The Gainesville Iguana July/August 2014 Vol. 28, Issues 7/8 Vote August 26 The fog machine of war by Joe Courter Chelsea Manning on the U.S. military and media freedom Voting matters. Contrary to all the cynicism and the belittling, it does matter, especially By Chelsea Manning proudly displaying their ink-stained fin- in local elections. Working for candidates This was originally published on June gers. The subtext was that United States and helping in campaigns multiplies your 14 by the New York Times. Manning is military operations had succeeded in cre- vote. And frankly, party affiliation matters, a former U.S. Army intelligence analyst ating a stable and democratic Iraq. too. In all my time voting, based on my currently serving 35 years in prison for Those of us stationed there were acutely left-of-center orientation (prioritizing edu- the unauthorized disclosure of classified aware of a more complicated reality. cation, healthcare, the environment, peace information. See the original here: and justice, etc.), I have rarely seen where Military and diplomatic reports coming a Republican advanced my interests. But http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/ across my desk detailed a brutal crack- opinion/sunday/chelsea-manning-the- I must admit that thanks to all the social down against political dissidents by the pressures of the times, Richard Nixon did us-militarys-campaign-against-media- Iraqi Ministry of Interior and federal freedom.html?_r=0 some quite progressive things, and in hind- police, on behalf of Prime Minister Nuri sight, and compared to the current crop of FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- When Kamal al-Maliki. Detainees were often Republican, looks in some ways downright I chose to disclose classified informa- tortured, or even killed. progressive. I must also say Obama, and tion in 2010, I did so out of a love for Early that year, I received orders to in- before him Clinton, got away with some my country and a sense of duty to oth- vestigate 15 individuals whom the fed- horrible policy changes for which they got ers. I’m now serving a sentence of 35 eral police had arrested on suspicion of a free ride from the left. Our bad, but so it years in prison for these unauthorized printing “anti-Iraqi literature.” I learned goes. It is up to citizens to hold our repre- disclosures. I understand that my ac- that these individuals had absolutely no sentatives accountable. tions violated the law. ties to terrorism; they were publishing a But local races are where your vote counts However, the concerns that motivated scholarly critique of Mr. Maliki’s admin- most. We feel very strongly about the two me have not been resolved. As Iraq istration. I forwarded this finding to the county commission races and support erupts in civil war and America again officer in command in eastern Baghdad. Harvey Ward in District 2 and Ken Cor- contemplates intervention, that unfin- He responded that he didn’t need this nell in District 4. Ward is attempting to ished business should give new urgency information; instead, I should assist the See ELECTIONS, p. 9 to the question of how the United States federal police in locating more “anti- military controlled the media cover- Iraqi” print shops. age of its long involvement there and in I was shocked by our military’s complic- INSIDE ... Afghanistan. I believe that the current ity in the corruption of that election. Yet limits on press freedom and excessive these deeply troubling details flew under From the Publisher ...... 3 government secrecy make it impossible the American media’s radar. Reading Recommendations ���������3 for Americans to grasp fully what is hap- It was not the first (or the last) time I felt Elections...... 8–9 pening in the wars we finance. compelled to question the way we con- Directory ...... 10–11 If you were following the news during the ducted our mission in Iraq. We intelli- Event Calendar ...... 12–13 March 2010 elections in Iraq, you might gence analysts, and the officers to whom Oral History Program. . 14–15 remember that the American press was we reported, had access to a comprehen- CMC Events ...... 15 flooded with stories declaring the - elec sive overview of the war that few others tions a success, complete with upbeat an- had. How could top-level decision mak- GROW Radio schedule ��������23 ecdotes and photographs of Iraqi women See MANNING, p. 2 MANNING, from p. 1 Less well known is that journalists whom much power: Reporters naturally fear military contractors rate as likely to pro- having their access terminated, so they From the publisher: Guilty pleasures Subscribe! ers say that the American public, or even duce “favorable” coverage, based on tend to avoid controversial reporting Congress, supported the conflict when their past reporting, also get preference. that could raise red flags. I got hooked on World Cup soccer almost 30 years ago. There is something wonderful about such a simple game, which is The Gainesville Iguana they didn’t have half the story? This outsourced “favorability” rating as- The existing program forces journalists to signed to each applicant is used to screen played world wide, and the gathering of teams from all over the is Gainesville's progressive Among the many daily reports I received compete against one another for “special planet, with their varied ethnic and cultural differences, going events calendar & newsletter. via email while working in Iraq in 2009 out those judged likely to produce critical access” to vital matters of foreign and do- coverage. head-to-head (sometimes literally, unfortunately) that make me and 2010 was an internal public affairs mestic policy. Too often, this creates re- feel a oneness of humanity. That said, and especially with this Individuals: $15 briefing that listed recently published Reporters who succeeded in obtaining porting that flatters senior decision mak- year’s tournament in Brazil, there is a huge cost required by the (or more if you can) news articles about the American mission embed status in Iraq were then required to ers. A result is that the American public’s host nation which is borne by its citizens; displacements of poor Low/No income: What you can in Iraq. One of my regular tasks was to sign a media “ground rules” agreement. access to the facts is gutted, which leaves people, and money and resources, which could have been used Joe Courter Groups: $20 provide, for the public affairs summary Army public affairs officials said this was them with no way to evaluate the conduct for health care, public services and education, being put into sta- read by the command in eastern Baghdad, to protect operational security, but it also of American officials. diums that may only see limited use in the future. I think about this as I watch World Cup a single-sentence description of each is- allowed them to terminate a reporter’s (well, not actually during the game); how wrong is this for me to be getting such pleasure Iguana, c/o CISPLA Journalists have an important role to P.O. Box 14712 sue covered, complementing our analysis embed without appeal. play in calling for reforms to the em- from something which has had such a negative impact on the lives of other humans? with local intelligence. Gainesville, FL 32604 There have been numerous cases of re- bedding system. The favorability of a How different is this from the other guilty pleasures many of us enjoy in our lives? The more I made these daily comparisons porters’ having their access terminated journalist’s previous reporting should Modern life gives us tremendous options for guilty pleasures unimagined and unavail- between the news back in the States and following controversial reporting. In not be a factor. Transparency, guaran- able to every preceding generation on this planet. The pleasures abound, just think about Comments, suggestions, contributions the military and diplomatic reports avail- 2010, the late Rolling Stone reporter teed by a body not under the control of it; our food options, our entertainment options. As I write this I am reminded that there (written or financial) are welcome. To able to me as an analyst, the more aware I Michael Hastings had his access pulled public affairs officials, should govern are a sizable number of people who don’t share in this bounty, for whom the day-to-day list your event or group, contact us at: became of the disparity. In contrast to the after reporting criticism of the Obama the credentialing process. An indepen- struggle to survive leaves little room for the pleasures so many take for granted. But this (352) 378-5655 solid, nuanced briefings we created on the administration by Gen. Stanley A. dent board made up of military staff is also where the “guilty” comes in. Modern life, through its information technology, can ground, the news available to the public McChrystal and his staff in Afghani- members, veterans, Pentagon civilians make the reasons we should perhaps feel guilty much more available. We don’t live in [email protected] was flooded with foggy speculation and stan. A Pentagon spokesman said, “Em- and journalists could balance the pub- a bubble of ignorance, of not seeing or hearing from oppressed people and being aware www.gainesvilleiguana.org simplifications. beds are a privilege, not a right.” lic’s need for information with the mili- of injustices all around us as prior generations did. Modern life has actually accelerated facebook.com/gainesvilleiguana One clue to this disjunction lay in the If a reporter’s embed status is terminated, tary’s need for operational security. the amount of injustice, exploitation, and oppression happening as corporate culture has public affairs reports. Near the top of typically she or he is blacklisted. This Reporters should have timely access to taken hold of our economy, so not only can we see it, there is more of it to see! No, we The Iguana has been published each briefing was the number of embed- program of limiting press access was information. The military could do far can’t claim ignorance, but we can be blamed and perhaps ought to be a bit ashamed of our monthly or bimonthly by volunteers ded journalists attached to American mili- challenged in court in 2013 by a freelance more to enable the rapid declassification ignore-ance; the self-induced bubble of self-interest trumping collective responsibility. for more than 25 years. Circulation for this issue is 4,500. tary units in a combat zone. Throughout reporter, Wayne Anderson, who claimed of information that does not jeopardize I am not one to advocate avoidance of pleasure; human life is too short and pleasure my deployment, I never saw that tally go to have followed his agreement but to military missions. The military’s Sig- should be part of it. I also don’t want people wallowing around in guilt, that does nothing. above 12. In other words, in all of Iraq, have been terminated after publishing nificant Activity Reports, for example, Publisher: Take in your pleasures, but also make part of your life increasing the pleasures of others Joe Courter which contained 31 million people and adverse reports about the conflict in Af- provide quick overviews of events like in whatever way fits your time, talent and interests. And I know many of you do. We live 117,000 United States troops, no more ghanistan. The ruling on his case upheld attacks and casualties. Often classified by in a great town because there are so many who give a damn and have figured out how to Editors Emeritus: than a dozen American journalists were the military’s position that there was no default, these could help journalists report do stuff that benefits others in addition to the regular stuff they “have to” do.D Jenny Brown covering military operations. constitutionally protected right to be an the facts accurately. Mark Piotrowski embedded journalist. The process of limiting press access to a Opinion polls indicate that Americans’ Editorial Board: conflict begins when a reporter applies for The embedded reporter program, which confidence in their elected representatives Editors’ picks: the news that didn’t fit ... Pierce Butler embed status. All reporters are carefully continues in Afghanistan and wherever is at a record low. Improving media access Joe Courter vetted by military public affairs officials. the United States sends troops, is deep- to this crucial aspect of our national life D Crist Files Brief Seeking to Overturn Beth Grobman This system is far from unbiased. Unsur- ly informed by the military’s experience — where America has committed the men Florida’s Ban on Gay Marriage Jessica Newman prisingly, reporters who have established of how media coverage shifted public and women of its armed services — would http://tbo.com/news/politics/crist-files-brief- relationships with the military are more opinion during the Vietnam War. The be a powerful step toward re-establishing Production work & assistance: seeking-to-overturn-floridas-ban-on-gay- likely to be granted access. gatekeepers in public affairs have too trust between voters and officials.D Justine Mara Andersen marriage-20140627/ Joye Barnes The Florida governor, who once was against gay Scott Camil marriage, is seeking to overturn the ban. Robbie Czopek Erica Merrell THINKING ABOUT THE MILITARY? WORSHIP WITH FRIENDS Mary Savage D Don’t Rush to Coronate Charlie Crist as the Democratic MAKE AN Gainesville Quakers warmly invite you to attend our Distribution: INFORMED CHOICE. weekly meeting for worship held in our beautiful Nominee Joe Courter http://members.jacksonville.com/opinion/ron-littlepage/2014-06-24/story/ron- Marcus Dodd ADVICE FROM VETERANS meetinghouse nestled among majestic oaks. Bill Gilbert ON MILITARY SERVICE littlepage-dont-rush-coronate-crist-democratic-nominee An unprogrammed meeting of Friends, we follow Charlie Crist is not the answer to Rick Scott. Nan Rich is. Jack Price AND RECRUITING PRACTICES Anita Sundaram the tradition of gathering in silence to A Resource Guide For Young People wait upon the Light. 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page 2, Iguana, July/August 2014 Gainesville, Florida www.GainesvilleIguana.org July/August 2014, Iguana page 3 “even when farmers apply fertilizer at that sources of nitrates include “inorganic “We’re not opposed to grass-fed beef, but the recommended agronomic rates, only fertilizers applied to agricultural fields, in this area, in this sandy soil, in this im- Environmentalists file legal challenge, 30 percent to 50 percent of the nitrogen yards and golf courses along with organic paired state of the waterway, we believe added to the soil is taken up by the plant sources, including domestic wastewater this is a recipe for disaster. This should call cattle ranch a ‘recipe for disaster’ depending on the species and cultivar, and residuals, septic tank effluent and not be the use on that property.” with the rest lost to surface runoff, leach- animal waste from equine and cow/calf Had the legal challenge not been taken, by Matt Keene Permit and, respectively, a Consumptive ranch to modify water drainage on the ing of nitrates, ammonia volatilization or operations” and that the contaminants the SJRWMD Governing Board would This article is Chapter 2 in an online se- Use Permit for water use. site that currently drains into Mill Creek. bacteria competition.” enter the groundwater “often by way of have made a decision on their CUP permit ries of articles called “River be dammed: “Due to the high amount of nutrient pol- With more than 2,000 acres of wetlands stormwater runoff.” This runoff is where potential groundwa- request at its June 10 meeting. Now, the Florida’s forgotten river,” a project six lution that will be coming off of this site, on the property, some that serve as head- waters to Mill Creek—a tributary to the ter infiltration could occur, as the ranch “I’m no expert but I know that water runs decision will have to wait until the peti- months in the making by Matt Keene, both in the groundwater and the surface downhill,” said Ahlers. “The Ocklawaha Ocklawaha River, environmentalists feel is within the Ocklawaha River watershed. tioners plead their case before an admin- made possible by grants from the Florida water, an environmental resource permit is downhill from Adena’s operation. Rain that the ERP was approved hastily while At 2,769 square miles, the watershed is istrative law judge, most likely in August. Defenders of the Environment and the was necessary,” said Riverkeeper Lisa the largest tributary watershed to the St. that falls on the ranch and irrigation wa- Felburn Foundation. Rinaman of St. Johns Riverkeeper. “But using bad science. Johns River and contains both a con- ter will be polluted by cattle waste and As citizens, Ahlers and Baldwin don’t we don’t feel like the applicant is giving Mill Creek flows approximately five After paddling the full length of the nected chain of lakes and wetlands and a fertilizer. Some will soak into the ground have the resources of larger environmen- enough reasonable assurances that there miles from the ranch to its confluence Ocklawaha River, the St. Johns River’s well-developed groundwater or sub-sur- and have a negative effect on groundwa- tal organizations to protect them in this largest tributary, Keene “felt the river’s won’t be significant nutrient pollution in with the Ocklawaha River. ter. The rest will be transported via Mill legal challenge. They have, however, an area that’s already severely impaired.” face flow system, according to the Florida magnificence, flow and unique position It is a braided tributary, meaning that Department of Environmental Protection. Creek to the Ocklawaha.” earned their support and commitment. as a signifier of Florida’s environmental The petitioners state that SJRWMD staff several small streams weave through ad- Groundwater flowing through the wa- According to the EPA, chicken, hog and “Somebody has to say I’ve had enough,” attitudes. Paddling slowly through the have failed to account for the impacts to jacent wetlands on their way to the Ock- tershed discharges primarily at Rainbow cattle excrement has polluted 35,000 Drowned Forest, along the most upstream the flow of Silver and Salt springs, the lawaha. The waters of Mill Creek join the said Ahlers. “Somebody has to draw a Springs and Silver Springs, the Ocklawa- miles of rivers in 22 states and contami- line. Citizens need to do that. Citizens stretches of the Rodman Pool, Keene was Silver and Ocklawaha rivers and “the in- Ocklawaha River in the riverine section ha River’s major tributary. nated groundwater in 17 states. compelled to share the story of the Ockla- creased nutrient loading that will result” of Rodman Pool, less than 15 miles up- need to stand up and be counted. Citizens waha, Kirkpatrick Dam and Cross Flori- from the cattle’s manure and use of large stream of the Kirkpatrick Dam. FDEP has called for a 79 percent reduc- “We believe that this is simply the wrong need to take responsibility for seeing to it tion in nitrates at Silver Springs, noting use for this property,” said Rinaman. that public resources are protected.” D da Barge Canal with whatever audience quantities of fertilizer and water. They Along this section of the pool, the backed- he could gather. This project, River be state that SJRWMD has not provided rea- up waters from the dam have caused an dammed, is a direct result and manifesta- sonable assurances that water resources over-abundance of aquatic plant growth Labor Notes ‘Trouble Makers School’ on Sept. 27 in Gainesville tion of those experiences.” would not be significantly affected. The that necessitates a draw-down of Rodman The project was released over the course petitioners also question the validity and Pool every three to four years in order to of six chapters, all of which are available accuracy of the scientific models used to remove the excessive growth. Putting the movement back in the labor movement determine a permit’s acceptability. by Candi Churchill Ideas for sessions include discussing “big our own agenda in this state no matter who at riverbedammed.org as of press time. “The Kirkpatrick Dam is holding water In order to call their beef grass-fed, Sleepy Several local organizers attended the La- picture” strategy, as well as practical skill is office. RSVP to candi.churchill@flori- If approved, 6,371 grass-fed cattle will unnaturally in that area,” said Rinaman. Creek Lands aka Adena Springs Ranch bor Notes bi-annual conference in April building. Some suggested topics: “Beating daea.org or 352-281-7454. spend 158 days fattening up on the North “It is killing vegetation and trees and will need 2.32 million gallons of water and felt fired up with new skills and Apathy,” “Open Bargaining,” “Aggres- Tract of the ranch formerly known as Ad- increasing nutrients. It’s like a big petri The Trouble Makers School will be per day to irrigate the grass the cattle eat dish. In my opinion, it’s actuwally mak- inspiration to work harder to “put the sive Grievance Handling,” “How to Get held Saturday, Sept. 27 at UF’s Pugh ena Springs, aka Sleepy Creek Lands in and to provide 12 gallons of drinking wa- ing the nutrient pollution problem in the movement back in the labor movement” your Message Out,” “Building a Stew- Hall from 9am–5pm. Registration is $20, Fort McCoy, Fla., before slaughter. ter for the livestock, per animal, per day, area much, much worse.” (Labor Notes’ slogan). ards Network,” “Local Community-Labor low-income or student rate $10. We will In that time, the cattle will produce a to- according to the Consumptive Use Permit Joey Brenner, Lauren Byers, Joe Courter, Campaigns that are Winning!” as well as provide lunch and childcare. Registration tal of 68 million pounds of manure—the application they filed in February of 2014. As methods of addressing nutrient pollu- Marie Dino, Kendra Vincent and I attend- discussing how organized labor can move opens up in July! D weight of more than 24,000 2014 Toyota tion and waste runoff, the ranch’s nutri- More than two years ago, Adena Springs ed the conference in Chicago with over Corollas—on the 7,200-acre property. ent management plan lists cattle rotation, Ranch was seeking a total of 13.267 mgd, retention ponds and storm water wetland 2,000 attendees (the largest ever!). This has environmentalists worried, as nearly six times their current water re- buffer berms. Through the use of non-ir- We learned and shared organizing les- they fear nutrients will seep into both quest. That request catalyzed environ- rigated pastures and irrigated rotationally sons with dock and fast food strikers, groundwater and nearby Mill Creek, a mental and water activists, who voiced grazed paddocks, the ranch hopes to even- bold teacher unionists and students from braided tributary to the Ocklawaha River. their opposition to SJRWMD. Since Ad- ly spread the more than 400,000 pounds of Chicago and Portland who are changing ena Springs Ranch’s original permit ap- manure added to the ground every day. “With the cattle and slaughterhouse right plication, less than 150 letters of support the national debate around public educa- by Mill Creek, all the manure, pesticide have been received by the district, while In times of high growth, the cattle will be tion, postal worker union leaders fight- and fertilizers could run into the creek almost 6,000 letters of concern or objec- moved each day, rotating through a series ing privatization with aggressive tactics and then into the Ocklawaha River,” said tion have been sent, or more than six a of ten paddocks around a central irriga- like protesting Staples, transportation 377-5828 Karen Chadwick, an eco-tour guide and day, on average. tion pivot. Additional nitrogen fertilizer workers rebuilding their worksite base, Open: 7 am - 10 pm Mon - Fri local resident. “It could be very detrimen- and many more ordinary people strug- will be applied to the previous paddock 9 am - 10 pm Sat - Sun tal to the health of this entire system.” “The effort we’ve put into it, simply be- to help the grasses recover, as soon as gling to make things better. cause we’ve seen that permit go from Concerned over the potential impact, the cattle have vacated. In times of low In May, a Planning Committee was 13.267 mgd to 2.3 mgd, that is a victory,” DRIVE THRU & CALL-INS Sierra Club, St. Johns Riverkeeper and growth, the cattle will spend three days formed to host our own “Trouble Mak- said Ahlers. “Whether or not we stop the in a paddock prior to rotation. The ranch citizens Karen Ahlers and Jeri Baldwin project, we’ve made it better.” ers School.” We want to hear from you have all petitioned for an administrative intends to apply a manure-based fertilizer, — whether you are in a union or not — Two locations: hearing challenging the approval and The intense focus on reducing water use, drawn from their retention ponds, at agro- about what you want to learn or figure 407 NW 12th St. and however, allowed the approval of the nomic rates in an effort to minimize envi- recommended approval by the St. Johns out for your own organizing, and we 5011 NW 34th St. River Water Management District [SJR- Environmental Resource Permit to large- ronmental impact. According to the En- want you to bring co-workers, class- WMD] of an Environmental Resource ly go unnoticed. The ERP will allow the vironmental Protection Agency, though, mates, and family to our school! Subscribe $30/year

