After surfing for items about likely candidates in 2004, I added the
following to our IRV poll:

Bill Bradley, Former New Jersey Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Senator
Gray Davis, California Governor
Cynthia McKinny, Former Georgia Congresswoman
Al Sharpton, Civil Rights Activist

If you already voted and prefer any of these to those you voted for,
you can go back and vote again (sorry for the inconvenience) here:
http://www.opgreens.org/irv/irv_vote.cgi?c=2004dp&b=2004dp
As the campaign develops I made add more.

Also, I received a question about how to vote. To the left of each
candidate is a little button and if you click on that it will open a
list box containing all the ranks (now, 1-16). Just select a number as
your preference (lower numbers indicate a higher preference) for that
candidate. A vote of '-' (the default) means no preference. Don't
forget to click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page or
your vote will not be recorded.

A tip on voting stategy: IRV allows you to "vote your conscience", you
don't need to rank first the candidate you think is most likely to win,
make your first choice the candidate that most closely represents your
views. As candidates get eliminated in each runoff round your vote will
eventually be transfered to the most generally preferred candidate
(unless you did not rank her at all - in which case your ballot is
"exhausted"). In a real IRV election (and in an ideal world) the
relative strengths of the losing candidates will convey the sense of
the voters regarding the positions of the candidates (and give pundits
plenty to talk about).

Regards,
Ted

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Hello,

Many of you may have already gotten this message (give the long list of
names below, but I don't see the OPCTJ listed as a group. Therefore . . .


best,

tom broderick


-----Original Message-----
From: Delaney, Geraldine A. [mailto:GDelaney@...]
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 3:44 PM
To: Wright James & Diana (E-mail); jordanestevao@hotmail. com (E-mail);
Sean. Wylie. 1@bc. edu (E-mail); O'Reilly-Amandes Beth Ann Amandes Paul
(E-mail); Alan Amato (E-mail); Albores Art & Carole (E-mail); Rob Baren
(E-mail); Blankemeier Bill & Julie (E-mail); Paul Binder (E-mail); Jerome.
Bowman (E-mail); Garvy Maria Brady Michael (E-mail); Gerri Brauneis
(E-mail); Tom Broderick (E-mail); Brennan Margaret Brzyski Ted (E-mail);
Halloran Monica Butler Louis (E-mail); Jana Carpenter (E-mail); O'Brien
Susie Cassidy Kevin (E-mail); Gallogly Catherine (E-mail); Ripp Chuck &
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(E-mail); Brent Dave & Jan (E-mail); Irene DeCaro (E-mail); Joanne Despotes
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Rae Kalin (E-mail); Nash Kathie & Phil (E-mail); Nostvick Kathy & Will
(E-mail); Sassetti-Kent Marian Kent Bob (E-mail); Klest (E-mail); Laura
Kliewer (E-mail); K-Ofloy (E-mail); Pat Kragie (E-mail); Faulhaber Larry &
Betty (E-mail); Hagen Larry & Mary (E-mail); Anne Lewis (E-mail); Eric
Linden (E-mail); John Lukehart (E-mail); Lanny Lutz (E-mail); Leen Madonna
(E-mail); Cribben Marge (E-mail); Bob Mathis (E-mail); Jean mavrelis
(E-mail); Charlaine McAnany (E-mail); William C. McCready (E-mail); Mgockel
(E-mail); Sharon Moyer (E-mail 2); Tina Nery (E-mail); Clare Obis (E-mail);
Carol O'Brien (E-mail 2); 'Ade and Kathy Onayemi' (E-mail); Kathy Onayemi
(E-mail); Pat Healey (E-mail); Plastina Peggy & Rick (E-mail); Carew Susan
Perez Joe (E-mail); Mary Richie (E-mail); Rimalunin (E-mail); Ebert Robert &
Dianne (E-mail); Walter Rogers (E-mail); Julie Samuels (E-mail); Linda
Schueler (PADS) (E-mail); Larry Shapiro (E-mail); Dustin Amanda Sisco
(E-mail); Humowiecki Steve & Judy (E-mail); Haraburd Suzanne (E-mail); Mila
Tellez (E-mail); Donnelly Tesse (E-mail); Ed Vincent (E-mail); Nile Wendorf
(E-mail); Al Whitaker (E-mail); Mary White (E-mail); Kenneth R. Wylie
(E-mail); Douglas Wyman (E-mail); Bill Delaney (E-mail); Brendan and Alice
Delaney (E-mail); Brendan Delaney (E-mail); Jordan Estevao (E-mail); Karina
Delaney; Maurya Delaney (E-mail); Paddy and Manda (E-mail 2); Seamus Delaney
(E-mail); John Troelstrup (E-mail)
Subject: Join us in a commitment to affordable housing in Oak Park
Importance: High




A group of affordable housing advocates are signing onto a letter written by
Laura Kliewer in response to a letter in the 11/20/02 Wednesday Journal. The
letter  and signatories will appear in the Wednesday Journal. If you support
our position, please e-mail your support to Laura at laurakk1@....
Please feel free to distribute this to others you think might be interested
in signing this letter. Please email Laura no latter than December 5, 2002.



Letter to the Editor - Wednesday Journal

Maintaining Housing Affordability

What will Oak Park look like in ten years? Our village is well-known for its
commitment to diversity. We want to see it stay that way and believe the
sentiment expressed in Jeff Willis' viewpoint - to either get a
higher-paying job or move if you can't afford Oak Park - is a minority view.
As Oak Parkers, we are concerned that if current trends continue and
"property-value only" sentiments prevail, the Oak Park we know and love will
disappear.

Between 1990 and 2000, we lost 430 rental units, primarily to condo
conversions. At the same time, while the percentage of Oak Park households
making more than $100,000 increased by 48 percent, the percentage of our
population making less than $30,000 dropped by eight percent and we lost
thirteen percent of our moderate to middle-income households (those making
between $35,000 and $100,000). Although in the short-term some rental
housing prices may have dropped slightly or stagnated because of the
economy, according to the Oak Park Regional Housing Center it is still
difficult to find a two-bedroom under $890 a month and most are in the $900
to $1,250 range - requiring an annual household income of at least $36,000.

As Oak Parkers, we are committed to seeing our village's diversity - both
ethnically and economically - maintained. When we lose economic diversity,
we lose the diversity of professions, the diversity of cultures, the
diversity of races and the diversity of ideas that has made this community
such a special place to live and to raise our children. In ten years, we
don't want to see an exclusive community, where those with low or moderate
incomes are shunned - we want to see thriving neighborhoods across Oak Park
that express the broad spectrum of economic, social and ethnic diversity.

Eighty-five percent of the Oak Park residents who attended an affordable
housing forum last spring said they felt that the community should be doing
more to support affordable housing. We concur with that sentiment and urge
the ad hoc citizen's committee on affordable housing, appointed by Village
President Joanne Trapani this fall, to propose changes to the Village's
policies that help ensure that Oak Park maintain a broad range of housing
affordability.

Establishment of a housing trust fund, tax incentives for the development
and/or maintenance of affordable rental units and inclusionary zoning -
wherein the Village would require developers to make a certain number of
units in a new development affordable to low- and moderate-income families -
are a few ways the Village could proceed now. As citizens of Oak Park, we
stand together in stating that this is the direction we want the Village to
proceed. We want to ensure that Oak Park provides opportunities for people
in our community like Sharon*, featured in a Wednesday Journal article
October 23, who are working hard to provide a good life for their families.
Our diversity strengthens us all and only through a commitment to affordable
housing will we maintain it.

*name changed at request of family



Jerry Delaney

Litigation Paralegal
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw
190 S. LaSalle Street
Suite 507
Chicago, IL 60603
312.701.7339
312.706.8260 (fax)
gdelaney@...



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Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 5:07 PM
Subject: Fwd: [ColoVig] Fw: Important, Please read




This is from RUMILLS Yahoo e-group; Message # 31872
 
2 more days to object to forced vaccinations
Phone numbers listed in this article.   800 number = no excuse.
 
 
From:  spiker <spiker@e...>
Date:  Sat Nov 30, 2002  11:42 am
Subject:  2 more days to object to forced vaccinations


2 more days to object to forced vaccinations

Please forward to at least 10 other people, and ask them to forward it to
another 10 etc. We can't let this go through like The Homeland Security
Act. Your life could depend on it.

Call your Congresscritters at the following numbers.
(800) 648-3516
(877) 762-8762
(800) 393-1082

The tyrannical MSEHPA did not pass in most states, so they incorporated under
Homeland Security to make it mandatory. Your Congress Critters got paid big
bucks to include it under this act. You or your family have no legal
recourse if are injured or die.

Drug Industry Seeks Ways to Capitalize on Election Success
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/21/politics/21DRUG.html

These vaccines are experimental, dangerous, and inefficacious against
weapons
grade Smallpox. History has sh! own, people who got smallpox vaccinations more
often got smallpox than those that did not.

Those of you with radio programs, please announce it. Lets Roll!!!

Dr. Joseph Puleo
Natural Health Research

You have 2 more days to object to forced vaccinations

Friends,

The Homeland Security Bill means FORCED Smallpox Vaccination !

