[Oct. 17 Seattle] Real Change Ad, etc.

[ira jones]

It occurred to me that the slogan

US Out of Afghanistan Now!

could be improved by changing it to

US, Get Out of Afghanistan!

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.

This idea just popped into my head, so if it would be too disruptive to
change the main slogan, that's cool.

Other subjects:

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.

2) For what it's worth, Malalai Joya, the Afghani "MP" will be in Seattle on
Nov 11.



On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Helen <helen1913 at mac.com> wrote:

> I spoke to the editor of Real Change and he said I should send an ad
> to the calendar editor that says who, what, why, where, and when.
> They may (there is discretion) print it the week or ten days before
> the event in their calendar, for free.  They usually print an event
> ad only once, but you can purchase a classified ad (another place in
> the paper?) for about $30-40.
>
> For the calendar listing, I propose the following:
>
> US Out of Afghanistan Now!  Demonstrate Saturday, October 17, at 1p.m..
> March begins at Seattle Central Community College and ends at Westlake.
> Sponsored by October 17 Antiwar Mobilization and endorsed by numerous
> anti-war groups and individuals.
> ___________
>
> This is short because I don't believe the calendar allows that much
> detail.  Feel free to make suggestions.
>
>
> --Hn
>
>
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