Terror with the War on Populism In-Reply-To: <007501d4aab9$1f7acc00$5e706400$@comcast.net> References: <007501d4aab9$1f7acc00$5e706400$@comcast.net> Message-ID: On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 2:55 PM David Johnson via Peace < peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote: Carl, > > Who is C.J. Hopkins, the author of this article ? > > Quite a good parody and fairly accurate. > It's clever. It's facile. Some of it is quite incisive, some of it is absolutely stupid. Whatever "populism" actually is in its current incarnation, Donald tRump and his minions are precisely the WRONG people to whom one should ever in a million years affix the label. I'll bet anything that Hopkins is a libertarian. The thing could have been written by one person on THIS list, whose name escapes me at the moment. The guy at pigs.org. > 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: Saturday, January 12, 2019 5:04 AM > To: peace-discuss at anti-war.net > Cc: Peace > Subject: [Peace-discuss] The US replaces the War on Terror with the War on > Populism > > Remember when the War on Terror ended and the War on Populism began? > That’s OK, no one else does. > > It happened in the Summer of 2016, also known as “the Summer of Fear.” The > War on Terror was going splendidly. There had been a series of “terrorist > attacks,” in Orlando, Nice, Würzberg, Munich, Reutlingen, Ansbach, and > Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, each of them perpetrated by suddenly > “self-radicalized” “lone wolf terrorists” (or “non-terrorist terrorists“) > who had absolutely no connection to any type of organized terrorist groups > prior to suddenly “self- radicalizing” themselves by consuming “terrorist > content” on the Internet. It seemed we were entering a new and even more > terrifying phase of the Global War on Terror, a phase in which anyone could > be a “terrorist” and “terrorism” could mean almost anything. > > This broadening of the already virtually meaningless definition of > “terrorism” was transpiring just in time for Obama to hand off the reins to > Hillary Clinton, who everyone knew was going to be the next president, and > who was going to have to bomb the crap out of Syria in response to the > non-terrorist terrorist threat. The War on Terror (or, rather, “the series > of persistent targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent > extremists that threaten America,” as Obama rebranded it) was going to > continue, probably forever. The Brexit referendum had just taken place, but > no one had really digested that yet … and then Trump won the nomination. > > Like that scene in Orwell’s 1984 where the Party switches official enemies > right in the middle of the Hate Week rally, the War on Terror was > officially canceled and replaced by the War on Populism. Or … all right, it > wasn’t quite that abrupt. But seriously, go back and scan the news. Note > how the “Islamic terrorist threat” we had been conditioned to live in fear > of on a daily basis since 2001 seemed to just vanish into thin air. > Suddenly, the “existential threat” we were facing was “neo-nationalism,” > “illiberalism,” or the pejorative designator du jour, “populism.” > > Here we are, two and a half years later, and “democracy” is under constant > attack by a host of malevolent “populist” forces …. Russo-fascist Black > vote suppressors, debaucherous eau de Novichok assassins, Bernie Sanders, > the yellow-vested French, emboldened non-exploding mail bomb bombers, > Jeremy Corbyn’s Nazi Death Cult, and brain-devouring Russian-Cubano > crickets. The President of the United States is apparently both a Russian > intelligence operative and literally the resurrection of Hitler. NBC and > MSNBC have been officially merged with the CIA. The Guardian has dispensed > with any pretense of journalism and is just making stories up out of whole > cloth. Anyone who has ever visited Russia, or met with a Russian, or read a > Russian novel, is on an “Enemies of Democracy” watch list (as is anyone > refusing to vacation in Israel, which the Senate is now in the process of > making mandatory for all U.S. citizens). Meanwhile, the “terrorists” are > nowhere to be found, except for the terrorists we’ve been using to attempt > to overthrow the government of Bashar al Assad, the sadistic nerve-gassing > Monster of Syria, who illegally invaded and conquered his own country in > defiance of the “international community.” > > All this madness has something to do with “populism,” although it isn’t > clear what. The leading theory is that the Russians are behind it. They’ve > got some sort of hypno-technology (not to be confused with those > brain-eating crickets) capable of manipulating the minds of … well, Black > people, mostly, but not just Black people. Obviously, they are also > controlling the French, who they have transformed into “racist, hate-filled > liars” who are “attacking elected representatives, journalists, Jews, > foreigners, and homosexuals,” according to French President Emmanuel > Macron, the anointed “Golden Boy of Europe.” More terrifying still, Putin > is now able to project words out of Trump’s mouth in real-time, literally > using Trump’s head as a puppet, or like one of those Mission Impossible > masks. (Rachel Maddow conclusively proved this by spending a couple of > hours on Google comparing the words coming out of Trump’s mouth to words > that had come out of Russian mouths, but had never come out of American > mouths, which they turned out to be the exact same words, or pretty close > to the exact same words!) Apparently, Putin’s master plan for Total > Populist World Domination and Establishment of the Thousand Year Duginist > Reich was to provoke the global capitalist ruling classes, the corporate > media, and their credulous disciples into devolving into stark raving > lunatics, or blithering idiots, or a combination of both. > > But, seriously, all that actually happened back in the Summer of 2016 was > the global capitalist ruling classes recognized that they had a problem. > The problem that they recognized they had (and continue to have, and are > now acutely aware of) is that no one is enjoying global capitalism … except > the global capitalist ruling classes. The whole smiley-happy, > supranational, neo-feudal corporate empire concept is not going over very > well with the masses, or at least not with the unwashed masses. People > started voting for right-wing parties, and Brexit, and other “populist” > measures (not because they had suddenly transformed into Nazis, but because > the Right was acknowledging and exploiting their anger with the advance of > global neoliberalism, while liberals and the Identity Politics Left were > slow jamming the TPP with Obama and babbling about transgender bathrooms, > and such). > > The global capitalist ruling classes needed to put a stop to that (i.e, > the “populist” revolt, not the bathroom debate). So they suspended the > Global War on Terror and launched the War on Populism. It was originally > only meant to last until Hillary Clinton’s coronation, or the second Brexit > referendum, then switch back to the War on Terror, but … well, weird things > happen, and here we are. > > We’ll get back to the War on Terror, eventually … as the War on Populism > is essentially just a temporary rebranding of it. In the end, it’s all the > same counter-insurgency. When a system is globally hegemonic, as our > current model of capitalism is, every war is a counter-insurgency (i.e., a > campaign waged against an internal enemy), as there are no external enemies > to fight. The “character” of the internal enemies might change (e.g., > “Islamic terrorism,” “extremism,” “fascism,” “populism,” “Trumpism,” > “Corbynism,” et cetera) but they are all insurgencies against the hegemonic > system … which, in our case, is global capitalism, not the United States of > America. > > The way I see it, the global capitalist ruling classes now have less than > two years to put down this current “populist” insurgency. First and > foremost, they need to get rid of Trump, who despite his bombastic nativist > rhetoric is clearly no “hero of the common people,” nor any real threat to > global capitalism, but who has become an anti-establishment symbol, like a > walking, talking “fuck you” to both the American and global neoliberal > elites. Then, they need to get a handle on Europe, which isn’t going to be > particularly easy. What happens next in France will be telling, as will > whatever becomes of Brexit … which I continue to believe will never > actually happen, except perhaps in some purely nominal sense. > > And then there’s the battle for hearts and minds, which they’ve been > furiously waging for the last two years, and which is only going to > intensify. If you think things are batshit crazy now (which, clearly, they > are), strap yourself in. What is coming is going to make COINTELPRO look > like the work of some amateur meme-freak. The neoliberal corporate media, > psy-ops like Integrity Initiative, Internet-censoring apps like NewsGuard, > ShareBlue and other David Brock outfits, and a legion of mass hysteria > generators will be relentlessly barraging our brains with absurdity, > disinformation, and just outright lies (as will their counterparts on the > Right, of course, in case you thought that they were any alternative). It’s > going to get extremely zany. > > The good news is, by the time it’s all over and Trump has been dealt with, > and normality restored, and the working classes put back in their places, > we probably won’t remember that any of this happened. We’ll finally be able > to sort out those bathrooms, and get back to paying the interest on our > debts, and to living in more or less constant fear of an imminent > devastating terrorist attack … and won’t that be an enormous relief? > > —CJ Hopkins > January 10, 2018 > > ### > _______________________________________________ > Peace-discuss mailing list > Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net > https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Peace mailing list > Peace at lists.chambana.net > https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace > Virus-free. www.avg.com <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net Sun Jan 13 00:27:15 2019 From: davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net (David Johnson) Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 18:27:15 -0600 Subject: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] The US replaces the War on Terror with the War on Populism In-Reply-To: References: <007501d4aab9$1f7acc00$5e706400$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <00af01d4aad6$bc6e1040$354a30c0$@comcast.net> I agree John ! It is definitely a mixed bag, but the good parts are nevertheless Accurate and insightful. As the Irish revolutionary James Connolly said ; “ The fighting spirit is the essential element, infinitely more important than a perfect organization “. David J. From: John W. [mailto:jbw292002 at gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2019 5:39 PM To: David Johnson Cc: C G Estabrook; Peace-discuss; Peace Subject: Re: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] The US replaces the War on Terror with the War on Populism On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 2:55 PM David Johnson via Peace wrote: Carl, Who is C.J. Hopkins, the author of this article ? Quite a good parody and fairly accurate. It's clever. It's facile. Some of it is quite incisive, some of it is absolutely stupid. Whatever "populism" actually is in its current incarnation, Donald tRump and his minions are precisely the WRONG people to whom one should ever in a million years affix the label. I'll bet anything that Hopkins is a libertarian. The thing could have been written by one person on THIS list, whose name escapes me at the moment. The guy at pigs.org. 