page 4, Iguana, July/August 2014 Gainesville, Florida www.GainesvilleIguana.org July/August 2014, Iguana page 5 the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, NSA — we have taken one hit on our soil, relatively trivial compared to what we Support the Harkin-Sanchez bill America’s apparent Alzheimer’s are doing to the Middle East and have been doing for over half From a retired operative and analyst responsibility to help minimize. did not have enough military personnel to a century. and boost Social Security NOW! The great federal program, Social Security, turns 79 years young on with decades of first-hand experience And that Obama is a wimp for not in- rotate them in and out, again and again, of They have pulled the trick of empty and fallacious rationalizing just that war? And that Obama withdrew Aug. 14. In 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social who chooses to remain anonymous tervening in Syria and now Iraq, and for to take us to war as many times as Charlie Brown was duped our troops, reluctantly, in accordance with Security Act into law, creating the government program that guar- Listening to the radio and TV about the pulling out of Iraq. by Lucy with the football. Even without a war, Ronald Reagan an agreement that President Bush had bragged at the end of his presidency that he had spent $2 trillion antees a working person some sort of pension when they grow old. current situation in Iraq (and Syria), one is Hello! Can it be possible that all of the struck with the Iraqis? on arms. almost appalled at how we forget our cruel commentators and analysts have com- Today, Social Security continues to provide a base income for not Humanitarian disaster? Our invasion and It wouldn’t work if we learned from our mistakes, for example only millions of seniors, but also the disabled, and orphaned minors. and costly war fiascoes and blunders. pletely forgotten that the Iraq War fiasco attempted occupation led directly to the the lies and the Bay of Tonkin fraud that justified the Vietnam For millions of seniors, Social Security is their only income source. I keep hearing that we lost 4,500 killed paralleled the great recession of 2008? deaths of scores of thousands of people War fiasco that killed many millions and conspicuously nailed in Iraq. And that we are now in the process of and SHATTERED THE LIVES OF us with our first defeat (pictures of people clinging to and fall- But instead of celebrating and strengthening this program that has And that, because we did go into Iraq economizing that includes downsizing FOUR MILLION PEOPLE! And before ing from helicopters as we fled in disarray), and Ronald Reagan worked so well for so many for so long, many on the political and clearly shattered its stability and cre- our military that was forced on the na- George Bush, Bill Clinton ordered the negotiating with the terrorists who had taken our embassy and wrong want to literally destroy the program that assists so many. ated the circumstances of the current the tion in part by the Tea Party and many quiet bombing of Iraq, tons of bombs ev- held its personnel hostage for over a year, selling them missiles ery night or years, plus sanctions that led which they could use against us and our allies. In response, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security civil war, we now have a responsibility of the politicians who are now criticizing and Medicare has taken the lead to advocate in defense of Social to the early deaths of 500,000 children. not to abandon them. Obama and advocating intervention? The media endlessly searching for a new issue or crisis or situ- Security and educate Americans about what’s going on. And, that Iraq is facing a major “humani- Has everyone really forgotten that during I listened to an interview on NPR [recent- ation to hype. And, too many Americans willfully, even eagerly The “BOOST SOCIAL SECURITY NOW” campaign is designed to tarian disaster” which we have a moral the Iraq War we painfully realized that we ly] of Dick Cheney who played a major gullible. Alas. generate support for the “Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013.” role in taking us into Iraq, promising that The bottom line now is that the United States really cannot af- it would only take days to oust Saddam ford the current string of multi-trillion dollar wars. It saddens Its legislation is filed as Senate Bill 567 and House Resolution 3118. Hussein. He responded irritably when he me a bit that Obama tries to relieve some of his emasculation by was asked how he felt about that mistake bombing and with drones, and with his recent/current thunder- Sponsored by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Rep. Linda Sanchez (of our staying there, escalating our pres- ing denunciation of Russia as he reignites the Cold War. (Our (D-CA), the bill calls for changes in the benefit formula for So- ence, leading to the Civil War). policy under Bill Clinton, remarkably sane, after the Soviet cial Security beneficiaries leading to a benefit increase ofap- When the question was repeated, he re- Union broke apart was to welcome and work to draw Russia proximately $70 per month. That’s great news for seniors already sponded angrily, saying that it was “ab- into the community of nations.) strapped with grocery bills, rent or mortgage payments, doctor bills, etc. surd” to try to second-guess decisions that We’ve been here before, with the mainstream media beating the were made 10 years ago. drums of war, neglecting the facts, and propagandizing Ameri- The legislation also calls for the gradual elimination of the Social One’s first reaction is to say that this na- cans into another imperialist occupation. But there are media Secuity payroll tax cap and calls for the change in the COLA for- tion’s leaders have no collective memo- outlets and individuals refusing to remain silent on the issue. mula to the “CPI-elderly” or CPI-E. ry of previous mistakes, a national Al- Below are a few resources and specific articles to keep informed. zheimer’s illness. • Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report — www. WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? Call your congressional represen- tative TODAY. Dial 800-998-0180, follow the prompts to reach But, is it mindless? It seems that the democracynow.org • Juan Cole’s Informed Comment — www.juancole.com your elected official (you’ll use your zip code) and ask your of- United States needs enemies to justify the ficial “to sign onto the Harkin-Sanchez bill to Boost Social Secu- profiteering of the multinational corpora- • Robert Parry and Consortium News — consortiumnews. com rity. Thank you.” The call is free and the benefits will be priceless tions that Pres. Eisenhower warned us of. if the bill turns into law. An unstable and constantly warring world • Al Jazeera America — america.aljazeera.com is “Miracle Grow” for our military-indus- • “The sectarian myth of Iraq: We coexisted peacefully Another thing to do is join the National Committee ($12 mini- trial complex, while we are remarkably for centuries, and need neither brutal dictators nor mum per year) to show your support for the good work the com- safe over here between two oceans, with western intervention” — http://www.theguardian.com/ mittee does year-round. our large and effective security complex, commentisfree/2014/jun/16/sectarian-myth-of-iraq • “Absolutely nothing: A veteran’s savage indictment of View the Web site at www.ncpssm.org. Also see the Boost Social the Iraq War” — http://www.juancole.com/2014/06/ Security Now Web site: www.boostsocialsecuritynow.org. D absolutely-nothing-a-veterans-savage-indictment-of-the- iraq-war.html D 104 SE 1st Ave., Gainesville, FL SOCIAL SECURITY PARKING LOT BIRTHDAY PARTY Thursday, Aug. 14, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 5000 NW 27th Ct., Gainesville. M–Th: 11a.m.–8p.m. Join others in attending the Social Security Parking Lot Birthday F: 11a.m.–10p.m. Party. Sign the Social Security birthday card that will be delivered to Congressional Rep. Ted Yoho’s office that day to ask him to support 104 SE 1st Avenue House Resolution 3118, the “Strengthening Social Security Act of Gainesville FL 2013.”

