tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post2424662249744814555..comments2013-11-03T09:37:10.447-08:00Comments on Peter Camejo Updates: Peter Camejo Update 1Claudette Béginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01819376212191558460noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-13305567206735143992008-09-10T22:26:00.000-07:002008-09-10T22:26:00.000-07:00Dear Peter,We are sorry to hear about your relapse...Dear Peter,<BR/>We are sorry to hear about your relapse. You have been an inspiration to us down through the years and we want you wish you a speedy recovery. <BR/><BR/>Best Regards,<BR/>Jack & Marilyn Lieberman<BR/>Miami, FloridaJack Liebermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16325443138664092659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-4510146120970853052008-09-10T11:47:00.000-07:002008-09-10T11:47:00.000-07:00I wish Peter strength and endurance in his struggl...I wish Peter strength and endurance in his struggle for health.<BR/><BR/>Peter has inspired so many of us over the years. His incisive mind, speaking talent, leadership, and his energy, optimism, and sharp wit set him apart from most of us. Peter always models courage in speaking the truth as he knows it and being as radical as reality.<BR/><BR/>I met Peter in 1984 through the North Star Network, which Peter co-founded and led. While that organization didn't last, the struggle for democratic socialism with social and environmental justice continues, and Peter continues to play a leading role.<BR/><BR/>Peter is what the late Professor Harvey Goldberg would call a "revolutionary in the tripe." That is something he can draw upon in his current struggle.<BR/><BR/>Hang in there Peter! You've inspired so many and given so much. We're pulling for you.<BR/><BR/>In solidarity,<BR/>Jonathan Nack<BR/>Oakland, CAJonathan Nackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363720313106137105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-76687929251083488532008-09-10T10:55:00.000-07:002008-09-10T10:55:00.000-07:00I first heard Peter speak in 1968 when I was a stu...I first heard Peter speak in 1968 when I was a student at Antioch College. His topic was the demonstration that he and the Young Socialist Alliance had organized in June on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley to support the French student revolt. I knew right away where I wanted to move next--to Berkeley, to be active alongside and learn from Peter. He seemed to bring Marxist ideas to life, and his actions showed why revolutionary socialism remains an inspiring perspective.<BR/><BR/>I last heard Peter speak here in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in October 2004 on behalf of Ralph Nader and the Green Party presidential campaign. He was as upbeat, witty, and articulate as ever.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes in this latest struggle<BR/><BR/>Alan Wald<BR/>Ann Arbor, MichoganAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-67629704351238982792008-09-10T07:26:00.000-07:002008-09-10T07:26:00.000-07:00Peter, you've been such an inspiration to so many,...Peter, you've been such an inspiration to so many, I'm humbled at your dogged determination all these years. Your politics and activism have always been an inspiration, and now your battle with cancer is the same. At the memorial for Caroline Lund, you said "We did good things!" in the past. And we (and YOU) continue to do so.<BR/><BR/>I remain (as you do, I imagine) unrepentant and unapologetic.<BR/><BR/>Be well.<BR/><BR/>Rich Lesnik, San FranciscoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-41864956597082525802008-09-09T21:50:00.000-07:002008-09-09T21:50:00.000-07:00Here are two videos of excellent performance by Pe...Here are two videos of excellent performance by Peter in the 2003 recall debates<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTktNX0EbCA<BR/>(02:58)<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6aO4MiH3H8<BR/>(20:06)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-86814013907835450542008-09-09T18:35:00.000-07:002008-09-09T18:35:00.000-07:00Peter, as an inexperienced socialist in Boston, yo...Peter, as an inexperienced socialist in Boston, you opened up my eyes to what could be possible and "how to make a revolution in the United States". You welcomed every new expression of the radicalization and found the revolutionary potential of each component. Living down the street form you in Cambridge, Mass., was so much fun and so educational. You inspired and taught us every day, but you always made it fun.<BR/>Keep on fighting. Your leadership is needed and your words and example are with me always.<BR/>With love and admiration,<BR/>Chris Hildebrand<BR/>Vauxhall, New Jersey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-80741473565869049812008-09-09T17:45:00.000-07:002008-09-09T17:45:00.000-07:00Peter,There is no one I would want to make a revol...Peter,<BR/><BR/>There is no one I would want to make a revolution with more than you. You've inspired me my whole adult life. I am still an activist: Against the war, against the death penalty, against torture,for a sane and humane world. I remember, mostly with gratitude, my SWP past. While some spokespeople for our movement disappointed and embarassed me, you were always a person I thought proudly represented the better world and better people we wanted to be. Thank you for so much. I can't pray for you, because I am still a full atheist. But I do send you my warmest solidarity and gratitude for the better world you fought to create and the better person you helped make me.