[statecom-discuss] disgusting pro-war ad in the Globe todaysigned by "progressive" Democrats

[John Walsh]

I agree - and I think that the war against the earth is probably the
most important.
BUT right now people are thinking about the war more than anything
else.  We must meet people where they are with our program - a
position on every issue that engages people.
AND I believe we cannot make much headway on the war on the planet
until we get the wars of empire defeated so that people can move on to
discuss the threat of planetary destruction.
jw

On 7/20/06, Mike Heichman <mikeheichman at verizon.net> wrote:
> I was hoping that we would have had a candidate for US Senate as part of
> our slate-to be in a better position to raise national and international
> issues.
>
> I take a broad view of being anti-war. I believe that we should oppose
> the Empire's wars-the war over there (against other nations), the war
> over here (against the people of this nation) and the war against the
> Earth (the destruction of the environment).
>
> Mike Heichman
>
>
> BillCunningham wrote:
>
> >We can say that. We can also bring our banners to antiwar demonstrations. I've been at events where one third to half the participants and GRP but we have no banners or flags of our own. I hope the Mystic chapter will have its banner at the 12-3 demo tomorrow....
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >
> >>From: John Walsh <jvwalshmd at gmail.com>
> >>Sent: Jul 20, 2006 5:55 PM
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> >>Subject: Re: [statecom-discuss] disgusting pro-war ad in the Globe today      signed by "progressive" Democrats
> >>
> >>Here is why we have to emphasize over and over that a vote for ANY
> >>Green is a vote against war.  Why?  Because we need to build a third
> >>party from the ground up if we are to have a national party to oppose
> >>war.
> >>We need a slogan for this.  I would say "Let's take off the soiled
> >>shirt of the Democratic Party" although the historical roots of that
> >>might give us problems.
> >>But we must stop being a bunch of goody two-shoes in our campaigns and
> >>stop limiting ourselves to local issues.  By doing the latter we do
> >>not take advantage of the thing that is on everyone's mind, the number
> >>one issue, the war(s).
> >>Why would we give up that issue?  Why would we not make it a central
> >>issue?  Where does that show up in a militant, hard-hitting, leading
> >>way in our campaign literature?  This cannot be an item way down on a
> >>laundry list - it must be front and center.
> >>It is our issue.
> >>jw
> >>
> >>On 7/20/06, david rolde <davidrolde at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>There is a DISGUSTING pro-war ad on Page A7 of the
> >>>Boston Globe Today (Thurs July 20) titled "WE STAND
> >>>WITH ISRAEL" . It is signed by many prominent
> >>>Massachusetts politicians including Deval Patrick,
> >>>Chris Gabrielli, Tom Reilly, Kerry Healey, Christy
> >>>Mihos, William Galvin and Tim Cahill, i.e., all the
> >>>people (except John Bonifaz) who have a chance of
> >>>being on the ballot against Grace, Jill and Jamie.
> >>>Also signing were Democratic candidates for lieutenant
> >>>governor: Deborah Goldberg and Andrea Silbert. Also
> >>>signing were Andrea Cabral, Diane Wilkerson, Alice
> >>>Wolf, James McGovern and of course Jarrett Barrios.
> >>>There is a whole long list.  You can look in the Globe
> >>>to see which other "progressive" Democrats have outed
> >>>themselves as being racists who support war.
> >>>
> >>>The text is disgusting and blatant and has the
> >>>situation completely backwards. Here it is:
> >>>
> >>>"As concerned citizens, we stand with the Jewish
> >>>community and proudly raise our voices in solidarity
> >>>with the people of Israel, a brave democracy that has
> >>>yearned so long to live in peace.
> >>>
> >>>We firmly support Israel's right to defend her
> >>>population against unprovoked acts of terror,
> >>>including the missile attacks launched against
> >>>Boston's sister city, Haifa, which have killed and
> >>>maimed innocent civillians.
> >>>
> >>>We express our heartfelt concern for the safety of
> >>>innocent people, Israeli, Palestinian and Lebanese,
> >>>who have been hurt most by the brutality of those
> >>>terrorists who have brought a new level of violence to
> >>>the area.
> >>>
> >>>We call upon terrorist organizations and the regimes
> >>>that support them to put and end to the terror. We
> >>>call upon all who care about peace to join us in our
> >>>support of Israel as she defends herself against the
> >>>enemies of peace."
> >>>
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