John Rees, a founder of the Stop the War Coalition in the Uk, gave a dynamic speech on the need to march in opposition to war, and the necessity of matching words with deeds. He spoke at the London International Peace Conference, attended by 1400 international delegates, during December 10-11, 2005. See full coverage of [...]

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This is Al Norman’s keynote address to a rally to stop a Wal-Mart supercenter in Hadley, MA, and to protest corporate practices that hurt women, workers and the environment. Several hundred activists participated in this November 19, 2005 rally outside the Wal-Mart store in Hadley, MA. See photos and more video at http://www.traprockpeace.org/wal-mart_protest.html See Al [...]

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Letter to the Judge Who Sentenced My Husband to Federal Prison for Protesting Nuclear Weapons by Michele Naar-Obed. Michele is married to Greg Boertje-Obed who was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison in November 2006 for hammering on the concrete lid covering the missile silo which houses the Minuteman III nuclear [...]

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Nov 29, 2006: the Jeremy Scahill video is temporarily unavaible for technical reasons. Thank you for your patience. We will make is available online as soon as possible. – Traprock Peace Center

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Annie Hassett (playing guitar) leading “Oh! Freedom” as part of an informal sing at Traprock Peace Center on Woolman Hill, Deerfield. With Sunny Miller (on right, Executive Director of Traprock Peace Center), the late Wally Nelson and Juanita Nelson (on left, esteemed pioneers of the US civil rights and war tax resistance movements) and Jude [...]

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A true giving of thanks for people of conscience by Silvia Brandon Pérez On the eve of the celebration of Thanksgiving in the United States, and while thousands across the land battled each other for yet another nonsensical and highly expensive toy, I have returned from what I may characterize as one of the most [...]

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Martín Espada – poet, essayist, editor and translator, recited his stirring poem – ” Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100″ on May 1, 2006 at the Amherst Common. The rally held there was part of the National Boycott for Immigrant Rights. Hear the Amherst rally and the Springfield MA rally. See photos of May 1 [...]

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This is a slideshow with audio of her stirring talk at Socialism 2006 in NYC on June 24, 2006. This was an emotional talk before a wildly enthusiastic audience, and with her pending sentencing, with a possible 30 year sentence. The place was full and rocking, with over 1100 registrants to the conference. See more [...]

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Aimee Allison an amazing speaker. She is a veteran, conscientious objector and counter-recruiter, and was a featured speaker at the national counter-recruitment confernece held at UCAL/Berkeley, October 22, 2005. It was jointly sponsored by the Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) and MOOS-Bay (Military Out of Our Schools). Over 650 attended; it was also CAN’s annual national [...]

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Led by Anja Daniel (vocals and guitar) and Debbie (dance instruction), with Kate Marks on percussion. Touchstone Farm and Yoga Center, http://www.sacredcircles.com is located in Easthampton, MA. Anja and Debbie lead sacred circle dancing internationally, and led dances and singing at Traprock Peace Center’s annual July 4th picnic (2006). See Traprock’s website for photos from [...]

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Ahmed Shawki, Editor in Chief of the International Socialist Review, spoke on the necessity of combining activism and education, practice with theory, and joining with other movements that have shared goals. Citing the the immigrant rights movement, he linked it with working class rights and working class power. This is a short clip of his [...]

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The musical group Mixed Nuts gave a rousing concert of peace at Traprock on July 4, 2006. This clip features two of their original songs “Walk in Sunshine” and “Golden Rule.” The accomplished musicians behind Mixed Nuts have distinguished careers in jazz to folk to new world music. They join together as “Mixed Nuts” with [...]

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Nick Mottern discusses ExxonMobil’s profit mongering from the Iraq War and explains the rationale for the ExxonMobil War Boycott, which was initiated by Consumers for Peace. See the Consumers for Peace website and more resources on the war at Traprock’s website. Traprock Peace Center info@traprockpeace.org 413-773-7427

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On May 18, 2006 Cindy Sheehan led a delegation of activists and citizens to the White House gates to deliver the Don’t Attack Iran petition, signed by over 42,000 people. Now, over 80.000 people have signed it. Sign it online, and see the list of supporting organizations, at http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/iran See photos and video at http://www.traprockpeace.org/iran_petition_video.html [...]