It is crucial that everyone know exactly what the passing of this bill in its
entirety will mean to every citizen of the United States of America.
One new insertion that was never debated or considered in a hearing (Title
III section 304 c) gives the authority to the Secretary of HHS to call for
universal -- that is, *without* informed consent -- smallpox vaccination and
other interventions with NO personal, religious or medical exemptions. In
addition, there are no guarantees for humane quarantine laws.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
P! eople Who Should Not Get The Smallpox Vaccine:
1) Persons who experience anaphylactic reactions to polymyxin B sulfate,
streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride and neomycin sulfate
should not be vaccinated with Dryvax.
2) Persons with eczema or other skin conditions: Vaccinia vaccine should not
be administered to persons with eczema of any degree, those with a past
history of eczema, those whose household contacts have active eczema, or
whose household contacts have a history of eczema.
3) Persons with other acute, chronic or exfoliative skin conditions
(e.g., atopic dermatitis, burns, impetigo or varicella zoster), as they might
also be at higher risk for eczema vaccinatum.
4) Persons infected with HIV.
5) Persons with immunosuppression (leukemia, lymphoma, generalized
malignancy, solid organ transplantation, cellular or humoral immunity
disorders, therapy with akylating agents, antimetabolites, radiation or
high-do! se corticosteroid therapy).
6) Infants and Children under age 18.
7) Pregnant Women: Vaccinia virus has been reported to cause fetal infection
on rare occasions, almost always after primary vaccination of the mother.
Cases have been reported as recently as 1978. When fetal vaccinia does occur,
it usually results in stillbirth or death of the infant soon after delivery.
8) People who do not want mercury or formaldehyde in their system. Mercury is
an extremely poisonous heavy metal and is in vaccinations in the form of the
"preservative" Thimerserol. Formaldehyde, another ingredient commonly found
in vaccines, is used to embalm corpses.
9) People who would rather take their chances on becoming ill from smallpox
-- which is a very low-risk disease -- than become ill from vaccines.
10) Those who love their freedom and want the option of choosing their own
health care.
If this bill is passed, you will not have a choice. You must comply...!
We only have this weekend to send, fax, e-mail as the Senate will vote on
Monday.
My message to the Senators in my state was short and to the point. Feel free
to copy it if you wish: >>



Dear Senator ____________,
Forcing Americans to receive the smallpox vaccine is a violation of our
liberty and freedom of choice. In fact, it is the ultimate in bioterrorism.
If vaccines work so well, the people who ARE vaccinated shouldn't have
anything to worry about. As for those who choose not to be...well, we'll take
our chances.
You are not for freedom if you force people to be vaccinated against their
will.
Sincerely,
_____________
YOU CAN CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS BELOW.
Your Senators:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Vice-president Dick Cheney ma! ilto:vice.president@w...

President Bush mailto:president@w...
--------------------------------------
For more information go to:

THE VACCINE REACTION
http://www.909shot.com/Newsletters/spsmallpox.htm

AMNews: Aug. 19, 2002. Smallpox vaccine hazards dictate cautious approach
http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_02/hlsb0819.htm

Wyeth Calf Lymph Type Dried Smallpox Vaccine
http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/dpanel/dryvax.pdf

Vaccination Liberation
http://www.vaclib.org/


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Event date: Sunday Dec 8th, 2002

2 PM - THE BALKAN WARS RE-EXAMINED IN THE LIGHT OF
TODAY'S CRISIS
Talk by David Watson, response from Peter Hudis, then
discussion.
Co-sponsored by News & Letters Committees & Open
University of the Left.

Come early or stay late and view the exhibit NEW WORKS
/ NEW EUROPE
Group show by faculty staff from the Academies of Fine
Art in Ljubljana
(Slovenia), Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) and Zagreb
(Croatia)

DAVID WATSON has been an antiwar/antimilitarism
activist since his youth
and a member of the editorial collective of the North
American journal
Fifth Estate for 25 years. He is currently working on
a book on the
collapse of Yugoslavia, the subsequent wars, and the
failure of the West
to understand these events.
PETER HUDIS is a member of the national editorial
board of News and
Letters and has written extensively on the crises in
Bosnia-Herzegovina
and Kosova over the past decade.

  LIPA Gallery http://www.LipaArt.org
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Dear OPCTJers,
SPJ is trying to organize a teach-in on Iraq and we're looking for speakers.
   We already know about Voices in the Wilderness, AFSC and Mr. Mujeeb Khan,
but if you know of any people or groups please e-mail me or our sponser
ahill@....  Thanks a lot.

Also, and I apologize if this has already been posted, Studio Pardes is
presenting a show and silent auction for the masks created in the Facing
Homelessness project.  People in the PADS program, volunteers, and community
members have "donated their faces" by sitting for plaster masks and artists
have decorated them.  There are some fantastic masks and the profits go to
PADS.  It should be a good time.  (Come see the mask of my face and the one
I decorated!)

Fri. Dec. 6 6-10pm
Sat. Dec. 7 12-8pm
Sun. Dec. 8 12-4pm  (entertainment and refreshments Sun. Dec. 8 1-4pm)

at Studio Pardes: Art for the Soul
350 Harrison Street 708.386.8927





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----- Original Message -----
From: lionel@... (Lionel)
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 14:25:02 -0600 (CST)
To: Treefrog@...
Subject: Calendar, please pass on


