NEW WARS / OLD WARS – What
Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Drone
Off
CODEPINK
activists from 20 states shut down the gates at Creech
Air Force Base, home of the Reaper and Predator drone
program, on March 31 and April 1. Join CODEPINK in calling
on the Presidential candidates to end drone
warfare and adopt a ten-point peace platform. We
want a #President4Peace!
WTF!
John McCain Saluting an American Communist?
In the piece titled
“The Good Soldier,” McCain saluted Delmer Berg whose obituary
had run March 2nd in the Times. Berg, who
died at age 100, was presumably the last living
American veteran of the famous Abraham Lincoln
Brigade. Read
on...
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OTHER EVENTS
Tuesday, May 3: My Name Is Rachel Corrie. This one-person play,
edited from Rachel's emails and journal entries by the
late Alan Rickman and editor in chief of The Guardian
Katherine Viner, chronicles the life of the
23-year-old American peace activist who traveled to
Gaza in January of 2003 with the International
Solidarity Movement to defend Palestinian homes from
being demolished. It was there, on March 16th, 2003
that she was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer
while protecting her host's home from being destroyed
by the Israeli army. Tuesday,
May 3, 7:30 pm. Hibernian Hall, 182-186 Dudley St.,
Roxbury. Facebook invitation: https://www.facebook.com/events/1724110167826809/.
Advance ticket purchase: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2531586
Saturday, May
7:
Courage and Commitment. Join Andrea James of
Families for Justice as Healing, Tim DeChristopher of
Climate Disobedience Center, Joia Mukherjee of
Partners in Health, and Robert Meeropol of the
Rosenberg Fund for Children, for a forum at the
Arlington Street Church. Live music by the Leftist
Marching Band and Foundation Movement. 7 pm, 351
Boylston St, Arlington St T stop, suggested donation
$20. This is a benefit for the 75th anniversary of the
World Fellowship Center.
Sunday, May 8: Mother’s Day Walk for Peace. Join the DPP group at 8
am in Town Field (Fields Corner). The route is
changing this year, the Walk’s 20th anniversary; we’ll
be walking through Dudley Square and Roxbury Crossing
all the way to City Hall.
Sunday, June 5: Dorchester Day Parade. Meet us midday in Lower
Mills and march with the peace contingent – it’s a
great time! And come to our traditional
after-the-parade backyard cookout. Watch this space
for the details.
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CONTACTING
DPP and Joining Our Work:
To
make it easier to get involved with DPP, we've decided
to publish contact info for our coordinators in every
issue of this update. We will also regularly publish
upcoming meetings of work committees, create a
brochure or flyer about DPP, and greet new people at
monthly meetings with an explanation of how we work.
Here's how to reach them.
Facilitation
Team:
Sydney
Miller: sydsail@gmail.com
Alison
Gottlieb: asgottlieb1@gmail.com
Rosemary
Kean: rosemarykean@yahoo.com
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