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: Saturday, January 12, 2019 5:04 AM To: peace-discuss at anti-war.net Cc: Peace Subject: [Peace-discuss] The US replaces the War on Terror with the War on Populism Remember when the War on Terror ended and the War on Populism began? That’s OK, no one else does. It happened in the Summer of 2016, also known as “the Summer of Fear.” The War on Terror was going splendidly. There had been a series of “terrorist attacks,” in Orlando, Nice, Würzberg, Munich, Reutlingen, Ansbach, and Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, each of them perpetrated by suddenly “self-radicalized” “lone wolf terrorists” (or “non-terrorist terrorists“) who had absolutely no connection to any type of organized terrorist groups prior to suddenly “self- radicalizing” themselves by consuming “terrorist content” on the Internet. It seemed we were entering a new and even more terrifying phase of the Global War on Terror, a phase in which anyone could be a “terrorist” and “terrorism” could mean almost anything. This broadening of the already virtually meaningless definition of “terrorism” was transpiring just in time for Obama to hand off the reins to Hillary Clinton, who everyone knew was going to be the next president, and who was going to have to bomb the crap out of Syria in response to the non-terrorist terrorist threat. The War on Terror (or, rather, “the series of persistent targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America,” as Obama rebranded it) was going to continue, probably forever. The Brexit referendum had just taken place, but no one had really digested that yet … and then Trump won the nomination. Like that scene in Orwell’s 1984 where the Party switches official enemies right in the middle of the Hate Week rally, the War on Terror was officially canceled and replaced by the War on Populism. Or … all right, it wasn’t quite that abrupt. But seriously, go back and scan the news. Note how the “Islamic terrorist threat” we had been conditioned to live in fear of on a daily basis since 2001 seemed to just vanish into thin air. Suddenly, the “existential threat” we were facing was “neo-nationalism,” “illiberalism,” or the pejorative designator du jour, “populism.” Here we are, two and a half years later, and “democracy” is under constant attack by a host of malevolent “populist” forces …. Russo-fascist Black vote suppressors, debaucherous eau de Novichok assassins, Bernie Sanders, the yellow-vested French, emboldened non-exploding mail bomb bombers, Jeremy Corbyn’s Nazi Death Cult, and brain-devouring Russian-Cubano crickets. The President of the United States is apparently both a Russian intelligence operative and literally the resurrection of Hitler. NBC and MSNBC have been officially merged with the CIA. The Guardian has dispensed with any pretense of journalism and is just making stories up out of whole cloth. Anyone who has ever visited Russia, or met with a Russian, or read a Russian novel, is on an “Enemies of Democracy” watch list (as is anyone refusing to vacation in Israel, which the Senate is now in the process of making mandatory for all U.S. citizens). Meanwhile, the “terrorists” are nowhere to be found, except for the terrorists we’ve been using to attempt to overthrow the government of Bashar al Assad, the sadistic nerve-gassing Monster of Syria, who illegally invaded and conquered his own country in defiance of the “international community.” All this madness has something to do with “populism,” although it isn’t clear what. The leading theory is that the Russians are behind it. They’ve got some sort of hypno-technology (not to be confused with those brain-eating crickets) capable of manipulating the minds of … well, Black people, mostly, but not just Black people. Obviously, they are also controlling the French, who they have transformed into “racist, hate-filled liars” who are “attacking elected representatives, journalists, Jews, foreigners, and homosexuals,” according to French President Emmanuel Macron, the anointed “Golden Boy of Europe.” More terrifying still, Putin is now able to project words out of Trump’s mouth in real-time, literally using Trump’s head as a puppet, or like one of those Mission Impossible masks. (Rachel Maddow conclusively proved this by spending a couple of hours on Google comparing the words coming out of Trump’s mouth to words that had come out of Russian mouths, but had never come out of American mouths, which they turned out to be the exact same words, or pretty close to the exact same words!) Apparently, Putin’s master plan for Total Populist World Domination and Establishment of the Thousand Year Duginist Reich was to provoke the global capitalist ruling classes, the corporate media, and their credulous disciples into devolving into stark raving lunatics, or blithering idiots, or a combination of both. But, seriously, all that actually happened back in the Summer of 2016 was the global capitalist ruling classes recognized that they had a problem. The problem that they recognized they had (and continue to have, and are now acutely aware of) is that no one is enjoying global capitalism … except the global capitalist ruling classes. The whole smiley-happy, supranational, neo-feudal corporate empire concept is not going over very well with the masses, or at least not with the unwashed masses. People started voting for right-wing parties, and Brexit, and other “populist” measures (not because they had suddenly transformed into Nazis, but because the Right was acknowledging and exploiting their anger with the advance of global neoliberalism, while liberals and the Identity Politics Left were slow jamming the TPP with Obama and babbling about transgender bathrooms, and such). The global capitalist ruling classes needed to put a stop to that (i.e, the “populist” revolt, not the bathroom debate). So they suspended the Global War on Terror and launched the War on Populism. It was originally only meant to last until Hillary Clinton’s coronation, or the second Brexit referendum, then switch back to the War on Terror, but … well, weird things happen, and here we are. We’ll get back to the War on Terror, eventually … as the War on Populism is essentially just a temporary rebranding of it. In the end, it’s all the same counter-insurgency. When a system is globally hegemonic, as our current model of capitalism is, every war is a counter-insurgency (i.e., a campaign waged against an internal enemy), as there are no external enemies to fight. The “character” of the internal enemies might change (e.g., “Islamic terrorism,” “extremism,” “fascism,” “populism,” “Trumpism,” “Corbynism,” et cetera) but they are all insurgencies against the hegemonic system … which, in our case, is global capitalism, not the United States of America. The way I see it, the global capitalist ruling classes now have less than two years to put down this current “populist” insurgency. First and foremost, they need to get rid of Trump, who despite his bombastic nativist rhetoric is clearly no “hero of the common people,” nor any real threat to global capitalism, but who has become an anti-establishment symbol, like a walking, talking “fuck you” to both the American and global neoliberal elites. Then, they need to get a handle on Europe, which isn’t going to be particularly easy. What happens next in France will be telling, as will whatever becomes of Brexit … which I continue to believe will never actually happen, except perhaps in some purely nominal sense. And then there’s the battle for hearts and minds, which they’ve been furiously waging for the last two years, and which is only going to intensify. If you think things are batshit crazy now (which, clearly, they are), strap yourself in. What is coming is going to make COINTELPRO look like the work of some amateur meme-freak. The neoliberal corporate media, psy-ops like Integrity Initiative, Internet-censoring apps like NewsGuard, ShareBlue and other David Brock outfits, and a legion of mass hysteria generators will be relentlessly barraging our brains with absurdity, disinformation, and just outright lies (as will their counterparts on the Right, of course, in case you thought that they were any alternative). It’s going to get extremely zany. The good news is, by the time it’s all over and Trump has been dealt with, and normality restored, and the working classes put back in their places, we probably won’t remember that any of this happened. We’ll finally be able to sort out those bathrooms, and get back to paying the interest on our debts, and to living in more or less constant fear of an imminent devastating terrorist attack … and won’t that be an enormous relief? —CJ Hopkins January 10, 2018 ### _______________________________________________ Peace-discuss mailing list Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss _______________________________________________ Peace mailing list Peace at lists.chambana.net https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace Image removed by sender. Virus-free. www.avg.