page 6, Iguana, July/August 2014 Gainesville, Florida www.GainesvilleIguana.org July/August 2014, Iguana page 7 ELECTIONS, from p. 1 paign going for years promising Eastside Other races will come in November. Demo- Alachua County 2014 judicial elections scheduled jobs and spreading money around commu- crat Marihelen Wheeler will run for Congress unseat Lee Pinkoson, a conservative semi nity groups, but within years they and their after the dust settles between incumbent Ted democrat who had no trouble voting with COUNTY COURT promises will be gone. The County Com- Yoho and challenger Jake Rush in the Re- By Philip N. Kabler, Esq. tage of opportunities to know as much Republicans when the opportunity arose. mission is where the Comp Plan would publican primary. Democrat Jon Uman will – Bogin, Munns & Munns, P.A. Group 2 – unopposed – Judge Denise as they can about the background, expe- This race will basically be over with the rience, and temperament of the judicial have to change. Cornell won’t, and Thorpe challenge Keith Perry as well in November. It is well known that one of the princi- Ferrero (incumbent) primary; there is a minor candidate on the candidates on the ballot. November ballot and since the Republi- would. We strongly support Cornell. Both campaigns could use early support. pal rights of American citizens is their Group 4 – contested – Susanne Wilson cans did not enter a candidate (I think they For School Board District 3, we say retain The Alachua County Supervisor of Elec- right to vote. Bullard, Esq., AuBroncee Martin, Esq., One tool that voters can review are thought they had one in Pinkoson), they Gunnar Paulson. For School Board District tions office has contact information for Jose I. Moreno, Esq. the results of the annual judicial poll Voters are used to participating in elections conducted by the Eighth Judicial Circuit fell victims to the electoral rules. 4, we endorse Rob Hyatt, a longtime teacher the candidate and will soon have sample for the President, the Governor, and the Who can be a County or Circuit Court Bar Association, which evaluates judges The Republicans do have a candidate in who would be a great compliment to the new ballots (www.votealachua.com). July 28 is federal and state legislatures. In Florida, Judge in Florida? Basically, any Florida who were seated during the past year. the District 4 race, John Martin, and he will forward thinking majority on the Board. the last day to register to vote in the Au- voters also have the ability to elect Judges, lawyer who has been licensed at least five Local lawyers participate in the poll, and be in waiting for the winner of the primary There is a contested judge race we feel gust primary. If you are not registered as either for “open seats” or to retain sitting years, and is a local resident and elector. the results are compiled and released between Ken Cornell and Kevin Thorpe. strongly about. In County Judge District 4, a Democrat but want to vote in the Demo- Judges. (In certain circumstances, Judges (Of course there are more details. If to the public during mid-July. The Both good Democrats, but the Plum Creek we support Jose Moreno over the extreme- cratic primary, you can also change you can be appointed to vacant seats by the interested, please see Florida Constitution results are often reported in the local mega-development is the defining issue ly well funded Susanne Wilson Bullard. party affiliation by then. Good chance Governor, following proposals from local Article V, §8 and Florida Statute 34.021.) newspapers, and can also be found at here, and we strongly feel that changing some Repubs may do that to vote for Judicial Nominating Commissions.) For Governor, we must get rid of Rick So how does a voter decide? http://www.8jcba.org/news.aspx. the Comprehensive Plan and letting this Pinkoson, no reason you independent and The following judicial seats within huge virtual city be built on environmen- Scott, and somehow Charlie Crist has be- Greens shouldn’t, too. Unlike many other elected officials, Judges are crucial to the proper “check Alachua County (Eighth Judicial Circuit) tally sensitive land east of Gainesville is a come the defacto Democratic nominee. judicial candidates are heavily and balance” functioning of our national But we still do get to vote in the primary Vote, it is the least you can do as a citizen. are subject to votes during the upcoming and state constitutional systems. Voters terrible idea being sold to us by the largest constrained in terms of their campaign landowner in Florida, a timber company. for others, and Nan Rich has been waging Ward, Cornell, Paulson, Hyatt, Moreno; 2014 primary (August 26, 2014) and should take their votes for judicial officer activities. While judicial candidates may Plum Creek (nice name, huh, who could a valiant but ignored campaign. We say the ads you see in here are endorsements as general (November 4, 2014) elections. candidates seriously, and should take hold “meet and greets” or may attend be against plums and creeks) has had a vote for Nan Rich, if only to send a mes- well, use the contact information and help advantage of the opportunities available CIRCUIT COURT “meet the candidates” events, they will very professional public relations cam- sage to the party establishment. them out. D to learn about the candidates. D Group 1 – unopposed - Judge Robert K. not engage in debates or discuss legal Groeb (incumbent) issues, their prospective rulings on cases, or other candidates. Group 7 – unopposed - Judge Phillip A. Southern Lesbian-Feminist Herstory 1968–94 Pena They will typically present their "If you want to tell people qualifications for the judicial offices they the truth, make them laugh, by Kate Ellison, Gainesville community means there is a lot about Gainesville in in its 36th year, intends to collect these Group 11 – contested – Judge William E. are seeking. Many judicial candidates member and participant in Womonwrites this publication. Interviews and contribu- stories, focused on the years 1968–1994. Davis (incumbent), William Falik, Esq. also have internet and social media sites otherwise they'll kill you." tors include: Barbara Esrig, Pam Smith, This celebration of Sinister Wisdom 93 is Group 13 – unopposed – Judge James P. to support their campaigns. -- Oscar Wilde “Although I am a lifelong Southerner, Ronni Sanlo, Byllye Avery, Garnett Har- also a call for more contributors. There and have been involved in feminism since will be two more issues, one on Lesbian Nilon (incumbent) Well-informed voters should take advan- rison, Shewolf, Corky Culver, myself, and the 1970s . . . I had no idea of the sig- many other women from all over Florida Land, and one on Culture and Music. nificance of Gainesville in the women’s and the rest of the south. It is available What doesn’t fit in these issues of Sinister movement” says Rose Norman about the now at Wild Iris. ($12, 168 pages) project she is involved with, the Southern Wisdom will be archived at Duke Univer- Lesbian Activist Herstory Project. Beyond Sinister Wisdom 93, the role of sity, and published in forthcoming books. Southern lesbian-feminists in the wom- Wild Iris Books will present a celebration The modern feminist movement grew out en’s movement needs to be documented of the leftist and civil rights movements of the Southern Lesbian Activist Herstory before it is forgotten, and while those ac- Project with a Release Party for Sinister of the 1960s. Women began to speak for tivists are still living. ourselves when we realized we had inter- Wisdom 93, at the Civic MediaD Center on ests that weren’t being addressed by the A group from Womonwrites, the South- Friday, July 18, 6–8pm. rest of the movement. Lesbian feminism east Lesbian Writers Conference, now grew out of the feminist movement of the late 1960s when we realized we had inter- ests that weren’t being addressed by the rest of the movement. One of the birth- places of modern feminism and lesbian- feminism was Gainesville, where to this day we support one of only a dozen sur- viving women’s bookstores in the coun- try, Wild Iris Books. As the stories of modern feminism are told, often they focus on the east coast and the left coast. If you want Southern- ers included, read the July issue of Sin- ister Wisdom, #93. Publishing continu- ously since 1976, the entire 93rd issue is devoted to the beginning of the lesbian- feminist movement in the South, which

