How about a pro-Cuba petition?

[Sensitive]

Since Leo Casey (he is pro-US imperialism, anti-Cuba, yet he claims to be a "leftist" ) has started an anti-Cuba "petition", shouldn't we start something to show our support?

Something like, "We as members of the true American Left show our solidarity with the people of Cuba and in defense of the Cuban Revolution from all imperialist aggression."

Then we could mail the list of names to a Cuban embassy or something.

Does anyone else like this idea?

(Edited by Sensitive at 3:00 pm on April 26, 2003)

[Deniz Gezmis]

Excellent idea.

Start one here: http://www.petitiononline.com/

:)

[Sensitive]

Okay, here it is. (http://www.petitiononline.com/89321013/petition.html)

[Deniz Gezmis]

When you get all the sigs, i'll bring them to the American embassy here in Belfast. k? :)

[Sensitive]

That sounds great!

Now I'm going to start e-mailing lefties, leftie lists and leftie parties to tell them about the petition.

[Deniz Gezmis]

Likewise...

[Sensitive]

Okay... I've e-mailed the following parties:

Communist Party USA
Workers World Party
Left Party
Progressive Labor Party

I also posted it on the Yahoo marxist list.

(Edited by Sensitive at 4:25 pm on April 26, 2003)

[Deniz Gezmis]

I've emailed socialist parties in these countries:

Britian (Two different parties)
Australia
Ireland (Two different parties)
Chile
Iraq

[Sensitive]

Great! =)

I also posted this at the MSN community "Communist Corner".

[Domino]

I'll post it everywhere I know-- but, it says American Left... that means I can't sign it? I'm not "American" :confused:

[Sensitive]

Everyone can sign it. =)

But when I was typing it up I was thinking of it as a response to Leo Casey of the Democratic Left who attacked Cuba. Leo Casey was making it look like American leftists oppose Cuba. If anyone asks.. that is why it says "American".

(Edited by Sensitive at 7:39 pm on April 26, 2003)

[Sensitive]

There is something wrong with the other petition site, so I have set up a new one.

Please check it out and sign it, thanks. (http://www.geocities.com/atheistic_socialist/)

[Deniz Gezmis]

It appears to have been closed. Even though the site says it allows speech of speech.

[Sensitive]

Yeah, those damn capitalists! grr

At least this new site looks a little better, and I can actually edit it.

[ChiTown Lady]

I posted an email via the link Sensitive gave. I hope this will ultimately get somewhere.

It would be better if this campaign were to target the UN as well as many other Global countries rather than just the Us, as we all MUST know by now that the US is specifically corrupt.

Anyway this was my comment, for whatever it is worth, which I suspect is not much if this was only submitted to US sources:

The United States needs to leave Cuba the Hell alone, and specifically the United States needs to get out of Guantanamo Bay. This is specifically been retained by the US government not only to annoy the Cuban people but also to retain people from other place Globally for the purpose perpetrating abuses against humanity - including children. Get out of Cuba – totally, including Gauntanamo Bay. Get out of Cuba totally. Imperialist (specifically United States) presence in Cuba is specifically not welcome!


(Edited by ChiTown Lady at 3:53 am on April 28, 2003)

[ChiTown Lady]

I used the word “specifically” too many times in my dissertation – didn’t I? I realized that after having reread what I said. I could have said it better.

[Sensitive]

Thanks for the e-mail ChiTown Lady, it looked good, and is now posted.