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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"As the Democratic party drops their facade of any meaningful opposition to the Trump administration, we will not be idle! We will not wait another minute, month, or year to take action. We will march in the largest numbers possible. Spread the word! Bring your signs, banners, and voices of resistance!” "Organizing co-sponsors of this march are Party for Socialism and Liberation - Champaign-Urbana, Campus Union for Trans Equality and Support, Illini Young Democratic Socialists of America, UIUC Undergraduate-Graduate Alliance, Students Against Sexual Assault, Prairie Greens, UMMA UIUC, UIUC United Students For Labor Rights, International Socialist Organization - Champaign-Urbana, PDA Central Illinois, Socialist Alternative Champaign-Urbana, UIUC Beyond Coal, UIUC Muslim Student Association, Answer Coalition Champaign-Urbana, Students Against Sexual Assault and Students for Environmental Concerns UIUC - SECS. Please contact Party for Socialism and Liberation - Champaign-Urbana through their Facebook page or pslchampaignurbana at gmail.com if your organization would like to co-sponsor as well!” "Trump and the congress of millionaire's agenda of unrestrained capitalism and white supremacy and the warmongering and fake resistance of Democratic politicians can only be defeated by a united people's movement to stop racist police terror, imperialist war, environmental destruction, fascist mobilization and the attacks on immigrants and all oppressed people. " “We stand with and will continue to defend immigrants, LGBTQ people, Muslims, People of Color, women, workers, the youth, poor people, those with disabilities, and all those who are under attack!" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Sun Jan 13 16:08:53 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 16:08:53 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Unite against the two years of Trump Administration policy's Message-ID: [https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/c0.11.624.329a/47377738_345017059410494_1619538163372392448_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=bd7f0d9a17a75f7bad3bbad1fd5d6bf1&oe=5CB83D7B] SUN, JAN 20 AT 1 PM CST Unite Against Trump: 2 Years in Office Champaign City Building · Champaign, IL “When Trump and the 1% attack, we will fight back!" “We will be assembling at the Champaign City Building at University and Neil at 1pm and marching to Alma Mater at Green and Wright." “Two years into his presidency, Trump, the 1% and the establishment, feeling more confident that they will not have to face resistance in the streets, have gone on the offensive, tear gassing women and children at the United States-Mexico border, empowering racist police departments and ICE, attacking Indigenous sovereignty and land rights in Maine and Louisiana, threatening the safety of LGBTQ people by removing protections on government documents, funding Saudi genocide in Yemen, continued bombing of Syria, supporting the fascist Bolsonaro government in Brazil, and continuing to support Israel’s ongoing genocide against Indigenous Palestinians." "As the Democratic party drops their facade of any meaningful opposition to the Trump administration, we will not be idle! We will not wait another minute, month, or year to take action. We will march in the largest numbers possible. Spread the word! Bring your signs, banners, and voices of resistance!” "Organizing co-sponsors of this march are Party for Socialism and Liberation - Champaign-Urbana, Campus Union for Trans Equality and Support, Illini Young Democratic Socialists of America, UIUC Undergraduate-Graduate Alliance, Students Against Sexual Assault, Prairie Greens, UMMA UIUC, UIUC United Students For Labor Rights, International Socialist Organization - Champaign-Urbana, PDA Central Illinois, Socialist Alternative Champaign-Urbana, UIUC Beyond Coal, UIUC Muslim Student Association, Answer Coalition Champaign-Urbana, Students Against Sexual Assault and Students for Environmental Concerns UIUC - SECS. Please contact Party for Socialism and Liberation - Champaign-Urbana through their Facebook page or pslchampaignurbana at gmail.com if your organization would like to co-sponsor as well!” "Trump and the congress of millionaire's agenda of unrestrained capitalism and white supremacy and the warmongering and fake resistance of Democratic politicians can only be defeated by a united people's movement to stop racist police terror, imperialist war, environmental destruction, fascist mobilization and the attacks on immigrants and all oppressed people. " “We stand with and will continue to defend immigrants, LGBTQ people, Muslims, People of Color, women, workers, the youth, poor people, those with disabilities, and all those who are under attack!" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From naiman at justforeignpolicy.org Mon Jan 14 22:16:57 2019 From: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org (Robert Naiman) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:16:57 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Kacich: for a billion dollars, we could buy Amtrak its own tracks between here and Chicago In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2019-01-04/toms-mailbag-jan-4-2019.html [...] Could Amtrak build a rail line? *"How much would it cost to buy Amtrak its own set of tracks between Champaign and Chicago so that the commuter trains wouldn't get stuck behind the Canadian National freight trains and the Amtrak trains could go their maximum speed of 80 miles an hour?"* First off, Amtrak does have the authority to purchase right of way and build its own tracks, said Rick Harnish, who is the executive director of the Midwest High Speed Rail Association. And there is plenty of space to add a set of tracks to replace that set that was removed by the Canadian National Railroad. But no estimate has been made of how much it would cost, said Harnish and others contacted. But we can offer a rough guess of the cost, based on what Amtrak did on its 284-mile Chicago to St. Louis corridor over the last eight years. In that project Amtrak installed new rails, concrete ties and other improvements in order to allow for the operation of 110 mph trails. It was funded largely by federal economic stimulus dollars allotted during President Barack Obama's administration at a cost of $1.95 billion. Since that project is about twice the length of the 127-mile Chicago to Champaign route, let's say this one would be a billion dolars, allowing for inflation. [...] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kmedina67 at gmail.com Wed Jan 16 21:07:26 2019 From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:07:26 -0600 Subject: [Peace] MLK local events 2019 / Friday January 18, Sun Jan 20, Mon Jan 21, Wed Jan 23, Fri Jan 25, Sat Jan 26 Message-ID: Dear Peace, Every year, Champaign County celebrates Martin Luther King Jr's legacy with a week's worth of events. This year, 2019, the events begin on Friday, January 18 and go through Saturday, January 26. The poverty simulation on January 25 requires registration. The list below are taken from the website: https://www.diversity.illinois.edu/mlk/calendar.html ---- below is an overview, then a detailed list --- Annual Countywide Dr. MLK, Jr. Celebration 2019 Calendar of Events OVERVIEW * Friday, January 18, 2019: event at the Vineyard Church; 4pm / Michael Pfleger : Keeping the Dream Alive Through Personal Responsiblity * Saturday, January 19, 2019: nothing * Sunday, January 20, 2019: event at Krannert Great Hall; 5pm-7pm; choirs, scholarships, C.D. Stuart addressing the theme: His Dream: A Way to Overcome * Monday, January 21, 2019: Unity Breakfast / Vineyard Church / 8:30am - 11am AND Day of Service / Illini Union / 1pm-4pm * Tuesday, January 22, 2019: nothing * Wednesday, January 23, 2019: Walking the Talk / 7pm-9pm / * Thursday, January 24, 2019: nothing * Friday, January 25, 2019: Poverty Simulation, School of Social Work / 1010 W. Nevada St, Urbana / 1pm-3pm * Saturday, January 26, 2019: Krannert / stage 5 / performances by International Prep Academy / 10am-12noon -- DETAILED SCHEDULE Friday, January 18, 2019 [Annual Countywide Dr. MLK, Jr. Celebration] 4:00 p.m. Hors d'oeuves 5:00 p.m. Program Begins The Vineyard Church / 1500 North Lincoln, Urbana // This annual county-wide celebration commemorates Dr. King’s legacy by bringing together community members from Champaign County to celebrate the mission, teachings, and legacy of Dr. King. This year’s keynote speaker, Pastor Michael Pfleger has sought to break down the walls of racism and denominationalism by building unity among all people. He will respond to the theme of Keeping the Dream Alive Through Personal Responsibility. The program will also include the presentation of awards for the James R. Burgess, Jr. Award, Susan Freiburg Humanitarian Award, the Doris Hoskins Prestigious Community Service Award, and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Outstanding Achievement Award. // Contact: diversity at illinois.edu Sunday, January 20, 2019 [Annual Countywide Dr. MLK, Jr. Celebration] 34th Annual Dr. MLK, Jr. Service of Celebration 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts/ Foellinger Great Hall / 500 South Goodwin, Urbana // Since 1988, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Advocacy for Justice Committee has awarded over 200 scholarships to local students attending colleges such as Parkland College, University of Illinois, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This year we honor the memory of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Reverend C.D. Stuart addressing the theme: His Dream: A Way to Overcome and music from the community choir. // Contact: diversity at illinois.edu. Monday, January 21, 2019 [Annual Countywide Dr. MLK, Jr. Celebration] 34th Annual Unity Breakfast 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The Vineyard Church / 1500 North Lincoln, Urbana // The 2019 Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Advocacy for Justice Committee and the Vineyard Church welcome community members to join in celebrating the birthday of America’s preeminent advocate of nonviolence and one of the greatest nonviolent leaders in world history at the 34th annual Unity Breakfast. Former scholarship recipient, Marnita Harris, will provide the keynote address to the 2019 scholarship recipients. // Contact: diversity at illinois.edu. Monday, January 21, 2019 [Annual Countywide Dr. MLK, Jr. Celebration] Day of Service 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Illini Union Rooms, ABC 1401 West Green Street, Urbana // University students, faculty, staff and community are invited to learn about the impact Dr. King had on the world. Nathan Stephens will highlight the importance of service work, and participants will complete hands-on service projects including meal packaging with Wesley Food Pantry, winter kits with CU at Home, birthday kits with Feeding Our Kids, school supply kits for local after-school programs, letters and caring cards for local service workers, and children’s capes for Crisis Nursery. // Individual registration: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/4725865 // Group registration: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/6477098 // Walk-ins are also welcome. // Contact: Office of Volunteer Programs (ovp at illinois.edu). Wednesday, January 23, 2019 [Annual Countywide Dr. MLK, Jr. Celebration] Walking