page 8, Iguana, July/August 2014 Gainesville, Florida www.GainesvilleIguana.org July/August 2014, Iguana page 9 Gainesville Food Not Bombs Local chapter harvestofhope.net, email: [email protected]. National Committee to Preserve Social Security NW 13th St. #333, 352-234-6595 of loose-knit group of collectives worldwide and Medicare Local advocates work to promote/ Iguana Directory who prepare and share free, vegan/vegetarian, Home Van A mobile soup kitchen going to preserve these threatened programs for senior Sierra Club meets the first Thursday of every healthy, home-cooked meals made from local homeless areas twice a week with food and other citizens. We have literature, speakers, T-shirts. Email: month at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist surplus with all who are hungry. Meals at 3 necessities, delivering about 400 meals per week; [email protected]. See national Web site to Fellowship of Gainesville - 4225 NW 34th St. Call 352-378-5655. or email [email protected] with updates and additions p.m. Sundays at Bo Diddly Community Plaza. operated by Citizens for Social Justice. barupa@ join: http://www.ncpssm.org/. 352-528-3751, www.ssjsierra.org Prep starts at 11 am. Get in touch if you’d atlantic.net or 352-372-4825. like to help. [email protected]. www. National Lawyers Guild Lawyers, law Sister City Program of Gainesville links Notice to readers: If there is inaccurate Humanist Society of Gainesville meets 7 0010, www.civicmediacenter.org. facebook.com/#!/groups/143660782367621/ students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers Gainesville with sister cities in Russia, Israel information in this list, please let us know. If pm on the 3rd Wednesday of most months using the law to advance social justice and and Palestine, Iraq, and Haiti. Meets the first you are connected to an organization listed The Coalition of Hispanics Integrating at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, support progressive social movements. Gainesville Interfaith Alliance for Immigrant Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the here, please check and update so others can Spanish Speakers through Advocacy and Justice (IAIJ) meets biweekly at the Mennonite 4225 NW 34th St to discuss and promote [email protected] or www.nlg.org Mennonite Meeting House, 1236 NW 18th be accurately informed about your contact Service (CHISPAS) Student-run group at UF. Meeting House, 1236 NW 18th Ave. to discuss secular, humanist, atheist & agnostic social Avenue (across from Gainesville HS). http:// information. Thank you. www.chispasuf.org relevant immigration issues and ways to influences - www.gainesvillehumanists.org or NCF AWIS is an advocacy organization bring political education to the community facebook.com/humanistsocietyofgainesville; championing the interest of women in science, www.gnvsistercities.org. Art Lab is for artists who continually expand Code Pink: Women for Peace Women-led through workshops, presentations, advocacy, [email protected]. technology, engineering, and mathematics skills and knowledge. Comprised of makers from grassroots peace and social justice movement action. [email protected] or www. (STEM) across all disciplines and employment Stand By Our Plan is committed to informing a range of mediums (e.g. forged iron, spun wool, Humanists on Campus UF organization pro- utilizing creative protest, non-violent direct action gainesvilleiaij.blogspot.com sectors. Meetings are usually the first Monday the public about the critical differences between graphic design). Technique workshops, artist and community involvement. CodePink4Peace. vides a community for freethinking, secular of the month (except holidays) from 5:30 -7:30 the Comprehensive Plan and Plum Creek’s talks/critiques, professional practices meetings, org, [email protected]. Gainesville Loves Mountains partners with Ap- humanists. Goals include promoting values of PM Millhopper Branch, Alachua County Public proposal. We do not support Plum Creek’s humanism, discussing issues humanists face critical thinking discussions. GainesvilleArtLab@ palachian allies to end mountaintop removal coal Library. All meetings open to the public. Email Plan. Alachua County’s Comprehensive Plan gmail.com. http://GainesvilleArtLab.org internationally. We strive to participate in com- [email protected] or go to www.ncfawis.org Conservation Trust for Florida, Inc. Non- mining and build a prosperous economy/sustain- is the best blueprint for future growth in the munity service and bring a fun, dynamic group profit land trust working to protect Florida’s rural able future for the region and its people. We pursue for more information. Alachua Conservation Trust, Inc. Protecting to the university! Preferred contact info: email unincorporated areas of our county; it protects landscapes, wildlife corridors and natural areas. policies to strengthen our local economy through North Central Florida’s natural, scenic, [email protected], alternative: Occupy Gainesville is about engaging local our valuable wetlands. standbyourplan@gmail. 352-466-1178, Conserveflorida.org energy efficiency, clean energy. gainesvilleloves- historic & recreational resources for over 25 [email protected], phone- 561-374-3537. people in grassroots, participatory democracy, com; http://standbyourplan.org/. [email protected], 352-610-1090, http:// years. ACT is the 2013 national Land Trust diversity and dialogue; we stand in solidarity Democratic Party of Alachua County Meetings gainesvillelovesmountains.wordpress.com/. Excellence award recipient. 352-373-1078. held the second Wednesday each month at 7 Industrial Workers of the World Local with the Occupy Wall Street Movement and the Student/Farmworker Alliance A network AlachuaConservationTrust.org union organizing all workers. Meetings are at of youth organizing with farmworkers to p.m. in the 2nd floor auditorium of the County Gainesville NOW www.gainesvillenow.org. rest of the people peacefully occupying public Administration Building at SE 1st St. and the Civic Media Center the first Sunday of the space across this county and the rest of the world. eliminate sweatshop conditions and modern- Alachua County Green Party [email protected] NOW meeting info Part of a University Ave. Office is at 901 NW 8th Ave., month at 6 pm. [email protected]. www.occupygainesville.org and https://www. day slavery in the fields. On Facebook, search worldwide movement built out of four interrelated contact Lisa at 352-450-1912. 352-373-1730, alachuadems.org. www. gainesvilleiww.org facebook.com/occupygainesville. “Gainesville Student/Farmworker Alliance.” social pillars that support its politics: the peace, Gainesville Socialists is a bi-weekly reading and civil rights, environmental and labor movements. Interfaith Alliance for Immigrant Justice Our Santa Fe River and Ichetucknee Edible Plant Project Local collective to create discussion group. Meetings are open to all who Students for a Democratic Society Multi- alachuagreens.weebly.com, alachuagreens@gmail. organizes faith communities to work together Alliance are two of a number of grassroots a revolution through edible and food-producing consider themselves socialists, are interested in issue student and youth organization working com, 352.871.1995. for immigrant justice. Meets 2nd Mondays at environmentalist groups campaigning to protect plants. 561-236-2262 www.EdiblePlantProject.org. socialism, or are otherwise curious. Meetings are to build power in schools and communities. 6 pm at La Casita, 1504 W. University Ave. and restore the rivers and springs. See: http:// held at the CMC every other Tuesday at 8 pm, Alachua County Labor Coalition meets (across from Library) GainesvilleIAIJ@gmail. www.oursantaferiver.org/ and http://www. Meetings held every Monday at 6:30 p.m. in Families Against Mandatory Minimums Work [email protected] Anderson Hall 32 on the UF campus. monthly and organizes to support local labor to reform Florida's sentencing laws and restore com; 352-377-6577 ichetuckneealliance.org/ and advance the national campaign for universal, fairness to Florida's criminal justice system. PO Gainesville Women’s Liberation The first single-payer health care. Memberships are $20/ International Socialist Organization PFLAG (Parents and Families of Lesbians UF Pride Student Union Group of gay, lesbian, Box 142933, Gainesville, FL 32614, gnewburn@ women’s liberation group in the South, formed in year. Contact: FloridaLaborParty.org, ACLP@ Organization committed to building a left and Gays) meets the 3rd Tuesday of each bi and straight students & non-students, faculty famm.org. 352-682-2542 FloridaLaborParty.org, 352.375.2832, 14 East 1968; now part of National Women’s Liberation; alternative to a world of war, racism and month at the Fellowship Hall of the United and staff. www.grove.ufl.edu/~pride. a feminist group for women who want to fight back poverty. Meetings are every Thurs at the UF University Ave, Suite 204, Gainesville, FL PO The Fine Print Independent, critically thinking Church of Gainesville (1624 NW 5th Ave.) at against male supremacy and win more freedom for classroom building at 105 NW 16th St. at 7 pm. United Faculty of Florida Union Box 12051, Gainesville, FL 32604 outlet for political, social and arts coverage 7 pm with a programmed portion and informal women. The inequalities between women and men [email protected]. meeting with opportunity to talk and peruse represents faculty at Univeristy of through local, in-depth reporting for Gainesville’s are political problems requiring a collective solution. American Civil Liberties Union Currently no their resource library. pflaggainesville.org. Florida. 392-0274, [email protected], students. www.thefineprintuf.org. Founded 1968. Join us: www.womensliberation. local chapter. For info on forming a new chapter, Kindred Sisters Lesbian/feminist magazine. PO Confidential Helpline 352-340-3770 or email www.UFF-UF.org. or ACLU info, contact Jax office 904-353-7600 org, P.O. Box 14017, Gainesville, 32604, (347) 560- Box 141674, Gainesville, FL 32614. www.kindred- Florida School of Traditional Midwifery A [email protected]. or [email protected] 4695, [email protected]. sisters.org, [email protected]. clearinghouse for information, activities and United Nations Association, Gainesville Planned Parenthood Clinic Full-service health educational programs. 352-338-0766 www. Florida Chapter Purpose is to heighten citizen Amnesty International UF campus chapter Gainesville Zen Center & Hostel A Zen Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program center for reproductive and sexual health care awareness and knowledge of global problems of worldwide human rights movement; www. midwiferyschool.org Buddhist community offering rooms to rent on needs volunteers to join its advocates who needs. Offering pregnancy testing and options facebook.com/ufamnesty or UFAmnesty@ a daily basis. 404 SE 2nd St., 352-336-3613, protect elders’ rights in nursing homes, assisted counseling for $10 from 10am-noon and 2-5pm. and the UN efforts to deal with those issues. Florida Defenders of the Environment are gmail.com. [email protected]. living facilities, family care homes. Training Located at 914 NW 13th St. 352-377-0881. www.afn.org/~una-usa/. dedicated to restoring the Ocklawaha and and certification provided. 888-831-0404 or Avian Research and Conservation Institute preserving Florida’s other natural resources. 352- Graduate Assistants United Union represents http://ombudsman.myflorida.com. Pride Community Center of North Central United Way Information and Referral (ARCI) Non-profit research organization 378-8465 FlaDefenders.org UF grad assistants by fighting for improved Florida Resources for the gay/lesbian Human-staffed computer database for resources working to stimulate conservation action to save working conditions, community involvement MindFreedom North Florida Human rights community, open M-F, 3-7, Sat. noon-4. and organizations in Alachua County. 352-332- Gainesville Area AIDS Project provides threatened species of birds in the southeastern and academic freedom. 352-575-0366, officers@ group for psychiatric survivors and mental Located at 3131 NW 13th St., Suite 62. 352- 4636 or simply 211. U.S., www.arcinst.org. toiletries, household cleaners, hot meals, frozen ufgau.org, www.ufgau.org health consumers. 352-328-2511. 377-8915, www.GainesvillePride.org. food at no cost to people living with HIV/ Veterans for Peace Anti-war organization AIDS. www.gaaponline.org, info@gaaponline. Grow Radio Non-profit provides opportunities for Citizens Climate Lobby (Gainesville Chapter) Move to Amend, Gainesville is an organization Protect Gainesville Citizens Group whose that raises awareness of the detriments of org, 352-373-4227, Open Tuesdays 10-1 and community members to create and manage engaging, dedicated to amending the US Constitution to provides education/activist opportunities to mission is to provide Gainesville residents with militarism and war as well as seeking peace- bring about a stable climate. Meetings are on the last Friday of month 5-7. educational, locally-generated programming to establish that money is not speech, and that accurate and comprehensible information about ful and effective alternatives. Meets first Wednesday after the first Saturday of each month at promote fine, musical/visual arts and humanities for only human beings have constitutional rights. the Cabot/Koppers Superfund site. 352-354- Wednesday of every month at 7 pm. 352- 12:30, at the downtown library's Foundation Room. Gainesville Citizens for Alternatives to enrichment of the community. www.growradio.org. movetoamend.org/fl-gainesville 2432, www.protectgainesville.org. 352-672-4327, www.citizensclimatelobby.org, Death Penalty works to abolish the death PO Box 13891, Gainesville, 32604, 352-219-0145 375-2563, www.afn.org/~vetpeace/. [email protected] penalty. Join vigils when Florida has an ex- (v), 352-872-5085 (studio hotline) National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding ecution. Meets first Tuesday every month at Support, education and advocacy for families provides innovative ways to resolve conflict WGOT 94.7 LP-FM Community low- Civic Media Center Alternative reading room St. Augustine Church & Catholic Student Harvest of Hope Foundation Non-profit and loved ones of persons with mental illness/ and provides services like mediation, power station operating as part of the and library of the non-corporate press, and a Center (1738 W. Univ. Ave.) 352-284-1749, provides emergency and educational financial aid brain disorders. 374-5600. ext. 8322; www. communication skill building and restorative Civic Media Center. [email protected], resource and space for organizing. 352-373- www.fadp.org. to migrant farm workers around the country. www. namigainesville.org. justice. www.centerforpeacebuilding.org. 2603 www.wgot.org.

