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. I remember is well.  The time was Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 01:21:57PM -0600, and X whispered: > > What do you think?  It's later than we had hoped to have it introduced, but > it sounds like we'll have a better chance of passing the resolution then > (given council dynamics), and we'll also have more time to mobilize the > community in support of the resolution.  It's true that this puts the > resolution passing just after the timeline humanitarian groups have put on > needing to start land convoys of aid, but I'm thinking that this is OK for > two reasons:  First, it's not like the U.S. federal gov't will immediately > stop bombing because of a Madison city council resolution - this is one > effort in a much bigger movement that will contribute to opening up dialogue > on the issue.  Second - this is tragic and I hope it doesn't come across as > insensitive - if there are increased reports of Afghani civilians starving > just before the council vote, it will make it really hard for alders not to > support the resolution (and we should submit copies of any articles like > this to the alders just before the Dec 4 vote). > Actually, I'm getting pretty concerned that recent events in Afghanistan are working against the strategy of our resolution.  Humanitarian aid is going (I predict) to turn from the big weakness of the administration's position to a propaganda coup. I predict a *massive* effort will be undertaken (not least because Bush's indifference to the humanitarian situation was starting to bother even British hawks). Now that the NA controls most of Afghanistan, this will be at least mostly feasible. Which is a great thing, because I was really starting to despair over the lives that seemed doomed to be lost. I can't come to the meeting tonight, but I think it is important to consider how to adapt our policy to counter the possibility. If we could have gotten this passed sooner, we could have indeed gained an important rhetorical advantage, but I don't think Dec. 4 will do us much good. It's not that there still won't be a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan. But Bush now has the opportunity to appear to be making "all possible effort" to fix the situation (which I actually hope he does).  Since most of the dying will be happening in the Taliban-controlled south (assuming they stop running near Khandahar), you can bet they'll be blamed for the starvation. The Bush team may have dodged the bullet on this.  If they don't, of course, we must howl bloody murder and put all our weight behind it--or we will be talking about genocide next spring.  I'd really prefer not to.  Let's hope they do the (only) moral thing, and think of other ways to make our points. I'd suggest alternative lines of argument would include urging the administration not to consider expanding the scope of the war to include other countries, such as Iraq.  We can also stress the need for immediate negotiations over a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.  Other ideas? Or am I off base?  I'm just concerned that if this resolution, as written, is voted on Dec. 4, it may be in the middle of a *super* publicized humanitarian effort, and thus appear almost discredited.  Maybe the administration will blow this crucial moment and fail to support a massive aid push.  I don't think even Bush is that stupid, however. My .02$, for what they're worth. X _______________________________________________ policy@madpeace.org http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-policy September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Tuesday, November 13, 2001 3:08 AM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients X 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. Re: [MAPC-policy] X willing to cosponsor! 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 Re: [MAPC-policy] X willing to cosponsor! 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. 2001-11-13