the Talk: Bringing Social Justice to Direct Practice 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Student Dining and Residential Programs (SDRP) 2025 // The Central Black Student Union (CBSU), University Housing and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion encourage you to learn about applying a social justice lens to your personal and professional experiences. Professors Sundiata Cha-Jua and Helen Neville from the African American Studies Department and Dr. Mike Schlosser, Director of the Police Training Institute will present their research and application of integrating social justice into the public safety industry. Participants of this workshop will learn about applying a social equity model to their lives and future careers. // This event is open to all. If accommodations are needed in order to participate, please contact us by Monday, January 14, 2019. // Contact:Christian Biviano (cbivia3 at illinois.edu) or diversity at illinois.edu Friday, January 25, 2019 [Annual Countywide Dr. MLK, Jr. Celebration] Poverty Simulation 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. School of Social Work / 1010 West Nevada Street, Urbana // Poverty is a reality for many individuals and families. Unless you have experienced poverty, it's difficult to truly understand. In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King's advocacy work around poverty issues, the School of Social Work, in partnership with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, invites students, faculty, staff and community members to engage in a poverty simulation that bridges the gap from misconception to understanding in an interactive immersion experience. The goal of the simulation is to promote poverty awareness, increase understanding, and inspire local change by sensitizing participants to the realities of poverty. // To Register: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/9937424 // Contact:Sharva Hampton-Campbell (shamcamp at illinois.edu). Saturday, January 26, 2019 [Annual Countywide Dr. MLK, Jr. Celebration] Community Celebration 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Stage 5 500 South Goodwin, Urbana // This event marks the culmination of the week of events celebrating Dr. King’s legacy. Please join us for performances by International Prep Academy students and the University of Illinois theatre department. The College of Education will award the winners and honorable mention recipients of the MLK Creative Expressions Contest. The event will have entertainment for all ages and is free of charge. // Contact: (diversity at illinois.edu),Rebecca Ferrell (rferrel at illinois.edu). MLK Creative Expressions Contest Contact: Victor Perez (vhperez at illinois.edu). From karenaram at hotmail.com Fri Jan 18 15:45:15 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 15:45:15 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Fwd: Unite against the two years of Trump Administration policy's/note changes References: <1E6371D4-78B5-4919-B1ED-0D01EB8F2841@hotmail.com> Message-ID: TO BE NOTED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS WE WILL NOT BE MARCHING TO THE ALMA MATER AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, BUT INSTEAD WILL BE MARCHING TO THE CHAMPAIGN PUBLIC LIBRARY, A MUCH BRIEFER WALK. [https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/c0.11.624.329a/47377738_345017059410494_1619538163372392448_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=bd7f0d9a17a75f7bad3bbad1fd5d6bf1&oe=5CB83D7B] SUN, JAN 20 AT 1 PM CST Unite Against Trump: 2 Years in Office Champaign City Building · Champaign, IL “When Trump and the 1% attack, we will fight back!" “We will be assembling at the Champaign City Building at University and Neil at 1pm and marching to the Champaign Public Library. “Two years into his presidency, Trump, the 1% and the establishment, feeling more confident that they will not have to face resistance in the streets, have gone on the offensive, tear gassing women and children at the United States-Mexico border, empowering racist police departments and ICE, attacking Indigenous sovereignty and land rights in Maine and Louisiana, threatening the safety of LGBTQ people by removing protections on government documents, funding Saudi genocide in Yemen, continued bombing of Syria, supporting the fascist Bolsonaro government in Brazil, and continuing to support Israel’s ongoing genocide against Indigenous Palestinians." "As the Democratic party drops their facade of any meaningful opposition to the Trump administration, we will not be idle! We will not wait another minute, month, or year to take action. We will march in the largest numbers possible. Spread the word! Bring your signs, banners, and voices of resistance!” "Organizing co-sponsors of this march are Party for Socialism and Liberation - Champaign-Urbana, Campus Union for Trans Equality and Support, Illini Young Democratic Socialists of America, UIUC Undergraduate-Graduate Alliance, Students Against Sexual Assault, Prairie Greens, UMMA UIUC, UIUC United Students For Labor Rights, International Socialist Organization - Champaign-Urbana, PDA Central Illinois, Socialist Alternative Champaign-Urbana, UIUC Beyond Coal, UIUC Muslim Student Association, Answer Coalition Champaign-Urbana, Students Against Sexual Assault and Students for Environmental Concerns UIUC - SECS. Please contact Party for Socialism and Liberation - Champaign-Urbana through their Facebook page or pslchampaignurbana at gmail.com if your organization would like to co-sponsor as well!” "Trump and the congress of millionaire's agenda of unrestrained capitalism and white supremacy and the warmongering and fake resistance of Democratic politicians can only be defeated by a united people's movement to stop racist police terror, imperialist war, environmental destruction, fascist mobilization and the attacks on immigrants and all oppressed people. " “We stand with and will continue to defend immigrants, LGBTQ people, Muslims, People of Color, women, workers, the youth, poor people, those with disabilities, and all those who are under attack!" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/c0.11.624.329a/47377738_345017059410494_1619538163372392448_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=bd7f0d9a17a75f7bad3bbad1fd5d6bf1&oe=5CB83D7B] SUN, JAN 20 AT 1 PM CST Unite Against Trump: 2 Years in Office Champaign City Building · Champaign, IL “When Trump and the 1% attack, we will fight back!" “We will be assembling at the Champaign City Building at University and Neil at 1pm and marching to the Champaign Public Library. “Two years into his presidency, Trump, the 1% and the establishment, feeling more confident that they will not have to face resistance in the streets, have gone on the offensive, tear gassing women and children at the United States-Mexico border, empowering racist police departments and ICE, attacking Indigenous sovereignty and land rights in Maine and Louisiana, threatening the safety of LGBTQ people by removing protections on government documents, funding Saudi genocide in Yemen, continued bombing of Syria, supporting the fascist Bolsonaro government in Brazil, and continuing to support Israel’s ongoing genocide against Indigenous Palestinians." "As the Democratic party drops their facade of any meaningful opposition to the Trump administration, we will not be idle! We will not wait another minute, month, or year to take action. We will march in the largest numbers possible. Spread the word! Bring your signs, banners, and voices of resistance!” "Organizing co-sponsors of this march are Party for Socialism and Liberation - Champaign-Urbana, Campus Union for Trans Equality and Support, Illini Young Democratic Socialists of America, UIUC Undergraduate-Graduate Alliance, Students Against Sexual Assault, Prairie Greens, UMMA UIUC, UIUC United Students For Labor Rights, International Socialist Organization - Champaign-Urbana, PDA Central Illinois, Socialist Alternative Champaign-Urbana, UIUC Beyond Coal, UIUC Muslim Student Association, Answer Coalition Champaign-Urbana, Students Against Sexual Assault and Students for Environmental Concerns UIUC - SECS. Please contact Party for Socialism and Liberation - Champaign-Urbana through their Facebook page or pslchampaignurbana at gmail.com if your organization would like to co-sponsor as well!” "Trump and the congress of millionaire's agenda of unrestrained capitalism and white supremacy and the warmongering and fake resistance of Democratic politicians can only be defeated by a united people's movement to stop racist police terror, imperialist war, environmental destruction, fascist mobilization and the attacks on immigrants and all oppressed people. " “We stand with and will continue to defend immigrants, LGBTQ people, Muslims, People of Color, women, workers, the youth, poor people, those with disabilities, and all those who are under attack!" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Sat Jan 19 20:41:36 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 20:41:36 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Fwd: Unite against the two years of Trump Administration policy's/note changes References: Message-ID: TO BE NOTED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS WE WILL NOT BE MARCHING TO THE ALMA MATER AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, BUT INSTEAD WILL BE MARCHING TO THE CHAMPAIGN PUBLIC LIBRARY, A MUCH BRIEFER WALK. [https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/c0.11.624.329a/47377738_345017059410494_1619538163372392448_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=bd7f0d9a17a75f7bad3bbad1fd5d6bf1&oe=5CB83D7B] SUN, JAN 20 AT 1 PM CST Unite Against Trump: 2 Years in Office Champaign City Building · Champaign, IL “When Trump and the 1% attack, we will fight back!" “We will be assembling at the Champaign City Building at University and Neil at 1pm and marching to the Champaign Public Library. “Two years into his presidency, Trump, the 1% and the establishment, feeling more confident that they will not have to face resistance in the streets, have gone on the offensive, tear gassing women and children at the United States-Mexico border, empowering racist police departments and ICE, attacking Indigenous sovereignty and land rights in Maine and Louisiana, threatening the safety of LGBTQ people by removing protections on government documents, funding Saudi genocide in Yemen, continued bombing of Syria, supporting the fascist Bolsonaro government in Brazil, and continuing to support Israel’s ongoing genocide against Indigenous Palestinians." "As the Democratic party drops their facade of any meaningful opposition to the Trump administration, we will not be idle! We will not wait another minute, month, or year to take action. We will march in the largest numbers possible. Spread the word! Bring your signs, banners, and voices of resistance!” "Organizing co-sponsors of this march are Party for Socialism and Liberation - Champaign-Urbana, Campus Union for Trans Equality and Support, Illini Young Democratic Socialists of America, UIUC Undergraduate-Graduate Alliance, Students Against Sexual Assault, Prairie Greens, UMMA UIUC, UIUC United Students For Labor Rights, International Socialist Organization - Champaign-Urbana, PDA Central Illinois, Socialist Alternative Champaign-Urbana, UIUC Beyond Coal, UIUC Muslim Student Association, Answer Coalition Champaign-Urbana, Students Against Sexual Assault and Students for Environmental Concerns UIUC - SECS. Please contact Party for Socialism and Liberation - Champaign-Urbana through their Facebook page or pslchampaignurbana at gmail.com if your organization would like to co-sponsor as well!” "Trump and the congress of millionaire's agenda of unrestrained capitalism and white supremacy and the warmongering and fake resistance of Democratic politicians can only be defeated by a united people's movement to stop racist police terror, imperialist war, environmental destruction, fascist mobilization and the attacks on immigrants and all oppressed people. " “We stand with and will continue to defend immigrants, LGBTQ people, Muslims, People of Color, women, workers, the youth, poor people, those with disabilities, and all those who are under attack!" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Sat Jan 19 20:41:36 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 20:41:36 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Fwd: Unite against the two years of Trump Administration policy's/note changes References: Message-ID: TO BE NOTED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS WE WILL NOT BE MARCHING TO THE ALMA MATER AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, BUT INSTEAD WILL BE MARCHING TO THE CHAMPAIGN PUBLIC LIBRARY, A MUCH BRIEFER WALK. [https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/c0.11.624.329a/47377738_345017059410494_1619538163372392448_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=bd7f0d9a17a75f7bad3bbad1fd5d6bf1&oe=5CB83D7B] SUN, JAN 20 AT 1 PM CST Unite Against Trump: 2 Years in Office Champaign City Building · Champaign, IL “When Trump and the 1% attack, we will fight back!" “We will be assembling at the Champaign City Building at University and Neil at 1pm and marching to the Champaign Public Library. “Two years into his presidency, Trump, the 1% and the establishment, feeling more confident that they will not have to face resistance in the streets, have gone on the offensive, tear gassing women and children at the United States-Mexico border, empowering racist police departments and ICE, attacking Indigenous sovereignty and land rights in Maine and Louisiana, threatening the safety of LGBTQ people by removing protections on government documents, funding Saudi genocide in Yemen, continued bombing of Syria, supporting the fascist Bolsonaro government in Brazil, and continuing to support Israel’s ongoing genocide against Indigenous Palestinians." "As the Democratic party drops their facade of any meaningful opposition to the Trump administration, we will not be idle! We will not wait another minute, month, or year to take action. We will march in the largest numbers possible. Spread the word! Bring your signs, banners, and voices of resistance!” "Organizing co-sponsors of this march are Party for Socialism and Liberation - Champaign-Urbana, Campus Union for Trans Equality and Support, Illini Young Democratic Socialists of America, UIUC Undergraduate-Graduate Alliance, Students Against Sexual Assault, Prairie Greens, UMMA UIUC, UIUC United Students For Labor Rights, International Socialist Organization - Champaign-Urbana, PDA Central Illinois, Socialist Alternative Champaign-Urbana, UIUC Beyond Coal, UIUC Muslim Student Association, Answer Coalition Champaign-Urbana, Students Against Sexual Assault and Students for Environmental Concerns UIUC - SECS. Please contact Party for Socialism and Liberation - Champaign-Urbana through their Facebook page or pslchampaignurbana at gmail.com if your organization would like to co-sponsor as well!” "Trump and the congress of millionaire's agenda of unrestrained capitalism and white supremacy and the warmongering and fake resistance of Democratic politicians can only be defeated by a united people's movement to stop racist police terror, imperialist war, environmental destruction, fascist mobilization and the attacks on immigrants and all oppressed people. " “We stand with and will continue to defend immigrants, LGBTQ people, Muslims, People of Color, women, workers, the youth, poor people, those with disabilities, and all those who are under attack!" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Sun Jan 20 13:30:50 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 13:30:50 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Fwd: [Trump Anniv.: Unite to Fight Racism, War & Bigotry, Save Planet!] Video #1 of Saturdays rally. in Chicago... References: <392cdbfc1c6a11e9938a248a0786f7b2-7a3b85d0@a0bcebf04a0a1b8ef730e4a660151b64bcb79a631eddfb5359e3af01c131a352> Message-ID: [https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v3/yL/r/vd4aB0GIe9z.png] Facebook Andy Thayer posted in Trump Anniv.: Unite to Fight Racism, War & Bigotry, Save Planet!. 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URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Tue Jan 22 15:24:31 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:24:31 +0000 Subject: [Peace] =?utf-8?q?In_honor_of_the_Yellow_Vests=2C_who_haven?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=99t_given_up_their_fight_against_exploitation=E2=80=A6?= =?utf-8?b?4oCm?= Message-ID: In honor of the Yellow Vests, who haven’t given up their fight against exploitation……Marielle Mathieu singing La Marseillaise. https://youtu.be/7va62mL_LYU From karenaram at hotmail.com Tue Jan 22 16:06:04 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:06:04 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Oliver Stones VDO on the Ukraine, for those who aren't already aware Message-ID: https://www.sott.net/article/373841-Ukraine-on-Fire-How-US-Not-Russia-Destroyed-Ukraine-Oliver-Stone-Documentary-Finally-Available-VIDEO From karenaram at hotmail.com Wed Jan 23 02:10:01 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 02:10:01 +0000 Subject: [Peace] =?utf-8?q?Response_in_respect_to=3A_In_honor_of_the_Yello?= =?utf-8?q?w_Vests=2C_who_haven=E2=80=99t_given_up_their_fight_against_exp?= =?utf-8?b?bG9pdGF0aW9u4oCm4oCm?= References: <108442435.2007352.1548189364737@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: A message to all, from Doug and Ann Clough, who have been steadfast for so many years in pursuit of peace. Doug has almost never missed a monthly AWARE demonstration, downtown Champaign, no matter what the weather conditions. You will see him holding a pole, with the “peace” symbol, for at least 2 hours, non stop. He has also joined other marches in pursuit of anti-war holding the flag pole for an additional two hours, not easy for anyone, let alone a senior. Please see below: hi karen and others the life story of marielle mathieu is almost other worldly check wikepaedia and other sources including you tube such an inspiration (does my my to you e-mail go to others on peace list can you forward my e-mail to the whole list if not am i asking too much? thanking you again for all you do doug) In a message dated 1/22/2019 9:24:56 AM Central Standard Time, peace at lists.chambana.net writes: In honor of the Yellow Vests, who haven’t given up their fight against exploitation……Marielle Mathieu singing La Marseillaise. https://youtu.be/7va62mL_LYU _______________________________________________ Peace mailing list Peace at lists.chambana.net https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Wed Jan 23 13:31:42 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:31:42 +0000 Subject: [Peace] NFN Friday Message-ID: Carl and David I don’t think your researcher is quite correct, nor is he wrong, regarding Aaron Mate leaving the Real News. Aaron was interviewed by someone, saw it on my tablet, couldn’t find it online at the time. It may have been Jimmy Dore, but Aaron complained, not his exact words, that the Real News is looking at being “more balanced” by interviewing those that oppose their views. Mate who made mincemeat out of those faux journalists promoting Russiagate, and war, clearly opposes the idea, as do I. It’s the path that those media in peril due to lack of funding have taken, and though some might refer to it as “free speech,” when that free speech isn’t backed up by evidence, when that free speech is just propaganda as is russiagate, then we just have more of the same like CNN, NPR, Democracy Now, leaving us with few sources of reliable news. In spite of that, I agree with Paul Jay, too much focus on russiagate, or Trump becomes counterproductive in that its just distractions from what is taking place in the world, what the USG is doing, which is what I want from news. What is the US doing now in Venezuela, Lebanon, Nicaragua, what is the US doing now regarding US social services. What are we doing in Macedonia, with Nato. Focusing on the faux news one way or the other, focusing on what this one said or didn’t say is irrelevant. Focusing on electoral politics which is as we know, anything but democratic, of little value. Trump should not be the center of attention, he is just a symptom of our decaying system. Yes, the House today signed a bill preventing Trump from disbanding or dissolving Nato, Rt.com wrote about it. Rather silly actually as Trump never attempted to disband Nato, he simply suggested or demanded Europeans pay their fair share, why should they when it does nothing for them? It does show the intent of the “House,” with provocations of Russia. From rebelmike at earthlink.net Thu Jan 24 03:28:11 2019 From: rebelmike at earthlink.net (Mike Lehman) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:28:11 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Doug Rokke Message-ID: Does anyone have an email for Doug Rokke? I used to, several crashes ago. I am trying to put a researcher in contact with him. Please forward it to me offlist at rebelmike at earthlink.net Thanks in advance, Mike Lehman From naiman at justforeignpolicy.org Thu Jan 24 16:52:02 2019 From: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org (Robert Naiman) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 10:52:02 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Ro Khanna: "the US should not anoint the leader of the opposition in Venezuela" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In my whole life, I don't remember any Congressional Democrat saying that the U.S. should get out of the business of trying to pick the leaders of other people's countries. The only Member of Congress I ever heard say this was Ron Paul. Maybe we're living in a new world. It's happened before. PS: AOC retweeted this. Maybe her army will follow. PPS: Any U.S. military intervention in Venezuela would be unconstitutional unless it had specific prior authorization from Congress. In case anyone cares about that. PPPS: Also, it would violate the UN Charter - in fact even the threat violates the Charter - unless it were authorized by the UN Security Council. Now let's see who is threatening the "global liberal order" [*sic*], and who is defending it. https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/1088302692001300480 *Ro Khanna*‏Verified account @RoKhanna FollowingFollowing @RoKhanna More Ro Khanna Retweeted Senator Dick Durbin With respect Senator Durbin, the US should not anoint the leader of the opposition in Venezuela during an internal, polarized conflict. Let us support Uruguay, Mexico, & the Vatican's efforts for a negotiated settlement & end sanctions that are making the hyperinflation worse. 