[Peace] Let’s have a big anti-war demo in Milwaukee on July 13 at the DNC

[Stuart Levy]

Cheering on this idea!  I'd be in, and (lacking any nearby congressional
Dems) would be game to go to Milwaukee for a demonstration.

On Sat, Jan 18, 2020, 9:38 AM Robert Naiman via Peace <
peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

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> https://www.facebook.com/robert.naiman/posts/10159055403547656
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> Let’s have a big anti-war demo in Milwaukee on July 13 at the DNC
>
> Let’s have a big anti-war demonstration in Milwaukee on July 13 at the
> Democratic National Convention.
>
> Let’s support this with local actions at Democratic Congressional offices
> on July 13, so people who are unable to travel to Milwaukee can
> participate. Every Congressional Democrat is a member of the Democratic
> National Committee, so on July 13 we can treat each Democratic
> Congressional office as a local DNC office, which in a way it is.
>
> Let’s support that with a call-in day to those Congressional offices, so
> people can participate without leaving wherever they are.
>
> Let’s raise a specific demand: that Congressional Democrats pass binding,
> veto-proof legislation to end U.S. wars. In particular, that Congress pass
> binding, veto-proof legislation to end Trump’s unconstitutional war with
> Iran and Trump’s unconstitutional war on behalf of Saudi Arabia in Yemen.
> Congress has already voted against these wars. But Congressional Democratic
> leadership have failed so far to pass binding, veto-proof legislation to
> end these wars, as they could have done, by passing binding veto-proof war
> powers resolutions, or by cutting the funding on “veto-proof” “must-pass”
> Pentagon spending bills. Under Article I of the Constitution, Congress is
> supposed to be deciding when we go to war, not Trump.
>
> Let’s couple this outside strategy with an inside strategy. Let’s push for
> the elected delegates to amend the Democratic Party Platform to call on
> Democrats in Congress to end U.S. wars, including the war with Iran and the
> Saudi war in Yemen, through binding veto-proof war powers resolutions and
> binding veto-proof funding prohibitions.
>
> At the end of a contested presidential primary, the Democratic Party is at
> its most democratic. The elected delegates to the convention are the people
> that Democratic primary voters just voted for when they voted for
> presidential candidates. According to current projections, there will be
> four groups of such elected delegates: Sanders delegates, Warren delegates,
> Buttigieg delegates, and Biden delegates. These delegates largely follow
> the instructions of their campaigns in voting on issues outside of the
> nominating process. Thus, raising these demands is a way of pressuring the
> campaigns, which will in turn pressure the Democratic members of Congress,
> who will also be delegates to the convention.
>
> Regardless of what happens at the convention, there’s likely not going to
> be a new U.S. president for at least another year from now, and we should
> be ending these wars now. Also regardless of what happens at the
> convention, under the Constitution, it will still be the job of Congress,
> not the President, to decide when we go to war.
>
> We’ve seen in the past that even though Congress already voted against
> these wars, when push came to shove, ending these wars wasn’t a priority
> for Democratic Congressional leadership when they had the opportunity to do
> so. Let’s change that on July 13.
>
> Perhaps, if they know they are going to face these demands on July 13, six
> months from now, Congressional Democratic leadership will feel pressured to
> act now.
>
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