Thursday, December 28, 2006
Pacifica Commentary For December 27, 2006
Peace Plans
We are proud to be part of a movement for justice and peace which is ever more united and more effective. In spite of the propaganda of commercial media and the misinformation of government, our quest is being accepted by a majority while the administration babbles on with its irrational and extremely dangerous drivel.
The focus for January of 2007 will be Washington, D.C.. There are so many actions that it is difficult to list them all. Here are a few:
* Gold Star Families for Peace and Code Pink will have a Walk for Peace campaign in the halls of Congress on January 3rd and 4th. This citizen's lobby will also be conducted at local congressional offices throughout the country.
* United for Peace and Justice in collaboration with many other organizations will conduct a major march in Washington, D.C. on January 27th.
The Occupation Project conducted by Voices for Creative Non-Violence calls upon Representatives and Senators to publicly pledge to vote against the supplemental spending bill, which will be submitted to Congress in early 2007. Civil disobedience will begin on February 5th in the offices of legislators who do not make a public pledge to vote against the supplemental war funding bill. Civil disobedience actions will continue through the month of March.
* March 17, 2007 on the 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 march on the Pentagon and the fourth anniversary of the start of the criminal invasion of Iraq, The Answer Coalition is inviting people from all over the country to once again descend on the Pentagon demanding U.S. Out of Iraq Now.
All of these national events will have local representation.
* Arlington West Memorial. Each Sunday since February 15, 2004, a memorial is erected in the sand just north of the pier at Santa Monica Beach by the local chapter of Veterans for Peace to acknowledge the human cost and consequences of war. Similar memorials are conducted in Santa Barbara and other sites.
More complete information on these projects will be found on the website
We may have started small but currently the movement for justice and peace represents the majority of United States citizens.
May 2007 be the year of justice and peace!
We are proud to be part of a movement for justice and peace which is ever more united and more effective. In spite of the propaganda of commercial media and the misinformation of government, our quest is being accepted by a majority while the administration babbles on with its irrational and extremely dangerous drivel.
The focus for January of 2007 will be Washington, D.C.. There are so many actions that it is difficult to list them all. Here are a few:
* Gold Star Families for Peace and Code Pink will have a Walk for Peace campaign in the halls of Congress on January 3rd and 4th. This citizen's lobby will also be conducted at local congressional offices throughout the country.
* United for Peace and Justice in collaboration with many other organizations will conduct a major march in Washington, D.C. on January 27th.
The Occupation Project conducted by Voices for Creative Non-Violence calls upon Representatives and Senators to publicly pledge to vote against the supplemental spending bill, which will be submitted to Congress in early 2007. Civil disobedience will begin on February 5th in the offices of legislators who do not make a public pledge to vote against the supplemental war funding bill. Civil disobedience actions will continue through the month of March.
* March 17, 2007 on the 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 march on the Pentagon and the fourth anniversary of the start of the criminal invasion of Iraq, The Answer Coalition is inviting people from all over the country to once again descend on the Pentagon demanding U.S. Out of Iraq Now.
All of these national events will have local representation.
* Arlington West Memorial. Each Sunday since February 15, 2004, a memorial is erected in the sand just north of the pier at Santa Monica Beach by the local chapter of Veterans for Peace to acknowledge the human cost and consequences of war. Similar memorials are conducted in Santa Barbara and other sites.
More complete information on these projects will be found on the website
We may have started small but currently the movement for justice and peace represents the majority of United States citizens.
May 2007 be the year of justice and peace!
