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Below is coverage of UW-Madison CAN’s ongoing occupation of Senator Herb Kohl’s office. (Despite the abrupt ending of the first article, which doesn’t make this clear, we’re still in the office.) Other coverage has included Air America and local television and radio. Elizabeth Wrigley-Field <https://www.dailycardinal.com/news/ anti-war-network-sits-in-at-sen.-kohl-s-office-through-the-night.html> (link no longer works) Anti-war network sits in at… Continue reading Students sitting in overnight at Sen Kohl office

Sacrifice Keynote Speech for the Omaha Peace and Justice Expo Cindy Sheehan If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. Arabian Proverb I recently discovered an incredible woman: Jeannette Rankin. She was the first Congress woman, in 1916…she was from the state of Montana and besides beginning… Continue reading Cindy Sheehan – Give your Heart

“They can kill somebody’s body, but they can’t kill love.” – Cindy Sheehan. Cindy Sheehan calls for nonviolent revolution, encourages activists and shares her emotions about the senseless killings of Iraqis and US soldiers due to this war. This is a must watch question and answer session, after her talk at the 3rd Annual Midwest… Continue reading Cindy Sheehan – They Can’t Kill Love

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7AkCRTZ5i8[/youtube] Cindy Sheehan spoke at Purdue University on April 12, 2007. Proponents of war with Iraq tried to prevent her coming, by smearing her in the Lafayette newspaper and trying to discourage the university for bringing her to speak. The Peace Studies Committee at Purdue University sponsored her appearance (without using university funds). Protestors in… Continue reading Cindy Sheehan at Purdue

This is Part 2 of a 2 part video (split due to YouTube size limitations). It features Chaplain James Yee, former US Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo. In this Part 2, he discusses Guantanamo, including shocking interrogation technigues (such as sexual taunting from naked female interrogators), physical and psychological abuse, and desecration of the Koran.… Continue reading James Yee – Guantanamo and his solitary confinement

This is Part 1 of a 2 part video (split due to YouTube size limitations). It features Chaplain James Yee, former US Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo. In this Part I, he discusses how he became a Muslim. In Part II, he goes into detail about shocking abuses at Guantanamo and his arrest and threatened… Continue reading Chaplain James Yee on becoming a Muslim

Cindy Sheehan gave the Plowshare Keynote Address at the 3rd Annual Midwest Peace and Justice Summit on April 13, 2007 at the Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis campus. See more on the conference at https://www.mpjs.org Sponsoring organizations were IUPUI Students Advocates for Global Equality, Plowshares Consortium of Peace Studies, Indiana Peace and Justice Network,… Continue reading Cindy Sheehan speaking peace to power

by David Taylor I was hoping to see someone else write a substantive post about yesterday’s action in Smithfield, North Carolina. Here I’ll share my experience/observations in lieu of a report from someone more intimate with the details. I think it’s important that awareness be raised on this issue for several reasons. First and foremost… Continue reading Torture Taxi Action Report

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