page 10, Iguana, July/August 2014 Gainesville, Florida www.GainesvilleIguana.org July/August 2014, Iguana page 11 magnet Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday magnet Domingo Lunes Martes Miercoles Jueves Viernes Sabado Radio Notes: Find schedules for WUFT, WGOT, and County Farmers’ Mkt Free confidential walk-in “Things Be Blowin’ Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & SSJ Sierra Club Potluck Grow Radio, our local non-corporate stations, at on N 441 by Hwy Patrol HIV testing at Alachua Around”- Bill Perry’s show Grill - Actors‘ Warehouse (608 Picnic at Rainbow Springs www.’s wuft.org, wgot.org, & growradio.org respec- 8Tues/ Thurs/Sat, 8 am–noon. 9County Health Dept, 224 SE 24th 10on growradio.org, noon–4 pm. 11N. Main St) production runs thru 7/27. State12 Park (bring swim suits & $2/ –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

tively. WGOT is a part-time over-the-air broadcast; Alachua County Comm St, 9 am–3 pm, M-F; & at Pride CMC Volunteers meet every Morningbell rings at Free Friday con- person park fee), –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 11 am–2 pm. and like Grow radio is streamed on the internet. meets, 2nd & 4th Tues, 9 am & Ctr, 3131 NW 13th St, 4–6 pm on Thursday, 5:30 pm. cert series: Bo Diddley Plaza (111 E Nude Expo: Connie Canney art ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

More info on local independent radio on pg 23. 1st & 3rd Thurs;–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– info: 334-7961. 5 pm, County Admin Bldg; Acoustic Blues weekly open mike University Ave),–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 8 pm (see pg 17). exhibit/sale, 15319 NW 140th St, citizens comment, 9:30 & 5:30. Zine Workday, CMC, noon—2 Alachua, 4 pm; reception, 6 pm. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Cymplify, 5402 NW 8th Ave, 6 pm. The Immigrant opens at Hipp, 8 pm. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– On the music side of things, those on the east side or –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pm every Weds.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– with antennas might appreciate the music on Jackson- World Cup Final Four, Tues Open Poetry every Thursday at 1804: Vice-Pres. Aaron Burr fatally Top/Atlantic/Wooly Anniversary & Wed, 4 pm. Downtown Farmers’ Market Blowout w/ 15 bands - free! Doors, 7 pm. ville’s public radio station at 89.9 FM, ranging from –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– CMC, 9 pm: Gvl’s longest-running wounds former Treasury Sec. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– acoustic to electronic, jazz and blues, in an eclectic and G’ville Poets & Writers meet every Wed, Dntn Plaza, 4-7 pm; ! poetry jam, open to all; informal & Alexander Hamilton in duel. Wax Wing CD Release show

Tuesdays at Books A Million, Edible Plant ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Project, 2nd Weds. welcoming to readers & listeners. with Blackfire and Guts, pleasant mix in the evenings and night. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Julio–Agosto LISTEN TO AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY RADIO! 2601 NW 13th –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– St, 6:30 pm. Move to Amend meets, Pride Ctr, Terry Plumeri at The Bull most The Factory (8th St & W Univ Ave - former G’ville Socialists reading/ 6 pm, every Wednesday.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Thursdays, 10 pm. Recycled Bikes), 9 pm. For more events, event details, and irregularly updated discussion group meets every Citizens’ Climate Lobby meets, Please support Citizens Co-op, calendar entries, see www.gainesvilleiguana.org/calendar. other Tues at CMC, 8 pm. downtown library,–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 6:30 pm. a community resource. Shop Whether here or anywhere: Moyers & Company on Gvl Interfaith Alliance for School Board meets 1st DEC meets, 7 pm - see 8/13. Co-op first & keep your $$$ please support live music! –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 13 WUFT-TV, Sundays, 1 pm Immigrant Justice meets 2nd 15 & 3rd Tuesdays, 620 E Free Summer Movies local! (see pp 9, 21) WORLD POPULATION DAY FULL MOON (or watch on your own schedule 14Mondays, Mennonite Church, 6 pm. Univ Ave, 6 pm: see sbac.edu. at Mennon- –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ite Meeting House (1236 NW 18th CMC Volunteers meet, Sinister Wisdom 93 Magazine Block Party at The Jam (817 via the web). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Gun Fight - HBO doc on gun culture PFLAG meets, United Release Party at Wild Iris W. Univ Ave) - great local mu- Ave) every Wed thru Aug, 7 pm 5:30 pm.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 18 19 Gvl Roller Rebels Summer in US: CMC, 7 pm. Church (1624 NW 17 Books, 6 pm - see pg 9. sic, featuring MSNRA, Nook and –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– (call 352-377-6577 for titles). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Stonewall Democrats, 901 NW Bootcamp - 1st of 3 derby training Gvl Citizens for Active Transporta- 5th Ave), 7 pm. Uncle Morty’s Rhythm Cream plays Cranny, & others; starts at noon. Intro to Irish Set Dancing, CMC, 8th Ave, 6 pm,–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 3rd Thursdays. sessions, $30, 1 pm - see pg 22 & tion meets at CIED (530 E. Univ Free Friday concert series: Bo Diddley 7:30 pm. Citizens Co-op Outreach at There will doubtless be events sched- gainesvillerollerrebels.com.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1919: Iris Murdoch born. Ave), every other–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Monday, 7 pm. Humanists skip July Plaza, 8 pm. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– uled that aren’t on this calendar at 1944: Irene Morgan arrested CMC, 1st/3rd–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Thursdays, 7 pm. World Cup Final, Palomino & Base Track at Phillips Ctr, 7:30 pm, Life Itself opens at Hipp, press time: check various websites and for not yielding Greyhound meeting.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 16 Green Party–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– meets, CMC, 7 pm. elsewhere, 3 pm.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Mon & Tues - check Scene for details. seat to white passenger; 8 pm. listings, and support events in our Intro to Irish Set Dancing, Open Poetry, CMC, 9 pm. wonderfully active community. Fla Coalition for Peace & 1912: Woody Guthrie born. leads to Supreme Ct case. CMC, 7:30 pm. 1918: Nelson Mandela born. Justice weekly potluck & eco- Anne Braden: Southern Patriot Alachua County Labor Intro to Irish Set CMC ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Volunteers, 5:30 pm. Gay Movie Night last Fridays, “Sparkling Night village tour, 4 pm: fcpj.org 21 - CMC, 7–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pm. 22 Party meets, IBEW Hall, Dancing, CMC, 7:30 pm. 24 Open Poetry, CMC, 9 pm. 25 Pride Ctr,–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– $2, 7:30 pm. 26 with Lady Day” 6:30 pm. 23 - special performance of UFPA 24-hr Film Contest Talking Service for Veterans reading/ –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Ricky Kendall & Friends at Bo viewing, Squitieri Theatre Actors’ Warehouse play; discussion group, Beltram Peace Ctr, Gvl Socialists, CMC, 8 pm. Diddley Plaza, free,–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 8 pm. 20(Phillips Ctr), 2 pm. $30 includes reception, –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1236 NW 18th Ave, 3rd Mons, 7 pm. 1783: Simon Bolivar born. Yves St. Laurent–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– opens at Hipp, 8 pm. Frog Song Organics farm activity 1822: Gregor Mendel born. 1897: Amelia Earhart born. 7 pm. Art Walk Downtown - see pg 17 & day in Hawthorne; info: 494-9691. Miss Representation - part of Wild Iris Feminist Last Wednesday Contra CMC Volunteers–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– , 5:30 pm. Swamp City Sirens vs So. Fla NOW Summer Feminist Film Open Mic Night, CMC 30 Dance (LGBTQ-friendly, 31 Green Drinks/Cinema artwalkgainesville.com. Rollergirls, County Fairgrounds, Fest,28 Civic Media Center, 7 pm. 29Courtyard, 7 pm. gender-neutral; beginners wel- 2 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– String Kings rock the 6 pm. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Verde, The Jam,–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 6 pm. 27 come) at CMC, 7:30 pm. BD Plaza, free, 8 pm. (352) 378-5655 www.gainesvilleiguana.org GCAT meets, 7 pm - see 7/14. Candidates’ Forum, Oak Ham- Aug 1 Veg For Life vegan potluck, UUFG, 1990: US Ambassador April 1st Saturdays, $1+veg dish, 6:30 pm. 1932: Major George S. Patton & 1914: Gavrilo Princip, 19, Glaspie tells Saddam mock (5100 SW–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 25th Blvd), 7 pm. 1819: Herman Melville born. cavalry attack ~43,000 “Bonus assassinates Archduke Ferdinand Hussein US takes no side 1863: Henry Ford born. Open Poetry, CMC, 9 pm. 1936: Yves St. Laurent born. 1776: About 50 men sign American Iguana, c/o CISPLA, P.O. Box 14712, Gainesville, FL 32604 Box 14712, Gainesville, FL Iguana, c/o CISPLA, P.O. March” WWI vets & families. & wife, starting World War I. in Iraq-Kuwait dispute. 1975: James Hoffa disappears. 1942: Jerry Garcia born. Declaration of Independence.

Peter Murphy of Bauhaus at Documentary TBA: CMC, 7 pm. School Board ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––, 6 pm. Citizens’ Climate Lobby CMC Volunteers–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– , 5:30 pm. Transgender Movie Night, 2nd Panama’s Tropical Ecosystem The Gainesville Iguana 3 High Dive, –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 6 pm. 5 Gvl Socialists, CMC, 8 pm. meets, dntn–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– library, 6:30 pm. 7 Citizens Co-op Outreach at 8 Fridays, Pride Center (3131 NW exhibit opens, Fla Museum of 4 Keep up with the CMC at 6 13th St), 7 pm. 9Natural History, –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Women’s Movie Night, Vets for Peace CMC, 1st/3rd–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Thursdays, 7 pm. www.civicmediacenter.org for 10 am–5 pm. 1st Sundays, Pride Center, events created after this meet, 7 pm: call Open Poetry, CMC, 9 pm. R. Mutt Blues Band at Bo Diddley 3131 NW 13th St, 7 pm. 1981: Ronald Reagan fires 352-375-2563 Plaza, free, 8 pm. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1940: Martin Sheen born. calendar was printed, and into 12,700 striking air traffic the future (also see pp 15, 23). for directions. Venus in Fur opens at Hipp, 8 pm. 1941: Martha Stewart born. controllers, breaks union. HIROSHIMA DAY 1942: Garrison Keillor born. NAGASAKI DAY

League of Women Voters GIAIJ meets–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– - see 7/14. Alachua County Democratic Executive Social Security Party/ The Irie Ones reggaefy Bo Civil War Battle of G’ville Candidate Forum, down- Doc TBA: CMC, 7 pm. Comm meets: see 7/8. Committee meets, County Protest, Rep. Ted Yoho’s Diddley Plaza, free, 8 pm. Reenactment, Matheson 10 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 13 14 15 town library, 1 pm. 11 12 Commission meeting room, 7 pm. office, 11:30 am - see pg 7. 16Museum, 513 E. Univ Ave, 10:30 am. GCAT meets, 7 pm - see 7/14. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1969: Woodstock concert opens.