<BR/><BR/>solidarity and love, ginny hildebrand...PittsburghAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-29182725364169541422008-08-22T00:21:00.000-07:002008-08-22T00:21:00.000-07:00Hey Peter, it's JT from way back in the old New Yo...Hey Peter, it's JT from way back in the old New York days. This latest news is a kick in the butt, but I'm sure you are kicking back just as hard. You have given so much inspiration to so many - thank you. I send warmest thoughts to you and your family. Fight on, compa - the world still needs you more than ever. I'm looking forward greatly to your new book.Un abrazo solidario...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-81309411492858685492008-08-18T21:23:00.000-07:002008-08-18T21:23:00.000-07:00If you'd like to read about Peter during Ralph Nad...If you'd like to read about Peter during Ralph Nader's 2004 campaign, you can order my book WHAT WAS RALPH NADER THINKING? at http://thewomandirector.com We're having a sale.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good fight, Peter!<BR/><BR/>Jurgen Rommel Vsych<BR/>Nader/Camejo 2004 PhotographerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-13274888614595580272008-08-14T11:09:00.000-07:002008-08-14T11:09:00.000-07:00(In late July, 110 former members of the Socialist...(In late July, 110 former members of the Socialist Workers Party and members of International Socialist Organization, Socialist Action, Labor Standard, Solidarity, Freedom Socialist Party, Workers International League, and others gathered at the Leon Trotsky Legacy Conference in New York. In addition to mostly comradely evaluations of past successes and failures of revolutionary socialist groups and "party-building" efforts in the US and elsewhere, were discussions on independent electoral strategies, problems of the anti-war movement, feminism, LGBT rights, labor and anti-racist struggles. At the conclusion of the conference the following (and only) resolution was unanimously passed: Peter, Because your valuable work over half a century has been an inspiration to us, we at the Leon Trotsky Legacy Conference send our warm solidarity greetings to you. You too are a valuable part of our legacy of resistance. July 27 2008Derrel Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15471770026172964325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-79174779242090183702008-08-06T07:57:00.000-07:002008-08-06T07:57:00.000-07:00Peter, besides my best wishes that you beat cancer...Peter, besides my best wishes that you beat cancer a second time, I want to send you my thanks for the work you have done for over forty years. You were always the best explainer of mass action, the primacy of the labor movement, and the need for socialism. We need those clear and straight-shooting explanations now more than ever. I still use your explanations today in discussions about strategy and tactics with my fellow antiwar activists.<BR/><BR/>Keep kickin' it, comrade!<BR/>Tom Bias, Sparta, New JerseyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-72422490666977352852008-07-16T19:14:00.000-07:002008-07-16T19:14:00.000-07:00Peter was the most inspiring, engaging, and exciti...Peter was the most inspiring, engaging, and exciting speaker that I have had a chance to hear. It always a grand treat to listen to him.<BR/><BR/>I noted Roland's advice on fighting cancer. I agree with him and could suggest something as well. Shortly after the end of my cancer treatment, a coworker asked me how I was doing. I told him, somewhat apologetically, that noticed I was doing a lot of complaining and whining. To which he replied, "Well, if you don't have the right to complain now, when do you?"<BR/>So that's another approach.<BR/><BR/>All the very best Peter<BR/><BR/>Vinnie Longo<BR/>TucsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-18109171972182817002008-07-10T07:08:00.000-07:002008-07-10T07:08:00.000-07:00Hey, Peter. Hope your latest battle is going as we...Hey, Peter. Hope your latest battle is going as well as those you led us through so many times (my first thoughts, for some reason, go to the crazy "Stop the Draft Week" stuff; even though I was on the other coast at the time, I still have mental pictures of you waving an invisible banner as you led the charge through the streets . . .)<BR/><BR/>I think of you so often, as I do the little bits I'm doing to try to pull together the memories of our contemporaries so we can pass them on to people like my own two teenage daughters who are picking up what they can from us -- the BIG "us" that you have been so much a part of in so many ways.<BR/><BR/>WE NEED YOUR BOOK!! so thank you so very much for putting your priorities there. Here's a comradely salute and a warm hug to you, old buddy. Memories start to flood me now; looking forward to sitting and talking with you. (Will be in the Bay Area late December; let me know if you're around and would want a visit.)