> Dec. 2002 - Jan 2003 Chicago Green Calendar & Notes
>
> Notes
>
> Support the Harold Washington 24!
> Protest the Forced Exile of 24 Special Reference Librarians and the Cutbacks!
> Dec. 17 10am at the Harold Washington Library
> Library Commission Hearings at 10:30pm
> Bring Back Our Special Reference Librarians!
> Raise the Budget for Books -- And Internet, Too!
>
> Dec. 15 Green Forum Speakers include David Williams, a Green and one of the 24
> special reference librarians exiled from Harold Washington Center Library.
> Other AFSCME local 1215 members will join us in planning for the struggle
> ahead. David was part of the victorious progressive slate which will take
> power at AFSCME 1215 in January.  We will work on posters and banners for the
> rally.  Stop Daley's Dummie-Down Attack on Our Library!
>
> Join the Librarians & Patrons Public Alert Founding Meeting, contact David
> 773-244-1480 dvdwilliams51@...
>
> Aldermanic and Mayoral Candidates invited to Jan. 19 Green Endorsement
> Meeting.  Issues: Clean Air Campaign, West Nile Hysteria and the No-Spray
> Campaign, Blue Bag Hoax, Affordable Housing / Genetrification, Living Wages,
> Budget Cuts, CTA, Librarians Struggle, Human Rights in War-time, Police
> Brutality, Gay Rights, Discrimination Policies and Equal Work for Equal Pay.
> The meeting will determine whether or not to endorse candidates based upon our
> issues and Green Values.
> Call 312-939-2539 or 312-593-0996  lionel@...
>
> The Chicago Greens encourage you to sign and circuulate petitions to put Rev.
> Paul L. Jakes, Jr. om the Ballot for Feb. 25th 2003 election.  Contact Lionel
> at 312-593-0996 or the Exploratory Committee  773-955-1808
> NewMayor2003@...
>
> December 02
>
> 4 Wed. 6:30pm Palestine-Israeli Conflict Discussion on 1967 Arab-Israeli War,
> PLO, Lebanon War and the Occupation to 1987 at Lincoln Park Library 1150 W.
> Fullerton
>
> 4 Wed. 7-9pm Peace Chanukah at Grace Place 637 S. Dearborn.  People of all
> religions and all backgrounds are warmly invited to take part in Peace
> Chanukah's menorah lighting celebration. Peace Chanukah invites families,
> including children, and urges everyone to bring their own menorahs. Suggested
> donation is $10 for adults, $5 for students and those with limited income. All
> proceeds will benefit the Open House of Ramle, Israel, a place of encounter
> and cooperation between Israeli Jews and Israeli Palestinians in the Ramle-Lod
> area and the home of the Center for Development of the Arab Child, as well as
> the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolition's Rebuilding Homes campaign,
> which is rebuilding Palestinian homes demolished by Israeli authorities.
> Contacts: Steven Feuerstein at 773-454-8397 or Rabbi Rebecca Lillian at
> 773-220-3682 See: www.peacechanukah.net
>
> 4 Thu. 7pm 1st Volunteer meeting for Independent 47th Ward Aldermanic
> Candidate Adam Snow at Perfect Cup 4700 N. Damen. Contact Adam at:
> addamsnow@...
>
> 6 Fri. Opening of First Run of "The Trial of Henry Kissenger" at the Music Box
> 3733 N. Southport 773-871-6604 See: www.musicboxtheatre.com Based on
> Christopher Histchen's book www.enteract.com/~pterk/
>
> 6 Fri. 8pm Benefit Concert for Illinois Peace Action at No Exit Cafe 6970 N.
> Glenwood With Dave Martin. $10-20 sliding scale. Heartland Cafe food will be
> served starting at 7pm. IPA 312-566-9780
>
> 7 Sat. 12-5pm Pearl Harbor Day Forum: WWII, The American Left and Lessons for
> Today at Lincoln Park Library 1150 W. Fullerton. Quinn Brisben on the
> Socialist Party, Fred Gabory on the Communist Party and Patrick Quinn of
> Solidarity on the Socialist Workers Party.  2nd Panel on War and Intervention
> Today: Carl Davidson, Peter Hudis David Williams, Bill Pelz, and others. Free.
> Call 773-244-1480 Open University of the Left dvdwilliams51@...
>
> 7 Sat. 1pm Winning Without War, Sensible Non-Military Strategies for Disarming
> Iraq at North Shore Unitarian 2100 Half-Day Road in Dearfeild. David
> Cortwright speaker. North Shore Peace Initiative 847-475-3692
>
> 7 Sat. 1:30pm Not In Our Name meeting at 615 W. Wellington 773-250-3196
> chicago@... www.notinourname.net
>
> 7 Sat. 2-4pm Sustainability Salon at North Park Village Nature Center 5801 N.
> Pulaski 773-907-1465
>
> 7 Sat. 2-8:30pm Is the U.S. Above Human Rights? Conference at Agape House 1046
> W. Polk Unitarians for Social Justice $10-25 w/ dinner 773-643-8061
> uusjajl@...
>
> 7 Sat. 8pm Annual Commemoration of Universal Declaration of Human Rights at
> the College of Complexes 4008 N. Lincoln $3 tuition + $5 food min.
>
> 8 Sun. 2pm The Wars in Bosnia and Kosova and their Lessons for Today at LIPA
> Gallery 160 E. Illinois, Lower Level. Speakers: David Watson, The Fifth
> Estate, author of "Milosevic Crucified" and Peter Hudis, News & Letters,
> contributor to "Bosnia-Herzegovina: Achilles Heel of Western 'Civilization.'
> The crises in Bosnia and Kosova in the 1990s continue to raise important
> questions about "ethnic cleansing," the nature of movements for national
> liberation, and the role of  U.S. military intervention. Join us for an open
> discussion of the lessons of the struggles in Bosnia and Kosova for today's
> realities.  For more info call 312-329-0812 vesna@...
>
> 8 Sun. 7:30pm Crisis in Venezuela at 4652 N. Kenmore 773-561-5073
>
> 10 Tues. 4:30-5:30pm Solidarity Rally for Colombian Trade Unionists at Chicago
> Temple 77 W. Washington.  Stop the Death Squads at Coca-Cola. Hear Aldolpho
> Cardona. SEIU 312-787-5868
>
> 11 Wed. 4:30pm Demand the passage of the Clean Power Ordinance at City Hall
> 118 N. Clark. 44 People die every year from respiratory problems caused by the
> Fisk and Crawford plants. Protest cosponsored by Pilsen/Southwest Side Local
> of the Green Party, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO),
> American Lung Association, Illinois PIRG, and students from Farragut and
> Frances Parker High Schools. Contact Jerry Mead redjerry2@...
>
> 11 Wed. 7pm The Power of Protest at Loyola Park Feildhouse 1230 Greenleaf
>
> 12 Thu. 7pm Brazil Turns Left: the Impact and Significance of Lula's Victory
> in the Brazilian Presidential Elections at the Hot House, 31 E. Balbo. Hear
> Luis Fernandes Director of the Rio de Janeiro State Government's Foundation
> for the Endowment of Scientific and Technological Research.  $5, or $2 for
> students, seniors, unemployed. Sponsored by the People's Weekly World Forum.
> Info: 312-842-5665
>
> 15 Sun. 12:45pm Peace & Justice Song Circle at 4652 N. Kenmore 773-561-5073
>
> 15 Sun. 2-6pm Green Meeting & Forum on Chicago Public Library Crisis at New
> World Resource Center 2600 W. Fullerton.
>
> 17 Tue. 10am Demand Quality Reference Service & Book Collections at Harold
> Washington Library Board Meeting 400 S. State. Join the Librarians & Patrons
> Public Alert call 773-244-1480 unionneighbor@...
>
> 18 Wed. 6pm South Metro Greens at Cafe Luna 1742 W. 99th 312-593-0996
> lionel@...
>
> 18 Wed. 6:30pm Palestine-Israeli Conflict Discussion on the Intifada 1 & 2,
> Oslo and concluding observations at Lincoln Park Library 1150 W. Fullerton
>
> 19 Thu. 5-7:30pm IVI-IPO Meet the Candidates Night at Ina's 1235 W. Randolph
> Independent Voters of Illinois - Independent Precinct Organization Political
> Action Working Group 312- 986-0600 x 5#
>
> 21 Sat. 6-9pm Winter Solstice Festival at North Park Village nature Center
> 5801 N. Pulaski
>
> 21 Sat. 8pm-2:59pm WinterFest 2002 at Quencher's Saloon 2401 B. Western.
> www.chicagosocialistparty.com
>
> 22 Sun. 6:30pm EarthSave Potluck at Healing Earth 3111 N. Ashland
>
> 27 Fri. 5:30pm Critical Mass assembles at Civic Center Dearborn & Washington
> Website www.chicagocriticalmass.org
>
> 28 Children of the Gulf War exhibit starts at DePaul See:
> www.savewarchildren.org/English/contents-mission.htm
>
> 28 Sat. 8pm EarthSave Chicago -- CowVan Project + Video "The Witness" at the
> College of Complexes 4008 N. Lincoln $8 www.collegeofcomplexes.org
>
> 29 Sun. 7:30pm Stolen-Lives & Police Brutality Issues at 4652 N. Kenmore
> 773-561-5073
>
> 31 Tues. 9pm Vietnam Veterans Against the War New Years Party at Barry Romo's
> 3935 N. Marshfield 312-327-5756 $7-10 http://www.vvaw.org
>
> January 2003
>
> 4 Sat. Tim Bolger on How to Make Poor Nations Rich at the College of Complexes
> 4008 N. Lincoln $8
>
> 10-12 Campus Greens National Meeting at ICA 4650 N. Sheridan
> www.greenpartyus.org/campusgreens.html
> Also see www.restorecampusgreens.org
>
> 15 Wed. 74th Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968
> www.stanford.edu/group/King/index.htm
>
> 18 Sat. 8pm Louis Silverstein, Ph.D. on "Living In Marijuana Consciousness" at
> the College of Complexes 4008 N. Lincoln $8
>
> 19 Sun. 2-6pm Mayoral and Aldermanic Candidates Speak at the Chicago Greens
> Meeting and Forum at New World Resource Center 2600 W. Fullerton. We will
> decide endorsements at this meeting.  312-939-2539 or 312-593-0996
>
> 17-19 National Committee of Greens/ Green Party USA meets in San Franscisco
> Contact Wes 773-243-5619
>
> 18-19 Grassroots Peace Congress and Mass Demonstration Against War in DC
> 773-878-0166 Endorsed by Green Party/ USA www.InternationalANSWER.org
>
> Notices
>
> Fight City Hall! Check out: Independent Voters of Illinois - Independent
> Precinct Organization IVI-IPO office@... See www.iviipo.org  Political
> Action Working Group 312- 986-0600 x 5#
>
> Thru Dec. 20 Images of the Revolution at Revolucion Cafe & Grill 1134 W. 18th
> 312-421-8164
>
> Dec. 16 Petitions for Mayor & Aldermanic Candidates due at City Hall
>
> Interested in a 47th Ward Aldermanic Race? Check out Adam Snow 773-769-2000
> addamsnow@...
> One among many races to be considered at the Jan. 19 Green Endorsement
> session.
>
> Food for thought:
>
> Check Out: "When You Drive Alone, You Drive with Osauma," Bill Maher's essays
> based on the relevance of WWII U.S. propaganda and the nation's willingness to
> pay for war in acts of self-sacrifice.  Maher takes old posters and applies
> current situations to the dilemma of war and the "American way of life,"
> addressing points such as petroleum consumption and waste.  See:
> www.billmaher.com
>
> Fascist logic and war hysteria: Compare this to the current situation.  While
> on trial in Nuremberg in1946, Nazi butcher Hermann Goering said:
>
> "Why, of course the people don't want war... but, after all, it is the leaders
> of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to
> drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship,
> or a parliament or a communist dictatorship... voice or no voice, the people
> can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.  That is easy.  All you
> have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists
> for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger."
>
>
> --
>
>

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Many thanks to Jeff Olson and Judy Bradeen for hosting the Potluck
Party on Sunday, December 1.  Thanks also to Richard Breyer and the
others volunteers who ably assisted to make this an enjoyable and
informative evening.  This was a well thought out event and it took a
good deal of work to have everything come together seamlessly.  One
proof of this was the participation of Representative Danny Davis.
You're great entertainers and organizers!  I enjoyed the opportunity
to meet new friends and exchange thoughts and feelings.  It was
particularly moving and encouraging to hear others speak about what
they were doing individually to work for peace and a better world.  I
am looking forward to seeing some of you again at the Peace Rally and
March this Sunday, December 8, 2:00 p.m. at Scoville Park, Oak Park.

Marc Montgomery
WORLDVIEW
markdeb@...
773.777.5305

Hi All,
Attached to this email is the statement for the OPCTJ in the Wednesday Journal
and hopefully the Forest Park Review and a sheet for listing signer's
information and contribution.

