[Oct. 17 Seattle] Report, one mass-work thread (Plus TOMORROW)
Phil West
phil_west at comcast.net
Sat Sep 12 18:33:40 EDT 2009
Frank and Alex and I were leafleting downtown at Westlake, after Frank
left at 1:30 I went to lunch and came back and leafleted some more,
finishing the day with a total of 26 leaflets passed out by 2:30.
Phil
chr2eemail at comcast.net wrote:
>
> 5^th & Jackson and 23^rd & Jackson. Both are good locations at
> quitting time, and I passed out 36 leaflets even though I was only
> able to be at them for a few minutes. Also ran into I., who’s loosely
> around WWP. She now knows what’s up if she didn’t before.
>
> TOMORROW a few of us will be meeting at Westlake at NOON w/ leaflets,
> signs and a table. Please join us as we become fish in the sea,
> patiently doing our work.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Total to date: 2021.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: chr2eemail at comcast.net
>
> To: antiwar at lists.hcoop.net
>
> Sent: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:49:15 +0000 (UTC)
>
> Subject: Re: [Oct. 17 Seattle] Report, one mass-work thread
>
>
>
>
>
> {This aborted the first time I tried, so here it is again.Fk.]
>
> Broadway, Thursday. 31 leaflets in about an hour. Three people wanted
> an extra one or two, including an SCCC worker who always takes SAIC
> leaflets.
>
>
>
> Total to date: 1,988. (And we’re only starting, comrades!)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Phil West
>
> To: antiwar at lists.hcoop.net
>
> Sent: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 21:22:20 +0000 (UTC)
>
> Subject: Re: [Oct. 17 Seattle] Report, one mass-work thread
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I went to the King County Labor Council Labor Day picnic at Lower
>
> Woodland and passed out about 24 leaflets, some to Boeing friends of
>
> mine. I got into several very interesting conversations about events
>
> at Boeing - the 787 project is way behind schedule, largely due to the
>
> business model of outsourcing everything to suppliers who don't have
>
> the experience or staffing to do things right. Makes you afraid to
>
> fly. And Boeing has been trying to play hardball with SPEEA units, and
>
> the SPEEA units are beginning to fight back. It was good to see my
>
> friends. I got an information leaflet about an action by the UNITE
>
> HERE union to promote organizing hotel workers starting September 13,
>
> in the morning. It should be interesting to leaflet that event.
>
>
>
>
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
>
> chr2eemail at comcast.net wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> During the day Phil and I passed out about 250 leaflets. Anton
>
> took over for “second shift” around 5:00, and he was already doing
> very
>
> well when I left. Numerous favorable comments; and I think that four
>
> people told me that they were for sure going to be at the
> demonstration
>
> . Too many discussions with people to recount. Even had discussions
>
> with a couple of pro-war people whose general line was that “if we
>
> don’t fight them over there we’ll have to fight them over here.”
>
>
>
>
>
> Palestine Solidarity Network set up at the same place as we, and
>
> they had mobilized more than their usual number. So this gave us a
>
> chance to again encourage them to get behind October 17, plus give
>
> leaflets to those who’d not previously gotten it---all of whom were
>
> happy to get it. J. S. carried around one of our signs for awhile.
>
>
>
>
>
> Same plan for tomorrow!
>
>
>
> [Total so far: 1733.]
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
>
>
>
> From: iskra at riseup.net
>
>
>
>
>
> To: antiwar at lists.hcoop.net
>
>
>
>
>
> Sent: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 03:19:17 +0000 (UTC)
>
>
>
>
>
> Subject: Re: [Oct. 17 Seattle] Report, one mass-work thread
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Here's how today's healthcare rally went:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I passed out 150 half-sheets in under 1.5 hours. I was actually
>
>
>
>
>
> surprised at how many people were extremely supportive of the flyer's
>
>
>
>
>
> headline. There was only one sort-of-hostile comment, and only two
>
>
>
>
>
> others who said they disagreed. Of course, not everyone wanted a
>
>
>
>
>
> leaflet, and many of these people may have either been outright
>
>
>
>
>
> supporters of the Afghanistan war or undecided (or opponents of
> the war
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> who didn't see the point in going to a march).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Some highlights:
>
>
>
>
>
> *A Quaker read the leaflet and came back to say he'd put it up at
> their
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> meeting house in the U District. I asked if he wanted a few more
>
> flyers
>
>
>
>
>
> to pass out and he took about 10.
