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Anti-Warrers:
In this update:
- Panel Discussion Today (Wed. Oct. 30)
- PROTEST IN DES MOINES SAT.
- Looking for Student Speaker for Protest
- Info Sharing Session Thurs @ 10; ARH 120
- We've got a PLAN
- "Day After" Event and Direct Action planning
- Rosenfield Speaker on Iraq Sanctions - Nov 6th
- Elections are Coming ... Elections are coming !!!
- Symbolic Protest needs your help
- Fax the UN through TrueMajority
- VoteNoWar.org
- General Meeting Reminder
- News Digest will come in a separate email
***** Panel Discussion Today **********
4:15 (Wed), ARH 302. Come to hear from Grinnell, U of IA, and Wesleyan
University professors on the "Cost of War" in Iraq
****** PROTEST IN DES MOINES SAT. ***************
Let Des Moines and the world know that you are opposed to the U.S.
mobilization for war in Iraq this Saturday!
Meet at the Forum parking lot at 11 AM to pick up rides.
TELL YOU FRIENDS. PUT UP THE FLYER [see attached]. LET'S GET GRINNELL
OUT THERE IN FULL FORCE.
If you have your own transportation and are willing to share it, please
bring your car in case it is needed.
Contact [antiwar] or Prof. David Ellison [Ellison] with questions
************* Looking for Student Speaker for Protest ********
Think you can rock a crowd? Know someone who can? Get them in touch
with David Ellison.
If you know of someone who might be interested in speaking at the
protest, student or faculty, please have them contact David Ellison
[Ellison]. They don't have to be a Grinnell students (they do have to
be going to the protest ;)
*************** Info Sharing Session Thurs @ 10; ARH 120 *************
Come share news clippings, ideas, or bring questions to the Thurs News
Info Sharing Session. This Thurs it is in ARH 120 @ 10 PM.
Important: From next week forward... all info sessions will be in the
Chaplain's Office. That's Mon & Thurs @ 10 PM in the Chaplain's Office.
******************* We've got a PLAN ************************
Start fingering [antiwar] (include the brackets). Can't say that even I
fully understand what plans are, but if you do ... check it out.
Questions about the Plan - contact Josh Rosenbluh [rosenblu]
************** "Day After" Event and Direct Action planning *********
An update on the "Day After" idea and also Direct Action planning
Shannon Heffernan has been discussing with other Iowa anti-warrers what
might be done the "day after" things begin. It has been decided that
"things begin" when the bombs start dropping, or military action occurs
outside the "No-Fly" zone. When this occurs, that same night at 10 PM,
vigil type actions will occur simultaneously across Iowa. (Mostly in Des
Moines and Iowa City) Grinnell will show up in Des Moines.
That is what has been decided. The details are being worked out. We
will need help planning logistics for this including transportation,
communication, and media relations.
Separately there has been strong support for a "Direct Action" not
necessarily the day after. This would be louder, more blatant, and make
a bolder statement about opposition to the war. If you are interested
in planning a direct action: A group is meeting at Art House, Sat. @
9:30 AM, before the march, to discuss possibilities. This will then be
brought up to groups around Iowa.
Questions or comments about either the "day after" event or the direct
action, contact Shannon [hefferna].
********** Rosenfield Speaker on Iraq Sanctions Nov 8th ****************
Nov.6th - 8 PM - South Lounge
@@ Note: For those of you at the meeting last night, note the date
change]
Ambassador Clovis Maksoud, "Difficult Dilemmas in Dealing with Iraq:
Moving from Sanctions Toward War?" Ambassador Maksoud is Lebanese and
was the Arab League Ambassador to the UN until Iraq invaded Kuwait in
1990. He will just be returning to the states from a trip to the Middle
East.
Questions... contact Prof. Wayne Moyer [moyer]
************ Elections are Coming ... Elections are coming !!! ********
Do you know how your representative voted on the Authorization for Use
of Force? How are you going to vote?
Attached is a list of tight races around the country
(tight_elections.doc). If you know anyone who could vote in these races,
get them to the polls.
Also attached is a general flyer put out by Moveon.org (regime.pdf). To
editorialize a bit : IT'S GREAT ! Pass it along, put it up, VOTE.
****** Symbolic Protest needs your help ********
Others across Iowa have begun to wear black armbands throughout the day
to let others know their opposition to the war. If you are interested
in learning more about his and helping get some black cloth for
Grinnell, please contact Shannon Heffernan [hefferna].
************** Fax the UN through TrueMajority ****************
Send free faxes (link below) to the leaders of all five permanent
members of the United Nations Security Council asking them to make sure
that the inspectors have a real chance to do their job before President
Bush is given approval to invade.
http://www.truemajority.com/index.asp?action=2247&ms=un1&ref=38352
******************* VoteNoWar.org *********************
Tell Congress you think money should be spent on domestic issues, not
the war. Sign an online petition @ www.votenowar.org
************** General Meeting Reminder *********
Next Grinnell Anti-War Meeting: Tues. Nov 5th - 9 PM ARH 130
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Random Note for the day:
Probably the most cheeky thing ever sent in the digest (literally)
www.SpankBush.com
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