Month: March 2007

Wally Nelson would have been 98 on March 27th. He was a pioneer civil rights activist and is considered a parent – along with his partner Juanita Nelson – of the modern war tax resistance movement in the US. See more on Wally (with links to other resources) at https://www.traprockpeace.org/wallynel… and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Ne… This short video… Continue reading Remembering Wally Nelson – civil rights activist

Veterans Paul Abernathy and Matt Southworth, both member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, speak with Sunny Miller, Executive Director of Traprock Peace Center, after the antiwar/anti-occupation rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina on March 17, 2007. For more information, see: https://www.ivaw.org https://www.traprockpeace.org https://www.veteransforpeace.org For videos of the Fayetteville peace events on March 17-18, 2007 (more… Continue reading Iraq Veterans Against War Speak

Iraq War veterans leading march in Fayetteville, North Carolina – March 17, 2007. A short clip of the head of the march. The vets led the chanting for the march through Fayetteville, the home of Fort Bragg (82nd Airborne). See Veterans for Peace – https://www.veteransforpeace.org – and Iraq Veterans Against the War – https://www.ivaw.org. For… Continue reading Iraq Vets – “I want my country back”

Marchers in North Carolina took to the streets to protest war in Fayetteville on March 17, 2007. About 500 marched to a rally against the war and occupation. For more information on the rally and march, see https://www.fayetteville-peace-rally.org Video recorded and edited by Charles Jenks. © 2007 Traprock Peace Center; all rights reserved. info@traprockpeace.org https://www.traprockpeace.org

“We want justice, got to have justice.” This was one of the songs performed by the Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble at the peace rally in Fayetteville, NC on March 17, 2007. Fruit of Labor is the cultural arm of Black Workers for Justice; https://www.bwfj.org Members are affiliated with the NC Public Service Workers Union,… Continue reading Fruit of Labor sings for justice

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber spoke at the peace rally in Fayetteville, NC on March 17, 2007. He is President of the NC NAACP and pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, NC. Chuck Fager of Quaker House introduced him. For more information, see https://www.fayetteville-peace-rally.org video recorded and edited by Charles Jenks; charles@traprockpeace.org © 2007… Continue reading It’s time for US to repent

Anti-torture and antiwar activists in North Carolina, joined by Ann Wright and Sunny Miller, protested outside the gates of Aero Contractors LTD in Smithfield, NC. Aero Contractors has been reported to provide planes and pilots for the CIA’s ‘extraordinary rendition’, in other words kidnapping, of people in other countries for interrogation and imprisonment, which has… Continue reading Stop Torture Taxis Protest

The Folly of War with Iran   By Stanley Heller   The feeble Democratic leadership has given up on legislation to require the President to seek approval from Congress before attacking Iran.  It stripped the language from the Iraq Supplemental Appropriation Bill.  Reportedly convervative Democrats didn’t want to “tie the President’s hands”.  While the President’s… Continue reading The Folly of War with Iran

“DEATH” OF CONGRESS SHIFTS WEIGHT OF WAR RESISTANCE MORE HEAVILY ON MILITARY By Nick Mottern, Director, ConsumersforPeace.org March 2, 2007 One can argue that Congress died as a representative body on Feb. 16-17, 2007 when it went on record as doing nothing to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq. Statements of the Democratic leadership about the… Continue reading Death of Congress shifts resistance to military