Antiwar on the Left and Right – Wednesday in San Francisco
On Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 6 pm, a panel of speakers from a variety of political positions, all of whom oppose the war in Afghanistan, will meet at First Unitarian Universalist Church in San Francisco to discuss how to build a consensus to end the war in Afghanistan.
Panelists:
John Dennis, Republican Candidate, 8th Congressional District
Daniel Ellsberg, Author and Activist
Michael Eisenscher, US Labor Against the War Nat’l Coordinator
Karel, Green 960 AM Radio Talk Show Host
Angela Keaton, Antiwar.com Developmental Director
Moderator: Jeff Johnson, PeacePundit.com
Time and Place:
Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 6 pm
First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
1187 Franklin Street, at Geary Blvd
Admission: FREE
On October 7th 2001 US military aircraft began bombing Kabul. Nine years later, US military operations continue in Afghanistan with no end in sight. Within the next year, the US-led war on Afghanistan will exceed the length of the 1980s Soviet occupation of that unfortunate country.
The war has already claimed the lives of over 1100 American service men and women; while more than 7500 have been wounded. Much larger numbers of Afghan and Pakistani civilians have lost their lives due to US and NATO bombing, including by pilotless drones.
A recent opinion poll shows that 58% of Americans oppose the war in Afghanistan, yet both Democratic and Republican leaders still support it.
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dan_stevens
October 5th, 2010 at 12:36 am
It's absurd that public opinion is against the war in Afghanistan, and our leaders don't get the drift.
How many polls will it take?
nonaggress much?
October 5th, 2010 at 6:26 am
I want to know how this panel can be serious with its members representing organizations whose full political weight and interest has been behind these wars from the get-go??
How are we to take even an ostensibly "antiwar" Republican seriously given the record of the party he registers for, supports and publicly adhered to? Can a party label not become toxic after millions of deaths in so many countries?
I will believe any of these are serious antiwar voices when they begin to disaffiliate from powerful national organizations whose very existence and essence is aggressive war and the suspension of civil liberties.
[Of course, the same goes for working in a "labor" movement that is nothing but a pathetic partisan hack attachment to the pro-war Democratic Party].
Whatever these partisan hacks say, they are objectively pro-war and pro-aggression by supporting the very political parties that have and can only get us into these evil messes!
Ben Free
October 5th, 2010 at 6:33 am
Agreed! Letting a real anti-war anti-intervention movement be hijacked by political party people from the corrupt two military-industrial-dependent corporatist parties is ridiculous!
Its not any better to let these Democrats or Republicans be the voice of the movement than it is to let those Communist front groups act as if what they stand for has anything to do with a real peace movement.
The first thing that would make an antiwar "consensus" real [STOP NOW is the consensus position] is by first declaring itself to be an INDEPENDENT NONPARTISAN movement.
We should tell these politicos, who are part of the problem, not the solution, they are not welcome !!
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jeff_davis
October 5th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
"How many polls will it take?"
Just one more, in Nov of 2012.
Justin Raimondo
October 5th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Oh fuck off. Dennis opposes the wars: Nancy Pelosi, his opponent, has voted FOR those wars consistently. "Ostensibly" my ass. I'll believe you're serious when you disaffiliate from your sectarian insistence on supporting the party of Obama, the warmonger-in-chief, regardless of what they do when in power. "Objectively" pro-war in spite of their own views? Put down the crack pipe, bud, and get over yourself.
Justin Raimondo
October 5th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
And you , too!
aeskylos
October 6th, 2010 at 1:31 am
Anybody against the war is ok with me. I would warmly welcome the Cheneys and Hillary if they converted.
horoszkóp
October 6th, 2010 at 5:20 am
Cheney was operating like a sneaky coward in the shadows like GWB's puppet master. That is definitely not Hillary's style, she'll be more collaborative.
Sean
October 7th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Not all conservatives or Republicans favor the wars. Ron Paul, George Will, John Dennis, BJ Lawson all consistently speak out against it. Before the neo-cons took over, the Republicans were elected to end the war in Vietnam. I hope more Ron Paul Republicans can be the voice of the anti-war right.
andy
October 9th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
What is needed is a new party to replace the Republicrats.
andy
October 9th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
They'd convert fast enough if they had to do the actual fighting.
andy
October 9th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
When the Republicrats were elected in 1968 it took them seven more years to end American involvement.
dan_stevens
October 11th, 2010 at 1:04 am
Yeah well, I was kind of hoping that it would happen a bit sooner than that :\
dan_stevens
October 11th, 2010 at 1:05 am
There are no new parties Andy, only new liars to lead them old familiar ones