Is Leslie Cagan the only spokesperson and leader within UFPJ? Does anybody else in that organization have a voice? Why have people recently left UFPJ for reasons to do with its internal undemocratic processes? Why should we let UFPJ create an alliance with ANSWER, when UFPJ defied grassroots organizers in New York City on February 15, creating a situation of collaboration with the police? Why is the UFPJ working with a US Labor Against War organizer who helped sabotage the anti-globlization protests in Washington in September 2001?
Chuck0
Michael Pugliese wrote:
> ------- Forwarded message -------
> From: Leslie Cagan <lesliecagan at igc.org>
> To: ufpj-disc at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ufpj-disc] UFPJ calls for meeting of national coalitions
> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 07:38:34 -0400
> [Please feel free to share this memo with others.]
>
> Below is a copy of a memo that United for Peace and Justice sent this
> past Thursday, July 17th to the five other major national anti-war
> coalitions. The decision to initiate this meeting (conference call) of
> representatives from all of our coalitions was made at the meeting of
> the UFPJ Steering Committee last weekend and is the implementation of
> the decision made at the national conference. So far we have had
> positive responses from four of the groups and we are still waiting to
> hear from ANSWER. (One group said our suggestion for a Tuesday call is
> not good for them so we will try to find another time this week that
> works for everyone.)
>
> We will make sure to keep you updated on developments around this
> meeting and will share the outcome of the discussion.
>
> Leslie Cagan
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> MEMO TO:
> Win Without War
> US Labor Against War
> Not In Our Name
> National Student and Youth Peace Coalition
> ANSWER
>
> FROM: United for Peace and Justice
>
> DATE: July 17, 2003
>
>
> Events on the ground in Iraq and here at home in recent weeks are stark
> reminders that our work is far from over. The U.S. occupation of Iraq
> continues to bring suffering to the Iraqi people and undermines their
> ability to re-build, as well as putting U.S. servicepeople in harms way.
>
> At the same time, the lies of the Bush administration have become
> crystal clear and people in this country are questioning the motives
> behind the Iraq war. And all of this unfolds in the context of the
> pre-emptive war, empire-building doctrine guiding U.S. foreign policy.
>
> All of our coalitions have remained active, all are busy with campaign
> and projects. We believe the possibilities for even stronger campaigns
> exists if we can find ways to work more closely with one another. Toward
>
> that end, we are inviting you to participate in a meeting that will
> include 2 or 3 representatives of each of the six national anti-war
> coalitions: Win Without War, USLAW, Not In Our Name, National Student
> and Youth Peace Coalition, ANSWER and United for Peace and Justice. If
> possible, we would like to hold this meeting via conference call on
> Tuesday, July 22nd at 2 pm (east coast time). If this date or time does
> not work for everyone we are certainly open to finding a better time.
>
> UFPJ will bring to this discussion our idea for a week of actions from
> October 4th to October 13th. ANSWER has called for a march on the
> Pentagon October 25th, and US Labor Against War has a national
> conference that same weekend. If your coalition has other ideas to bring
>
> to the table those would also be discussed. Before any specific dates
> might be agreed to we believe an assessment of where things are,
> including the mobilizing capability of our different constituencies,
> would be in order.
>
> We hope to hear from you very soon.
>
>
>
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