>
>
>
>
>
> *I asked an FSP woman if they were going to be there and she said
>
> "yes,"
>
>
>
>
>
> and I said I'd be sure to email the next meeting information to them.
>
>
>
>
>
> (Actually, they have been getting it all along.)
>
>
>
>
>
> *A VFP guy said he'd be there and that he had been getting the
> mailings
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> (from Anton or Marty I assume). He said he had been too busy to make
>
> it
>
>
>
>
>
> to our meetings so far but I said he'd hear about the next one on
>
>
>
>
>
> September 16 as soon as we had the location confirmed. (I hope
> this is
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> in progress.)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --Edward
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> chr2eemail at comcast.net wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > The protest against torture-Judge Bybee was attended by about
>
> 10-12
>
>
>
>
>
> > people. My main objective was to talk with people---particularly
>
>
>
>
>
> > groups---about getting behind building for October 17. And this
>
> was easy
>
>
>
>
>
> > to do in such a small crowd. But WCW, of course, already knew all
>
> about
>
>
>
>
>
> > it, while the PDA circles were polite but non-committal. An
>
> unconnected
>
>
>
>
>
> > guy said that he would be at the demonstration. I passed out 15
>
> leaflets.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Total reported by all to date: 1333.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > From: chr2eemail at comcast.net
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > To: antiwar at lists.hcoop.net
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Sent: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:49:50 +0000 (UTC)
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Subject: Re: [Oct. 17 Seattle] Report, one mass-work thread
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > 23^rd and Jackson, Sunday, 8-29.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Passed out 40 leaflets advertising the event, which I think was
>
> good
>
>
>
>
>
> > considering that there were few people there. About 10 of these
>
> went to
>
>
>
>
>
> > the youth march which formed up at the same place. (There were
>
> about
>
>
>
>
>
> > 8-10 youths present, the majority of whom wanted leaflets. Of the
>
> 15 or
>
>
>
>
>
> > so adults, only a few wanted leaflets.)--Fk.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > From: Eric Gordan
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > To: antiwar
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Sent: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:49:46 +0000 (UTC)
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Subject: Re: [Oct. 17 Seattle] Report, one mass-work thread
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > I was out doing mass work from 11:30 to 1:30 today, and I split my
>
> time
>
>
>
>
>
> > between three locations.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Broadway:
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Foot traffic generally slow. Rate of interest comparatively low
>
>
>
>
>
> > relative to the rate I had last weekend on the streets in the CD,
>
> but
>
>
>
>
>
> > not bad. Only one negative comment, from someone who identified
>
> himself
>
>
>
>
>
> > as military, and disputed reasons for the war that I gave. I gave
>
> one
>
>
>
>
>
> > to a young man who identified himself as an RCP supporter. I
>
> recognized
>
>
>
>
>
> > him, but I don't know his name, and I didn't have a chance to
>
> converse
>
>
>
>
>
> > with him. No other real conversations, but a good handful of
>
> comments
>
>
>
>
>
> > like "keep up the good work", "I support you all the way", and
>
> "the
>
>
>
>
>
> > President sure isn't going to [end the wars]". Passed out about
>
> 15
>
>
>
>
>
> > leaflets with the demo announcement.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > University District:
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Foot traffic also slow, perhaps slower than Broadway. I had one
>
>
>
>
>
> > conversation with an older man who agreed with the headline. When
>
> he
>
>
>
>
>
> > said he thought it was because of "stupidity", I countered,
>
> describing
>
>
>
>
>
> > the bases for the wars as I understood them, and he agreed with
>
> that,
>
>
>
>
>
> > also, but he kept going back to "stupidity" as the root. As we
>
> talked
>
>
>
>
>
> > more, it was clear that he had some strange ideas about things in
>
>
>
>
>
> > general. Passed out only 10, partly as a result of this man.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > 23rd & Union:
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > At the same location where I leafletted several cab drivers last
>
>
>
>
>