The date of publication is Wednesday, December 11, 2002.  Therefore, ALL NAMES
AND MONEY MUST BE RETURNED TO ME, ANN KRANSDORF, BY 6:00 PM SUNDAY EVENING,
DECEMBER 8, 2002.

We need a total of $934 for the full page in Wednesday Journal.  For another
$300, we can get into the Forest Park Review as well.  At this writing, we have
$330 and 57 names.

I am also going to send the sheet for names, addresses, etc. in a separate email
and attachment.  The subject line will be: "Journal Ad."

On Sunday night, December 8, 2002, we will need to get together and type all the
names into the computer so that Estelle can make up the copy for the ad on
Monday December 12, 2002.  I will follow this up with another email announcing
where we can do the typing.

Good luck,
Ann

   ----------

Statement for publication in Wednesday Journal

We, the undersigned, oppose the United State's planned war against Iraq and the
culture and
policy of militarism and aggression that underlies it.

By following our present course of militarizing international relations,
substituting force for
diplomacy and marginalizing the institutions of international law we risk losing
our moral,
political and legal foundation as leaders.

By ignoring the nearly universal opposition to our war plans from countries
around the world
and by forcing our will on any country that opposes us, we betray the very
principles of
democracy itself, substituting the decrees of a powerful elite for the will of
the world's people.

By relying on brute force and showing callous disregard for the civilian and
humanitarian costs
of our military adventurism we risk becoming the very type of aggressor nation
we have fought
against in previous wars, and by so doing we give only strength and moral
justification to those
who seek to harm us, creating a world far less safe for ourselves, for our
allies and friends, and
for our children.

Our aggressive actions and disregard for international opinion have done nothing
to halt or even
slow the pace of terrorist attacks, and instead have served only to reinforce
fears that the U.S. is
the enemy of Islam, create widespread suspicion of U.S. motives even among our
allies, and
embolden a new wave of militarism and repression on the part of other nations
around the world.

And most frighteningly our aggression overseas is being cynically used to
justify a dangerously
anti-democratic shift at home by authorizing actions such as detention without
trial of U.S.
citizens, confiscation of private property without legal charges, rulings by
secret courts that
cannot be appealed, racial profiling and intimidation, and such alarmingly
intrusive domestic
spying efforts as the TIPS and TIA programs. All of these actions are already
happening here in
the United States.

We call on our friends and neighbors to oppose the Bush administration's agenda
of aggression
abroad and infringement of fundamental civil liberties at home, and to join us
in demanding that
the Bush administration reverse its course and instead pursue a policy aimed at
reducing conflict,
rinding common ground, and respecting the human rights, political rights, and
legal rights of
peoples around the world.




OAK PARK COALITION FOR

T^uth c^Jwsftice

For more information about Oak Park
Coalition fur Truth and Justice visit.
littp://grou.ps.yah.oo.coiTt/group/OPCTJ

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All:
On Thursday, December 5th, at around 7:30 A.M. there will be a vigil at the
freeway. (Austin and the Eisenhower) No
        TV Cameras
will be there, but you will have an unequalled opportunity to witness for peace.
We'll be there for an hour or so. I hope you can come.
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><
In case you haven't heard, there will be a rally and march at 2:00 P.M. Sunday,
December 8th at Scoville Park (Lake and Oak Park) in Oak park.
You can find the announcement at
http://www.opctj.org/docs/United4Peace_Dec8.pdf
Why not print off a couple of copies and pass them out to your friends and
co-worshippers.
And be there. And be counted.
Thanks,
Richard Breyer
e-mail: RichardEBreyer@...
Ph#: 708 383 4029


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Chicagoland Not In Our Name General Meeting
Saturday Dec. 7th, 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Wellington Ave. Church Basement  -  615 W. Wellington (just W of Broadway)
(see below for the International Human Rights Forum Info we encourage
everyone to attend, directly following our meeting)

· Want to take a clear, sharp stand against the whole package of war and
repression?
· Draw a line between the people of this country who have no interest in
carrying this war and the government that is carrying this out?
· Actively take part in moving millions to resist?

Get with NION this Saturday.  To learn more about the NION Project, check
out our website at www.notinourname.net and go to /chicago to see our work
in progress addition to the national website.

Read on for more from the national Not In Our Name office......

As the U.S. government’s war drums beat louder and louder for the
devastation of Iraq, Not in Our Name calls on everyone to step up
resistance to this totally unjust war-in-the-making – a big escalation of
the government’s war on the world, accompanied by escalating attacks on
civil liberties.

In December, NION is launching our campaign calling on people across the
country to display images of the earth as a symbol of solidarity with the
people of the world. Imagine – at just the time the government is trying to
smother dissent and get people to march behind the red, white and blue in
militaristic lock-step – a million images of the globe/earth on flags
flying in front of schools and town halls, from car antennas, on posters in
store windows, on bulletin boards – in cities and communities nationwide.
NION is preparing posters with the image of the globe/earth and the words
"War on the World? War on Iraq? NOT IN OUR NAME!" The NION web site
(notinourname.net) has images to download and materials to order – and more
will be available in the coming days. Create your own designs – and share
them by sending them to info@....

On December 10, International Human Rights Day, we urge you to join with
others in your cities and communities to protest the impending war with
Iraq. This will be just two days after the deadline Iraq has been given to
turn over blueprints of the country – and Bush et al. have already declared
that whatever Iraq does will be justification for war. United for Peace
(unitedforpeace.org) a new national campaign against war on Iraq which NION
is a part of, has called for nationwide, decentralized actions on that day.
  The Iraq Pledge of Resistance (peacepledge.org) which NION also supports,
is planning actions on that day as well. Check out their websites for more
information.
Join already-planned events on Dec.10 or call your own rallies, vigils,
community meetings, campus forums and speak-outs, street demonstrations and
actions to say NOT IN OUR NAME to war on Iraq. Take the Not in Our Name
Pledge of Resistance into every event, along with posters and flags with
the image of the earth as a symbol that we stand with the people of the
world and are committed "to resist the injustices done by our government in
our names."

Finally, get ready to respond to escalations of U.S. war preparations and
war acts. Work with others in your cities and communities to plan a central
gathering place for emergency protests and ways to contact people on short
notice. Check the NION web site regularly for updates.

*****************************************************************
SATURDAY DECEMBER 7TH
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FORUM

An afternoon of political and cultural awareness that
exposes and challenges the US' role in perpetrating
human rights abuses in IRAQ, PALESTINE, the
PHILIPPINES and COLOMBIA.

DECEMBER 7TH 2002 4PM
DePaul University Student Center
2250 N. Sheffield, Room 120
(1 block south of Fullerton, at Belden & Sheffield)

* Panel Presentations & Discussion with...
PALESTINE – Ghada Talhami, Professor and Author
IRAQ – Seif Dana, Professor and Activist
PHILIPPINES – Jennifer Asidao, League of Filipino
Students
COLOMBIA – Vicki Cervantez, Colombia Solidarity
Committee
* Cultural Presentations from...
Bagwis, Filipino Folk Music
Rajaeen, Palestinian Dance Group
Colectivo Musical,Latino Music Collective
* Candle Light Vigil

Organized by the Philippine Solidarity Committee
(PSC), League of Filipino Students (LFS), Palestine
Solidarity Group (PSG), Committee on Pilipino Issues
(CPI), Colombia Solidarity Committee (CSC) and the
Activist Student Union (ASU) at DePaul University.

Participate! Spread the word! Endorse the December 7th
event!
For more info call 773-988-2252 or email
psc_chicago@...




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Here is the complete text of the letter


Chicago's religious leaders speak out against the injustice of war against
Iraq.  This announcement includes the full text of the letter and a list of
current signatories.


