International A.N.S.W.E.R: Have any of you told them of your feelings

[donheld]

It's real easy to come in to DU and voice your feelings, but I'm wondering if you all are letting A.N.S.W.E.R. know how upset you are. Seems to me it would only be logical to send them an e-mail or something telling them how you feel.

[movonne]

1. I have nothing against them...should I tell them???

[donheld]

6. Same here

I just keep reading all the complaints, but they're complaining to the wrong people. I wasn't there so i have no complaints. Except I'm kinda tired of reading about A.N.S.W.E.R. here at DU. If they can't tell the proper people their complaints, it doesn't do a whole heck of a lot of good.

[jonnyblitz]

8. i thanked them for the bus ride.

many of them are my friends, just young kids and hardly the hardened stalinists that you would be led to believe . :eyes:

[qanda]

2. That would be nice

Because I'm sick of hearing it. Perhaps they can start telling someone who can do something about it or even someone who cares. I really didn't expect that this would be the reaction after the overall wonderful experience I had on Saturday.

[radio4progressives]

3. yep.. did that too.. n/t

[obxhead]

4. yes I have

National Office in Washington DC
(Also for International Contacts)
1247 E St. SE, Washington, DC 20003 · [phone]
[e-mail] · www.internationalanswer.org




If you can tell us you should tell them too.

[donheld]

7. Thanks for providing those addresses

:yourock:

[obxhead]

9. Positive or negative comments need to be heard by the group

they are directed at a lot more than we need to debate them.

[Old and In the Way]

5. What to say?

I can empathize with their causes. They are committed to their beliefs. I don't necssarilly disagree with most of their causes. I just don't think they were the best people to control the rally and dilute the message and purpose of the event.

But that's just my opinion.

[mike_c]

10. excellent point-- perhaps I should send them some money....

They deserve some support for all they've done to help organize the antiwar movement. Thanks for reminding me that I should send them a donation!

[zalinda]

11. Yup, go ahead and send them money

I'm sure Jon Stewart didn't really make fun of the protest because of them. And neither did all the local stations show their speakers as the complete wackos they looked like. With friends like these, who needs enemies.

zalinda

[John Q. Citizen]

12. I'm sending them $5 bucks and a thank you note for getting

off their asses and making something happen.

I didn't really know ANSWER were the ones that got this going,who then invited United for Peace and Justice to join in the effort, and then allowed Cindy Sheehan to join with them to make for a great demonstration.

The whiners haven't figured out that there is no such thing as bad publicity, so I thank them too for bringing to my attention who was responsible for pulling this off so I would know who to send a little dough to.

The biggest legitimate complaint I've heard is that some poeople didn't like all the speakers. They liked some and didn't like others. If that's all, what the big deal?

By the way, I'm in favor of constructive critisisms of the demonstration, but this prima-donna-esque whining reminds me of the people who are always threatening to leave DU because they got their feelings hurt somewhere sometime. Just to let people know how it comes off to me.

http://www.internationalanswer.org/
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/



Here's a partial list of speakers: (from Answers web site)

- Jessica Lange, actor
- George Galloway, British Member of Parliament
- Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general
- Cindy Sheehan*
- Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder, United Farm Workers of America
- Malik Rahim, New Orleans community activist who survived Hurricane Katrina
- Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney
- Ralph Nader
- Mahdi Bray, Exec. Dir., Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation
- Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, attorney/co-founder, Partnership for Civil Justice, National Lawyers Guild
- Elias Rashmawi, National Council of Arab Americans
- Brian Becker, National Coordinator, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
- Lynne Stewart, human rights attorney
- Rev. Al Sharpton*
- Anita Dennis, mother of Iraq War veteran / resister
- Clayola Brown, President of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Vice President of UNITE HERE**
- Ben Dupuy, Former Ambassador At Large for the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Jos Williams, President, President of the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO
- Michael Berg, father of Nicholas Berg
- Christine Araquel, Alliance for a Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines
- Andy Thayer, Equality Campaign
- Curtis Muhammed, Community Labor Union of New Orleans*
- Margaret Prescod, Global Women's Strike
- Hadi Jawad, founder of Crawford Peace House
- Chris Silvera, Teamsters Black Caucus
- Musa Al-Hindi, Al-Awda National
- Michel Shehadeh, L.A-8 defendant, a Palestinian activist framed COINTELPRO-style
- Nancy Wolforth, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO
- Manuel Santos, Socialist Front of Puerto Rico
- Brenda Stokely, Million Worker March, New York City Labor Against the War
- Peta Lindsay, Youth and Student A.N.S.W.E.R. Student, Howard University student
- Mounzer Sleiman, National Council of Arab Americans
- Macrina Cardenas, Mexicanos Sin Fronteras
- Jeanette Caceres, Spoken word artist from New York University
- Gloria La Riva, National Committee to Free the Five
- Riya Ortiz, Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines, Campaign for Justice Not War
- Larry Holmes, Troops Out Now Coalition
- Chuck Kaufman, Nicaragua Network
- Women’s Anti-Imperialist League
- Representative of Bayan USA
- Eugene Puryear, Youth and Student A.N.S.W.E.R. Student, Howard University student
- Patti Smith, singer
All speakers confirmed by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition except those indicated by an asterisk (*) are confirmed by UFPJ and those indicated by two asterisk (**) are confirmed by USLAW.

ANSWER has secured the permit for a massive march that will go directly on Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House for the first time in many years, and then onto the FBI and the Justice Department.

[moddemny]

13. You want me to tell ANSWER how I feel?

If they are at the next event and they come on stage, I am going to yell....


BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


This wasn't their first March, it's just the first time most Duer's caught on to what they are. They heard the complaints before. That's why they just have to be dumped.

[donheld]

14. Yes tell them exactly that

If that's the way you feel. Send them feedback. Squeeky wheel gets the grease, or so they say.

[donheld]

15. Ok you all, either write them an e-mail

Or quitcher bitchin