PERSEID METEOR SHOWERS CMC Volunteers––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––, 5:30 pm. 1617: 1st African slaves arrive in FULL MOON Critical Ass Bike Ride ERSEID ETEOR HOWERS ERSEID ETEOR HOWERS begins Virginia. If you appreciate this P M S School–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Board, 6 pm. P M S Open Poetry, CMC, 9 pm. 22 at Pleasant–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– St Cycle, 6:30 pm. Doc TBA–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Humanists Bang Bang Suckas 8 17 calendar, please consider at CMC, 7 pm. 19 PFLAG meets, 3rd Tues- meet (topic: Stonewall Democrats, supporting the Ig with a donation “coming out”), UUFG Fast Lane plays soul at Bo Diddley (celebration of hip-hop art & , –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– , 18 Talking Services for Vets - days United Church 7 pm. 23 20 21 901 NW 8th Ave, 6 pm, 3rd Plaza, free, 8 pm. music), CMC, 433 S. Main St, 9 pm. &/or subscription: PO Box 14712, see 7/21. (4225 NW 34th St), 7 pm. Thursdays. Gvl Socialists, CMC, 8 pm. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Gainesville FL 32604. 1960: 1st birth control pills sold. Art Walk–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Downtown; 7–10 pm. 1927: Sacco & Vanzetti executed. Last Wed. Contra Dance, Open Poetry Photo Exhibit sponsored The Loving Story - part of VOTE! , CMC, 9 pm. Crooked Counsel rocks BD CMC, ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7 pm. 29 by GIAIJ, Mennonite NOW Summer Feminist Film 26 Free HIV testing, 27 IGUANA Deadline for Sept plaza, 8 pm, free.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 24 25 CMC, 6:30–8 pm. Ear Films, Squitieri Theatre, 7:30 Green Drinks/Cinema 30 issue is Aug 30th; write Meeting House, 2 pm. Fest, Civic Media Center, 7 pm. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– pm Mon-Fri (check Scene). Verde, The Jam, 6 pm. Fences opens at Actors’ Warehouse. [email protected] or Labor Party meets - see 7/22. 28 July–August Labor Daze Fest, BD Dntn John McCutcheon in Joe Hill CMC Volunteers–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– , 5:30 pm. CSNY tribute by Other Voices call 378-5655 with events, up- Plaza, 4–10 pm; see pg 24. Gvl Socialists, CMC, 8 pm. play, UF Squitieri Theatre, 7:30. rocks BD plaza, 8 pm, free. dates, advertisements & info. 31 Sept 1 LABOR DAY 2 3 4 C.Co-op Outreach, CMC, 7 pm. 5 6 the phone calls started, and the threats. History and the people who make it: Fred Pratt It got to the point where, I knew this Civic Media Center events - July/August 2014 Transcript edited by Pierce Butler We were hitting the medical community When I started working with the LGBT wasn’t true, but I felt like the only dis- Part 2 of 2 over the head, saying, this is here! They community and getting sexual orientation abled gay man in the country. Every Thu: Weekly Volunteer Meeting, 5:30 pm were slow to respond. They weren’t as slow added to the county anti-discrimination This is the 22nd in a series of transcript as I’ve seen other places but they were slow. ordinance the other side thought they My community banquet story? They had Every Thu: Poetry Jam, 9 pm excerpts from the collection of the Samuel could target me and make me go away. nominated me, as man of the year one 1st, 3rd Thu: Citizens Co-op Membership Outreach Committee Meetings, 7 pm Proctor Oral History Program at the C: There’s this famous story of Shands year. And they didn’t want to tell me, but University of Florida. shipping an AIDs patient to San Fran- They got my phone number. They would they told me to keep my Friday open. Every other Tue: Gainesville Socialist Reading Group, ( July 8 & 22, August 5 & 19), 8 cisco and basically dumping him. call me up every hour of the night, leave pm Fred Pratt was interviewed by Jessica Well I got my days mixed up and I went me messages, and they thought they could Last Wed: Contra Dances, (July 30 & August 27) 7:30 to 9 pm Clawson [C] in 2012; the first part of this P: I was phone coordinator at the Net- out with somebody that Friday night. I get rid of me. What they didn’t know was transcript was featured in the May-June work when that happened. got this phone call, “Hey, I accepted the Last Fri: ArtWalk, (July 25 and August 29), 7 to 10 pm that I’d had ten, fifteen years of dealing with 2014 Iguana. award for you.” I was like, awwww! ALACHUA COUNTY 2014 JUDI- these people, and fifteen years of disabled Mon, July 7: “We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks,” 2013 documentary by CIAL ELECTIONSAcademy SCHEDULED Award winning director, Alex Gibney, runtime - 130 min- P: We need to fight for each other. rights because I’d heard the same things. A friend of mine living in New York, said, “Why don’t you come up and we’ll go to utes, 7 pm I see it in the African American com- C: It’s interesting how those two Stonewall 25.” The twenty-fifth anniversary Wed, July 9: Introduction to Irish Set Dancing and Sean nos Step Dancing, Conne- munity, I saw it, I don’t see it too much strains of activism have supported of the Stonewall riots. I said sure, why not. mara Set & Intro to basic Sean nos Steps, $5 suggested donation, 7:30 now, in the disabled community. When each other for you. After the parade had started, we’re com- to 9 pm we have something that’s really shak- ing around one of the corners, and there’s P: No, they don’t support each other. The Mon, July 14: “Gunfight,” 2011 HBO documentary by Oscar winner Barbara Kop- ing, we do come together. a media camera, and they’re going to me, disabled community and the LGBT com- ple that takes an in depth look at the issues of gun rights and gun “Fred! There’s a camera! Do something!” munity do not speak to each other. control in America, runtime - 88 minutes, 7 pm In the African American community, being So I wave at the camera. Six months later gay is becoming accepted but it’s still not as Wed, July 16: Introduction to Irish Set Dancing and Sean nos Step Dancing, Conne- I have no idea why. I’ve spent years try- I get a call from a friend, and he says, “My accepted as it should be. I blame the church- mara and Merchant Set & Variations of basic Sean nos, $5 suggested ing to figure it out. Matter of fact, I went partner and I were at the San Francisco gay es. There are a lot of black ministers who donation, 7:30 pm to 9 pm to a statewide disability conference in film festival and you’re on a movie!” are still preaching homosexuality is a sin. Thu, July 17: Citizens' Co-op Membership Outreach Committee Meeting, 7 pm Orlando. They do breakout sessions on Jeffrey. It’s about a twenty-year-old mov- housing, education, health, and employ- Fri, July 18: Sinister Wisdom 93 Release Party, sponsored by Wild Iris Books, They didn’t want to acknowledge AIDS ie, but if you can find it, I’m on there for in their community, in the African Ameri- ment. Then they added in a segment on celebrate the first printing created by the Southern Lesbian Activist about three seconds. Herstory project, 6 to 8 pm can community. For years they were like, sex and sexuality. Four of us were out “No, no, no, we don’t have any people there and saying, “Hey, we want to be I was talking about how I’d gotten these Mon, July 21: “Anne Braden: Southern Patriot,” 2012 documentary about the ex- with HIV or AIDS.” And I think that included, too.” We started talking about phone calls and whatever. I had these two traordinary life of this American civil rights leader who mentored that’s changing, and that is changing the our relationships, and they didn’t want very, very good friends who were drag three generations of social justice activists, runtime - 77 minutes, 7 pm churches. And if that changes the church- to hear it. They went so far as to close queens, and they said, if something hap- Wed, July 23: Introduction to Irish Set Dancing and Sean nos Step Dancing, The es, I’m seeing but I’m hoping I’m seeing down the whole program. pens to you, we’ll start a Stonewall riot. Merchant Set & Using Sean nos steps in the sets, $5 suggested dona- it right, that it will change the perspective tion, 7:30 to 9 pm They didn’t know what to do with this C: When was that? That’s here in Gainesville, at the University of LGBT members in that church. Mon, July 28: Gainesville Area NOW presents: “Miss Representation,” 2011 docu- person - just, he wasn’t getting services. Club. They were real adamant. They were P: 1990, ’92. So that’s the disabled com- mentary about how mainstream media contributes to the under-repre- C: What did you see in Tampa and/or And they come up with this brilliant idea like, “If anything happens to you, we’ll start munity. And the gay community here, I sentation of women in influential positions, runtime - 85 minutes, 7 pm Gainesville the reaction to AIDS? of sending him off to San Francisco where our own Stonewall riot.” And I said, “No. I had a hard time. The women loved me, I he could get services. want you to keep a lid on this community.” Mon, Aug. 4: Film - TBA, 7 pm P: In Tampa it was an immediate reaction. mean, I was fighting for all the causes, I Mon, Aug. 11: Film - TBA, 7 pm Organizations started coming up, people It looked real bad. They could have made was talking to them. The gay men didn’t C: Scary times, we’ve gone through. started working to fight AIDS, HIV. Here a better response. They could have done want anything to do with me. Mon, Aug. 18: Film - TBA, 7 pm it was, mmm, maybe we will, maybe we things here that they did in San Francisco Search for “Fred Pratt” at http://oral. Sat, Aug. 23: Bang Bang Suckas 8, hip hop music show and more, time - TBA for this guy. But the people who were I think they just saw the disability. history.ufl.edu/collection/ for the full won’t. A few brave people out there started Mon, Aug. 25: Gainesville Area Now presents: “The Loving Story,” 2011 documen- the North Central Florida AIDS Network, high up in the Shands administration, my Straight people do the same thing. They transcript of this interview. personal opinion is that they would just just see the disability, they don’t see what tary on the Lovings, an interracial married couple living in Virginia in which no longer is in existence. I became The Samuel Proctor Oral History Pro- the 1950's, and their landmark Supreme Court case, runtime-77 min- bury their heads in the sand. I can do, you know? their phone coordinator for awhile. gram believes that listening carefully to utes, 7 pm C: Why do you think there was that The people in Tampa were not letting it I was working to get sexual orientation first-person narratives can change the Tue, Aug. 26: Free HIV testing courtesy of WellFlorida, 6:30 to 8 pm difference between the two cities? be silent, because it just blew up. It blew added to the county anti-discrimination way we understand history, from schol- up in Miami, too. Even larger, though. ordinance and one day a guy turns around arly questions to public policy. SPOHP P: In Tampa, it happened all of the sud- And we were scrambling around like, and says, “... there’s that crippled queer.” needs the public’s help to sustain and den. There were so many people getting what do we do? build upon its research, teaching, and 433 S. Main Street (352) 373-0010 sick, with the same symptoms so soon. C: Woah. service missions: even small donations Talking about HIV and AIDS, we have Here, you would see one person here, a can make a big difference in SPOHP’s www.civicmediacenter.org North Central Florida AIDS Network, P: They referred to me as “that crippled few people here, a couple people over ability to gather, preserve, and promote which was doing some things, and other queer” the whole time. One of the anti- Parking just to the south at SE 5th Ave., (see sign) there. history for future generations. things they weren’t. I was a founding gay community groups, you know. or after 7 p.m. at the courthouse member of Gainesville Area AIDS Proj- (just north of 4th Ave.) C: Was the response in Tampa coming That only happened probably because Donate online at www.history.ufl.edu/ ect, where we did social things, and tried or GRU (2 blocks east of CMC) from the gay community or the medical the media wanted to talk to someone oral/support.html or make checks to to get people things that they couldn’t get. community? who was a member of another minority the University of Florida, specified for SPOHP, and mail to PO Box 115215, Check website for details and additional events. I still see a lot of homophobia out there. group. And I volunteered. That’s when P: It came first from the gay community. Gainesville, FL 32611. D

