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Thanks
to the editors of The
American Conservative for putting my
piece on the antiwar movement online – that means
I don't have to write a column today! Not that I'm going
to be idle. Because, you see, I have to get together
yet another fundraising letter (moan).
My last one raised nearly $6,000 – thanks!
But it still isn't enough. At this rate, we'll be closing
up shop right around the time the bombs start falling
on Iraq – the Ides of March.
Look,
we don't need much to survive – my goal is $20,000 this
quarter. Unlike the War Party, which lavishes its minions
with millions, we don't have access to big
donors: our average contribution is around fifty
bucks. Lots of people dig deep in their pockets,
and come up with the spare change necessary to keep
us afloat, and we're asking you once again, at this
crucial time, to come through for us. As we approach
the outbreak of war in the Middle East, Antiwar.com
is preparing to expand its operations, out of necessity,
in several ways.
For one, the day war breaks out, this
column will come out every day – a prospect I find almost
as appalling as the likelihood of war itself. But the
horror of the idea that my life will become one continuous
column is counter-balanced by the other exciting stuff
that's going on with Antiwar.com – especially our Campus
Outreach Program.
Hey,
honestly, I really don't mind trekking thousands
of miles, being minutely searched at every airport,
suffering all the while from a permanent case of jet-lag
– because today's college students are brighter, more
serious, and more aware than we ever were. The
future, if there is to be one, is in their hands, and
that's why we're making a special effort to reach them
with the Antiwar.com Campus Tour – because it's going
to pay off, in the end.
We face not just the prospect of war
in Iraq, but a whole series of wars – if the
grandiose
dreams of the neoconservatives
in power are allowed to come to their awful
fruition. The peace movement is going to be fighting
these guys for a whole generation, and longer: now
is the time to make the kind of long-term investment
that can help stave off an even darker future.
This summer, the first Antiwar.com summer
school is hopefully going to be in session, in beautiful
Atherton, on the grounds of the Randolph Bourne Institute.
College and high school students who qualify will get
a chance to go on an intellectual adventure, a week-long
hike through the world of ideas accompanied by a faculty
that spans the ideological spectrum, from Left to Right
– and beyond.
It's going to be fun – and instructive.
Because our students will get not only an overview of
the main currents of thought running through the peace
movement, but sessions in practical organizing techniques
and "street" smarts from those who have been
there, done that.
I'd like nothing better than to be able
to announce the exact dates of this exciting event right
here and now, but first I have to raise the money –
and that's where you come in.
Soon you'll be forking over a lot of
bucks to Uncle Sam, as U.S. troops converge menacingly
on Iraq: wouldn't you rather that money went to the
cause of a sane foreign policy?
Your
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it's too late.
THE
ANTIWAR MOVEMENT: UP FROM LEFTISM?
Okay,
back to my piece in TAC. In re-reading it, I
think that the ending may give the reader a false impression
of fatalism, that I would like to dispel in advance.
I do not believe it is too late for the antiwar
movement to get its act together, but, in raising the
issue of the lateness of the hour, I was merely underscoring
the urgent necessity of a radical transformation. Anyway,
read
it and let me know what you think.
MEDIA NOTES
Today
I'm being interviewed on Chicago's WRMN AM, 1410, by
Ken Prasic – at 9:15 CST. Go
here to hear it on streaming audio (click on "Listen
Now" on the left side). This is part of the promotion
for the Libertarian
Party of Illinois convention, to be held February
28 – March 2, at the Four Points Sheraton - Oak Brook,
17 West 350 22nd Street, in Oakbrook Terrace. I am the
keynote speaker, and my talk, "Libertarianism in
the Age of Empire," is scheduled
for noon, on Saturday, the 29th: reserve
your seat now, as space is limited. Gee, I haven't
been to a Libertarian Party event since … the early
1980's! Thanks for the invite, Illinois Libertarians:
I'm really looking forward to it.
This Thursday, Feb 13, at 6:30pm CST,
I'm going to be interviewed on 91.7
KOOP FM, Austin, Texas, by Angela
Keaton, of "The Liberated Space."
Daniel
Ellsberg plugs Antiwar.com in an interview with
Editor & Publisher: check
it out. I have always been a big fan of Ellsberg's,
and it's nice to know it's mutual.
–
Justin Raimondo
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