> > weekend, there was a moderate-sized Muslim gathering breaking up,
>
> so I
>
>
>
>
>
> > paused to leaflet. A young kid, probably 10, who was moderately
>
> fluent
>
>
>
>
>
> > in English translated for me to his father (?) explaining that the
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > leaflet was opposing the wars in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The
>
> kid was
>
>
>
>
>
> > _very_ excited about the leaflet, and asked first for one, then
>
> for
>
>
>
>
>
> > four, and then for "a whole bunch", "to give to everyone". I
>
> stayed
>
>
>
>
>
> > outside the gathering place, and leafletted people as they left,
>
> and he
>
>
>
>
>
> > ran inside to leaflet. 100% of those who passed by me took a
>
> leaflet,
>
>
>
>
>
> > and between the two of us, we passed out about 60.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Since I was bussing between the three places, I also leafletted
>
> the all
>
>
>
>
>
> > of bus drivers and a couple of the passengers. I didn't have as
>
> good a
>
>
>
>
>
> > reception on the busses this time as I have other times I tried
>
> it. I
>
>
>
>
>
> > think it depends a lot on the route, time of day, day of week, and
>
> how
>
>
>
>
>
> > crowded the bus is (the more crowded the better, up to a point).
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > In total, 97 leaflets passed out.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:07:57 +0000
>
>
>
>
>
> > From: chr2eemail at comcast.net
>
>
>
>
>
> > To: antiwar at lists.hcoop.net
>
>
>
>
>
> > Subject: Re: [Oct. 17 Seattle] Report, one mass-work thread
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > University Ave., early-afternoon Saturday:
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Phil and I passed out about 70 leaflets with advertisements for
>
> O-17.
>
>
>
>
>
> > After first rejecting it, several people came back to get a
>
> leaflet when
>
>
>
>
>
> > it registered on them what it was about. When intently reading it
>
> as he
>
>
>
>
>
> > walked away, one guy exclaimed, “totally!” re: something he’d read.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Phil had 2-3 quite wide-ranging political discussions.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > I talked with an older guy who’s around FSP. He hadn’t heard about
>
> the
>
>
>
>
>
> > demonstration, and was enthusiastic for it. But he thought that
>
> FSP must
>
>
>
>
>
> > be part of the Oct.17 Mobilization and just hadn‘t spread the word
>
> yet.
>
>
>
>
>
> > I explained that it wasn’t, and told him about the meeting, etc.
>
> He
>
>
>
>
>
> > replied: “Yeah, we should be part of that. I’ll talk to Chris.“
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > So we’ll see what happens. (FSP and Radical Women people have
>
> received
>
>
>
>
>
> > all of our e-mailings, by the way.)
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > From: Eric Gordan
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > To: anntiwar
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Sent: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:12:23 +0000 (UTC)
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Subject: Re: [Oct. 17 Seattle] Report, one mass-work thread?
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > I wasn’t able to get to the demo downtown today, but I was
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > able to get out for a while later, around 5. I almost didn’t get
>
> out,
>
>
>
>
>
> > because my time was tight, and the
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > printer kept jamming, but I did finally get 100 SAIC leaflets
>
> printed.
>
>
>
>
>
> > I still had about 50+ of the coalition
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > half-sheets. I went to the
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Garfield “community” event, which was very small, maybe 75 people
>
> there
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > total. It was just a lot of booths
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > advertising replacement windows, Pepsi, etc. There were also a
>
> few
>
>
>
>
>
> > non-commercial booths, like a woman
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > with some org that wasn’t familiar who was trying to get Single
>
> Payer
>
>
>
>
>
> > “on the
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > table” in DC, and some kind of foster care agency, and others.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > I had a couple of conversations there. One clean cut young
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > guy selling something took a leaflet and started asking questions
>
> --
>
>
>
>
>
> > what does
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > this title mean? Isn’t the US removing troops from Afghanistan?