<BR/><BR/>Venceremos. (I still believe . . .)<BR/><BR/>Kipp<BR/>(kippmdawson@yahoo.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-30512480119434083282008-07-03T23:27:00.000-07:002008-07-03T23:27:00.000-07:00Dear Peter,It's Jeanne Lafferty again. My memories...Dear Peter,<BR/>It's Jeanne Lafferty again. My memories of your time in Boston are very dear to me. Are you well enough to follow the Nader campaign. I think we're doing rather well. Maybe we'll get it right in The United States one of these days. Otherwise, someone else will get it right for us. Getting Ralph into the debates would be as much as I could ask for now. We don't always do the right thing simply to 'win'. We do it because it's the right thing. This is the way we choose to live our lives. You are living your life that way. You always have done. Your illness is another part of that life. All things are ongoing, all things are impermanent. <BR/>I'd like to send you a video that David Maybury made about his experience with cancer. He called it his 'dance with Shiva. David became a tai chi master late in his life so the idea of creating a ballet using the tai chi forms came suddenly to him after a bout of intensive chemotherapy. He choreographed it and had his tai chi masters dance this amazing testiment to the idea that outcomes are not what's important. It's how we choose to live every day. David narrated and danced in the ballet. The message was simple. Things are what they are and it's our business here to be where things are happening as much as we can. Healing is more important than "curing". More than 400 people followed David's 'dance with Shiva' and he made us less afraid of 'what is". I'll send a copy of the ballet to Claudette and she will be able to judge if this is something you would like to see. <BR/><BR/>Best hopes that you can work on your book. this will be something we can pass on to our children and grandchildren. I'm sure that the book be an embodiment of your spirit, lively imagination, your out-of-this-world humor and your abiliy to tell us things in a way we will never forget.<BR/>love,<BR/>Jeanne LaffertyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11325375551965111205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-7422380528840578632008-07-03T13:12:00.000-07:002008-07-03T13:12:00.000-07:00Peter,I couldn't regret more deeply this reversal....Peter,<BR/><BR/>I couldn't regret more deeply this reversal. If I know anyone else who can beat this dreaded disease again, it's you.<BR/><BR/>You've contributed so much to the movement and to all of us individuals privileged to have fought alongside you within it. We will all treasure every day more we can do this.<BR/><BR/>All our best wishes!<BR/>Mark Lause, CincinnatiMark Lausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565348442703657953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-45440239624193930982008-06-14T21:56:00.000-07:002008-06-14T21:56:00.000-07:00Peter,Our thoughts are with you. We are certain yo...Peter,<BR/><BR/>Our thoughts are with you. We are certain you will attack this struggle with all the intensity you have brought to your other struggles. <BR/><BR/>We look forward to continuing to work with you to confront global capitalism and the oppressive forces in the U.S.<BR/><BR/>With comradely love and respect,<BR/><BR/>Steve Willett, <BR/>on behalf of the Coordinating Committee of the Northern California Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-62775185300164757622008-06-11T20:03:00.000-07:002008-06-11T20:03:00.000-07:00Many thanks to Claudette and Alex for setting this...Many thanks to Claudette and Alex for setting this website up and giving us all a chance to share thoughts with Peter!<BR/><BR/>I first heard you speak in 1976, Peter. Although you spoke to a crowd, it was as if you were speaking to me personally. So clearly did you then, as you do now, understand the experience of working people. <BR/><BR/>You're an amazing person, Peter. You give leadership new meaning. <BR/><BR/>As you have touched so many with YOUR words, may our words on this website give back to you some of the "magic" that you have given us and may it help you rise stronger than ever.<BR/><BR/>Looking foward to future conversations and gatherings...<BR/><BR/>en solidaridad,<BR/><BR/>Gayle McLaughlin, Richmond, CAUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11756149625221169010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-18257961094806499122008-06-10T20:22:00.000-07:002008-06-10T20:22:00.000-07:00Good luck Peter. If you need some fresh air we wi...Good luck Peter. If you need some fresh air we will bring a pedi-cab down from Chico and ride you around like we did the last time you were here.<BR/><BR/>Mark Stemen, Green Party of Butte CountyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-11392090156187272492008-06-09T09:52:00.000-07:002008-06-09T09:52:00.000-07:00Hi Peter,It's Jeanne Lafferty. You got me into soc...Hi Peter,<BR/>It's Jeanne Lafferty. You got me into socialist politics. You made it okay to be a leftie and keep your imagination and humor.After you left Boston the branch began to wage war against humor, joy and high spirits. This coincided with other political issues, but we sure did miss you. I've been following your doings all these years.