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 https://www.traprockpeace.org/wal-mart_protest.html See Al… Continue reading Wal-Mart – chain of exploitation

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… Continue reading Letter to plowshares judge

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

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… Continue reading Oh Freedom!

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… Continue reading SOA Watch uplifting

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… Continue reading Martín Espada – Alabanza!

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… Continue reading Lynne Stewart at Socialism 2006

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… Continue reading Aimee Allision on military counter-recruiting

Led by Anja Daniel (vocals and guitar) and Debbie (dance instruction), with Kate Marks on percussion. Touchstone Farm and Yoga Center, https://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… Continue reading Humble with Anja Danial at Traprock

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… Continue reading Ahmed Shawki on activism