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

[Merelice]

Hi,
I look forward to Gary's response since he is one of the key
organizers -- which should be some indication of what the level of
racism might (or might not) be this time.

What I also hope the Party can uniquely bring to this event is a more
comprehensive view than just an anti-Iraq-war/bring-the-troops-home
message. Otherwise we can just look forward to an endless string of
anti-war demos against the war du jour. What is a genuine pro-peace
message? How do we change our militaristic economy and mind-set? Etc.

Merelice


On 9/24/07, BillCunningham <etwee at earthlink.net> wrote:
> In the past, chapters have endorsed such demos separately and in addition to the GRP. MRGRA was asked to an assessment as a sponsor in 2005, which we did. Endorsement hasn't always entailed giving GRP a speaker. If we have a speaker the question arises what the speaker should be asked to say.
>
> We should recall District 7 refused to endorse an antiwar demo last year because of its failure to deal with racism. This led to the Boston GRP chapter withdrawing its endorsement also.
>
> What has changed since then? What do District 7 and Boston GRP think?
> What can we do to put forward our own position and make our presence felt at the demonstration?