11:09 PM - 23 Jan 2019 - *2,185* Retweets - *5,901* Likes Ro Khanna added, === Robert Reuel Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org naiman at justforeignpolicy.org (202) 448-2898 x1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Estabrook via Peace-discuss wrote: Karen-- Thanks for YOUR letter-to-the-editor in the News-Gazette today... > On Jan 24, 2019, at 10:49 AM, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss wrote: > > Thanks for our letter-to-the-editor in the News-Gazette today _______________________________________________ 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... 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This is extremely dangerous and we urge all peace-loving people to come out to protest U.S. coup plots and in defense of President Maduro's government and Venezuela's sovereignty. The right-wing coup plotters inside Venezuela are being directed from the White House, with Pres. Donald Trump, Vice-Pres. Mike Pence, Sec. of State Mike Pompeo, and National Security Adviser John Bolton calling for Maduro’s overthrow. If the U.S. succeeds in its illegal plans, there would be a major destabilization and possible war in the region, with devastating effects for tens of millions of people in Venezuela and Latin America. For years, the U.S. government has imposed crushing economic sanctions on the country, robbing the Venezuelan people of billions in revenues, denying them food, medicine and other needs, and then cynically blaming Venezuela as being solely responsible for its economic crisis. WHY IS THE U.S. PLOTTING AGAINST PRESIDENT MADURO AND HIS GOVERNMENT? Ever since President Hugo Chávez took office in 1999, and continuing with Maduro’s succession, the Bolivarian government of Venezuela has worked hard to provide for the people, creating a free healthcare system for the Venezuelan people, has built 2.5 MILLION homes that have benefited 10 million people, and built tens of new universities for free higher education. These benefits are financed by Venezuela’s oil, because the revolutionary government has guaranteed that the oil resources belong to the people, not to U.S. oil companies. Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world. The U.S. machinations are part of a larger regional counterrevolutionary attempt, against Nicaragua, against Cuba and all of Latin America. THE DANGER OF A COUP IS REAL — IT IS TIME TO SAY NO TO U.S. INTERVENTION IN VENEZUELA AND ALL LATIN AMERICA! JOIN US IN THE ACTION TO SAY: STOP THE U.S. COUP PLOTS AGAINST PRESIDENT MADURO AND THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE, LIFT THE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS, RESPECT VENEZUELA’S SOVEREIGNTY! Endorsed by: ANSWER Chicago Freedom Road Socialist Organizatoin La Voz de los Abajo Party for Socialism and Liberation ANSWER Coalition · United States This email was sent to karenaram at hotmail.com. To stop receiving emails, click here. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Thu Jan 24 20:15:43 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:15:43 +0000 Subject: [Peace] [Peace-discuss] Good LTE to the N-G today In-Reply-To: <1638660517.592254.1548353015922@mail.yahoo.com> References: <40B25AD3-BF54-435B-874B-806369926324@illinois.edu> <1638660517.592254.1548353015922@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Thanks Anne, I wonder which, Yeats would have categorized me? The latter I suspect. On Jan 24, 2019, at 10:03, Anne Parkinson > wrote: Dear Karen: It was a great letter... realistic instead of the usual partisan. I am feeling the chaos today and can only describe it as our universe's tendency to unravel. Had to read Yeats' "The Second Coming" just to feel better. However, I had forgotten the lines: " The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity." Interesting.... On Thursday, January 24, 2019, 10:54:04 AM CST, C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss > wrote: Karen-- Thanks for YOUR letter-to-the-editor in the News-Gazette today... > On Jan 24, 2019, at 10:49 AM, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss > wrote: > > Thanks for our letter-to-the-editor in the News-Gazette today _______________________________________________ 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 karenaram at hotmail.com Thu Jan 24 20:24:55 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:24:55 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Ro Khanna: "the US should not anoint the leader of the opposition in Venezuela" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Robert, you’re quite right. It’s about time, if more Congressional Reps., had taken a stand and said this in 2009 there might not have been a Caravan of Honduran immigrants risking their lives to seek asylum in the US today. The world is watching, lets hope our Congressional Representatives take action and prevent Venezuela, already suffering terribly due to our sanctions, from going the same way as all other nations which the US has intervened, in pursuit of regime change. On Jan 24, 2019, at 08:52, Robert Naiman via Peace > wrote: In my whole life, I don't remember any Congressional Democrat saying that the U.S. should get out of the business of trying to pick the leaders of other people's countries. The only Member of Congress I ever heard say this was Ron Paul. Maybe we're living in a new world. It's happened before. PS: AOC retweeted this. Maybe her army will follow. PPS: Any U.S. military intervention in Venezuela would be unconstitutional unless it had specific prior authorization from Congress. In case anyone cares about that. PPPS: Also, it would violate the UN Charter - in fact even the threat violates the Charter - unless it were authorized by the UN Security Council. Now let's see who is threatening the "global liberal order" [sic], and who is defending it. https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/1088302692001300480 Ro Khanna‏Verified account @RoKhanna FollowingFollowing @RoKhanna More Ro Khanna Retweeted Senator Dick Durbin With respect Senator Durbin, the US should not anoint the leader of the opposition in Venezuela during an internal, polarized conflict. Let us support Uruguay, Mexico, & the Vatican's efforts for a negotiated settlement & end sanctions that are making the hyperinflation worse. 11:09 PM - 23 Jan 2019 * 2,185 Retweets * 5,901 Likes Ro Khanna added, === Robert Reuel Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org naiman at justforeignpolicy.org (202) 448-2898 x1 _______________________________________________ Peace mailing list Peace at lists.chambana.net https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Trump administration is actively supporting an attempted right-wing coup against democratically-elected President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela. Maduro declared the recognition of an opposition right-wing politician, Juan Guaidó, as the opening shot of "regime change." This is extremely dangerous and we urge all peace-loving people to come out to protest U.S. coup plots and in defense of President Maduro's government and Venezuela's sovereignty. The right-wing coup plotters inside Venezuela are being directed from the White House, with Pres. Donald Trump, Vice-Pres. Mike Pence, Sec. of State Mike Pompeo, and National Security Adviser John Bolton calling for Maduro’s overthrow. If the U.S. succeeds in its illegal plans, there would be a major destabilization and possible war in the region, with devastating effects for tens of millions of people in Venezuela and Latin America. For years, the U.S. government has imposed crushing economic sanctions on the country, robbing the Venezuelan people of billions in revenues, denying them food, medicine and other needs, and then cynically blaming Venezuela as being solely responsible for its economic crisis. WHY IS THE U.S. PLOTTING AGAINST PRESIDENT MADURO AND HIS GOVERNMENT? Ever since President Hugo Chávez took office in 1999, and continuing with Maduro’s succession, the Bolivarian government of Venezuela has worked hard to provide for the people, creating a free healthcare system for the Venezuelan people, has built 2.5 MILLION homes that have benefited 10 million people, and built tens of new universities for free higher education. These benefits are financed by Venezuela’s oil, because the revolutionary government has guaranteed that the oil resources belong to the people, not to U.S. oil companies. Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world. The U.S. machinations are part of a larger regional counterrevolutionary attempt, against Nicaragua, against Cuba and all of Latin America. THE DANGER OF A COUP IS REAL — IT IS TIME TO SAY NO TO U.S. INTERVENTION IN VENEZUELA AND ALL LATIN AMERICA! JOIN US IN THE ACTION TO SAY: STOP THE U.S. COUP PLOTS AGAINST PRESIDENT MADURO AND THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE, LIFT THE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS, RESPECT VENEZUELA’S SOVEREIGNTY! Endorsed by: ANSWER Chicago Freedom Road Socialist Organizatoin La Voz de los Abajo Party for Socialism and Liberation ANSWER Coalition · United States This email was sent to karenaram at hotmail.com. To stop receiving emails, click here. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. Image removed by sender. Image removed by sender. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Even if we concede that they've made up their minds to be cowards, as usual, they could at least have the decency to include the phrase "First Amendment" somewhere in their letter, to acknowledge that somewhere there is a group of people who have a problem with this. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Senator Tammy Duckworth Date: Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 3:30 PM Subject: Responding to your message To: Dear Neighbor, Thank you for contacting me to share your views on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. I appreciate you taking the time to make me aware of your concerns on this important matter. As you know, the BDS movement is a global campaign designed to exert pressure on Israel’s economy. As your Senator, I am committed to advancing policies that promote a safe and secure Middle East and defend the sovereignty of America’s ally, Israel. Our Nation should remain committed to helping the Israeli and Palestinian people negotiate a permanent two-state solution to end decades of conflict. Ultimately, the Israeli and Palestinian people share a responsibility to achieve peace, and the region needs a strong and secure Israel to live peacefully alongside a free and independent Palestine. Various proposals have been introduced this Congress addressing the BDS movement. The Combating BDS Act of 2017 was introduced by Senator Marco Rubio of Florida on January 17, 2017. This bill would strengthen protections for State and local governments who choose not to invest in, or do business with, companies and organizations that participate in BDS actions. The Israel Anti-Boycott Act was introduced by Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland on March 23, 2017 and would prohibit boycotts imposed by international governmental organizations against Israel. While I am not currently a sponsor of either of these bills, I remain firmly opposed to the BDS movement and believe that we must remain staunch supporters of Israel. Rest assured, I will keep your thoughts in mind if these bills come to the Senate floor for a vote. Thank you again for contacting me on this important issue. If you would like more information on my work in the Senate, please visit my website at www.duckworth.senate.gov. You can access my voting record and see what I am doing to address today’s most important issues. I hope that you will continue to share your views and opinions with me and let me know whenever I may be of assistance to you. Sincerely, Tammy Duckworth United States Senator -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Join us for revolutionary education, discussion and organizing! Topics: 1. Government shut down, the racist wall and building solidarity with immigrants and all those affected by the shut down 2. The Venezuelan revolution -- which continues to be a shining beacon of people's democracy and heroism despite the odds -- is now under greater threat of intervention from U.S, imperialism, Brazil and Colombia. Join us for an update and action plan. 3. Lenin's Legacy: Vladimir Lenin died on Jan. 21, 1924, 95 years ago this week. For socialists and revolutionaries, he is a towering figure. He led the first successful revolution of oppressed classes that took, held and developed its own political power. Join us to discuss his important contributions to the struggle for socialism and a better world! $5 Donation requested. We'll have music, conversation and drinks after the forum. Beer and wine will be available for a small donation. Join us! 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In an unbelievable display of colonial arrogance, the Trump administration has determined that it — not the people of Venezuela — has the authority to determine who is the legitimate president. Although it has been concealed by the corporate media, huge numbers of Venezuelans are in the streets expressing their support for President Nicolás Maduro. It is essential that opponents of U.S. war and empire mobilize as well. People have been in the streets on Wednesday and Thursday throughout the country, including Washington, D.C., New York City, New Haven, Conn., Los Angeles and more, and protests will be continuing on Friday, Saturday and beyond in many additional cities. See below for a list of actions and click the link to see an up-to-date list: Washington, DC Saturday, January 26 1:00 p.m. The White House RSVP on Facebook Boise, ID Friday, January 25 5:00 p.m. Boise City Hall RSVP on Facebook Boston, MA Friday, January 25 5:30 p.m. Location TBA RSVP on Facebook Chicago, IL Friday, January 25 6:00 p.m. ABC 7 Chicago (190 N State St.) RSVP on Facebook San Francisco, CA Friday, January 25 5:00 p.m. 24th and Mission Streets RSVP on Facebook Seattle, WA Friday, January 25 7:00 p.m. Pike Street and Broadway RSVP on Facebook Springfield, MO Friday, January 25 6:00 p.m. 400 South Ave RSVP on Facebook Dallas, TX Saturday, January 26 4:00 p.m. Grassy Knoll (400 Elm St.) RSVP on Facebook Minneapolis, MN Saturday, January 26th 3:30pm May Day Books, 301 Cedar Ave. S. West Bank RSVP on Facebook Pittsburgh, PA Saturday, January 26 3:00 p.m. Penn Ave & North Highland Ave, East Liberty RSVP on Facebook Tampa, FL Saturday, January 26 2:00 p.m. Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse (801 North Florida Avenue) RSVP on Facebook Sarasota, FL Monday, January 28 5:30 p.m. Marina Jack's "Unconditional Surrender" Statue RSVP on Facebook Tallahassee, FL Monday, January 28 10:00 a.m. Florida Historic Capitol Museum (400 South Monroe Street) RSVP on Facebook Click here to see for an up-to-date list where additional events will be listed as they are organized Click here to see photos and videos from recent actions [https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/answercoalition/pages/4780/attachments/original/1548362090/venezuela.jpg?1548362090] [https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/answercoalition/mailings/2649/attachments/original/facebook_1548389588556.jpg?1548392485] Venezuela Washington, DC [https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/answercoalition/mailings/2649/attachments/original/LA.png?1548424974] [https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/answercoalition/mailings/2649/attachments/original/DC2.png?1548425288] Los Angeles, CA Washington, DC Please share widely: [Share on Facebook][Share on Twitter] Your donation to the ANSWER Coalition allows us to sustain this movement against war, and for social and economic justice. 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URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Sat Jan 26 16:06:22 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 16:06:22 +0000 Subject: [Peace] VDO of Sunday's anti-Trump Administration march /Champaign References: Message-ID: Here’s the video - https://youtu.be/knCNWCWg7dw _______________________________________________ Peace mailing list Peace at lists.chambana.net https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Sat Jan 26 21:45:13 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 21:45:13 +0000 Subject: [Peace] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_Gerd_B=C3=BCntzly=2C_Crime_Fighter?= References: Message-ID: Excellent article on Counterpunch 25) and the US Constitution (Art. 6). According to Univ. of Illinois Law School Prof. Francis Boyle, writing recently for other nuclear weapons resisters, “International law is not ‘higher’ or separat... View article... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From naiman at justforeignpolicy.org Tue Jan 29 00:31:59 2019 From: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org (Robert Naiman) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:31:59 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Duckworth voted yes on Rubio's anti-BDS bill Message-ID: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00011 The ACLU opposed this bill on First Amendment grounds. Sanders, Warren, Gillibrand, and Brown voted no. Durbin voted no. Kaine, Murphy voted no. Jack Reed voted no. Baldwin voted no. But Duckworth voted yes. Profiles in courage Booker and Harris skipped the vote. === Robert Reuel Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org naiman at justforeignpolicy.org (202) 448-2898 x1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From davidgreen50 at gmail.com Tue Jan 29 03:55:18 2019 From: davidgreen50 at gmail.com (David Green) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:55:18 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Duckworth voted yes on Rubio's anti-BDS bill In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: http://normanfinkelstein.com/2019/01/22/why-kamela-harris-should-run-for-president-of-israel/ On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 6:32 PM Robert Naiman via Peace < peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote: > > https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00011 > > The ACLU opposed this bill on First Amendment grounds. > > Sanders, Warren, Gillibrand, and Brown voted no. Durbin voted no. Kaine, > Murphy voted no. Jack Reed voted no. Baldwin voted no. > > But Duckworth voted yes. > > Profiles in courage Booker and Harris skipped the vote. > > === > > Robert Reuel Naiman > Policy Director > Just Foreign Policy > www.justforeignpolicy.org > naiman at justforeignpolicy.org > (202) 448-2898 x1 > > > _______________________________________________ > Peace mailing list > Peace at lists.chambana.net > https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Tue Jan 29 15:28:29 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:28:29 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Not sure if I remembered to post this VDO Message-ID: I was the 4th speaker, and was announced as the Rep. from the Prairie Greens, I then said I was reading from AWARE’s flyer, with my amendments, and explained who AWARE is, but it was cut out of the film, due to the cold, beginning with just my speaking. Some interviews were cut out, but most speeches were covered. https://youtu.be/knCNWCWg7dw -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From belden.fields at gmail.com Tue Jan 29 23:47:30 2019 From: belden.fields at gmail.com (belden.fields at gmail.com) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 17:47:30 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Vanessa's article Message-ID: <83E4786F-53DC-4313-B9E3-569CBE0B4A23@gmail.com> Vanessa is going to need a bit more time, till Feb 2 or 3. The article is on 2 C/U Af-American women. I think we need this article for the next issue, no? Let me know if we need to move on w/o it for this issue and use it for the following one. Belden PS are people really going to meet in this Arctic weather? Sent from my iPhone From pat.simpson at frontier.com Wed Jan 30 00:13:38 2019 From: pat.simpson at frontier.com (Patricia Simpson) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:13:38 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Peace] {Public i} Vanessa's article In-Reply-To: <1548806029215.1494512689@boxbe> References: <1548806029215.1494512689@boxbe> Message-ID: <1987860136.3208809.1548807218423@mail.yahoo.com> Hi all, Belden raises a good point about meeting tomorrow night. When even the U of I shuts down, things are bad.  