>News Release
>Contact: Bryan Zises or Marilyn Katz 312-822-0505 bezises@...
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>Chicago's Prominent Religious Leaders to Sign Statement Against War
>With Iraq
>
>The Council of Religious Leaders represents nearly four million
>people across the Chicago area
>
>December 1, 2002, CHICAGO — In an unprecedented action, the Council
>of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago, which is comprised of
>chief leaders of Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Protestant, Eastern and
>Oriental Orthodox, Jewish and Islamic communions, today made public a
>letter to President Bush opposing the war with Iraq.  More than
>thirty members of the Council, which represents nearly four million
>people, signed the letter.
>
>Reverend Paul Rutgers, the Executive Director of the Council of
>Religious Leaders, says that the Council felt compelled to take
>action in the face of what it perceives to be a hasty and hopefully
>unnecessary war.  "The focus of the Council is primarily on local
>Chicago matters, but in this instance our members uniformly believe
>that our obligation as religious leaders required us to speak out
>against this war."
>
>Bishop William Persell, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
>and current President of the Council, read the letter, stating, "We
>believe that there is ample time and latitude for pursing
>alternatives that could avert warfare, saving untold thousands of
>lives."
>
>Rabbi Ira Youdovin head of the Chicago Board of Rabbis, also quoted
>from the letter.  "We still lack compelling evidence that Iraq is
>planning to launch an attack.  Nor have diplomatic pathways been
>exhausted."
>
>Bishop C. Joseph Sprague of the United Methodist Church said "The
>world's only superpower must strive to be a nation that promotes
>peace with justice."  President Bush must "lead the world in a new
>commitment, which will offer long-term stability in the Middle East
>and around the globe," he said.
>
>Many other religious leaders spoke on behalf of their memberships,
>urging President Bush to avoid "a costly, dangerous and destructive
>war."  They also drew attention to America's responsibility to
>provide guidance and material assistance essential to overcoming
>economic and social conditions.  "The world's only military
>superpower must strive to be a nation that promotes peace with
>justice."
>
>The full text of the letter to President Bush is as follows:
>
>COUNCIL OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
>OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ON IRAQ
>
>December 1, 2002
>
>President George W. Bush
>The White House
>Washington, D.C.
>
>Dear Mr. President:
>
>We are sending you this letter on behalf of the Council of Religious
>Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago.  The Council is composed of chief
>leaders of the Greater Chicago area's Roman Catholic, Episcopal,
>Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish and Islamic
>communions and institutions.  The churches, synagogues and mosques
>represented around our table embrace nearly four million men, women
>and children.  Our seminaries prepare clergy and lay teachers for
>service in the Greater Chicago area, and throughout the world.  The
>Council embraces a broad diversity of theological, ideological and
>political orientations.  It is a microcosm of American religion as it
>exists in a great city that lies in the American heartland.
>
>In years past, the Council has frequently been unable to find
>consensus on the role of military action as an instrument of peace.
>Some of our constituent institutions supported Operation Desert
>Storm; others did not.  Some endorsed the use of force in
>Afghanistan; others urged alternative means to combat terrorism.
>Once again, we are confronted by the possibility of our nation going
>to war, and once again we find ourselves seeking to discern the will
>of God in this most grave of matters.
>
>Some members of our Council hold to the faithful judgment that war in
>its very nature is an affront to God and can never  be justified.
>Some believe that war can be justified, but only under the most rigid
>of conditions.  Among them are members who are convinced that the
>despotic regime that governs Iraq has offered sufficient grounds for
>military action against it.  However, it is the judgment of the
>Council that in the present situation conditions justifying war have
>not been met.
>
>We still lack compelling evidence that Iraq is planning to launch an
>attack.  Nor have diplomatic pathways been exhausted.  We believe
>that there is ample time and latitude for pursuing alternatives that
>could avert warfare, saving untold thousands of lives.
>
>Moreover, a singular focus on war draws attention from America's
>responsibility to provide guidance and material assistance essential
>to overcoming economic and social conditions that destroy human
>dignity.  The world's only military superpower must strive to be a
>nation that promotes peace with justice.  We ask you to lead our
>nation and the nations of the world in a new commitment which will
>offer long-term stability in the Middle East and around the globe.
>
>We commend you for bringing the issue of Iraq to the United Nations
>and for your assurances that war can be averted and remains among the
>last options our nation might elect.  We urge you to continue working
>with our allies and other nations to achieve greater security in the
>region while avoiding, if at all possible, a costly, dangerous and
>destructive war.
>
>We join you in praying for the peace of America, and for world peace.
>
>Respectfully yours, for the Council of Religious Leaders of
>Metropolitan Chicago
>
>Bishop William Persell, President of the Council, Presiding Bishop,
>Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
>
>The Rev. Paul H. Rutgers, Executive Director, Council of Religious
>Leaders, Executive Presbyter Emeritus, Presbytery of Chicago
>
>And also signed by the following members of the Council as of
>December 1, 2002
>
>
>The Rev. Dr. Thomas Baima, Provost, University of St. Mary of the Lake
>
>The Rev. Claude Christopher, Presiding Elder, AME Zion Church
>
>The Rev. Dr. David Coleman, Jr., Presiding Elder, Southern District
>Chicago Conference, African Methodist Episcopal Church
>
>The Rev. Stanley Davis, Executive Director, Chicago Chapter, National
>Conference for Community and Justice
>
>Rabbi Ellen Dreyfus, President, Chicago Board of Rabbis, Rabbi of
>B'nai Yehuda Beth Shalom
>
>The Rev. Dr. Jane Fisler-Hoffman, Conference Minister, Illinois
>Conference, United Church of Christ
>
>His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop, Catholic
>Archdiocese of Chicago
>
>Dr. Asid Husain, Council of Islamic Organizations of Great Chicago
>
>His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos, Greek Orthodox Diocese of Chicago
>
>The Rev. Deacon Aren Jebejian, St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian
>Orthodox Church
>
>The Very Rev. Demetri Kantzavelos, Chancellor, Greek Orthodox Diocese
>of Chicago
>
>Dr. Mohammed Amin Kholwadia, Council of Islamic Organizations of
>Greater Chicago
>
>Bishop Paul R. Landahl, Presiding Bishop, Metropolitan Synod,
>Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
>
>The Most Rev. Timothy Lyne, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholic Archdiocese of
>Chicago
>
>Bishop Cody V. Marshall, Church of God in Christ
>
>Sister Joan McGuire, Ecumenical Officer, Catholic Archdiocese of
>Chicago
>
>The Rev. Dr. Robert Reynolds, Executive Presbyter, Presbytery of
>Chicago
>
>Rabbi Herman Schaalman, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Emanuel
>
>The Rev. Dr. Donald Senior, C.P., President, Chicago Theological Union
>
>Bishop C. Joseph Sprague, Presiding Bishop, Illinois Conference,
>United Methodist Church
>
>The Rev. Dr. Leonard Thompson, Sr., Conference Minister, American
>Baptist Churches of Metropolitan Chicago
>
>The Rev. Dr. Larry K. Ulrich, Church of the Brethren
>
>His Eminence Archbishop Vsevolod, Western Eparchy, Ukrainian Orthodox
>Church, U.S.A.
>
>Rabbi Ira Youdovin, Executive Vice-President, Chicago Board of Rabbis
>
>
># # # #
>
>
>
>
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kevin McDermott
kevinmcd@...

Hi Everyone--

Joe and I threw together the previous message on the ad during a very busy
evening and from the questions we have gotten, I have realized that we left out
a lot of information, so we'll try again.

In the course of various conversations, there seemed to be a feeling that there
was some urgency in getting the full page ad in the paper as soon as possible
and the question seemed to be when did the Wednesday Journal need the ad in
order to put it in the Dec.11th edition, did it give us enough time to get the
signatures, and most importantly, could Estelle meet that deadline in designing
the ad.  I called the Wednesday Journal and found out that they would give us
until the end of the day on Mon. 12/9 to get the ad to them, which works for
Estelle.  They would also give us a page in the Forest Park paper for $300 more.
I didn't commit to that part and he said I could tell him Monday afternoon.They
are saving us space for 12/11 in the Wednesday Journal.

It seemed to me and some others that with various people from the potluck
collecting names this week and with Sunday being a Big Day, with collecting
names at various churches and at the rally, we could get enough names for the ad
easily by Sun. night.  I actually think we might end up with more than can fit,
but I suppose Estelle can make them very small.

We are asking for $5 per name. The contributions and the names need to get to me
by 6:00 p.m. on Sunday night 12/8.  You can drop them off at my house (checks
made out to Ann Kransdorf) at 643 N. Elmwood Ave., Oak Park, Il. 60302. You can
also call me at (708) 848-3455 or email me or Joe at annkrans@...  or
joekrans@.... (My email still doesn't work with the OPCTJ list for some
bizarre reason) and let us know what the names are and that the check is in the
mail.

I am planning to set up a table at the rally at Scoville Park on Sunday at about
1:30 in order to collect names and contributions for the ad.  I could use some
help with that and think it might also be a good idea to have some people
wandering among the crowd with clipboards.  Let me know if you'd like to help or
find me Sunday near Lake and Oak Park.

Hope this clarifies--

Ann Kransdorf

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Here is some interesting academic research on the costs, both economic and
strategic, of war with Iraq.


> >From 1  Thu Dec  5 03:58:48 2002
>Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 21:46:23 -0600
>Subject: [NIPG] American Academy of Arts and Sciences Report on War with Iraq
>Reply-To: nipg@yahoogroups.com
>
>Tuesday, December 03, 2002
>
>  Official Projections Underestimate Cost of Iraq War According to
>American Academy Report
>
>A report issued today by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences finds
>that the political, military, and economic consequences of war with Iraq
>could be extremely costly to the United States. The report, "War with
>Iraq: Costs, Consequences, and Alternatives," is being published under
>the auspices of the Academy's Committee on International Security
>Studies (CISS).
>
>  William D. Nordhaus (Yale University) estimates the costs of war with
>Iraq in scenarios that are both favorable and unfavorable to the United
>States. He projects that the war could cost $99 billion over the next
>decade in the best case, and in excess of $1.9 trillion during the same
>period in less favorable circumstances.
>
>  Steven E. Miller (Harvard University) examines arguments that war with
>Iraq will be cheap, beneficial, and hard to avoid, and considers a
>number of potentially disastrous outcomes of a war with Iraq that have
>received scant public attention.
>
>Carl Kaysen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), John D. Steinbruner
>(University of Maryland), and Martin B. Malin (American Academy of Arts
>and Sciences), examine the broader national security strategy behind the
>move toward a preventive war against Iraq.
>
>  War with Iraq: Costs, Consequences, and Alternatives is available on
>the web at: http://www.amacad.org/publications/occasional.htm
>
>You may also order a copy of the report by faxing back an order form
>from the web, or by e-mailing: CISSpapers@....
>
>To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>nipg-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kevin McDermott
kevinmcd@...

