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AUT: Midnight Notes on US Anti-War movement

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Midnight Notes has  a short piece on the US anti-war movement. It is posted=20
to the New Commons site (thank you) =20
http://www.commoner.org.uk/02-7groundzero.htm - it is however erroneously=20
attributed solely to George Caffentzis, who is one of the members of Midnigh=
t=20
Notes, rather than properly attributed to the Midnight Notes Collective. In=20
any event, here is the introduction and list of the section heads. Comments=20
and discussion are of course welcome. Monty

Respect Your Enemies--The First Rule of Peace:
An Essay Addressed to the U. S. Anti-war Movement

Midnight Notes=20
P.O. Box 204
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130=20
USA
www.midnightnotes.org

=A0
The Passions that encline men to Peace, are Fear of Death; Desire of such=20
things as are necessary for commodious living; and a Hope by their Industry=20
to obtain them.
-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651)
=A0
1. Introduction.=20
There is now a fledgling anti-interventionist, anti-war movement in the US.=20
It will have a lot of work to do in the near future, although the present=20
threat of war on Iraq is the most pressing issue it faces. The question is:=20
can the antiwar movement do its work effectively and successfully? At the=20
moment it is not completely marginalized, if the votes in Congress are any=20
indication. On October 9, between one-quarter to one-third of the=20
congressional representatives voted against granting George W. Bush "war=20
powers." But in order to show itself as expressing the majority perspective=20
in this country, it needs new arguments, a new respect (as in "look again")=20
for its opponents, a deeper understanding of the reasons for the actions of=20
its opponents, and a realistic assessment of their weaknesses. For its old=20
arguments do not seem convincing to the majority of US citizens, and its lac=
k=20
of curiosity about its opponents and their reasoning is dulling its strategi=
c=20
sense.

[the section titles are:
Losing Arguments=20
Oil, War and Neoliberalism
An Antiwar Strategy
Conclusion: No Fear

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<HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=3D3>Midnight Notes has &nbsp;=
a short piece on the US anti-war movement. It is posted to the New Commons s=
ite (thank you) &nbsp;http://www.commoner.org.uk/02-7groundzero.htm - it is=20=
however erroneously attributed solely to George Caffentzis, who is one of th=
e members of Midnight Notes, rather than properly attributed to the Midnight=
 Notes Collective. In any event, here is the introduction and list of the se=
ction heads. Comments and discussion are of course welcome. Monty</FONT><FON=
T  COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D4 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
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<BR>Respect Your Enemies--The First Rule of Peace:
<BR>An Essay Addressed to the U. S. Anti-war Movement
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Ar=
ial" LANG=3D"0">
<BR>Midnight Notes=20
<BR>P.O. Box 204
<BR>Jamaica Plain, MA 02130=20
<BR>USA
<BR>www.midnightnotes.org
<BR>
<BR><P ALIGN=3DLEFT></B>=A0
<BR><P ALIGN=3DRIGHT>The Passions that encline men to Peace, are Fear of Dea=
th; Desire of such things as are necessary for commodious living; and a Hope=
 by their Industry to obtain them.
<BR>-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651)
<BR><P ALIGN=3DLEFT>=A0
<BR>1. Introduction.=20
<BR>There is now a fledgling anti-interventionist, anti-war movement in the=20=
US. It will have a lot of work to do in the near future, although the presen=
t threat of war on Iraq is the most pressing issue it faces. The question is=
: can the antiwar movement do its work effectively and successfully? At the=20=
moment it is not completely marginalized, if the votes in Congress are any i=
ndication. On October 9, between one-quarter to one-third of the congression=
al representatives voted against granting George W. Bush "war powers." But i=
n order to show itself as expressing the majority perspective in this countr=
y, it needs new arguments, a new respect (as in "look again") for its oppone=
nts, a deeper understanding of the reasons for the actions of its opponents,=
 and a realistic assessment of their weaknesses. For its old arguments do no=
t seem convincing to the majority of US citizens, and its lack of curiosity=20=
about its opponents and their reasoning is dulling its strategic sense.
<BR>
<BR>[the section titles are:
<BR>Losing Arguments=20
<BR>Oil, War and Neoliberalism
<BR>An Antiwar Strategy
<BR>Conclusion: No Fear</P></P></P></P></FONT></HTML>

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