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The World Can’t Wait

Posted on October 6, 2006 | Leave a comment

Yesterday, in over 234 cities and towns across the U.S., protests and events were held to support the goals of the World Can’t Wait campaign.

In Salt Lake about 30 people attended the noon protest outside the City County Building at Washington Square. About 15 people attended the 5pm vigil in the pouring down rain. The good news is that there were folks at both events who have never or often haven’t attended any protests.

The World Can’t Wait website has and Updates page with photos and accounts of the protests.

Press Coverage of the WCW Events.


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A Soldier’s Peace Update

Posted on October 6, 2006 | Leave a comment

Marshall Thompson has walked 4 days, has 23 to go. He has walked 82 miles and has 418 miles remaining in his journey.

A woman along the route is having a “Just Desserts” potluck in honor of Marhshall’s pursuit. You can registier for it at:

Potluck.

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The World Can’t Wait – Salt Lake City One of 180 cities Protesting Tomorrow

Posted on October 4, 2006 | Leave a comment

MEDIA RELEASE October 4, 2006

For information Contact: Tom King: phone 801-502-8556
People for Peace and Justice of Utah Phone: 801-502-8556 Email: info@utahpeace.org
Websites: http://www.utahpeace.org; http://www.worldcantwait.net

PEOPLE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE OF UTAH
WORLD CAN’T WAIT– DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME
Thursday, October 5: 5-7pm 100 South State Street

In Solidarity with Nationwide Protests In 143 Cities and Towns
SALT LAKE CITY AMONG 180 CITIES TO PROTEST OCT.5

WHERE: At 100 South State Street in Salt Lake City (one of over 180 communities across US and Canada)
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Green Senatorial Campaign Committee

Posted on October 3, 2006 | Leave a comment

Greens,

A few weeks ago, the Green Party became the first alternative political party in history to register a national senatorial campaign committee with the Federal Election Commission. The eight-member Green Senatorial Campaign Committee chaired by Teresa Keane, a former Green Senate candidate from Oregon, was created to promote the campaigns of Green Party candidates running for the United States Senate.
The committee’s main goal for the 2006 election cycle is to support as many qualified Green campaigns as possible. The Green Party has nominated 14 senate candidates for 2006 and a key issue in their races is the Iraq War. Green candidates call for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. With your personal investment we will help Green campaigns get their message out – a message that America wants to hear. To raise those voices – we need to raise some money.

Please send your donation to:

Green Senatorial Campaign Committee
PO Box 8845
Minneapolis, MN 55408

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Posted on September 27, 2006 | Leave a comment


Marshall Thompson of A Soldier’s Peace who also table at the Imagine Peace Festival last weekend, was interviewed by Amy Goodman on Monday. The interview appeared on today’sDemocracy Now!.

Army reservist Sergeant Marshall Thompson spent a year in Iraq working as a military journalist. He reported from across Iraq, interviewing thousands of US soldiers. Now back home in his native Utah, he is planning a 500-mile walk across the state to protest the war and call for a withdrawal of US troops. [includes rush transcript]

His goal is to walk from the Utah/Idaho border to the Utah/Arizona border in 26 days, that’s one day for every 100 soldiers who have died in Iraq. He’ll have to average about 20 miles a day.

I spoke with Sergeant Marshall Thompson on Monday in Salt Lake City in his first national broadcast interview. He began by talking about why he was planning the walk.