>Subject:  Peace Concert - Tomorrow-Friday- Benefit for Peace Action
>Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:55:28 -0600
>X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19)
>
>PLEASE FORWARD FAR AND WIDE --
>  ---A Benefit Concert for Peace, for Illinois Peace Action
>8pm, Tomorrow-  Friday, Dec. 6th
>at No Exit Cafe,
>6970 N. Glenwood, Chicago
>Featuring Dave Martin, activist & folksinger
>
>Illinois Peace Action, has played an important role - in organizing
>opposition to the War in Iraq.  This concert will raise much needed $$$ to
>help IPA continue in this work.  Admission is sliding scale
>$10-$20.  Heartland Cafe food will be served starting at 7pm.
>
>Dave Martin is an instructor at Chicago's renowned Old Town School of Folk
>Music.  He performed with Pete Seeger in Pete's last 3 Chicago area
>concerts.   His songs empower people and challenge us to be involved in
>the work of changing local community and the world for the better.  He
>shares songs from historic nonviolent struggles as well as compelling new
>songs adressing the pressing issues of today.  He is a regular performer
>at Chicago area Peace Rallies and Demos, and has performed at libraries,
>colleges, folk festivals, and coffeehouses for over a decade.
>
>We hope you can join us for what promises to be an inspiring night of good
>song and community.
>
>Seating is somewhat limited.  You can reserve a seat or table by calling
>312-566-9780
>
>No Exit is on Glenwood, 2 blocks W. of Sheridan,  between Morse and
>Lunt.  Glenwood is the 1st street W. of the EL.  By train, take the Red
>Line to Morse stop, them go 1/2 block North, on the West side of the tracks.
>
>This event is co-sponsored by Illinois Peace Action, Iraq Peace Pledge
>Team and the Heartland Cafe.


+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kevin McDermott
kevinmcd@...

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UNITED FOR PEACE

OAK PARK COALITION FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE
      RALLY & MARCH

Sunday, December 8, 2002, 2:00PM
Location: Scoville Park, Oak Park Ave and Lake St.
Contact: OPCTJ, opctj@yahoogroups.com, www.opctj.org
Sponsored by the Oak Park Coalition for Truth and Justice
in cooperation with Chicagoans Against the War on Iraq (CAWI)
and Chicagoland United for Peace religious leaders

-December 8th is a day when residents of neighborhoods all around Chicago and
the suburbs will be participating in pro-peace rallies, marches and religious
services to express their opposition to the planned war in Iraq.
-December 8th is also a critical date on the timeline for war. The United
Nations has given this day as a deadline for Saddam Hussein to declare all of
his weapons of mass destruction.
-Please joins us for a rally and march, and add your voice to our call for
peace.
-For more information about the Chicagoland United for Peace events visit
www.grassrootsvoices.org
-For more information about Oak Park Coalition for Truth and Justice visit
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OPCTJ/or contact Kevin at 708-386-4843.


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Dear friends,


Please take a moment to read the "MoveOn" letter below and send an
email as instructed. Thanks. Persevere.

Richard Henzel

>Date: 4 Dec 2002 15:45:27 -0000
>From: "Eli Pariser, MoveOn.org" <moveon-help@...>
>To: "richard henzel" <rhenz@...>
>Subject: Ask Bush to let the inspections work
>
>Dear MoveOn member,
>
>Inspections in Iraq have started.  Most of us breathed a sigh of
>relief.  Unfortunately, it's become clear that the ultra-hawks in
>the Bush administration -- Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle -- will not
>take yes for an answer.  While the rest of the world thinks Iraq
>has backed down, these men are beginning a massive public relations
>blitz for war.
>
>With the possibility of a peaceful resolution to this crisis at hand,
>we cannot allow a few men to push the world to war.  Send a message
>to President Bush to let the inspections work at:
>
>    http://www.moveon.org/winwithoutwar/
>
>We'll compile your messages and present them to the Administration,
>including Secretary of State Powell, and to U.N. Secretary General
>Kofi Annan.
>
>The good news is that the ultra-hawks face some serious opposition.
>Secretary of State Colin Powell and other members of the Bush
>Administration are willing to give diplomacy a chance, and the State
>Department's interpretation of the U.N. resolution is a lot more
>reasonable than the White House's interpretation.
>
>But unless wiser heads prevail, this is what we should expect:
>(1) starting December 8th, members of the Bush administration will
>claim that Iraq is in material breach of the U.N. resolution, citing
>supposed omissions in the coming multi-hundred page report, based on
>undisclosed intelligence; (2) soon thereafter some "hot" incident,
>like anti-aircraft fire on U.S. patrols in the no-fly zone, will be
>used to solidify public support for war, and finally (3) the bombing
>campaign will begin.
>
>This could all begin before Christmas -- another wonderful gift to
>the world from the Bush administration.
>
>President Bush has agreed that war should be the very last resort.
>Let's hold him and his administration to those words:
>
>    http://www.moveon.org/winwithoutwar/
>
>Please sign on today.  We must support policy makers who will oppose
>these few extremists in the Bush White House who have been looking
>for an excuse for war from the very beginning.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>--Eli Pariser
>   International Campaigns Director
>   MoveOn.org
>   December 4th, 2002
>
>P.S.  Here's the text of the message we will send with the list of
>compiled individual comments:
>
>Dear Mr. President,
>
>On October 11, the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution on Iraq
>that authorizes you to use war as a last resort -- if and only if
>diplomacy fails to accomplish the U.S.'s national goals.
>
>In this context, we are deeply concerned by your Administration's
>repeated attempts to frame Iraqi anti-aircraft fire within the
>no-fly-zone as a material breach of the resolution.  As U.N. Secretary
>General Kofi Annan and other U.N. diplomats have pointed out, the
>resolution clearly excludes such events from its jurisdiction.
>
>We are also concerned that you have already found Iraq's response
>"not encouraging" when the inspectors have been at work only for a
>week and so far have not encountered Iraqi obstruction.
>
>The United States has made a commitment to approaching the danger
>that Saddam Hussein poses through the international community.  The
>resumption of the inspections regime is a triumph for the U.S.,
>international law and multilateralism.  But the United States will
>lose all credibility with its allies if it appears that it will go to
>war regardless of the inspections' success.  And by alienating and
>infuriating allies through unilateral action, the U.S. could throw
>the success of the campaign against terrorism into jeopardy.
>
>Mr. President, it appears that your administration is looking for an
>excuse to go to war, when a peaceful and just solution may be at
>hand.  We ask that you live up to your word and give diplomacy a
>chance.
>
>We can win without war.
>
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>Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 14:40:54 -0500
>Subject: Philip Berrigan's Condition Worsens
>
>
>Philip Berrigan's Condition Worsens
>
>
>Dear Pax Christi Members and Friends,
>
>
>
>Pax Christi USA has received word that our dear brother, Philip Berrigan,
>is near death.  Phil learned he had cancer of the liver and kidney in
>October.  The report we received yesterday indicated that he was no longer
>able to respond and that he is not eating or drinking fluids at this
>time.  While he was able to speak, Phil did ask for prayers for his
>passing and so we pray that he does not suffer long and that his spirit be
>joined with our Creator soon.
>
>
>
>Philip was the youngest of Thomas and Frida Berrigan’s six sons. During
>the Vietnam War, Philip and his brother, Daniel – both priests – often
>made daily headlines for their outspoken opposition to the war.  In 1980,
>the “Berrigan Boys” founded the Plowshares movement and their prophetic
>and courageous actions against weapons of mass destruction often resulted
>in long prison sentences.  Phil, himself, has spent more than 10 years of
>his life serving jail and prison sentences all over the country.
>
>
>
>Phil and his wife, Liz McAllister, founded Jonah House Community in 1973
>and that is where they raised their family.
>
>
>
>On Friday, November 29, Phil requested the sacramental anointing of the
>sick and dying and on Saturday morning his brother, Dan, gathered with
>family and friends to bless and anoint him.
>
>
>
>Phil’s philosophy of life is “always try to leave things a little better
>than you found them” and that is the political and spiritual context in
>which Philip Berrigan has lived and worked for the past 40 years.  The
>example of Phil’s life has left us all better and for this we are deeply
>grateful.
>
>
>
>Please pray for Phil, his family, and the Jonah House community as they
>keep vigil with him during these sacred moments of waiting
>
>Phyllis Turner Jepson, Director
>Pax Christi USA
>Local/Regional Development Office
>Email: <mailto:paxwpb@...>paxwpb@...
>PCUSA Website: <http://www.paxchristiusa.org>www.paxchristiusa.org


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Hello
Ann

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Check this out -- A full page ad in the New York Times
last Wednesday -- a powerful, direct, in-your-face
challenge to President Bush's Methodist religious
beliefs from the General Secretary of the National
Council of Churches and other religious leaders.