>
> Why is
>
>
>
>
>
> > the US
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > there? The older man he had been
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > talking to when I came up jumped in and explained that it was for
>
>
>
>
>
> > control of territory,
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > no, it wasn’t about helping the Afghan people, etc. He had some
>
> facts
>
>
>
>
>
> > wrong (like he thought there was
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > significant oil there), but he understood US motives well.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > After about 20 minutes there, though, I had made the circuit
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > and offered everyone there a leaflet.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > So I circulated through the neighborhood, walking along 23rd,
>
> across
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Cherry, up to Union. There are a
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > number of coffee places along there that cater to cab drivers and
>
> there are
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > other small storefronts.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > There were a moderate number of people out on the streets, and a
>
> high
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > percentage of them took leaflets.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > On that walk, I had several good conversations, one with an
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Asian woman behind the counter at a coffee place. When I offered
>
> her a
>
>
>
>
>
> > leaflet, she took one, and asked what
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > is this about. When I explained
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > (there was a little language barrier) she said, “yes, why
>
> not! The
>
>
>
>
>
> > soldiers should all get out of
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > there”, and she volunteered to put a poster up. I gave her a
>
> small
>
>
>
>
>
> > stack of the half-sheet flyers, and she
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > said she’d put them out.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > I also talked with a man for a long time, who wavered
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > between understanding that the US was in Iraq and
>
> Afghanistan/Pakistan
>
>
>
>
>
> > because
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > it served the whole ruling class -- when I said this to him, he
>
> agreed
>
>
>
>
>
> > -- and
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > talking about the wars as “Bush’s mess”, that he started the Iraq
>
> War
>
>
>
>
>
> > because
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Saddam had tried to kill his father, etc. He was very mad about
>
> the
>
>
>
>
>
> > wars. The conversation was quite
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > friendly. He read the first
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > paragraph while I was there, and he argued that it was beside the
>
> point that
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > the drone attacks into Pakistan were “cowardly”, what was
>
> important was that
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > they were killing civilians. It
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > wouldn’t be any better if it was troops the imperialists were
>
> sending across
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > the border to kill. He agreed when I said the motivation behind
>
> the
>
>
>
>
>
> > drones was to avoid US casualties, and limit domestic
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > opposition to the wars.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > I also swung by the cab stand around 24th and Union, and
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > every cabbie there took one, thanked me, etc. I talked with one
>
> man
>
>
>
>
>
> > (again there was a language barrier)
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > who I think was trying to ask me “Are you arguing that the US is
>
> there
>
>
>
>
>
> > to bring
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > peace?” When I did finally get it
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > across that no, the US isn't bringing peace, it is dropping bombs
>
> on
>
>
>
>
>
> > civilians, he smiled and shook my hand
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > vigorously, “yes, they are dropping bombs on the people”.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > In all, I handed out 62 SAIC leaflets in about an hour.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:59:10 +0000
>
>
>
>
>
> > From: chr2eemail at comcast.net
>
>
>
>
>
> > To: antiwar at lists.hcoop.net
>
>
>
>
>
> > Subject: Re: [Oct. 17 Seattle] Report, one mass-work thread?
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > The VFP action (10-15 people) was probably the biggest since
>
> Folklife
>
>
>
>
>
> > weekend. Three ANSWER people were also there. One person told me
>
> that
>
>
>
>
>
> > Marty and Anton had gotten the Oct. 17 info into the VFP minutes,
>
> which
>
>
>
>
>
> > is good; and nearly everyone I talked with about the demonstration
>
> was
>
>
>
>
>
> > aware of it.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > While there, I passed out 62 more leaflets (most lySAIC). 3-4
>
> pro-war
>
>
>
>
>
> > comments were a good reminder that the battle for the hearts and
>
> minds
>
>
>
>
>
> > of the masses continues. Also talked with someone about putting
>
> the
>
>
>
>
>
> > demonstration info on stickers (he likes to put up political
>
> stickers
>
>
>
>
>
> > around town), and I’m pretty sure that he'll do it.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > From: chr2eemail at comcast.net
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > To: antiwar at lists.hcoop.net
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Sent: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:15:48 +0000 (UTC)
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Subject: Re: [Oct. 17 Seattle] Report, one mass-work thread?
