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War and Peace"Witness Against War" Walkers on their wayBy borges, Section War and Peace
The Witness Against War walkers who are making their way from Chicago to St. Paul have visited the Governor's office, reached Mauston and will be in La Crosse soon:
MEET THE WALKERS
Sponsored by:
They will be here in the La Crosse area Hiroshima Remembrance in La CrosseBy borges, Section War and Peace
The Interfaith Justice and Peace Group, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Lutheran Office for Justice and Peace, Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Committee, Nukewatch are sponsoring this year's remembrance of the first use of a nuclear weapon. Details below, and for more information, call 786-2816.
Witness Against War Peace Walk--Coming close to the ValleyBy borges, Section War and Peace
Witness_Against_War_2008 is a walk from Chicago to St. Paul to challenge and to nonviolently resist the continuing war in and occupation of Iraq. The route will go through Sparta to La Crosse and so is close to our region.
July 12 is the start date. The journey will begin in the City of Chicago, site of the 1968 Democratic Party convention in the midst of the Vietnam War. The walk will conclude on August 31 in St. Paul -- in time for the start of the 2008 Republican Party convention in the midst of the Iraq war. The image of the route above is an interactive_map on their website that estimates the timing of their arrival in our area. Email contacts and other info are on their site, so if you want to join in for part of the walk double check their progress to ensure a good connection. Seymour Hersh: The secret war in Iran and WI GamesBy borges, Section War and Peace
A couple of hat tips to UppityWis on these new items (video and NYer_article) from Seymour Hersh and his work on the Iran story, plus the latest on the Summerfest flap with the army's virtual reality game of shooting people from a Humvee (simulation.)
Love and War and PeaceBy Edward Barlow, Section War and Peace
Along with countless other violent activities, scholars count over 15,000 brutal, bloody, and senseless wars in the last 5,500 years of recorded history; and there seems to be no end in sight. So, is there a connection between these perpetual wars and the perpetual "war between the sexes"? (2 comments, 372 words in story) Full Story Mother's DayBy borges, Section War and Peace
[From Anita for mom's day...]
The Originator of Mother's Day .... Julia Ward Howe..not Hallmark.
Mother's Day Proclamation - 1870
From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with Mother's Day stand for peaceBy borges, Section War and Peace
MOTHER'S DAY MAY 11 - 1:00 PM at CAMERON PARK
Standing Women Global Village, a tradition that began with women from Ohio, call upon the women of the world, from day-old babies to most senior elders both male and female, to stand with us to save the world. Invite all who you care about the future of the world to join you. Please stand for five minutes of silence at 1:00 p.m. on May 11, 2008, at Cameron Park to signify your agreement with the statement below. You are invited to bring a bell to ring at to signify the beginning of the five minutes of silence and to ring again to signify the end of the period of silence. During the silence, please think about what you individually and we collectively can do to attain the world described below. If you need to sit rather than stand, please feel free to do so. Afterwards, hopefully you and your loved ones can talk together about how we can bring about this world .... not only a world of hope but peace as well. This is part of a worldwide movement http://www.standingwomen.org STAND WITH US MAY 11 MOTHERS DAY AT 1PM - CAMERON PARK Peace Calendar PodcastBy borges, Section War and Peace
Our technical wizard at Radio Driftless created the system for the peace calendar to be available as a podcast. Anyone interested in listening to the calendar and now wanting to adhere to the specific times it plays on the webstream can now access it through this feature.
A link can be found on the Archives and Podcasts page and one on the Peace Calendar Transcripts page. You can't miss it! Or if you do, below is what you are looking for...
(www.radiodriftless.org.)
The dated links launch an mp3 file in Quicktime or you can click the RSS to actually have it cast to your computer. Also I'd like to request that any of you with projects and events that relate to peace would send the information to me so that I can include it in the weekly peace calendar. Send it to me at headphones/at/radiodriftless/dot/org.
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