page 14, Iguana, July/August 2014 Gainesville, Florida www.GainesvilleIguana.org July/August 2014, Iguana page 15 Obama’s true foreign-policy “weakness” by Robert Parry resist a popular pull toward making the United States a nation without larger responsibilities, and to reassume the more muscu- This excerpt is from an article originally published on June 23 lar approach to the world out of vogue in Washington since the by ConsortiumNews.com. We’ve printed only the first part due war in Iraq drained the country of its appetite for intervention.” to space constraints, but we encourage you to read the article in full at http://consortiumnews.com/2014/06/23/obamas-true- As part of Obama’s effort to deflect this neocon critique, “the foreign-policy-weakness/. president even invited Mr. Kagan to lunch to compare world views,” Horowitz reported. A favorite neocon meme about President Barack Obama is that he is “weak” — because he failed to bomb Syria, bomb Iran, sustain Kagan apparently sees himself as a vanguard for a new wave the U.S. occupation of Iraq and start a full-scale economic war with of U.S. interventionism, teamed up with his brother Frederick Russia over Ukraine. But an alternate way of looking at Obama who devised the two “surges” in Iraq in 2007 and Afghanistan is that he is weak because he has failed to face down the neocons. in 2009. Robert Kagan is also married to Victoria Nuland, the assistant secretary of state for European affairs who helped pro- Since the start of his presidency, Obama has let the neocons and mote the February “regime change” in Ukraine. their “liberal interventionist” allies push him into militaristic and confrontational policies — even as he is criticized for not According to the Times article, the husband-and-wife team share Interested in editing, graphic design being militaristic and confrontational enough. There was the both a common world view and professional ambitions, Nuland futile “surge” in Afghanistan, the chaotic “regime change” in editing Kagan’s articles and Kagan “not permitted to use any or web design? Libya, excessive hostility toward Iran, intemperate demands for official information he overhears or picks up around the house” “regime change” in Syria, and hyperbolic denunciations of Rus- — a suggestion that Kagan’s thinking at least may be informed D The Iguana needs YOU! sia for its reaction to U.S.-backed “regime change” in Ukraine. by foreign policy secrets passed on by his wife. The end result of all this U.S. “tough-guy/gal-ism” has been to get a Though Nuland wouldn’t comment specifically on Kagan’s attack on Help make Gainesville’s longest running lot of people killed without actually improving the lot of the people President Obama, she indicated that she holds similar views. “But progressive rag happen in the countries where the neocon-driven policies have been applied. suffice to say,” Nuland said, “that nothing goes out of the house that I In each of those cases, a more pragmatic approach to the political and don’t think is worthy of his talents. Let’s put it that way.” D Contact Editor Jessica Newman for more details at: strategic concerns represented by those crises could have saved lives and averted economic pain that only has fed more disorder. [email protected]. Yet, Obama remains hypersensitive to criticism from well- World Cup, another perspective placed and well-connected neocons. As the New York Times The following is a blog-post from Nora Moraga-Lewy, a reported on June 16, Obama shaped his foreign policy speech 19-year-old Gainesvillian who is in Haiti this summer working at the West Point graduation in May to deflect criticism from a as a summer field researcher in Port-au-Prince. single neocon, Robert Kagan, who had penned a long and pe- Despite all of the controversy, politics, and corruption allegations dantic essay in The New Republic urging the projection of more surrounding FIFA and the World Cup process, the tournament itself U.S. power around the world. is a long-awaited, beautiful testament to the world’s most beloved In the essay, “Superpowers Don’t Get to Retire,” Kagan “de- sport. Today, I will dedicate a post to soccer in Haiti in honor of picted President Obama as presiding over an inward turn by the Brazil 2014! Welcome to the best month of the next four years… United States that threatened the global order and broke with Haiti is a country of soccer fans. The first thing I noticed as we more than 70 years of American presidents and precedence,” were leaving the airport was the array of Brazilian and Argentine wrote the Times’ Jason Horowitz. “He called for Mr. Obama to flags on every car, motorcycle, bus or “tap tap” taxi. And my instincts were confirmed when my host Jude answered my ques- tion as to whether or not the flags were there because of the im- pending World Cup. Of course they were! Since then, I’ve been asked what my favorite team and favorite players are by about half the people I’ve met. Good thing we generally tend to agree. But Haiti itself doesn’t have a team playing in the World Cup. Do they even have a team? What happened to it? To make a long story short, the Haitian National Team was devastatingly knocked out of the running to be in the World Cup all the way back in 2011 – one year after the disastrous 2010 earthquake. The national stadium was used as a not-so temporary relocation center after the earthquake (it was used for about two years). The same natural disaster leveled the HFF (Haiti Football Federa- tion) headquarters and killed 32 officials instantly. FIFA poured aid into Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. The women’s U-17 squad captain famously said “if there were no football we would be nothing.” (The U-17 squad was also disqualified from competing in the World Cup qualifiers for See WORLD CUP, p. 22

page 16, Iguana, July/August 2014 Gainesville, Florida www.GainesvilleIguana.org July/August 2014, Iguana page 17 The Repurpose Project: Buy USED! It’s good for the planet Alachua County’s marijuana problem by Robert “Hutch” Hutchinson time, and supervision of sentence totaled sion is given no details about the Sheriff’s by Sarah Goff, Co-Founder of The Repurpose Project staples), traditional arts and craft supplies (fabric, paint, pens, pa- Alachua County Commissioner $228.6 million. budget, we are required to approve it, and Buy USED! Many people are familiar with the benefits of buy- per), party supplies (decorations, gift wrapping, boxes, ribbon) un- Last year, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Assuming Alachua County’s costs per ar- can only reduce the budget amount if we ing local, but The Repurpose Project is working hard to promote conventional art supplies (scrap metal, scrap plastic, scrap wood office arrested 237 people for simple pos- rest are in line with the state’s, this means have specific data to support our decision. the environmental benefits of buying USED. Everyday valuable pieces), e-waste/wire (chargers, cables, electrical wire, speaker session of less than 20 grams of marijuana. If the Sheriff disagrees, she can appeal materials are thrown away. We all see it piled on the side of the wire, phone wire). The organization also carries building supplies the taxpayer’s cost for these 237 arrests such as lumber, hardware, windows, roofing, flooring, and light- These people were booked into jail and totaled $934,897. And this makes no at- the County Commission’s decision to the road. Some of us see it when our curiosity pushes us to peek into Governor and Cabinet. a dumpster and sometimes even jump in to retrieve a treasure that ing fixtures. The Repurpose Project recently partnered with The had their mugshots posted to the internet. tempt to add in the personal and societal was tossed out. The Repurpose Project is encouraging everyone Zen Center, a nearby housing compound for transient residents, At first appearance, bail was set, and some costs, which can include fines, legal fees, The question I am posing to the County to ask: “Why buy new stuff when there is so much perfectly good to deconstruct houses that were destined to be demolished, put were released while others who couldn’t lost wages (or lost job), suspension of Commission is: “Should the Sheriff’s bud- USED stuff in our own communities!” When you buy something in dumpsters, and taken to the landfill. Architectural salvage is post bond sat in jail a month or more until driver’s license, and many others. get be reduced by the amount that these proving to be a popular and much needed resource in our com- used, you eliminate all that goes into producing a new product. arraignment, when they would be fined simple possession arrests have cost the munity. These deconstruction efforts divert a substantial amount Last year, I asked the Sheriff if she would The raw materials don’t have to be harvested or mined from the and sentenced to time served. taxpayer because we believe enforcing of weight and volume from the landfill. consider changing the priority of her de- planet. The water needed for manufacturing isn’t used. The en- I sat through more than a dozen such ar- partment to de-emphasize arrests for these these laws through arrest ought to be a low ergy needed to harvest/mine, produce, and ship the product isn’t Another unique aspect of The Repurpose Project is the pricing raignments recently, and all of the defen- petty, victimless crimes. Last week, I asked priority, and that funding drug rehabilita- used. The packaging is eliminated. Plus, you save money. There- structure. Some items are priced while others are not. Building dants were African American. Indeed, her if during the past year, had there been tion, and mental health treatment should be a higher priority?” deconstruction efforts. The items that are unmarked are priced by The Repurpose Project was formed in 2011 to fill the recycling more likely to be African American de- ment practices and she said,”No.” the buyer (reverse bargaining). For example, a homeless person I respect Sheriff Sadie Darnell, and be- void seen in our communities. The organization salvages items that spite the rate of use between blacks and can come in and get a sleeping bag for $0.50 or a phone charger The organization of County government lieve her to be the finest Sheriff we could traditional thrift stores don’t. For example, a broken chair can be whites being essentially the same. has our Sheriff serving as an indepen- taken apart and the good legs used to construct a coffee table. Sin- for $0.05. On the other end of the spectrum, someone will come possibly elect, and I appreciate her per- In the year that Sheriff’s deputies arrested dently elected constitutional officer. She gle crayons, rubber bands (often from produce), or paper clips are in for a printer cable and offer $13 because that is how much they sonal and agency efforts in so many areas. saw it for sale at the electronics store, and they want to support the 237 people, her deputies issued only 4 submits her certified budget to the Coun- accepted and sorted in jars with like items. The single item alone But that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t efforts of the project. It’s a sliding scale pricing system, and the “Notices to Appear” (tickets) for the same ty Commission. Her budget proposal, seems useless, but once sorted it becomes a valuable set of crayons despite being the largest single expendi- provide advice or incentives to help her bet- or a gallon jug of rubber bands. How is The Repurpose Project dif- balance seems to be working. The Repurpose Project is thrilled offense. Contrast this to many jurisdic- ture of County government, is only a few ter understand this community’s priorities. ferent from a thrift store? Here are some items you might expect that the organization has found a way to address social and pay tions (such as Tallahassee/Leon County) numbers with little detail. The County to see at the reuse center that aren’t seen in traditional second hand inequality issues as well as the environmental ones. where simple possession is handled al- I also believe in the collective wisdom of Commission’s job is to set the tax rates shops: office supplies (binders, folders, paperclips, rubber bands, The Repurpose Project is in a 3000 sq ft building but plans to most exclusively with tickets. the County Commission when they select necessary to pay for the Sheriff’s budget, move to a larger facility by the end of 2014. Once the project In 2010, a study by the ACLU showed from reasonable options after being pro- as well as those for most other areas of moves to a larger building, it will start a lending and toy library. that a total of 57,951 people were arrested vided good information and hearing the in Florida for simple possession. Their County government (excluding schools spectrum of opinions; so whatever deci- There are many items that can be shared within a community in- and libraries). stead of each person owning their own. Sharing reduces our envi- estimated public cost for arrest, book- sion they make will be the correct one for ronmental impact, and is an important part in building community. ing, jail time, prosecution/ defense, court Despite the fact that the County Commis- this community at this time. D. The goal is to one day have a reuse big box store with conve- nience that would rival traditional big box stores. This one-stop shop & drop would give customers the added benefit of dropping donation items on the same shopping trip! The Repurpose Project understands that convenience drives consumers; therefore, mak- ing it easy for consumers to purchase used instead of new is a priority. Eventually we would like to be located at a strip mall that pulls together independent reuse stores, making for a convenient reuse shopping experience. The Repurpose Project is a non-profit community based effort to divert useful resources from the landfill, redirect these items to the public for art and education, inspire creativity, and help us all rethink what we throw away. The Repurpose Project is a 501(c) 3 tax-deductible non- profit organization located in Gainesville, Florida. Staff members are: Mike Myers (co-founder), Sarah Goff (co-founder), Lynn Polke (store manager), Wanda J. Burnette-Walker (resident mosaic artist/volunteer), Tobe Terrell (Zen Center deconstruction leader), and Nelson Laffey (fix-it specialist/volunteer). The Repurpose Project has partnered with many local groups to help educate the public on waste reduction and improve landfill diversion in Alachua County. These groups include University of Florida staff and students, Santa Fe College staff and stu- dents, Shands Medical Plaza, high school and elementary teachers and students, and The City of Gainesville Public Works. To learn more, visit the website: www.repurposeproject.org. You can follow them on Facebook at The Repurpose Project, Twitter @RepurposeProj and Instagram @therepurposeproject D.

