Dear Peace Group Friend,
We want to bring your attention to a special event of music, poetry and protest on Sunday, September 23, at 5:00 PM at the Holliston Town Hall. The event starts with a peace parade at 5:00 PM with the music program starting at 5:30 PM. Sponsored by the Friends of Peace, the proceeds will be given to the American Legion Commander Bobby Blair’s Gulf II Fund. It should be a fun evening!
"Start the Music, Stop the War" event is in Holliston on Sunday, September 23 at 5:00 PM.
Philip Czachorowski
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
Op-ed Piece by Dr. Bacevich
A great analysis of the way that Bush is distorting the truth on the lessons of the Vietnam War to justify his Iraq policy. Given the current push to continue to the war, it is so critical to get the truth out.
Vietnam's real lessons
The war is indeed relevant to Iraq -- but not the way Bush thinks.
By Andrew J. Bacevich
August 25, 2007
Vietnam's real lessons
The war is indeed relevant to Iraq -- but not the way Bush thinks.
By Andrew J. Bacevich
August 25, 2007
"The Truth in Military Recruiting" at Walpole Library Sep 12
Dear Peace Group Friend,
Please join us for an important talk on the truth in military recruiting by Bill Sweet of the American Friends Service Committee. This talk will be particularly important for high school students and their parents.
The Truth in Military Recruiting
Bill Sweet, American Friends Service Committee
Walpole Public Library
Wednesday, September 12 at 7:30 PM
Sponsored by the Walpole Peace and Justice Group, Bill Sweet of the American Friends Service Committee will address the concern of military recruiting in the public schools. Falsification and glorification of the terms of enlistment, racial inequities in recruiting, loopholes which negate the “opt-out” provision for our young people, all are the product of a $6 billion budget directed to military recruitment by the Department of Defense. Come see DVDs, used in recruiting. Learn what the recruiters are telling our children in grades K through 12. Discuss the issues these advertising practices raise. Military recruiting dramatically affects our young people as they determine their futures; it has a significant impact on all of us in the militarization of our society. The public is invited to join in discussion and pursuit of the truth in military recruiting.
Next Peace Vigil: Saturday, September 15 at the Walpole Common across from the Post Office from 10:00 to 11:00 AM.
Next Talk: At Hell's Gate by Claude Anshin Thomas, Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 7:30 PM at the Walpole Public Library. In this talk Claude Anshin Thomas’ recounts his dramatic coming-of-age story and spiritual odyssey as well as an offering of his profound insights into suffering and violence, and how we can end them in ourselves and in our world. “Everyone has their Vietnam,” Claude writes, everyone has experienced trauma and everyone, if they want, can find healing and peace through looking deeply at the nature of their suffering. “War is a collective expression of individual suffering.” The seeds of war and violence are planted early and often, and it is only through our actions and insights personally that we can hope to end war globally. Claude Anshin Thomas went to Vietnam at the age of eighteen, where he received numerous medals, including twenty-seven Air Medals, a Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart. Today he is a monk in the Soto Zen tradition and an active speaker and Zen teacher in the United States and Europe. He is also the founder of the Zaltho Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes peace and non-violence.
For the Walpole Peace and Justice Group
Philip Czachorowski
Please join us for an important talk on the truth in military recruiting by Bill Sweet of the American Friends Service Committee. This talk will be particularly important for high school students and their parents.
The Truth in Military Recruiting
Bill Sweet, American Friends Service Committee
Walpole Public Library
Wednesday, September 12 at 7:30 PM
Sponsored by the Walpole Peace and Justice Group, Bill Sweet of the American Friends Service Committee will address the concern of military recruiting in the public schools. Falsification and glorification of the terms of enlistment, racial inequities in recruiting, loopholes which negate the “opt-out” provision for our young people, all are the product of a $6 billion budget directed to military recruitment by the Department of Defense. Come see DVDs, used in recruiting. Learn what the recruiters are telling our children in grades K through 12. Discuss the issues these advertising practices raise. Military recruiting dramatically affects our young people as they determine their futures; it has a significant impact on all of us in the militarization of our society. The public is invited to join in discussion and pursuit of the truth in military recruiting.
Next Peace Vigil: Saturday, September 15 at the Walpole Common across from the Post Office from 10:00 to 11:00 AM.
Next Talk: At Hell's Gate by Claude Anshin Thomas, Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 7:30 PM at the Walpole Public Library. In this talk Claude Anshin Thomas’ recounts his dramatic coming-of-age story and spiritual odyssey as well as an offering of his profound insights into suffering and violence, and how we can end them in ourselves and in our world. “Everyone has their Vietnam,” Claude writes, everyone has experienced trauma and everyone, if they want, can find healing and peace through looking deeply at the nature of their suffering. “War is a collective expression of individual suffering.” The seeds of war and violence are planted early and often, and it is only through our actions and insights personally that we can hope to end war globally. Claude Anshin Thomas went to Vietnam at the age of eighteen, where he received numerous medals, including twenty-seven Air Medals, a Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart. Today he is a monk in the Soto Zen tradition and an active speaker and Zen teacher in the United States and Europe. He is also the founder of the Zaltho Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes peace and non-violence.
For the Walpole Peace and Justice Group
Philip Czachorowski
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