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Want to End the War? Ask for Investigations! By David Swanson Public awareness of the lies that led to the war and the crimes committed during the war helps build public demand for the troops to come home. Not every committee in Congress can work fulltime on simply ending the war: a legislative process that [...]

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This is vintage Scott Ritter. Video quality is poor (2002 afterall, taken with a digital still camera.) Five clips are included; please excuse the poor video quality – it was 2002 afterall. He debunks the claims that Iraq was developing nukes, and the often stated lie that Iraq kicked the inspectors out of Iraq in [...]

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Blood-Pouring Anti-Nuke Clowns Sent to Prison: Weapons of Mass Destruction Protected By Bill Quigley. Three men protesting the presence of weapons of mass destruction in North Dakota were sentenced to federal prison terms of over three years and ordered to pay $17,000 in restitution by a federal judge in Bismarck.   The three dressed as clowns [...]

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The New Media Offensive for the Iraq War By Norman Solomon The American media establishment has launched a major offensive against the option of withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. In the latest media assault, right-wing outfits like Fox News and the Wall Street Journal editorial page are secondary. The heaviest firepower is now coming from [...]

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IRAQ TROOP WITHDRAWAL LOOKS FAR OFF – Bush/Cheney appear benched by Baker/Daddy Bush “Coup”. – What can we expect from the Baker Iraq Study Group? – New plans for taming resistance likely to be very bloody. By Nick Mottern, Director, Consumers for Peace The removal of Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense is being described [...]

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Robin Hood in Reverse: Corporate and Government Looting of the Gulf Coast By Bill Quigley. Bill is a human rights lawyer and law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. He can be reached at Quigley@loyno.edu. If you want to know more, check out www.justiceforneworleans.org and look at the CorpWatch report, “Big, Easy Money: Disaster Profiteering [...]

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Joel Geier, Associate Editor of the International Socialist Review, spoke on “Resisting US Empire” at the Midwest Socialism Conference, held at the Universtiy of Illinois at Chicago, 11/04/06. Hear conference audio, and see photos and more video, including the entire audio of Joel Geier’s talk Thanks Youtube! Part I Part II

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Attendees chant before plenary session. See videos below of Martín Sanchez, Venezuela’s consul general in Chicago, on “The Struggle for Self-Determination in Venezuela” and Joel Geier, Associate Editor of the International Socialist Review, on “Resisting US Empire.” Also, see photos and download mp3 audio – including Elizabeth Wrigley-Field’s workshop on imperialism. Chanting

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Sgt. Clousing served in Iraq as an interrogator for the US army. See him speak about war crimes committed by US forces. Hear his full talk at http://www.traprockpeace.org/audio/ricky_clousing_16sept06.mp3 (mp3 audio)* 1:09:54 length with Q&A; 64 kbps mono He spoke in D.C. Sept. 16, 2006 (introduced by David Swanson). Clousing says the US is “creating the [...]

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[Nov 10th Note: We have a catalog of about 50 videos that we will be posting to this blog, as well as new ones. The advantage of using this blog is that we can stream the videos, so you may watch while they download, via YouTube. Thanks to YouTube! So, check back often as we'll [...]

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BIG OIL READY TO SETTLE FOR LESS IN IRAQ? By Nick Mottern, Director, Consumers for Peace. It looks like U.S. Senator from Texas Kay Bailey Hutchison sent a message this month that big oil is abandoning ambitions for quick access to all of Iraq’s oil wealth, for now, and is willing to settle for operating [...]

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The Pundit Path for Death in Iraq By Norman Solomon No one knows exactly how many Iraqi civilians have died from the war’s violence since the invasion of their country. The new study from public health researchers at Johns Hopkins University estimates that the number of those deaths is around 601,000, while saying the actual [...]

