[statecom-discuss] Re: [statecom] Re: [adcom] Oct 27 Anti-War Event, can we endorse, turn out supporters, get a speaker?

[Mike Heichman]

Hi Jamie et al,

Interesting idea about the survey.

The creation of the survey will do a lot in determining the results.

Specifically, what do we mean by "ending he war"? Which one? I suggest a 
"GRP definition of what we mean by "ending the war"? For me there are 3 
separate wars going on simultaneously:

    -The war "over there" ("foreign wars") which are being fought by 
different weapons (military, economic, "diplomatic", ideological, etc.)
    -The "War at Home" (military (police, the courts), economic, civil 
liberties, ideological, etc.)
    -The "War Against the Ecosystem"

I'm concerned that if we just ask, "How do we get out of the war?", most 
people will think that we mean Iraq.

What do others think?

Mike Heichman



Jamie O'Keefe wrote:

>Hi Ebony, et. al.,
>
>On 9/25/07, David Barkley <blackindian_art at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>"District 7 refused to endorse an antiwar demo last year because of its
>>failure to deal with racism."
>>My humble two cent
>>Pleaser Note: failure to deal with racism was only one part The peace demos
>>also didn't address the war at home and was not part of a consistent
>>strategy for change.
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>Here are a few suggestions for how we could use the Oct 27th march to
>help the process of developing a consistent strategy for change.
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>1)  At the rally before the march (there are two hours which seems
>really long too me), we could have members walking around and asking
>participants if they want to fill out a survey on how we can end the
>war and stop other wars.  It wouldn't be too long, and no one would be
>required to give their contact info out.  We could also put it up on
>our web site so people could fill it out there as well.
>
>We could announce that we will put the results of the survey up on the
>web for all to see and review and that we hope it will be the start of
>a discussion about developing a consistent strategy for change.
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>2)  After the rally, 4-5pm, we can hold a party (charging $5-10 min)
>for NE GP members to socialize, eat good local food, and, hopefully,
>listen to some music (anyone know any GP members who would want to
>perform?).  We can have people going around with a more in depth
>survey asking party goers to be surveyed.  We can post this result for
>the NE GPs.
>
>It doesn't get us there immediately, but it hopefully gets the ball rolling.
>
>Jamie
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