1968 Writers and Editors War Tax Protest

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jbor at bigpond.com [mailto:jbor at bigpond.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 09:46 AM

sorry for the long lag

> (Slabs of '95 and '96 are the only gaps in my back reading of the 
> list-archives, 

but I wanted to extend kudos for that, and hope you close the gap.  I keep getting sidetracked by interesting digging suggestions
It's a goldmine

> 
> Wonder why he didn't put his name to one of those writers and artists' 
> petitions against American military intervention in Iraq after 9/11? 
> Particularly now that his name does mean a whole lot more than it would 
> have back in '68.
> 

a mature assessment of how well it worked the 1st time; a concentration upon non-confrontational projects that affirm peaceful values for the ages; and a privacy-relisher's reluctance to engage in public confrontation? 
Just guessing, obviously.