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McGovern’s Trojan Horse by Charles Jenks The pitch: The Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) trumpets its continued support of Rep. James McGovern bill (HR 4232) as “a top legislative priority.” PDA urges all to sign its petition to support the bill, as PDA is “committed to cutting off all funding for the deployment of US [...]

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August 21, 2006 New Orleans Trying to Make It Home: New Orleans One Year After Katrina Bill Quigley Quigley@loyno.edu Bernice Mosely is 82 and lives alone in New Orleans in a shotgun double. On August 29, 2005, as Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, the levees constructed by the U.S.  Corps of Engineers failed in five [...]

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[This letter was written by Mohammed Mukhaimar, Psychologist, with children of Gaza] Dear World From here…from across the oceans…from Palestine…..the land of open wounds, from our hearts and souls……..we talk to you. Every day, when the sun rises in the morning, and sets in the evening, and the moon appears, we know there is a [...]

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see photos and download audio mp3′s from emergency WMass forum on Middle East war “The building was not targeted.” That’s the Israeli government’s excuse about its killing of many civilians, including at least 16 children by Human Rights Watch, in its bomb attack on Qana, Lebanon on July 30, 2006. It doesn’t cut it.

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see photos and download audio mp3′s from emergency WMass forum on Middle East war We thank Sharon Smith for permission to reprint this article WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? Israel and the future of the antiwar movement By Sharon Smith | July 28, 2006 ISRAEL’S SLAUGHTER of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians should be a moment [...]

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Traprock homepage (Monday July 17 2006) Lebanon, Gaza and the consistently racist American stanard by Ahmed Amr   http://nilemedia.com/ “If Saudi Arabia honestly wanted a change in American policy, they have a very easy way to send a convincing message to Washington. They can simply stop accepting American dollars in exchange for their oil. They won’t do [...]

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Presented as part of panel on June 23, 2006 with Elizabeth Wrigley-Field (Campus Antiwar Network – NYU) and Charles Peterson (Campus Antiwar Network – HCC) (moderated by Monique Dols) – “Free Speech and the Movement Against Military Recruitment” 63:26 minutes – 29.1 mg – June 23, 2006. See full conference coverage at http://www.traprockpeace.org/socialism_2006.html June 23, [...]

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Traprock Peace Center homepage TO: The attention of co-sponsor Mayor Claire Higgins RE: An Open Letter about the June 21, 2006 event: Witnessing Darfur: A Benefit for the People of Darfur Sunday, 18 June 2006 Dear Friends, We are writing to express our concern over the upcoming June 21 event: WITNESSING DARFUR, to be held [...]

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Traprock Peace Center homepage Who’s Illegal? Shooting to Kill on the Border By SHARON SMITH On the afternoon of May 18, 22 year-old Oscar Abraham Garcia-Barrios was shot and killed at close range by U.S. Border Patrol and Customs agents. Garcia-Barrios was just 50 feet north of the border crossing from San Diego to Tijuana. [...]

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Traprock Homepage Campus Antiwar Network May 5, 2006 Cindy Braly, Student Affairs Administrator, cbraly@mail.utexas.edu Annemarie Seifert, Dean of Students office, aseifert@mail.utexas.edu Margaritta Arrellano, Associate Dean of Students, arellano@mail.utexas.edu Dear Ms. Braly, Ms. Seifert and Ms. Allrellano: I have just received an email that the “The Campus Antiwar Movement to End the Occupation (CAMEO), an student [...]

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Traprock Homepage Campus Antiwar Network Memo to: Cindy Braly, Student Affairs Administrator, cbraly@mail.utexas.edu Annemarie Seifert, Dean of Students office, aseifert@mail.utexas.edu Margaritta Arrellano, Associate Dean of Students, arellano@mail.utexas.edu From: Bonnie Weinstein, Bay Area United Against War www.bauaw.org P.O. Box 318021 San Francisco, CA 94131-8021 Subject: Freedom of speech and assembly and association. Dear all, I am [...]