<BR/>I would do anything I could to help you. For now, I am actively supporting Ralph's run in 2008.I know I also speak for David Maybury who died in 2005. He and I talked a lot about you and Ralph and the amazing onslaught of hate from many of the 'peace-loving' liberals.<BR/> <BR/>Namaste, Peter. We all love you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11325375551965111205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-29997995601060144222008-06-07T11:57:00.000-07:002008-06-07T11:57:00.000-07:00Peter, Our family sends healing thoughts to you an...Peter, <BR/><BR/>Our family sends healing thoughts to you and your family. Larry knew of you first when he was a student at Berkeley. I was lucky to meet you later when I moved to California. <BR/><BR/>We have worked together politically and also professionally. Thank you for bringing your politics to the financial world and creating social investment for those of us who wanted to find a way to do good despite the forces of <BR/>of capitalism that seemed so overwhelming. <BR/><BR/>Your energy and spirit passed on through your writing and tapes of your speeches will continue to inspire future generations. <BR/><BR/>Now please, beat this cancer and get back to work. We need your leadership now more than ever. <BR/><BR/>Hasta la victoria siempre, <BR/>Carol and Larry Miller<BR/>New MexicoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-9756593167824985592008-06-06T23:33:00.000-07:002008-06-06T23:33:00.000-07:00I wish Peter the best and hope he will continue in...I wish Peter the best and hope he will continue in his never-ending fight for peace & justice for all.<BR/><BR/>He is such a fighter and so creative that he can achieve a lot still.shane que heehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138910087455974866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-8402495485260327512008-06-03T00:37:00.000-07:002008-06-03T00:37:00.000-07:00Dear Peter,I'm sorry to hear of the return of your...Dear Peter,<BR/>I'm sorry to hear of the return of your illness. It's amazing to see the comments here from people all over the country and the world. I feel so lucky to have met you and heard you speak on several occasions in El Dorado County, CA. You are not only eloquent and knowledgeable, but very, very funny. <BR/>Sending you good, healing thoughts...<BR/>C. Hensley<BR/>Shingle Springs, CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-52990638537496664152008-06-02T19:23:00.000-07:002008-06-02T19:23:00.000-07:00Dear Peter,This is not the way I imagined getting ...Dear Peter,<BR/><BR/>This is not the way I imagined getting back in touch with you. Hay tanto que quisiera discutir contigo, pero no en publico.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what book you're writing, but there are many more that need to be written by you.<BR/><BR/>Wishing you many years of happiness and know that you will always be an important part of all whose lives you touched.<BR/><BR/>With affection,<BR/>Terry HillmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-48283244451103651252008-06-02T16:13:00.000-07:002008-06-02T16:13:00.000-07:00Peter,My one time roomate and foever comrade, and ...Peter,<BR/><BR/>My one time roomate and foever comrade, and as one cancer survivor to the other, I wish you the best. I have found that the best way to fight cancer is to make cancer your enemy.<BR/><BR/>Continue on like you did when we both went up to Chico State in 1968 for you speak against the War and Vietnam and the 1968 SWP presidential campaign. When we arrived, after our five hour journey, we were greeted with a chicken nailed to a tree by an arrow.<BR/><BR/>As the racists said that Blacks were a poor aim, in a response to your speech from a 'McCarthy for President' supporter, one of the few Black students at the rally at the site of the 'treed chicken', got up and told that racist to "give him a gun and then run and he would not miss".<BR/><BR/>Nail the cancer like that chicken to a tree!<BR/><BR/>RolandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013883401173812701.post-18052244546556139722008-06-02T13:47:00.000-07:002008-06-02T13:47:00.000-07:00Hi Peter,I see several treatments you are undertak...Hi Peter,<BR/><BR/>I see several treatments you are undertaking to combat this challenge and I hope that you are including nutrition. Eating a diet exclusively of whole plant foods has been demonstrated over and over again as being an effective way of both stopping cancer and maintaining health and accelerating recovery during cancer treatment. I highly recommend the book "The China Study" by retired professor of nutrition at Cornell University, T. Colin Campbell, which documents his career as a cancer and nutrition researcher. Every bit helps. And every bite counts.<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for the all the great work you do.<BR/><BR/>All the best to you.richardhrothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16360938607945868608noreply@blogger.com