page 18, Iguana, July/August 2014 Gainesville, Florida www.GainesvilleIguana.org July/August 2014, Iguana page 19 Stand By Our Plan: Plum Creek threatens comprehensive plan Citizens Co-Op election NEWS, from p. 1 to farming, forestry and agriculture in the D Full Show: The Lies That Lead to War Public schools, community health and by Joe Courter county. It protects the water and space we the energy for our daily lives are embed- http://billmoyers.com/episode/the-truth-vs-dcs- need to live. ded in the comprehensive plans. Woven The election for the Citizens Co-op Board is underway. If you are propaganda-machine/ Alachua County’s plan saves money by throughout are the quality of the air above a member, please vote. If you want the store to survive, please This episode of Bill Moyers is essential to understand how encouraging development that is closer and water below. shop there. If you are sick of the whole mess it is understandable. we are lied into wars, and how the media is complicit in this. or next to established development. This The largest part of the Alachua County plan It has been a tragedy of idealism gone wrong, festering problems D makes common sense. It results in sav- ignored, boneheaded decisions, entrenched positions, and like a The Most Partisan State Legislatures, in One — the one most violated by Plum Creek —is Interactive Chart ings from shorter commutes, taking ad- the proper use of land. Our plan encourages dysfunctional family, the root of the problems and the bigger pic- http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/ vantage of nearby essential services like business and industry, new neighborhoods ture gets lost in the more recent affronts. As a person who helped and worked to get the Co-op there next to the CMC, and so much wp/2014/06/12/the-most-partisan-state-legislatures-in- fire and police protection, utilizing roads and schools, all means of transportation, enjoyed the symbiotic relationship the CMC had with them—the one-interactive-chart/ and electrical and water lines that already green spaces and the protection of our water. potlucks, films and discussions, music in the courtyard benefiting An indication of partisanship, effectiveness at passing by Stand By Our Plan are in place, and having businesses much It welcomes redevelopment where it exists both organizations—it has been hard to watch the unraveling. I bills, cooperation among state legislators. closer to where we live. It saves tax dol- and new development in suitable areas. The This article was originally published as a am sorry; you do not fire five workers with an email at 7:45am. letter in the Gainesville Sun on June 22. lars by not having to spend them on all the goal is fair and commonsense balance by D Pentagon Preparing for Mass Civil connections needed for a distant develop- They need a new Board and new start, but the murky financial Learn more about Plum Creek and Stand encouraging “the orderly, harmonious and records and the severe drop in business may kill it anyway. So sad. Breakdown By Our Plan at standbyourplan.org. ment like Plum Creek, which we see at a judicious use of land.” glance is a wide lake, miles of forest and http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth- Most important is that our plan is the re- People invested a lot of money in a Co-op. What we got was some- insight/2014/jun/12/pentagon-mass-civil-breakdown Our Alachua County Comprehensive long road from Gainesville. thing that for a variety of reasons evolved into more of a store. Plan is in danger. A Seattle-based corpo- sult of hard work by us in Alachua Coun- Social science is being militarised to develop ‘operational The comp plan is designed for coopera- ty, including elected officials, planners, With a new Board, with replacing Lucian Kraigel, who seemed tools’ to target peaceful activists and protest movements. D ration wants to overdevelop a large part to be the key person in undoing the Co-op-ness of the endeavor, of eastern Alachua County. To get its way, tion between the many governments in people from business and industry, educa- the county. There is strong resemblance tors, home and farm owners, and citizens MAYBE we can get back to what we had. We were living a dream this corporation wants to replace our plan to some extent, but to keep a dream going, to keep it real, it takes with one of its own. between the Alachua County Compre- from every walk of life. hensive Plan, those of the smaller cities work. The workers who organized and were fired for it were an The threat is named Envision Alachua. around the county, and the one for the We are a diverse group of residents. We alarm clock. That they filed a grievance with the National Labor It is proposed by Plum Creek, the largest city of Gainesville. Through our respec- are not a PAC. Everyone is welcome, re- Relations Board is logical. If that decision comes down against private landowner in the United States and tive plans the city of Hawthorne, ranches gardless of affiliation. We were brought the Co-op, they should not be blamed. Co-ops need to evolve, and developer of huge swaths of real estate in north of the city of Alachua, and the together by our dismay at the great wrong perhaps out of this, something new can grow. many states coast to coast. many neighborhoods west of Interstate of Plum Creek’s proposal and our belief that we, as citizens like you, will prevail. Voting is open until July 8th, one vote per membership, you can Plum Creek’s “envision” encompasses 60,000 75 to Newberry are in kinship. do it online or at the store D acres beyond the far side of Newnan’s Lake When taken together, our comprehensive Contrast our local and grassroots origins with from Gainesville. Its development footprint plans abet a way of life that makes Alachua the plan from Plum Creek’s headquarters is more than 20 square miles and includes County exceptional. Innovation Gaines- 2,500 miles away. If allowed, Plum Creek the equivalent of 15 Oaks Malls and enough ville, the Progress Center, the development will bring the kind of overdevelopment we homes for a city. To this end the corporation of center city between east Gainesville and already agreed to prevent, not the kind of asks the people of Alachua County to accept the University of Florida, the expansion of proper growth we agreed to embrace. 95 changes to our comprehensive plan — in Butler Plaza and North Florida Regional It comes down to one basic truth: a clash effect leaving us with no plan at all. Medical Center, the presence of numerous of two plans, ours and theirs. We who live Contrast Plum Creek’s plan with our Ala- farms and ranches countywide, the grow- and work here have our Alachua County chua County Comprehensive Plan. Our ing number of businesses and employers Comprehensive Plan that serves us well plan was, and still is, conceived, crafted, along Waldo Road, and many more gen- and will serve us in the future. An out- discussed, debated, modified, improved, erators of jobs spring from amenable pro- of-state developer has another plan, one and, after much vetting and back-and-forth visions in our plans. that, if allowed, brings lasting harm to our by us, the citizens of the county, adopted by Communities from High Springs to homes and communities. our elected Alachua County Commission. Haile Plantation to Porters Quarters to Fact-based information about Plum Creek The “comp plan” is the agreed-upon tem- Windsor and Hawthorne, and the utili- is available at the Stand by Our Plan web- plate for the kind of future wanted by our ties and infrastructure to sustain them, site: http://standbyourplan.org. families, neighbors and everyone who lives are aided by our plans. So too is the This column was submitted by Stand by and works here. It balances the livability of transportation that connects these com- Our Plan members Dwight Adams, David our neighborhoods, need for economic de- munities, from roads to public transit. Auth, Josh and Sally Dickinson, Roberta velopment, necessity for clean water and These plans respect our history and the Gastmeyer, Brent Gila, Larry Keen, Gladys air, and the many uses of property. best ways to preserve it at places like Dud- Lane, Frank Lineberger, Melissa Norman Our comp plan has vision, many provi- ley Farm, the grand old houses along East and Penny Wheat of Gainesville; Scott Ca- sions and great depth, all of which are University Avenue and the working farm at mil, Victoria Kinser Dunn, Jeffrey Rubin, governed by common sense. Our plan Morningside Nature Center. Likewise rec- Sherry Steiner and Tim E. Gant of Mican- favors every interest in the county, not reation such as Citizens Field, Kanapaha opy; Angela Cornell, Linda Kemp and Joe one over the other. Our plan is amenable Park and Jonesville Park. Likewise natural Rush of Melrose; Frank and Susan Morey to development and business in Melrose, spaces and parks such as San Felasco Ham- of Hawthorne; Whitey Markle of Orange Windsor and Cross Creek. It is agreeable mock, Boulware Springs and Bivens Arm. Lake and Bonnie Kelley of Windsor. D

page 20, Iguana, July/August 2014 Gainesville, Florida www.GainesvilleIguana.org July/August 2014, Iguana page 21 WORLD CUP, from p. 16 rounds than they had before. CNN high- have reparations gone for the rest of the lighted soccer as a catalyst for recovery. country? "It is dangerous to fear of spreading the infamous cholera epidemic, but they were later awarded The HFF now has a new building, which Surely it is important to keep a national Grassroots support keeps it going be right when the the FIFA Fair Play award as some sort of was practically a donation, and the nation- pastime alive in times of difficulty. And What the Civic Media Center does: government is wrong" compensation, I guess.) The country put al stadium has since been rebuilt. Officials surely soccer has kept many youth busy • repository of information its hopes in the men’s national team to at that died in the earthquake are admired and distracted from post-disaster and just • creator of community events -- Voltaire least make it further in the elimination as heroes and honored annually. But how daily realities in some ways. • incubator for future activists and organizers Having driven through Port-au-Prince, GROWRADIO org and seeing that parts still have not recov- What you can do: . ered from the earthquake, thoughts race • become a member or monthly sustainer programming schedule through my mind about whether or not it makes sense to have a fully function- • keep up with events on email Grow Radio is a listener-supported, ing (though not quite successful) national • attend and bring friends to events Gainesville-based Internet radio symbol without equivalent or as effective station that provides community support for the nation behind it? D For information: members an opportunity to create and manage engaging, educational, • web: www.civicmediacenter.org informative, locally-generated • email: coordinators @ civicmediacenter.org programming to promote fine, • phone: 352-373-0010 musical and visual arts and humanities for the enrichment of the Gainesville community. Radical Press Coffee Shop in the CMC: The following schedule is subject • great coffee and tea, vegan treats to change, and not all programs • free wireless are broadcast each week. Check • open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mon. thru Sat., and during CMC events. growradio.org for updates.

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page 22, Iguana, July/August 2014 Gainesville, Florida www.GainesvilleIguana.org July/August 2014, Iguana page 23 Labor Daze Fest — Aug. 31 by Mama Trish (AKA Trisha Ingle) This is our 4th year. It is put on with do- The Greetings! My name is Mama Trish, and nations and by volunteers, and is the 2nd have I got a deal for you. First of all, it’s free. largest Labor Day Weekend celebration Gainesville FREE! Fun. Family friendly. Socially con- in the state of Florida! Let that sink in... scious. By Locals, For Locals, About Locals! There will be speakers and info about Iguana And the music is jam up! (I’m not just saying things that affect YOU: politics, activ- that because my band is playing...) ism, legislation, non-profits and services. (established 1986) It’s Labor Daze Fest, at the Bo Diddley Come learn and network. Or just come Community Plaza (111 E. University Ave.) and watch jugglers, listen to music, and on Sunday, Aug. 31, from 4-10 p.m. It’s for cool off in the misting tent. Bands this the people who work too long and too hard year are: Boilin’ Oil, Flatland, Mama for too little. Just need to catch a break? Trish vs. Godzilla!, MSNRA, and Cap- We have FREE services for folks who tain Lovely. Come cut a rug, y’all! need them, from education and a Resume Mark your calendar. Tell your friends. Face- Re-do Tent, to women’s interview clothing book and Twitter and email everyone you and HIV testing. There’s a free rock wall, know. Labor Daze Fest. It’s a damn fine day. kid’s activities, and fun food. It’s always on Sunday, the day before Labor Day. Tire Want to sponsor? Email me at mama_ out the kids and sleep in on Labor Day! [email protected]. D

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