If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader downloaded on your
PC, check out the PDF link below and expand it to your
full screen size.  (The full graphic ad in PDF is much
better than any of the news summaries below.)
http://www.truemajority.com/documents/nyt_rel_ad.pdf



Signed by hundreds of rabbis, Roman Catholic and
protestant clergy and Muslim clergy, the ad warned
Bush, “Your war would violate the teachings of Jesus
Christ … We acknowledge that Saddam Hussein is a cruel
tyrant, but a war on the country he rules is not a
just war. It will be an unprovoked, preemptive attack
on a nation which is not threatening the United
States. It will violate the United Nations charter and
set a dangerous precedent. … It will bring death and
destruction to Baghdad, a huge city filled with
innocent civilians.”

"It is inconceivable that Jesus Christ our Lord and
Savior and Prince of Peace, would support this
proposed attack."


If you don't have Acrobat on your machine the news
articles below about the ad offer additional info.
http://www.ncccusa.org/

http://www.baptists4ethics.com/article_detail.cfm?AID=1893

http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2002/12/1547770.php

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> If we're going to assist in this effort, why not also run an
> anti-war/pro-living-wage candidate in Aldermanic elections,
> too? I'm interested in the 29th and 37th Wards.

This email list will NOT be used to help field any candidates against
Alderman Isaac Carothers of the 29th Ward.

OPCTJ as a group was formed in response to America's mobilization toward war
in reaction to the terrorism of 9/11.  Our "raison d'etre" all along has
been to counteract the promotion of war as an answer to terrorism.

CAWI and some other groups have promoted a Chicago city council resolution
denouncing the threatened war on Iraq, Ike Carothers has signed on as one of
the resolution's sponsors (one of I believe six Alderpeople to do so), and
THIS is the Alderman you want to target for opposition, Bruce?

I'm sorry, but no.

If the Green Party wants to oppose Alderman Carothers for whatever reason,
you're free to do that on your own list.  OPCTJ not only will not help any
effort against him, but-- if we at all appreciate his putting himself on the
line for us as he has done with this Chicago resolution-- we actually ought
to support his reelection against any and all fielded opponents.

If we ask elected officials to help us and they do indeed stand up for our
cause, only to have us then turn around and work against their
reelections... we have to wonder what message that sends.  How will we
expect any elected leaders to be willing to listen to us again?

Ben

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up. It means exercising our freedom of speech and debating what we believe
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----- Original Message -----
From: Rita Sand Maniotis <rsand@...>
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 21:46:05 +0000
Subject: [Fwd: Help us reach 100,000 signers for ad.]

Content-Type: message/rfc822

> Dear MoveOn member,
>
> This is very exciting.  In only 36 hours, over 85,000 of us have
> called on President Bush to let the inspections work.  This'll be
> one of our most successful petitions ever, and it underscores the
> wide support for this message.
>
> The other piece of great news is that, thanks to a tremendous and
> speedy outpouring of contributions, we'll be able to run the New
> York Times ad.  (Many thanks to all of you who chipped in.) We'll
> let you know how you can increase the ad's visibility when it runs,
> which we hope will happen this coming Monday.
>
> There's one more piece we need your help with.  We're going to
> publish the number of signers on the petition in the ad.  The more
> signers, the more impact the ad will have.  The number we're
> shooting for is 100,000 -- if we can hit that number, our statement
> will have a lot more punch.
>
> We need to get the final draft of the ad to the Times by the end
> of the day TODAY.  Let's tip it over the top.  If you haven't
> already signed the "Let the Inspections Work" petition, please take
> a moment to do so right now at:
>
>    http://www.moveon.org/winwithoutwar/
>
> If you've already signed, please take a moment to send the message
> below on to your friends along with a short note about why this
> is so important and urgent.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> --Eli
>
> __________________
>
> Dear friend,
>
> Inspections in Iraq have started.  Most of us breathed a sigh of
> relief.  Unfortunately, it's become clear that the ultra-hawks in
> the Bush administration -- Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle -- will not
> take yes for an answer.  While the rest of the world thinks Iraq
> has backed down, these men are beginning a massive public relations
> blitz for war.
>
> With the possibility of a peaceful resolution to this crisis at hand,
> we cannot allow a few men to push the world to war.  Send a message
> to President Bush to let the inspections work at:
>
>    http://www.moveon.org/winwithoutwar/
>
> We'll compile your messages and present them to the Administration,
> including Secretary of State Powell, and to U.N. Secretary General
> Kofi Annan.
>
> The good news is that the ultra-hawks face some serious opposition.
> Secretary of State Colin Powell and other members of the Bush
> Administration are willing to give diplomacy a chance, and the State
> Department's interpretation of the U.N. resolution is a lot more
> reasonable than the White House's interpretation.
>
> But unless wiser heads prevail, this is what we should expect:
> (1) starting December 8th, members of the Bush administration will
> claim that Iraq is in material breach of the U.N. resolution, citing
> supposed omissions in the coming multi-hundred page report, based on
> undisclosed intelligence; (2) soon thereafter some "hot" incident,
> like anti-aircraft fire on U.S. patrols in the no-fly zone, will be
> used to solidify public support for war, and finally (3) the bombing
> campaign will begin.
>
> This could all begin before Christmas -- another wonderful gift to
> the world from the Bush administration.
>
> President Bush has agreed that war should be the very last resort.
> Let's hold him and his administration to those words:
>
>    http://www.moveon.org/winwithoutwar/
>
> Please sign on today.  We must support policy makers who will oppose
> these few extremists in the Bush White House who have been looking
> for an excuse for war from the very beginning.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> --Eli Pariser
>   International Campaigns Director
>   MoveOn.org
>   December 4th, 2002
>
> P.S.  Here's the text of the message we will send with the list of
> compiled individual comments:
>
> Dear Mr. President,
>
> On October 11, the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution on Iraq
> that authorizes you to use war as a last resort -- if and only if
> diplomacy fails to accomplish the U.S.'s national goals.
>
> We are concerned that you found Iraq's response "not encouraging"
> when the inspectors had only been at work for a week and so far
> had not encountered Iraqi obstruction.
>
> In this context, we are also concerned by your Administration's
> repeated attempts to frame Iraqi anti-aircraft fire within the
> no-fly-zone as a material breach of the resolution.  As U.N. Secretary
> General Kofi Annan and other U.N. diplomats have pointed out, the
> resolution clearly excludes such events from its jurisdiction.
>
> The United States has made a commitment to approaching the danger
> that Saddam Hussein poses through the international community.  The
> resumption of the inspections regime is a triumph for the U.S.,
> international law and multilateralism.  But the United States will
> lose all credibility with its allies if it appears that it will go to
> war regardless of the inspections' success.  And by alienating and
> infuriating allies through unilateral action, the U.S. could throw
> the success of the campaign against terrorism into jeopardy.
>
> Mr. President, it appears that your administration is looking for an
> excuse to go to war, when a peaceful and just solution may be at
> hand.  We ask that you live up to your word and give diplomacy a
> chance.
>
> We can win without war.
>
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>
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An interesting viewpoint from the British press.


