Most recent update: 12-Jan-2002 What's here? • Help Needed • Coming Events • Websites • Email lists • Organizations • Anti-war leaflets • Articles/analysis • FAQ • criticism / debate • About us • test area Send email to: BENSAI (at) STRUGGLE (dot) NET substitute "@" for (at) and "." for (dot)   Editor Login Anti-War Info (Seattle) your guide to anti-war events, websites, organizations, resources, leaflets, articles, criticism and debate The aim of this site is described above. Right now, there is nothing here but an outdated skeleton and a few links. We need your help! We need your help to make this site a reality. The initial plan is to focus primarily on anti-war resources in the Seattle area (with some info on national organizations and resources). If this can be accomplished and we attract volunteers--the site can expand in the direction of greater coverage of other areas.  • Help Needed • We need your help to make this site a reality         We need volunteers for our advisory board and editorial team  • Coming Events • Demonstrations, Meetings and local calendars         What's hot and what's not -- find out here (maybe)  • Websites • Anti-war websites that have caught our eye -- and popular news sites         (under construction)  • Email lists • Anti-war email lists         Local lists: UWCAW, 911 and SAIA  • Organizations • Local and national anti-war organizations         Who's who in the city of Seattle--and nationally  • Anti-war leaflets • Agitation against the war (leaflets printed on paper and given out free)         Here is what has been given out for free in dozens, hundreds or thousands of copies  • Articles/analysis • Useful articles and analysis that we have found         We will include here stuff by people like Fisk and Chomsky and useful stuff by other left groups  • FAQ • Frequently Asked Questions         Here are the questions that you want answers to  • criticism / debate • Criticism and debate on the path forward to build a militant anti-war movement         What wrong and what's right? What people are saying. (You have a right to a link from this site.)  • About us • Who we are and what this site is about         If you like this site maybe you can help us?  • test area • Test section for editors to play with         Feel free to edit whatever is here Information wants to be free to serve the struggle against imperialist war!

go to top Help Needed We need your help to make this site a reality At present this site is only a skeleton. It needs to be fleshed out. Your help is needed! We need volunteers for our advisory board and editorial team No technical skill required The main requirement is enthusiasm for the anti-war movement and a conviction that anti-war events, websites, organizations, resources, leaflets, articles, criticism and debate should be available on this site. An email list has been created for discussion of the development and management of this web site. It can be seen at: groups.yahoo.com/group/anti-war-website-management/ Let me hear from you Send email to: BENSAI (at) STRUGGLE (dot) NET substitute "@" for (at) and "." for (dot) --[edited by Ben--Jan11]

go to top Coming Events Demonstrations, Meetings and local calendars Protest Bush in Portland ! -- Saturday, Jan 5 -- noon SAIA-Talk-6 • • 03.Jan.2002 • Protest Bush in Portland ! -- Saturday, Jan 5 -- noon   The head of US imperialism will be visiting Portland this Saturday. Protests are being organized. Here are two articles from Indymedia. More info at: portland.indymedia.org --[edited by Ben--Jan3] Sat & Sun, Jan 12-13 -- Student Anti-war conference at UW Northwest STUDENT ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE; rooms TBA; To All Students in the Northwest Campaigning Against The War, Racism, and the Clamp-Down on Our Civil Liberties; response received so far from the University of Washington, Seattle Central Community College, Nova High School, Northwest High School, Garfield High School, Western Washington University, University of Idaho, SCCC AND UW Socialist Alternative, the Olympia Peace and Justice Alliance, and many others; all welcome, proposing that each college or high school elect up to 10 delegates who can vote; speakers, workshops, party; $1-10 sliding-scale donation for food, photocopies, etc.; housing offers and requests to Dan 206-725-9327 or nwstudents@hotmail.com; planning meetings every Monday at Seattle Central Community College at Broadway and Pine on the 4th floor in room 4105, avoiding holidays, info Amanda 206-937-6089 or surfbyronbay@hotmail.com Local Calendars • Peace and Justice Events, Seattle Area (compiled by Jean Buskin & Robert Hughes, hosted at www.scn.org) • Seattle Indymedia Events, Meetings (what's going on at the Seattle Indymedia Center) • Eat the State, Activist Calendar Link to Activist Calendar is on left side of page (see this example) --[edited by Ben--Dec30] --[edited by Ben--Jan3]

go to top Websites Anti-war websites that have caught our eye -- and popular news sites (More websites will be found in the section below on organizations) Regional Anti-War Coalitions (a listing of 50 or 60 groups) Bordentown Anti-War Group (New Jersey) Site aimed at planning a Campuses Against War Conference at Columbia University, New York Feb 22-24 "Regional student and faculty anti-war coalitions across the country have shown overwhelming support for an International/National Antiwar Conference.  United we can catalyze change, and end the bloodshed. This website, email listserv, and discussion board have been set up to make it easier for people to take part in the conference planning process. All planning should be open and transparent." See associated elist (below). The Pentagon Lies (Portland) leftist and mainstream sites The Guardian The Independent Z Magazine Indy Media -- Seattle IndyMedia --[edited by Ben--Dec30] --[edited by Ben--Dec31] --[edited by Ben--Jan1] --[edited by Ben--Jan2] --[edited by Ben--Jan11]

