Holiday
Greetings to All Friends and Allies
of
Dorchester People for Peace!
Best Wishes from DPP to those
observing the holidays – or simply enjoying the spirit of the season. .
.
And
a PEACEFUL NEW YEAR!
We have posted
these videos many times before during the Holidays. Watch them for the first
time if you haven’t seen them before; watch them again and you won’t be
disappointed. . .
CHRISTMAS IN THE
TRENCHES -- 1914
In December,
1914, after months of slaughter during the First World War (it was supposed to
be “The War to End all Wars”!), British and German soldiers declared an informal
and spontaneous truce. The story of their fraternization and holiday
celebration is told in detail here
and here (the link in last week’s Update is obsolete).
Many thanks to
our friends in the Veterans for Peace, Smedley Butler Brigade, for
reminding us of this!
The event has
been immortalized in a song by folksinger JOHN MCCUTCHEON, which
you can hear and watch along with contemporary illustration and a moving
introduction by the performer:
The song ends
with this stanza:
My name is Francis Tolliver, in Liverpool I
dwell
Each Christmas come since World War I, I've learned its lessons well
That the ones who call the shots won't be among the dead and lame
And on each end of the rifle we're the same.
Each Christmas come since World War I, I've learned its lessons well
That the ones who call the shots won't be among the dead and lame
And on each end of the rifle we're the same.
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VIDEO: John Lennon –
HAPPY CHRISTMAS (The War is Over) – updated for today
John Lennon
(killed on December 8,
1980)
VIDEO: “All we
are saying is give peace a chance.”
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Yusuf Ibrahim (aka
Cat Stevens)
VIDEO: “Peace
Train”
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DORCHESTER
PEOPLE FOR PEACE NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Together with so many of you, DPP
achieved a huge success November 6, when more than 600,000 voters in 91 cities
in Massachusetts, including Boston, passed Referendum Question 4 by a 3 to 1
margin at the polls. The voters gave a resounding YES to Protecting
Social Security, Medicare and other benefits; Investing in Jobs; Taxing the 1%;
Bringing the War Dollars Home.
But we need
to let you know that we are facing our own ‘fiscal cliff’!
The Referendum Campaign caused
expenses, far beyond our usual very modest budget, for
printing Referendum Campaign signs, flyers and polling-place palm cards.
We need to raise at
least $1600 just to pay our bills.
Please send a
donation of whatever you can afford – with checks payable to Dorchester People
for Peace -- to our treasurer:
Gerry Bilodeau
26 Midland St.
Dorchester, MA
02125
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