New York Brecht Forum peace effort

[Nathan Newman]

Someone else can fill in what happened at the end.  An hour and fifteen
minutes into the meeting, they were debating the wording of the fifth
principle of unity, with probably 600 people sitting around, who could have
been doing something useful instead if they had breakout rooms for work
committees available.

Really frustrating so I left and figure I'll hear online what needs to be
done after they dot all the commas

Nathan Newman
nathan at newman.org
http://www.nathannewman.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Burford" <cburford at gn.apc.org>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 7:46 PM
Subject: New York Brecht Forum peace effort

I am taking the liberty of copying this from another list, without
identification, in case that falls into an obstacle with the filtering
system on this list, set up no doubt, to avoid unconstructive criticisms
causing friction between lists.

Nevertheless, without forgetting important differences, perhaps these can
be put in context, and everyone of good will, needs to be able to move on.

Can anyone give an update about what happened at the meeting tonight?

Chris Burford

London


>On Saturday the 15th we held a meeting at the Brecht to discuss responses
>to the crisis. We started out with the idea of a relatively small meeting
>to discuss initiating teach-ins, but over 200 people attended from more
>that 70 different organizations who wanted to discuss a number of
>initiatives and how to make them more effective. These included a number
>of activities this weekend including a community meeting to express
>solidarity with the arab and islamic community and converting the national
>actions in Washington DC into an anti-war demonstration. A number of
>people wanted to discuss forming a coalition or a response network and
>they have called an open meeting to take place
>
>Wednesday, Sept, 19th at 6:30 pm at SEIU Local 1199 - 330 West 42nd
>Street  - penthouse (between 8th and 9th Avenues)
>
>We have put together a listserve from that meeting so that all who were
>there and others who are interested can communicate any initiatives they
>are involved in to the rest of us.
>
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