go to top Email lists Anti-war email lists saia news Used to notify people of the activity of the Seattle Anti-Imperialist Alliance (SAIA) or other key movement events. Announcements will be for: (1) demonstrations, (2) public meetings, (3) leaflet distribution and similar events. The expected volume of this list will be approximately one or two posts per week. To subscribe: saia-news-subscribe@lists.riseup.net list archive saia talk SAIA discussion list: a place to talk about (1) movement news, (2) how to build the movement, (3) criticism of SAIA agitation or actions To subscribe: SAIA-Talk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com list info -- list archive UWCAW annoucements Moderated. Limited to announcements and critical information in order to minimize message volumes. To subscribe: uwcaw-subscribe@lists.riseup.net list info -- list archive UWCAW talk Discussion and debate of UWCAW issues. Forum for University of Washington Coalition Against the War. To subscribe: uwcaw-discussion-subscribe@lists.riseup.net list info -- list archive The Bordertown Anti-Imperialist list general interest mailing list To subscribe: majordomo@anti-imperialism.org with the words "subscribe interest" in the body not archived planning list for Campuses Against War Conference visions, goals, procedure and logistics of February national anti-war conference at Columbia University To subscribe: send blank email to antiwarconference-subscribe@lists.riseup.net list archive 911 announcements Announcement list for the 911 Coalition To subscribe: send email to: majordomo@scn.org In the body of the message, type: subscribe 911peace your-e-mail-address there is no archive 911 talk Discussion list for the 911 Coalition To subscribe: send email to: majordomo@scn.org In the body of the message, type: subscribe 911-talk your-e-mail-address there is no archive --[edited by Ben--Dec30] --[edited by Ben--Dec31] --[edited by Ben--Jan1] --[edited by Ben--Jan2]

go to top Organizations Local and national anti-war organizations Organizations active in Seattle (under construction) The Seattle Anti-Imperialist Alliance (SAIA) The Anti-War Project (web site under construction) The Anti-War Network (UW) SCCC Coalition A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition -- local email/phone: iacentersea@aol.com, (206) 325-0085 UWCAW -- University of Washington Coalition Against the War RCP ISO 911 Peace Coalition Everything you always wanted to know about how to beg for peace xxxx National Organizations (under construction) ANSWER Coalition RCP ISO CV etc. etc. etc. --[edited by Ben--Jan11] --[edited by Ben--Jan12]

go to top Anti-war leaflets Agitation against the war (leaflets printed on paper and given out free) Here is what has been given out for free in dozens, hundreds or thousands of copies SAIA Leaflets SAIA is the Seattle Anti-Imperialist Alliance (numbers in parentheses represent their best guess at how many they have distributed) The "war on terror"--- an imperialist nightmare • Dec 14 • (1200) (a revision of the Dec 6 leaflet) Behind the starvation in Afghanistan • Dec 6 • (800) Hell No to the WTO! • Nov 6 • (100) Poster for our October 27 demonstration • (150) Other Leaflets What else has been distributed? We need to contact various groups and find out. --[edited by Ben--Jan11]

go to top Articles/analysis Useful articles and analysis that we have found -- under construction -- We will include here stuff by people like Fisk and Chomsky and useful stuff by other left groups --[edited by Ben--Dec30]

go to top FAQ Frequently Asked Questions -- under construction -- question # 1 question # 2 question # 3 question # 4 question # 5 xxxx xxxx xxxx --[edited by Ben--Dec30] --[edited by Ben--Jan11]

go to top criticism / debate Criticism and debate on the path forward to build a militant anti-war movement What wrong and what's right? What people are saying. Debate Are there any debates going on? We need to find out and post here. Criticism You have a right to have a link to your criticism --or-- your reply to someone else's criticism of your organization. (See section on your rights below.) ANSWER -- link to criticism -- link to response ISO -- link to criticism -- link to response Your rights Your anti-war organization has the right to be linked to from this web page. You have the right to a link (in this criticism section) to any web page (or archived email post) that contains your serious criticism of any anti-war organization. Your organization has the right to a link (in this section) to a web page (or archived email post) that replies to the criticism. --[edited by Ben--Jan11]

go to top About us Who we are and what this site is about This site is about making a reality of the slogan at the top of the page: Information wants to be free to serve the struggle against imperialist war! This means that anti-war activists must have easy and convenient access to anti-war events, websites, organizations, resources, leaflets, articles, criticism and debate. Currently, the editor is Ben Sai. As others join this project they will be listed here. An email list has been created for discussion of the development and management of this web site. It can be seen at: groups.yahoo.com/group/anti-war-website-management/ --[edited by Ben--Jan11]

go to top test area Test section for editors to play with ignore what's here This section is here so that we can play with it and test out how everything works. A list of some of the moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto This is a test. What is next? cool search site. Yes, it is best to go to google.com This is a very cool search site. Io aaa bbb ccc Europa ddd eee fff Ganymede ggg hhh iii Callisto jjj kkk lll SAIA-Talk-4 • doug • 31.Dec.2001 • New Rulers Of The World -documentary by John Pilger   Looks like interesting documentary film --[edited by Ben--Jan1] SAIA-Talk-5 • Medea Benjamin • 30.Dec.2001 • eyewitness report from Afghanistan   A good example of how the "free press" works "Benjamin: Well, many of the press people we met on the ground were extremely frustrated, because they wanted to do stories about these issues, like the innocent victims, like their colleagues were doing in Europe and in the Arab and other press, but found that the stories were not wanted back in the U.S. Either they would do them and they'd never make it to the air or in print, or they were just plain out told, we don't want those stories." --[edited by Ben--Jan1] --[edited by Ben--Dec30] --[edited by Ben--Jan1] --[edited by Frank--Jan2] --[edited by Ben--Jan3]