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<DIV><FONT size=2>I'm -- that is, Peace Action of Washington is, and I'm
the sole staff person - sponsoring the Joya events. We're hoping to
get her to Tacoma, and an evening reception and talk in Seattle, in the day
she's here, then an event in Bellingham on her way up to Vancouver the next day.
She's doing this around release of a new book and as a fundraiser for Afghan
Women's Mission. Don't have the venue lined up yet but we should have an
announcement on that - and hence all the other pertinent details - by early next
week. That's most of what I'm going to be working on for the next seven
weeks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I would certainly never speak for her but I think it's no
secret that in word and deed Joya is pretty implacably opposed to the Taliban,
AND to US imperialism and its puppet narco-state, AND to Islamic patriarchy. For
some binary thinkers that will be very hard to wrap their heads around.
Good.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Geov</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=antiwar@lists.hcoop.net
href="mailto:antiwar@lists.hcoop.net">antiwar@lists.hcoop.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:23
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Oct. 17 Seattle] Real
Change Ad, etc.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>1) I agree about the
slogan, will see if Geov has finished with the article.<BR><BR>2) It's good
that you're going to leaflet the Jamail event, and I think that you will have
the help of some others. (I found it interesting that he's rumored to
show up at Westlake on Saturday since he's so down on the prospects of
organizing in the imperialist countries.)<BR><BR>3) Who's sponsering
Joya? I think that her coming is somewhat of a big deal.
Moreover, it won't be liked by more or less secret supporters of
the Taliban like WWP and PSL. Moreover, Ed Mead, who along with Mark
Cook was at one of our preliminary meetings, has recently sent Helen a long
letter arguing in the most r-r-revolutionary communist language
that we should come out in support of the Taliban. (It would be fun to
see Joya deal w/ him.)--Fk.<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR><BR>From:
ira jones <IRAJON@GMAIL.COM><BR><BR>To: antiwar@lists.hcoop.net<BR><BR>Sent:
Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:17:56 +0000 (UTC)<BR><BR>Subject: Re: [Oct. 17 Seattle]
Real Change Ad, etc.<BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV>It occurred to me that the slogan</DIV><BR>
<DIV>US Out of Afghanistan Now!</DIV><BR>
<DIV>could be improved by changing it to</DIV><BR>
<DIV>
<DIV>US, Get Out of Afghanistan!</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>for two reasons. First, I think that the change better accentuates
the concept that although we are live in the US, we are implacably opposed to
the US government. Second, I don't like "now" as a way of accentuating
militancy since WHEN (and if) the US gets out depends totally on the balance
of forces, i.e., how desperate the US is to prevail there vs. how strong the
movement here is (not very, frankly) and how strong the armed struggle is in
Afghanistan.</DIV><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV>This idea just popped into my head, so if it would be too disruptive to
change the main slogan, that's cool.</DIV><BR>
<DIV>Other subjects:</DIV><BR>
<DIV>1) I'll definitely be going in to hear Dahr Jamail on Sunday ($15/ticket,
fundraiser for Coffee Strong) at Univ. Temple United Methodist Church (1415 NE
43rd, Seattle) and I intend to leaflet it a bunch.</DIV><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV>2) For what it's worth, Malalai Joya, the Afghani "MP" will be in Seattle
on Nov 11.</DIV><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Helen <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:helen1913@mac.com"
target=_blank>helen1913@mac.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR><BR><BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I
spoke to the editor of Real Change and he said I should send an
ad<BR><BR><BR>to the calendar editor that says who, what, why, where, and
when.<BR><BR><BR>They may (there is discretion) print it the week or ten
days before<BR><BR><BR>the event in their calendar, for free. They
usually print an event<BR><BR><BR>ad only once, but you can purchase a
classified ad (another place in<BR><BR><BR>the paper?) for about
$30-40.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>For the calendar listing, I propose the
following:<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>US Out of Afghanistan Now!
Demonstrate Saturday, October 17, at 1p.m..<BR><BR><BR>March begins at
Seattle Central Community College and ends at Westlake.<BR><BR><BR>Sponsored
by October 17 Antiwar Mobilization and endorsed by
numerous<BR><BR><BR>anti-war groups and
individuals.<BR><BR><BR>___________<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>This is short
because I don't believe the calendar allows that much<BR><BR><BR>detail.
Feel free to make
suggestions.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>--Hn<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR><BR><BR>antiwar
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