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. On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:28:23 -0600  "X" wrote: > By using the phrase "sets the politics" we are telegraphing an > identity to the community that is probably less than optimum for a > broad based coalition.  This is kind of a late in the game > suggestion, but I don't think we lose anything by discarding the > somewhat lefty-cliched "sets the politics."  this is an anti-war movement.  that's political.  i don't think anyone would have a problem with the idea that a peace coalition would have politics, and it's important to make it clear that the coalition as a whole determines those politics, not the cc... > I appreciate that it was the soicalist community that launched this > coalition in the days following 9/11, but let's not lose sight yet > of our desire for a broad appeal. i have to respectfully disagree.  "politics" is not a word that's reserved for the socialist community.  i fully appreciate and share your stated desire to keep mapc accessible to the widest audience of people opposed to the war.  for example, i don't think one of our points of unity should read "smash u.s. imperialism".  however, the idea that "politics" is somehow a dirty word that would turn people off is almost insulting to the intellegence of the people coming around this movement.  no one from the "socialist community" has lost sight of a desire for broad appeal.  quite the contrary... for someone who keeps raising objections about our choice of language and not wanting to alienate people, your messages about the logo were extremely alienating.  "septuagenarians" isn't a word in common use, and the statement, "my best advice to the kids and the grown-ups who want to hassle this is 'get a life'" is not exactly welcoming to people who don't share your set of political beliefs. first of all, refering to the members of the student/youth caucus as "kids" is *EXACTLY* the kind of crap that turned them/us off from MAPC in the first place.  yes, we're not over 40 yet, but that doesn't mean we don't have intellengence, or that our concerns shouldn't be taken seriously.  please show some respect for the people you're in coalition with.  demands to "get a life" and "get with the program" are ways to try to bully people into agreeing with you, not ways to carry out a respectful discussion with someone you disagree with. please be consistent with your attitudes towards alienting people and maintaining broad appeal for MAPC (something we all agree with).  it totally undercuts your position if you denounce the things you disagree with ("international solidarity" and "sets the politics", which are quite mild, in my opinion) as "lefty-cliched" and "alienating", while you turn off wide layers of people with your own statements.  for example, folks on the student/youth caucus list were so insulted by your messages they requested that your address be banned from posting to the list.  they are now doing damage control to make sure people don't get the wrong idea about what mapc is about. if you're only concerned about keeping the apolitical, over-50 crowd around, and are willing to write off the entire student anti-war movement, we've got a serious issue of strategy to discuss. i hope we can all learn something from this episode, since we can't afford to repeat these sorts of mistakes.  thanks for taking the time to read this. In solidarity, X International Socialist Organization    (www.socialistworker.org) United Faculty and Academic Staff, AFT Local 223   (www.ufas.org) _______________________________________________ coordination@madpeace.org http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-cc September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Tuesday, November 13, 2001 3:37 PM 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-coord] First paragraph of CC mission / Logo Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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