Here Margaret Flowers and my (Kevin Zeese) latest: The Public Has Never Stopped a President from Going to War Before, But That Might Be About to Change with Syria Take part in a historic moment—stop a war!
http://www.alternet.org/activism/public-has-never-stopped-president-going-war-might-be-about-change-syria KZ *@KBZeese* *Shift Wealth:** Economic Democracy* *Its Our Economy * *(www.ItsOurEconomy.US)* *Build power and resistance Popular Resistance* *(www.PopularResistance.org <http://www.OccupyWashingtonDC.org>) Democratize the Media Clearing the FOG (Forces of Greed) Radio (http://www.ClearingTheFOGRadio.org <http://www.ClearingTheFOG.org>)* *Video (http://www.ustream.tv/itsoureconomy)** * On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Lindy Greene <lindygre...@roadrunner.com>wrote: > ** > > > Interesting. The ANSWER Coalition called for a protest at the location. He > can bully nations but can't face protesters. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Kim Kaufman <kim.kauf...@att.net> > *To:* libertyundergroundt...@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Friday, September 06, 2013 10:53 AM > *Subject:* RE: [libertyundergroundtalk] Opposition to war looking strong > in the House > > > > Thanks Kevin. **** > > **** > > " Obama is coming back early, cancelling his LA speech to the AFL-CIO."*** > * > > **** > > Wow, I didn't know about this speech . We were planning a protest at a > fundraiser we knew about which he, obviously, also canceled. **** > > **** > > " We should plan on aggressively focusing on the non-solid opponents of > the war next Wednesday to make sure they move in our direction when the > pressure starts to come from the leadership." **** > > **** > > We can start now to rebrand these people who might think about voting for > it. Threatening primaries? Start by rebranding Pelosi. She has lost any > possible "progressive" cred she might have once had. Can we totally > disgrace her so she can't run again as House Leader? The worst of this > bunch is Keith Ellison, co-chair of Progressive Caucus, who is totally for > it. There was an article a few days ago the Black Caucus has been told by > leadership - Marcia Fudge - to keep quiet about Syria. **** > > **** > > *Kim***** > > *"The next economy will be defined by the struggle to get there." Kevin > Zeese***** > > **** > > *From:* libertyundergroundt...@yahoogroups.com [mailto: > libertyundergroundt...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Kevin Zeese > *Sent:* Friday, September 06, 2013 10:38 AM > *To:* libertyundergroundt...@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [libertyundergroundtalk] Opposition to war looking strong > in the House**** > > **** > > **** > > Kim**** > > **** > > I was thinking the same thing. Below is what I sent out to various peace > groups and peace lists about next steps.**** > > **** > > KZ**** > > **** > > We're doing well in the early phase of the whip counts, really well. Fire > Dog Lake has us with majority support <http://firedoglake.com/syria-war-whip/>for > the "no war" side. A lot of our support is not solid so we have work to > do to get them solidly opposed to this war.**** > > **** > > Obama is coming back early, cancelling his LA speech to the AFL-CIO. He > was an hour late to G20 dinner last night because he was lobbying > legislators -- so he is fighting hard for this war. **** > > **** > > The next key point will be Tuesday night when he makes a speech to the > nation to try and convince the public and legislators to join him in > attacking Syria.**** > > **** > > We need people prepared to tweet, Facebook and social network responses to > correct his lies and falsehoods and keep the pressure up; as well as > generate lots of phone calls opposing the war immediately the next day. In > our tweets and social network work we need to make sure key media hears our > view. **** > > **** > > We should not underestimate him. He is pretty powerful communicator, with > a large megaphone who is capable of getting people to hear what they want > in his voice and support his position.**** > > **** > > Pelosi has also not started one-on-one meetings with legislators to > convince them to join the pro-war side. She is also a very tough opponent > who is persuasive with legislators. **** > > **** > > We should plan on aggressively focusing on the non-solid opponents of the > war next Wednesday to make sure they move in our direction when the > pressure starts to come from the leadership. **** > > **** > > We should all be planning how to respond quickly to his speech so momentum > does not switch against us.**** > > **** > > KZ**** > > > KZ**** > > **** > > **** > > > **** > > *@KBZeese***** > > *Shift Wealth:** Economic Democracy***** > > *Its Our Economy ***** > > *(www.ItsOurEconomy.US)***** > > *Build power and resistance** > **Popular Resistance***** > > *(**www.PopularResistance.org <http://www.OccupyWashingtonDC.org>**)** > **Democratize the Media** > **Clearing the FOG (Forces of Greed)** > **Radio (http://www.ClearingTheFOGRadio.org<http://www.ClearingTheFOG.org> > )***** > > *Video (http://www.ustream.tv/itsoureconomy) ***** > > **** > > On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Kim Kaufman <kim.kauf...@att.net> wrote:** > ** > > **** > > Obomber will be giving a speech on Syria on Tuesday. He will rally his > troops. It will be full of lies and half-truths. We need to be on the > offensive for this. **** > > **** > > *Kim***** > > *"The next economy will be defined by the struggle to get there." Kevin > Zeese***** > > **** > > *From:* libertyundergroundt...@yahoogroups.com [mailto: > libertyundergroundt...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Kevin Zeese > *Sent:* Thursday, September 05, 2013 11:34 AM > *To:* libertyundergroundt...@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [libertyundergroundtalk] Opposition to war looking strong in > the House**** > > **** > > **** > > It is pretty amazing but the opposition to the Syrian war is looking very > stronly in the House. Check out the Washington Post article in this > compilation. Their chart showing those leaning no is pretty encouraging.* > *** > > **** > > Other articles from Huffington Post, Roll Call and The Hill included in > this compilation show we have a chance to stop this in the House and that > Pelosi is having a hard time convincing her party to join her in supporting > the war.**** > > **** > > Calls to Congress, 202-224-3121, tell your representative Vote No on > Syrian war and that even a watered down resolution is still an act of war, > illegal under international law, and could lead to a much larger war than > planned.**** > > **** > > > http://www.popularresistance.org/we-can-stop-the-war-on-syria-take-action-now/ > **** > > **** > > KZ**** > > **** > > *@KBZeese***** > > *Shift Wealth:** Economic Democracy***** > > *Its Our Economy ***** > > *(www.ItsOurEconomy.US)***** > > *Build power and resistance > **Popular Resistance***** > > *(www.PopularResistance.org <http://www.OccupyWashingtonDC.org>**) > **Democratize the Media > **Clearing the FOG (Forces of Greed) > **Radio (http://www.ClearingTheFOGRadio.org<http://www.ClearingTheFOG.org> > )***** > > *Video (http://www.ustream.tv/itsoureconomy) ***** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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