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Traprock Homepage This is what a movement looks like by Michael G. Smith While much of the left has been bemoaning the demise of the antiwar movement and fighting to reinvigorate the opposition to American warmongering that was so evident before the war began, millions of immigrants and their allies have poured into the streets [...]

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More: June 23, 2005 – “Scott Ritter: US at War with Iran” November 17, 2005 – “Scott Ritter speaks out against wars on Iraq and Iran” Scott Ritter Archives A Path to Peace with Iran By Scott Ritter 04/20/06 It has been more than a week now since the Iranian government announced that it had [...]

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Traprock Homepage Please sign the open letter on-line President Robert A. Corrigan, Ph.D. San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132 (415) 338-1381 corrigan@sfsu.edu Dear Dr. Corrigan: On Friday, April 14 ten SFSU students protested military recruitment at the university’s career fair. Campus police interrupted their protest and physically took the students [...]

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Traprock Homepage DOES IRAN’S PRESIDENT WANT ISRAEL WIPED OFF THE MAP AND DOES HE DENY THE HOLOCAUST? AN ANALYSIS OF RHETORIC IN MEDIA ON ITS WAY TO WAR AGAINST IRAN – COMMENTING ON THE ALLEGED STATEMENTS OF IRAN’S PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD Authors: Anneliese Fikentscher and Andreas Neumann (Germany), Translation to English: Erik Appleby Bush frankly speaks [...]

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Written on Good Friday, April 14, 2006 Youth     seven is too young to hear that daddy won’t come home years go by but still can’t fill the time you spent alone   fourteen is too young to care about saving innocent lives to campaign hard to stop a war based on naught but [...]

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Traprock Homepage Don’t Attack Iran Petition Don’t Attack Iran By Cindy Sheehan Fresh from a resounding victory in Iraq, George Bush swaggered onto the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln and boldly and confidentally declared victory. It was a pretty war, it was a clean war, it looked stunning in all of its shock and [...]

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Traprock Homepage Bush is considering a nuclear strike on Iran – what are we going to do about it? Friends, Seymour Hersh reports in The New Yorker that President Bush is considering using nuclear weapons as part of a U.S. military strike against Iran. See http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060417fa_fact Despite the disaster in Iraq, there has been almost [...]

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Traprock Homepage See Ward Reilly’s entire photo album (185 photos) Veterans-Survivors March…Mobile To New Orleans Beauty Defined In Epic Action by Ward Reilly Dave Cline of VVAW and VFP called me, and a few others, back in December, and asked what I/we thought about organizing a march along the (Katrina-affected) Gulf Coast, to commemorate the [...]

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Traprock Homepage March 28, 2006 Seven Months After Katrina: Sleeping in Your Car in Front of Your Trailer in Front of Your Devastated Home, Tales of Lunacy and Hope from New Orleans By Bill Quigley. Bill Quigley is a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. His email address is Quigley@loyno.edu In New Orleans, seven [...]

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Traprock homepage Edge of Sports “Death Row” Talks Back to Etan Thomas By Dave Zirin This Sunday at 4pm, I am proud to be speaking at an event in San Francisco called a “Civil Rights Slam for Justice,” sponsored by among others the Campaign to End the Death Penalty. The slam will be at the [...]

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Traprock Homepage March 21, 2006 by Charles Jenks It’s hardly news that the conservative movement in the Catholic Church has it in for feminists, gays and heretics. Still, I was shocked this week by the report on a conference of 5000 Catholic men in Boston, and the results of a little googling of Opus Dei [...]

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Traprock Homepage The Logic of Withdrawal by Anthony Arnove March 18, 2006 We find ourselves in a remarkable situation today. Despite a massive propaganda campaign in support of the occupation of Iraq, a clear majority of people in the United States now believes the invasion was not worth the consequences and should never have been [...]

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