The Walpole Peace and justice Group is holding a vigil on Saturday, May 5, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the corner of Main St. and West St. in Walpole to speak out for funding our communities and reducing military spending and for ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
On March 29, 2012 the House passed a budget that slashes domestic spending while increasing the military budget. The United States spends almost as much on the military as all the other countries of the world combined. More than half of all US annual discretionary spending goes to the military and war fighting. We call for cutting military spending and instead keep funding our nation’s social programs, like housing, education, Medicare, and Medicaid, that are so critical to people. We support the Fund Our Communities / Reduce Military Spending 25% Campaign as well as the People’s Budget. We also call for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Also tonight, Wednesday, the Peace and Justice for Palestine (PfP), West of Boston, Pax Christi, and MetroWest are sponsoring a showing of the film The Iron Wall about the conflict in the Mideast between Israel and Palestine. The showing is at the Natick Library, lower hall, 14 East Central Street, Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at 6:45 PM. The film will be followed by a discussion, facilitated by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy from the Catholic Worker House in Worcester. Claire is a journalist who has visited Palestine several times to work with the Palestinian and Israeli people.
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