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. >please read and act. Because no representative from wisconsin is on these >committees, we should consider contacting Senator Durbin of Illinois and >Rep. Jackson of Illinois because they are a neighboring state. Here is our >chance to influence the decision to give billions of apartheid aid to >israel. Help block it and help shut down the apartheid state! >-------------------------- > >Subject: URGENT ACTION:  Aid to Israel: House Conferees Chosen > >From: "X" <X> > >The House Conferees on the foreign aid bill (H.R. 2506) have now been >chosen >and are listed below.  The schedule for the House-Senate Conference has not >yet been released, but please make the calls recommended below ASAP. > >Peace, >         X > >****************************** > >The bill giving $2.76 billion in foreign aid to Israel (17.7% of the entire >foreign aid budget--approximately  $460.00 for every Israeli citizen) has >now gone to a conference committee to resolve differences between the House >(H.R. 2506) and Senate (Recorded Vote 312) versions.  You can find the >details on ><http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR02506:@@@L&summ2=mstatus>. > >The bill is subject to modification in the conference committee, and we are >asking the thousands who receive this email to contact the conferees and >ask >that the aid to Israel section be eliminated or suspended until Israel >complies with international agreements on human rights and the Geneva >Conventions (in particular:  "The Occupying Power shall not deport or >transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it >occupies." -Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949).  When >calling the office, ask to speak with the staffer in charge of foreign >relations.  Please call as many of these members as you can, but AT LEAST >call any who respresent you, as well as FOUR members of EACH house from >neighboring areas. > >Senate Conferees: > >Bennett  (UT: 202-224-5444 / 801-524-5933) >Bond (MO: 202-224-5721 / 314-725-4484) >Byrd (WV: 202-224-3954 / 304-342-5855) >Campbell (CO: 202-224-5852 / 719-636-9092) >Durbin (IL: 202-224-2152 / 312-353-4952) >Gregg (NH: 202-224-3324 / 603-225-7115) >Harkin (IA: 202-224-3254 / 515-284-4574) >Inouye (HI: 202-224-3934 / 808-541-2542) >Johnson (SD: 202-224-5842 / 605-332-8896) >Landrieu (LA: 202-224-5824 / 504-589-2427) >Leahy (VT: 202-224-4242 / 802-863-2525) >McConnell (KY: 202-224-2541 / 502-582-6304) >Mikulski (MD: 202-224-4654 / 410-962-4510) >Reed (RI: 202-224-4642 / 401-943-3100) >Shelby (AL: 202-224-5744 / 334-223-7303) >Specter (PA: 202-224-4254 / 215-597-7200) >Stevens (AK:202-224-3004 / 907-586-7400) > >House Conferees: > >Bonilla (TX: 202-225-4511 / 210-697-9055) >Callahan (AL: 202-225-4931 / 334-690-2811) >Jackson (IL: 202-225-0773 / 708-798-6000) >Kilpatrick (MI: 202-225-2261 / 313-965-9004) >Kingston (GA: 202-225-5831 / 912-352-0101) >Knollenberg (MI:: 202-225-5802 / 248-851-1366) >Kolbe (AZ: 202-225-2542 / 520-881-3588) >Lewis (CA: 202-225-5861 / 909-862-6030) >Lowey (NY: 202-225-6506 / 914-428-1707) >Obey (WI: 202-225-3365 / 715-842-5606) >Pelosi (CA: 202-225-4965 / 415-556-4862) >Rothman (NJ: 202-225-5061 / 201-646-0808) >Sununu (NH: 202-225-5456 / 603-641-9536) >Wicker (MS: 202-225-4306 / 662-844-5437) >Young (FL: 202-225-5961 / 813-893-3191) > > >         Also, please contact the White House (202-456-1111) and ask the >President to be prepared to veto this bill. > >TALKING POINTS > >         1.  The major talking point that is likely to resonate with House >and Senate members is that aid to Israel at this time will have a seriously >negative impact on the President's anti-terrorism efforts and will put >American citizens at risk. > >2.  If you think the Representative/Senator might be receptive, you might >also talk about the brutality of the current Israeli attack against >Palestinians, and the occupation in general.  Be careful with this one >however, since, unfortunately most members have a knee-jerk positive >response in favor of funding for Israel.  Better to concentrate on the >dangers to Americans (which is an argument that I find personally >offensive, >due to its clear implication that American lives are more valuable than any >others). However, it IS the American citizen that votes for these folks. > >Some hints about contacting the President, House and Senate: > >******CONTACT EARLY AND OFTEN******BE POLITE******CONTACT EARLY AND >OFTEN******BE POLITE****** > >1.  When contacting members of Congress, they tend to take more seriously >the calls and letters that specifically mention the legislation (i.e., H.R. >2506 for the House--Senate Recorded Vote 312).  You can find contact >information for additional Senators and Congresspeople at >http://government.aol.com. > >2.  On another note, as long as it is not one of a mass email or mailing, >they don't tend to look at the source of the information much differently >(i.e.--phone/email/mail/fax), unless you meet in person, which is of course >much more effective. > >3.  At present (Fall 2001), I highly recommend emailing over mailing. Also, >it is currently more useful to fax than mail info because mail is backed up >for weeks due to the anthrax scare. > >___________________________ >X >___________________________ > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _______________________________________________ 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. Wednesday, November 14, 2001 4:05 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. [MAPC-policy] IMMED ACTION: BLOCK U.S. AID TO ISRAEL 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 [MAPC-policy] IMMED ACTION: BLOCK U.S. AID TO ISRAEL 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. 2001-11-14