Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. We'll get such a letter out...  I would also like to bring into focus some of the attempts by the Army to improve their image with a re-naming and a public re-statement of purpose... Here is a re-draft of X's letter... What do people think?  Is it suitable for MAPC's purpose?  Too wordy?  Let me know. Dear Editor:      This year Madisonians are invited to join in a Peace Parade in solidarity with the eleventh annual School of the Americas protest.  The parade is being held at MATC Truax at noon on Saturday, November 17th.  For more information call 835-7501 or go to www.madpeace.org.      Alexander Cockburn (11/02/01 'U.S. eyes sheer torture') notes that the United States government has sheltered torturers around the world.  One way the government has done this is through the Army School of the Americas (SOA)in Fort Benning, Georgia, long a U.S. military training school for torture techniques.  The School's graduates have gone on to mastermind torture and death squads in their home countries in Latin America.  In fact, SOA alumni form a who's who of notorious human rights abusers in the region.  For ten years, American citizens have protested the School of the Americas outside Fort Benning on a Saturday in November.      Recently the Army has tried to change the image of the SOA.  They changed the name to The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC). WHINSEC continues to train military personnel of Latin American nations.  But now WHINSEC's stated mission includes training students to provide humanitarian aid, to direct peacekeeping efforts, and to protect individual human rights. To the extent that these are sincere efforts we applaud them.      However, by training Latin American soldiers in tactics of war, WHINSEC promotes and exports violence.  Besides seeking acknowledgement and redress for the terrible deeds of past SOA graduates, we also seek to change the involvement of the US Government in exporting violence, along with promotion of acts reinforcing poverty and increasing economic disparity.  In this regard, we support House Resolution 1810 of the 107th US Congress, which repeals authority for WHINSEC and calls for congressional oversight of future training of Latin American military personnel. Sincerely, Madison Area Peace Coalition -----Original Message----- From: X Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 1:30 PM To: discuss@madpeace.org; media@madpeace.org Subject: [MAPC-media] Isthmus Letter to the Editor I am hereby requesting the media committee to send a letter to the Editor to Isthmus on behalf of the MAPC. The letter (or e-mail) should go out in time to get in the next issue. Perhaps e-mailing this Monday or Tuesday would work. Draft Letter Text Suggestion: " Dear Editor:      Alexander Cockburn (11/02/01 'U.S. eyes sheer torture') notes that the United States government has sheltered torturers around the world.  One way the government has done this is through the Army School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia, long a U.S. military training school for torture techniques.  The School's graduates have gone on to mastermind torture and death squads in their home countries in Latin America.  In fact, the alumni form a who's who of notorious human rights abusers in the region.  For ten years, American citizens have protested the School of the Americas outside Fort Benning on a Saturday in November.      This year Madisonians can join in a Peace Parade in solidarity with the eleventh annual School of the Americas protest.  It is being held at MATC Truax at noon on Saturday, November 17th.  For more information call 835-7501 or go to www.madpeace.org. Sincerely, Madison Area Peace Coalition Media Contact:  X, etc." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _______________________________________________ media@madpeace.org Madpeace-media@madpeace.org http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-media _______________________________________________ discuss@madpeace.org mailing list http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-discuss September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Saturday, November 03, 2001 3:25 PM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients media@madpeace.org; discuss@madpeace.org September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. X September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. [MAPC-discuss] RE: [MAPC-media] Isthmus Letter to the Editor Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [MAPC-discuss] RE: [MAPC-media] Isthmus Letter to the Editor 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2001-11-03