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Photos of Imagine Peace Festival

Posted on September 24, 2006 | Leave a comment


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Imagine Peace Festival Today

Posted on September 23, 2006 | Leave a comment

Saturday, September 23

Outdoor Plaza
Tabling, music (in the amphitheater), information

4th Floor Conference Room
noon to 5:00pm ~ Art Display
2:00 pm ~ Feminist Symposium: “Women and Men Dialogue on Building Community”

Auditorium
12:00 noon ~ Opening Remarks
12:10 ~ One Voice Children’s Choir
12:45 ~ “Hiroshima no Pika” – 15 min animated version of a book for kids about the Hiroshima bombing
1:00 ~ “Radio Burundi” 15 min film about Burundi peace radio
1:30 ~ “Spiritual Motivations for World Peace” – panel discussion
3:00 ~ Film “Voices in Wartime”
4:30 ~ Utah Slammers – poetry

Amphitheater
(All artists’ CD’s will be available as thank you gifts at the information booth)
12noon -12:10:Opening – Pom Poms Not Bomb Bombs
12:15 to 1:00:Andy Monaco
1:15 to 2:00: Leraine Hortsmanshoff
2:15 to 3:00:Gary Stoddard
3:15pm -4:00:Adeitia
4:15-4:30:Scott Fife
4:45pm -5:30:Trace Wiren
5:40-5:55:Pom Poms Not Bomb Bombs

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International Day of Peace

Posted on September 21, 2006 | Leave a comment

HAPPY PEACE DAY!

Today is the International Day of Peace.
Join the worldwide movement to create a Global Ceasefire and day of peace and nonviolence. including Pinwheels for Peace in over 2,000 locations.

There are more than 3500 events in 187 countries scheduled for today.

Here in Utah, International Day of Peace Activities began Monday night at Westminster College with a peace ceremony, film and panel discussion, about which Green Jenni wrote.

Here are actitivites today:

  • PROVIDENCE
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    Today’s News and Commentary

    Posted on September 19, 2006 | 1 comment

    Here are some news items of interest today:

  • US Resorting to ‘Collective Punishment’ in Iraq. Clearly the U.S. is violating the Geneva Convention by turning off water and electricity to neighborhoods where U.S. Army vehicles have come under attack.
  • Pasadena Church May Fight IRS Summons: All Saints’ rector seeks legal and lay opinion on response to probe over an antiwar sermon. Deja vu – didn’t this happen to the NAACP?
  • World Marches to Save Darfur –
    With demonstrations in 40 countries yesterday, pressure is mounting on Sudan to allow in peacekeepers and end a conflict in which 300,000 people have died

  • Ten Nobel Peace Prize Winners Take Aim at US. 8 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates from around the world gathered to participate in the PeaceJam conference that is scheduled to run through Sunday, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, The Dalai Lama, Betty Williams, Jody Williams, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Shirin Ebadi and Malread Corrigan Maguire, Oscar Arias and José Ramos Horta. Aung San Suu Kyi is still under house arrest and was expected to speak to the group via video.

    Commentaries of note:

  • What’s the Matter with Voting Republican If You’re Poor? Low-income Americans don’t necessarily vote in their own economic interests; but it doesn’t mean they’re patsies. Gary Younge of the Guardian UK explores the differences in the poor and rich and their voting pursuausions. The strongest correlation between income and voting is not whom you vote for but if you vote at all. The more you earn, the more likely you are to turn out. According to the census, 81.3% of those who earned $100,000 or more turned out in 2004; the figure for those who earned less than $20,000 was 48%.
  • Bush Appointees Attempt to Brow Beat Senior US Military Officers, by U.S. Army Colonel (Retired) Ann Wright.
  • Take it From Him: American is Safer?
    Terrorism, Iraq and the Political Uses of Fear Five Years Into the “Long War    , by Frida Berrigan.

  • Cluster Bombs: It’s Time to Outlaw These Ruthless Killers, by Thomas Nash

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    Imagine Peace Festival

    Posted on September 17, 2006 | Leave a comment

    I’ve been involved in planning Salt Lake’s First Imagine Peace Festival this Saturday, September 23, from noon to 6 at Library Square.

    The Festival is the project of Pom Poms Not Bomb Bombs, of which I am a member.

    We have a GREAT lineup of events, including well known musicians, poets, and panelists and over 100 pieces of art on the theme of imagining a more peaceful world.

    See all the information at the Imagine Peace Fest site.

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