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One of the strangest thing of all was that when I told the FreeRepublic people that I opposed US aid to Israel, one of them said "Oh, now I see what your hidden agenda is!" Excuse me? "Hidden" agenda? So, apparently, this is a way to demonize people critical of Israel, by caliming that we have a "hidden" agenda, even though everything about our viewpoints has always been very honest and straight forward. peacefully yours, Nancy Hey Nancy Hey wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > On Sunday, 1/20, we had a very spirited demonstration in > Washington, DC, to protest the Bush Administration's war in Afghanistan, > > and threatened attacks against other nations, like Iraq, in the > "war against terrorism". We connected the civil rights issue with > opposition to war, in the spirit of Martin Luther King, who in > addition to being a powerful civil rights leader was also active > in opposing war, as he opposed American involvement in Vietnam, and > clearly saw how American war abroad hurt civil rights at home. > > We gathered at the Reflecting Pool at the Linclon Memorial at 1:00 pm, > heard people speak about the situations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and > Martin Luther King's legacy. Then we marched to the White House, > where several people were arrested doing civil disobedience by blocking > the sidewalk in front of the White House. > > Our march was covered on the network news, but the > report I saw only said there were 60 of us there, and > the event organizers estimated at least twice that number, about 120. > The news report also failed to mention that we held this march > at this time also to call attention to Martin Luther King's > anti-war legacy, so that was all part of their attempt > to disconnect King with the radical changes that he worked for. > They then went on to report several other stories of people who > observed King's birthday in other ways, like building houses with > Habitat for Humanity, but all these failed to connect King > to his legacy of opposing war and violence. (King's birthday is also > sadly the anniversary of the Persian Gulf War, which Pres. Bush's > father started back in 1991). > > Everything went smoothly in the march, except for the fact that > it was counter-demonstrated by a group of people from the > FreeRepublic.com, > who equated opposition to the war to treason, and support of terrorists. > > I talked to these people briefly, but I found them to have very closed > minds, > they just echoed the same propaganda heard in the media about how the > United > States has to be the Policeman of the World, in the name of "protecting > freedom". > They were unable to justify their double standard with > regard to their failure to criticize Israeli terrorism. They gave a > very weak > argument about how Israel had some God-given right to occupy that land > because of some passages in the Bible. > > The FreeRepublic.com website is run by a very hypocritical bunch of > people, > because they advertize themselves as a free forum for the > exchange of ideas, yet they just echo the same pro-Zionist line heard in > the > very mainstream media that they criticize for being biased, and they > kicked > me off their website when they didn't like the anti-Zionist viewpoints > that > I was posting there. > > --------------------------- > ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST > --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
