[CIMC-working] Map of U.S. Terror Infrastructure from the NYC IMC!!

[Chris Kaihatsu]

Sina, all,

The map *is* impressive, well-researched, and certainly topical. We at the
Chicago IMC have fundraising-event plans in the works -- I'd be interested
to hear other CIMCers' input on your recommendation.


Chris





on 2/8/03 5:37 PM, Sina Choi at sc737@columbia.edu wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> Greetings from the New York City IMC!  We've produced this great, detailed
> map of all the terrorist and war-making infrastructure in America, to help
> point out the hypocrisy of this war.  (www.indypendent.org/terrormap.html)
> We want to talk to other IMCs about getting this out across the country as
> fast as we can, and maybe having it as a joint fundraiser with you.  At a
> minimum we want you to know that it's out there.  This map uncovers all the
> bloody details of America's status as the world's largest maker and seller
> of weapons, training and terrorist know-how.  There was some serious
> research that went into this: more than a hundred entries of where the
> nuclear/chemical/bio warfare labs and stockpiles are, the training schools
> for third world thugs and the towns where our home-grown war criminals live,
> details of the biggest weapons companies and pro-war think tanks, and more.
> 
> We really think this is a great tool for raising awareness about the
> hypocrisy of this war: how do we attack Iraq for yet-to-be-proven weapons of
> mass destruction when we're the biggest maker of them all?  We've got a pdf
> of this 36"x24" color map at www.indypendent.org/terrormap.html and we'd
> love for people to download it and do whatever they want with it.  We're
> also taking orders for high-quality posters of the map.
> 
> We're wondering if you folks would want to engage in a little mutual aid on
> this map?  What we have in mind is giving you guys copies of the poster at a
> low cost ($3-5, like 33% of normal cost) and you can have them to sell as a
> fundraiser at $8-10 and raise consciousness around your community.  We
> really see this as a win-win situation.  We get to move more maps around the
> country through other IMCs; you folks get easy access to the map and a
> fundraiser; people in your town get a great map.  We can talk about doing
> some kind of consignment, too.
> 
> We're doing a lot of things to promo this map -- swapping ads with Clamor,
> The Nation, Monthly Review, Satya; Powell's is buying some to sell in their
> bookstore; Democracy Now would like to buy some as thank yous for their
> supporters. But we really want to get this out to other IMCs too.
> 
> At a minimum, please send email me an address where we can send a sample
> copy of the poster.  If you're interested in this other mutual aid ideas,
> please let me know.
> 
> "A Threat to Peace" map
> www.indypendent.org/terrormap.html
> 
> Take care,
> Sina
> 
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