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > University Avenue, Thursday evening---
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Passed out 52 leaflets in about 1 hour 20 minutes. One young guy
>
> had
>
>
>
>
>
> > already gotten it at Hempfest, and said he liked it. Another young
>
> guy
>
>
>
>
>
> > was very happy to get the leaflet, but very unhappy that he’s
>
> going to
>
>
>
>
>
> > be in Portland on the 17^th . Wondered if I knew if there was
>
> going to
>
>
>
>
>
> > be an eighth anniversary demonstration there, but I couldn’t
>
> answer. A
>
>
>
>
>
> > young woman wanted three leaflets.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Frank
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > From: chr2eemail at comcast.net
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > To: antiwar at lists.hcoop.net
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Sent: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:50:57 +0000 (UTC)
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Subject: [Oct. 17 Seattle] Report, one mass-work thread?
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > 1) I passed out 60 of some combination of the SAIC and “Mobe”
>
> flyers on
>
>
>
>
>
> > Broadway this evening. Best response was from a woman my age who
>
> said “I
>
>
>
>
>
> > agree w/ that TOTALLY” when she saw what the leaflets were about.
>
> She
>
>
>
>
>
> > was in a rush, but upon returning from her errand she thanked me
>
> some
>
>
>
>
>
> > more. The only negative comment was from a guy who asked, “What
>
> are you
>
>
>
>
>
> > going to do when they land at Alki?”
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Ran into several anti-war people who I already know, and gave them
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > details about the September 2 meeting: They included:
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > --The owner of a bookshop who said that she would clear space on
>
> her
>
>
>
>
>
> > bulletin board to post the flyer, which she did.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > --WWP’s Jim M. First words were to ask about the demonstration. (I
>
> was
>
>
>
>
>
> > worried that WWP hadn’t gotten the invitation to the first meeting
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > because we didn’t have a good address, but it turned out that he’d
>
> seen
>
>
>
>
>
> > the Indymedia announcement. Now also have his phone number.)
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > --PM of the old SCCCAWC. Unhappy that there’s no longer a mass
>
> anti-war
>
>
>
>
>
> > organization at SCCC. Very happy to hear the news of the
>
> demonstration
>
>
>
>
>
> > and the formation of this mobilizing effort. (Of the people who I
>
> talked
>
>
>
>
>
> > with about the 2^nd , I think that he’s most likely to attend.)
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > --M, originally of IVAW. Another person who expressed enthusiasm
>
> about
>
>
>
>
>
> > the demonstration, which he’d heard about through our e-mailings.
>
>
>
>
>
> > Unfortunately, he’s soon moving to California.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > 2) Reports of leafleting experiences have begun to be posted here,
>
> which
>
>
>
>
>
> > I think this is just what we should do. It gives us a concrete
>
> picture
>
>
>
>
>
> > of what we’re doing, where we might pick up slack, and so on.
>
>
>
>
>
> > Additionally, I think that news of articles, postings, radio
>
>
>
>
>
> > announcements, etc., should also be posted here. For example, SDS
>
> Tacoma
>
>
>
>
>
> > today posted the information from the flyer on its website.
>
> Further,
>
>
>
>
>
> > SAIC has had experience in trying to keep reports of leafleting,
>
>
>
>
>
> > postering and so on all in one thread. I think that this is a
>
> convenient
>
>
>
>
>
> > way of keeping track of this info that seems to work well for us,
>
> and
>
>
>
>
>
> > can work well for this united front effort.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Cheers,
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Frank
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re
>
> up to
>
>
>
>
>
> > on Facebook. Find out more.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. Try Bing
>
> now.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> > _______________________________________________
>
>
>
>
>
> > antiwar mailing list
>
>
>
>
>
> > antiwar at lists.hcoop.net
>
>
>
>
>
> > https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/antiwar
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
>
>
> antiwar mailing list
>
>
>
>
>
> antiwar at lists.hcoop.net
>
>
>
>
>
> https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/antiwar
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> antiwar mailing list
>
> antiwar at lists.hcoop.net
>
> https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/antiwar
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> antiwar mailing list
> antiwar at lists.hcoop.net
> https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/antiwar
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.hcoop.net/pipermail/antiwar/attachments/20090912/65ec9403/attachment-0001.htm
More information about the antiwar
mailing list