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

[chr2eemail at comcast.net]

1) I agree about the slogan, will see if Geov has finished with the article.

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.)

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.

----- Original Message -----

From: ira jones 

To: antiwar at lists.hcoop.net

Sent: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:17:56 +0000 (UTC)

Subject: Re: [Oct. 17 Seattle] Real Change Ad, etc.




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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