> From 1  Tue Dec 10 06:22:09 2002
>Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 01:17:00 EST
>Subject: A View of the current situation
>X-Mailer: AOL 8.0 for Windows US sub 230
>
>We are being set up for a war against Saddam
>
>     The inspections are going unhindered. And what does Bush tell us?
>     'The signs are not encouraging'
>
>Robert Fisk
>The Independent
>04 December 2002
>
>http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=358255
>
>In North Carolina last month, a woman attending a lecture I was giving
>asked me when America would go to war in Iraq. I told her to watch the
>front page of The New York Times and The Washington Post for the first
>smear campaigns against the UN inspectors. And bingo, right on time, the
>smears have begun.
>
>One of the UN inspectors, it's now stated - a man appointed at the
>behest of the State Department - is involved with pornography. Another
>senior official, we're now told - again appointed at the urging of the
>State Department - was previously fired from his job as head of a
>nuclear safety agency. Why, I wonder, did the Americans want these men
>on the inspection team? So they could trash it later?
>
>Actually, the official drubbing of the UN inspectors began way back in
>September when The New York Times announced, over Judith Miller's
>by-line, that the original inspections team may be on a "mission
>impossible". The source was "some officials (sic) and former
>inspectors". Now President George Bush is banging on again about the
>Iraqi anti-aircraft defences firing at American and British pilots -
>even though the no-fly zones have nothing to do with the UN inspections
>nor, indeed, anything to do with the UN at all. The inspections appear
>to be going unhindered in Baghdad. And what does George Bush tell us?
>"So far the signs are not encouraging."
>
>What does this mean? Simply that America plans to go to war whatever the
>UN inspectors find. The New York Times - which is now little more than a
>mouthpiece for scores of anonymous US "officials" - has persuaded itself
>that Iraq's Arab neighbours "seem prepared to support an American
>military campaign". Despite all the warnings from Arab leaders, repeated
>over and over again, month after month, urging America not to go to war,
>this is the kind of nonsense being peddled in the United States.
>
>And now the British government has come up with another of its famous
>"dossiers"on Saddam's human rights abuses. Yes, again, we all know how
>vicious Saddam is. We knew about his raping rooms and his executions and
>his torture when we eagerly supported his invasion of Iran in 1980. So
>why is it being regurgitated all over again?
>
>Just take one little point in the latest British "dossier". It reveals
>that a certain Aziz Saleh Ahmed, a "fighter in the popular army", held a
>position as "violator of women's honour". Now I happen to remember that
>name. Was this not the same Aziz Saleh Ahmed who turned up on page 287
>of a book published back in 1993 by Kanan Makiya, who formerly called
>himself Samir al-Khalil? Why, indeed it was. Aziz Saleh Ahmed is listed
>as a "fighter in the popular army" and - you've guessed it - "violator
>of women's honour".
>
>There was a controversy about the translation back at the time, but I've
>no doubt that there are raping rooms in Saddam's Iraq. I went inside one
>in the northern city of Dohuk in 1991, women's underclothes still lying
>on the floor. But the point is, what are we doing rehashing the Aziz
>Saleh Ahmad story all over again as if we've just discovered it when
>it's at least eight years old and - according to Makiya - was first seen
>more than a decade ago?
>
>And yet again, the Americans are trying to establish links between Osama
>bin Laden and Saddam Hussein in a desperate attempt to hitch the "war on
>terror" to the war for oil (which is what, of course, the Iraqi "crisis"
>is all about). Vice President Cheney has been parroting all the same
>nonsense about "terror" leaders and Saddam, even though Bin Laden
>loathes the Iraqi leader. No one - absolutely no one - has produced the
>slightest evidence that Saddam had anything to do with the international
>crimes against humanity of 11 September. But still we are forced to
>listen to this trash.
>
>Before Christmas or afterwards? I don't know. I do believe that the US
>1st Infantry Division will cross the Tigris bridges into Baghdad within
>one week of an invasion. The first photos will show Iraqis making V for
>victory signs at the American tanks. The second batch of pictures will
>show Baath party members strung up from lamp-posts by the population
>they have suppressed for so many years.
>
>We will presumably use depleted uranium munitions against Iraqi armour -
>the same depleted uranium that was used 11 years ago in the deserts of
>southern Iraq, where children are now ravaged by strange and unexplained
>cancers. And we will not - repeat this one hundred times - we will not
>mention oil.
>
>The most the Iraqi army will do in response to an invasion - always
>assuming they don't have nuclear or chemical weapons - will be to score
>a stray hit on a Stealth bomber. Who, it is worth asking, knows the name
>today of Sgt Zoltan Bercik, the Yugoslav Hungarian from Vojvodina who
>single-handedly fired a liquid-fuelled Neva missile at an American
>Stealth bomber over Serbia on 27 March 1999? The only man to bring down
>a Stealth - and still his name remains unpublished, his story unknown.
>But that's remembering another war in which the cause of the conflict -
>the ethnic cleansing of the Kosovo Albanians - subtly changed shape once
>the war had begun and the ethnic cleansing was under way.
>
>In the meantime, Mr Bush's foreign policy advisers are busy hatching up
>the conflict of civilisations. Take Kenneth Adelman, who is on the
>Pentagon's Defence Policy Board. He's been saying that for Mr Bush to
>call Islam a peaceful religion "is an increasingly hard argument to
>make". Islam is "militaristic" in the eyes of Mr Adelman. "After all,
>its founder, Mohammed, was a warrior, not a peace advocate like Jesus."
>
>Then there's Eliot Cohen of the Johns Hopkins School of International
>Studies, who is also on the Pentagon board. He now argues that the
>"enemy" of the United States is not terrorism but "militant Islam". Mr
>Adelman and Mr Cohen have not vouchsafed their own religion, but Islam
>is clearly being targeted.
>
>Pat Robertson, the religious broadcaster - who used to run a vile radio
>station in southern Lebanon which uttered threats against Muslim
>villagers and UN troops - says that "Adolf Hitler was bad but what the
>Muslims want to do to Jews is worse." Jerry Falwell, one of the nasties
>of the religious right, called the Prophet a "terrorist", while Franklin
>Graham, son of the same Billy Graham who made those anti-Semitic remarks
>on the Nixon tapes, has called Islam "evil". And Graham, remember, spoke
>at Bush's inauguration.
>
>We ignore all this dangerous rhetoric at our peril. Does Mr Blair ignore
>it? Isn't he aware that there are some very sinister people hovering
>around George Bush? Does he really think Britons are going to be
>cheer-led into war by "dossiers" and the constant reheating of Saddam's
>crimes? Don't we want the UN inspectors to do their work?
>
>No, I rather think that we are being set up for war, that Britain will
>join America in invading Iraq, whatever the inspectors discover. In
>fact, we are being prepared for the awful, incredible, unspeakable
>possibility that the UN inspectors will find absolutely no weapons of
>mass destruction in Iraq. That will leave us with only one conclusion:
>they were no good at their job. They should have been in the oil
>business.


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Hey everyone:
What did the sign you carried in the Peace March say? What was you favorite
slogan of all the signs you saw?
Please send me your reply ASAP. I'm really interested.
If you wish to share with the group, then reply to this message. Otherwise,
click on my e-mail address in the signature below and send only to me.
Million Thanks,
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e-mail: RichardEBreyer@...
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Hello Everyone:
     Do come out this Thursday,December 12th, and bring a sign or a big fat
banner, or bring some leaflets announcing the Dec 15th event downtown, and play
at the Freeway entrance vigil party.
    Let your fellow Americans know that they aren't the only ones who think that
the prospective Iraq war is insane. Discuss politics. Gossip.
     Time 7:30ish A.M.
     Place: Austin and The Eisenhower.
     Dress warm.
     I am looking forward to seeing you all there

     Viva Los Freeway Viglantes!

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Please join us for this important peace action.  This vigil and procession
provides a unique opportunity for political activists, secular peace
organizations, and the faithful of all traditions to gather together and
demonstrate our shared belief in the moral indefensibility of our nation's
planned war on Iraq, and our deep desire to create peaceful and just
alternatives to our nations's current global policies.  Please pass this
message along.


> >From 1  Tue Dec 10 22:55:15 2002
>Subject: United for Peace Interfaith Vigil, St. James Cathedral, Sunday De
>         cember 15, 3:30PM, Candlelight Procession Michigan Ave.
>Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:47:39 -0500
>X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19)
>
>Take Time for Peace This Sunday:
>Interfaith Vigil and Candle light Procession down Michigan Ave:
>
>Vigil begins at 3:30 pm St. James Episcopal Cathedral - (corner of Wabash
>and Huron)
>*       Service will be 30 min. long and includes Muslim call to Prayer,
>*       Native American flute,
>*       Chris Inserra of Voices,
>*       Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jewish prayers and the
>*       Statement of Chicago Religious leaders calling for peace with
>justice.
>
>
>Procession follows from service at 4PM --  east on Huron to Michigan, south
>on Michigan to Tribune Plaza - Sending forth at Tribune Plaza. Laying down
>the sword and shield, down by the riverside....
>
>[Limited Free Parking at Holy Name Cathedral lot, 736 N. State]
>
>Please pass this on to your e-mail list, your place of worship list etc.
>
>More info? Contact American Friends Service Committee - 312-427-2533 or
>http://www.grassrootsvoices.org
>
>


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Check it out...  http://www.opctj.org/docs/OPCTJad.pdf

Our full page ad in today's Wednesday Journal.  Great
picture, a powerful eloquent statement, 600+ Oak Park
signees, and a reminder of the mass city-wide Peace
Vigil and Candlelight Vigil this Sunday.

It all happened so fast that if you weren't able to go
to the rally Sunday and didn't go to a local church
this last Sunday, you may not even have known it was
going to happen.

Thank you, Ann Kransdorf, for taking charge and making
it happen.  I don't know all who we should thank, but
I do know that Estelle Carol was up until the wee
hours of Monday morning working on the ad.  Kevin
McDermott drafted the statement.  Blair Barbour, Joe
Kransdorf, Judy Erickson, Bomshad Mobasher, Walt
Ziegenhals, Richard Breyer, Tim, and Jerry Delaney
were among those did a lot of work getting names/money
and working out the details.  I know there were a
bunch more people too doing sign up and other help.
We all thank you!

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Hi everyone,

Thanks to everyone who signed their name, donated money, asked others for
signatures and donations, helped count the money, compose the text, and design
the ad. Because of this work, we got almost 700 names and placed the ad in the
Wednesday Journal, Forest Park and the Austin News.  With this team effort we
were able to do this all in one week.  Hope to see everyone on December 15, 2002
at the St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron, at 3:30 pm.  There will be no meeting
this Sunday, December 15, 2002. The next meeting will be Sunday December 22,
2002 at 7:00 pm at the Oak Park Arms.

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Yes, we have creative marketing people on our side, too!


http://www.dubyadubyadubya.com/

And thank you Bonnie Breyer for being our adorable poster child in the photo!!!

Thank you Richard Breyer for getting 50 signatures at Coffee Hour at Unity
Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation Sunday just before the gathering at
Scoville Park. !!!!   Leslie

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