TO THE EDITOR
ART IS ALIVE
What a well-done graceful mural! It’s col-
orful and alive. In these times of great repres-
sion people sometimes feel like some color
and creativity being expressed might lead to
chaos. We’re lucky if art leads to change, and
breaking of authoritarianism and ridged regi-
mentation is necessary for our survival
Kari Johnson
Eugene
TAKE A STAND
A war with Iraq represents the abysmal fail-
ure of United States institutions entrusted with
voicing our collective opposition to its brutality
and origins. The Democratic party and public
broadcasting have failed to present the implica-
tions of this war fairly. Only the Green Party and
a few underfunded media sources are present-
ing the implications of this war as supporting oil
interests, slaughtering innocent people, and
stealing our taxes that would otherwise assist
our crumbling human services and education.
Democrats missed the lesson of their recent
election defeat. The message was clear from
voters saying they need to stand for something.
That “something” is an increasingly powerless
national and world population crying out for
peace as more than the absence of war.
When the Democratic party fails to come to-
gether and advocate for peace, “public” broad-
casting fails to report its implications.
Attempting to be impartial, public broadcasting
moves further right to give voice to the
Republican and Democrat’s paradigm of war
without checking in with “the public.”
Educators, researchers, social service workers,
and an array of ordinary citizens are virtually ig-
nored by “our” media. Retirement security,
health care, drug treatment, education, mental
health, and a stable economy as connections to
peace have lost the only large societal organiza-
tions left to fight for them or speak for them.
Mike Meyer
Eugene
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