What with Vanessa's article being delayed, I suggest we simply put off this week's meeting until next week.  I can contact Kristina - I have a feeling that Kristina will be relieved.   What say others?  And if we do cancel, can someone text Paul - I don't have his email? Pat On ‎Tuesday‎, ‎January‎ ‎29‎, ‎2019‎ ‎05‎:‎53‎:‎21‎ ‎PM‎ ‎CST, wrote: This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! (belden.fields at gmail.com) Add cleanup rule | More info Vanessa is going to need a bit more time, till Feb 2 or 3. The article is on 2 C/U Af-American women. I think we need this article for the next issue,  no? Let me know if we need to move on w/o it for this issue and use it for the following one. Belden PS are people really going to meet in this Arctic weather? Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "publici" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to publici+unsubscribe at ucimc.org. To post to this group, send email to publici at ucimc.org. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/ucimc.org/d/msgid/publici/83E4786F-53DC-4313-B9E3-569CBE0B4A23%40gmail.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cgestabrook at gmail.com Wed Jan 30 01:14:51 2019 From: cgestabrook at gmail.com (C G Estabrook) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 19:14:51 -0600 Subject: [Peace] EMERGENCY SHELTERS, WARMING CENTERS, SOUP KITCHENS iN C-U Message-ID: <61F53316-0242-4EBF-84CF-DE30DE5B8C8E@gmail.com> http://champaignil.gov/emergency-shelters/?fbclid=IwAR04DkxL0YPY5Vx_fPg2VAmyUoNNlWpXurnbCQXYbSM-r9IpgR1q8RxiXcM From kmedina67 at gmail.com Wed Jan 30 01:44:41 2019 From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 19:44:41 -0600 Subject: [Peace] peace demonstration this Saturday, February 2, 2019 will be warm and sunny Message-ID: Dear peace, As the polar vortex blows through on Wednesday, consider preparing for the monthly peace demonstration which will be this Saturday, February 2, 2019 2pm-4pm. IT WILL BE WARM -- predicted to be 40 F! and Sunny! Come celebrate things you can celebrate, and for those things you cannot celebrate: demand that our national leaders work for peace and stop working for war and domination. Peace does not happen unless people demand it, -- karen medina P.S. 1 Main Street, Champaign Illinois (the corner of Neil St and Main/Church) P.P.S. And, if you are looking for another way to get out earlier in the day, consider helping the IMC plug some roof leaks. Saturday morning, beginning around 9am. Contact Jane McClintock. From belden.fields at gmail.com Wed Jan 30 04:22:40 2019 From: belden.fields at gmail.com (belden.fields at gmail.com) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:22:40 -0600 Subject: [Peace] {Public i} Vanessa's article In-Reply-To: <1987860136.3208809.1548807218423@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1548806029215.1494512689@boxbe> <1987860136.3208809.1548807218423@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I can text Paul. He no looks at email. Belden Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 29, 2019, at 6:13 PM, Patricia Simpson wrote: > > Hi all, > > Belden raises a good point about meeting tomorrow night. When even the U of I shuts down, things are bad. What with Vanessa's article being delayed, I suggest we simply put off this week's meeting until next week. I can contact Kristina - I have a feeling that Kristina will be relieved. > > What say others? And if we do cancel, can someone text Paul - I don't have his email? > > Pat > > On ‎Tuesday‎, ‎January‎ ‎29‎, ‎2019‎ ‎05‎:‎53‎:‎21‎ ‎PM‎ ‎CST, wrote: > > > This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! (belden.fields at gmail.com) Add cleanup rule | More info > Vanessa is going to need a bit more time, till Feb 2 or 3. The article is on 2 C/U Af-American women. I think we need this article for the next issue, no? > Let me know if we need to move on w/o it for this issue and use it for the following one. > Belden > > PS are people really going to meet in this Arctic weather? > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "publici" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to publici+unsubscribe at ucimc.org. > To post to this group, send email to publici at ucimc.org. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/ucimc.org/d/msgid/publici/83E4786F-53DC-4313-B9E3-569CBE0B4A23%40gmail.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Thu Jan 31 17:00:37 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:00:37 +0000 Subject: [Peace] A must listen/watch.......Max Blumenthal, Ali Abunimah with Chris Hedges Message-ID: https://www.rt.com/shows/on-contact/449861-lobby-usa-israel-spy/ From cgestabrook at gmail.com Thu Jan 31 21:00:32 2019 From: cgestabrook at gmail.com (C G Estabrook) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:00:32 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Flyer for Saturday's AWARE demo Message-ID: https://blackagendareport.com/racist-imperialist-war-venezuela A better flyer for Saturday's AWARE demo. --CGE (there in spirit) From karenaram at hotmail.com Thu Jan 31 23:26:43 2019 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 23:26:43 +0000 Subject: [Peace] Flyer for Saturday's AWARE demo In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Here is one on offer from Adrian of the Green Party, posted on FB: Adrian Boutureira Sansberro 23 hrs · Hello all, Planning a rally in your hometown? Please use this release freely: For immediate release, January 30, 2019 What: XXXXXXXX plans to mobilize its membership to express our strong opposition to any form of US intervention into the internal affairs of the sovereign nation of Venezuela. When: XXXXXXXX. Where: XXXXXXXXXXX Contacts: XXXXXXXXX Background In mid-December, Juan Guaidó, the leader of Venezuela’s right-wing opposition-controlled National Assembly, traveled to Washington, Colombia, and Brazil. The exact nature of Guaidó's discussions with the right-wing government officials of these nations is unknown, but on Jan. 15, Vice President Pence made a telephone call to Guaidó. On Jan. 21, encouraged by the right-wing governments of Colombia, Brazil, and the U.S., a small group of Venezuelan National Guard soldiers attempted and failed to execute a military coup. Vice President Pence called Guaidó again the next day, and the day after that, Jan. 23, Guaidó declared himself the interim president of Venezuela. 17 years prior, the Bush Administration openly backed a violent and deadly coup that temporarily deposed then-president Hugo Chavez. In the years since, the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations have also supported the right-wing opposition and its neoliberal plans for a Venezuelan economy subservient to U.S. interests. While Trump allies with fascists like Bolsonaro in Brazil and murderous monarchs like Mohammed Bin Salman in Saudi Arabia, his administration continues to serve U.S. imperial policies by attempting to overthrow a democratically elected left-wing government in Venezuela and institute neoliberal policies that would plunder the Venezuelan economy at the service of the oligarchs and wealthy that lead the Venezuelan opposition. U.S. President Donald Trump's appointments of John Bolton as National Security Advisor and Elliot Abrams as "Special Envoy to Venezuela" bode particularly ill for Venezuela's future. Abrams was convicted during the Iran Contra investigation of withholding information from Congress to help cover up atrocities committed by the Reagan Administration-backed right-wing governments of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, and by the Contras against Nicaragua, and mischaracterized the U.S.’s brutal and often criminal policy towards El Salvador as a "fabulous achievement." Under the Bolivarian Revolution, the Venezuelan government set up large-scale social programs to combat poverty. Workers and indigenous peoples have been empowered. The state has taken control of resources that were formerly in the hands of foreign multinationals. But the United States and its allies refuse to tolerate any attempt by a poor country to buck the neoliberal order and institute any kind of socialist reforms, so they keep attempting to overthrow the democratically elected government. The opposition is run by wealthy Venezuelans who are of European descent and have often targeted Chavistas who are poor and often of African and indigenous heritage. Many of the leaders of the opposition are the same leaders who led and supported the attempted coup against Hugo Chavez in 2002. This opposition has openly incited violence and murdered people because they were pro-government. They have harassed and shot journalists and plotted to blow up pro-government news stations. This is fascism. Demand We oppose this latest coup attempt and the direct and illegal U.S. role in it, and demand that our elected officials stand up and speak out against it now. To do anything less is to aid and abet another U.S.-engineered imperialist crime in this hemisphere. There have been too many already. This sharp escalation of attacks on Venezuela comes after long U.S. campaign of destabilizing the Venezuelan economy and society. Destabilizing Venezuela to achieve “regime change” and the imposition of yet another anti-working class, anti-indigenous, anti-environmentalist, right-wing government subservient to global capitalism, like those of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and Ivan Duque in Colombia, is not in the interests of the Venezuelan working people, or of workers in the United States. Under both President Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela has repeatedly shown its willingness to maintain friendly relations with the United States and its people, even going so far as to help poor communities in the United States by providing them with discounted heating oil. The people of the United States need to speak out forcefully and immediately to put a stop to the Trump administration’s reckless actions against Venezuela, which could easily lead to a civil war with regional and U.S. participation. We urge everyone to immediately contact their senators and representatives to demand an end to this illegal and dangerous intervention in the affairs of a sovereign nation which has done nothing to harm our country or its people. > On Jan 31, 2019, at 13:00, C G Estabrook via Peace wrote: > > https://blackagendareport.com/racist-imperialist-war-venezuela > > A better flyer for Saturday's AWARE demo. --CGE (there in spirit) > _______________________________________________ > Peace mailing list > Peace at lists.chambana.net > https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace