Activist Events
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| Saturday, June 7 |
Maine Veterans for Peace
Invites You To Attend Our 3rd
Symposium On
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
The Hidden Costs of War
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
The Hannaford Lecture Hall at the
University of Southern Maine's
Abromson Center, Portland Campus
For more Information email or phone Dud Hendrick:
email:dudhe@verizon.net
Phone: 1-207- 409-7432
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| August 2nd |
Brunswick Peace Fair
The Brunswick Peace Fair will be held again this year on August 2, a Saturday, from 10 to 4:00 on the green.
If you can help with the table contact :Gretchen dexkam@aol.com
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March 7 |
2008 Interfaith Peace Witness
On Friday, March 7th in Washington, DC, people from across the United States will attend religious services at over a dozen different houses of worship and centers of faith at noon. Then we will come together for a public witness and demonstration against the war, including inspirational and diverse speakers, opportunities for civil disobedience, and the creation of a "rope of hope."
Please join us for this act of faith, and for related workshops and gatherings.
On Friday, March 7, 2008, people of all faith traditions from across the United States will gather for worship at 12:00 noon in temples, mosques, synagogues, and churches in the U.S. Capital.
For a listing of worship services and other events associated with the March 7th Peace Witness, go to: http://olivebranchinterfaith.org/events |
| March 19 |
March 19, 2008: the 5th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the beginning of the 6th year of war and occupation, the 6th year of senseless death and massive destruction.
United for Peace and Justice is calling for and supporting a set of activities on and around the 5th anniversary that will manifest the intensifying opposition to the war and help strengthen our movement. We invite you to work with us to ensure the success of these actions.
United for Peace & Justice (Link)
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March 10
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From Jamilla el Shafei at the
Kennebunk Peace Department
jamillaelshafei@gmail.com
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We
believe that the time has past to ask or petition or beg Congress to
act under the will of the people. We believe that Congress works for
US, and that the time has come to TELL them what they must do. It is
time to stop the corrupt and murderous business as usual in the Senate
and House of Representatives.
We will participate in non-violent direct actions that will deliver
our official orders to Congress, and confront them peacefully if they
refuse to comply. When we model this behavior to the citizens of the
USA, and the world, we hope to inspire them to take similar actions,
and take back control of Congress and the Government that is ours.
STOP
LOSS CONGRESS ACTIONS:
MARCH 10 to 12, 2008: (Monday to Wednesday) This March, while tens of thousands
of Americans in Washington, D.C., and all over the United States will
be participating in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience to protest
the ongoing occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and involuntarily deployed
U.S. soldiers and innocent civilian victims will begin another year
of occupation, torture, and murder, U.S. congress members will be on
vacation (March 15th to 30th, ignoring the killing and suffering they
have enabled, supported, and financed.To intensify the irony, Congress
has condoned a widespread stop-loss policy in the military which
requires soldiers to involuntarily extend their tours and prolong
the killing. It is time to Stop-Loss Congress!
Monday March 10, and Tuesday
March 11: we will
deliver "official" stop-loss notices to all members
of Congress in their Capitol Hill offices. These will notify them
that all of their LEAVES, VACATIONS, PASSES and HOME VISITS HAVE BEEN
CANCELLED until further notice. Just as they require that active-duty
personnel endure involuntary extensions of their tours of duty, we,
the people for whom they work, are notifying them that they, too, will
have their tours of duty INVOLUNTARILY EXTENDED until every foreign
soldier and mercenary is out of Iraq, and home. When all the troops
and contractors get home, then Congress can go home, and no sooner.
Wednesday March 12: we will take nonviolent DIRECT
action on Capitol Hill, to ensure that, while thousands of Iraqis,
Afghanis, and foreign invaders die and are injured for life, the
members of Congress and their staffs will not go home but remain to
DO THEIR DUTY, and immediately end the funding of the occupations
of Iraq and Afghanistan. No members of Congress goes home until
THE TROOPS COME HOME.
Here is the actual STOP-LOSS
ORDER we will be serving on Congress:
STOP-LOSS
ORDER
BY ORDER OFTHE PEOPLE
OF THE UNITED STATESTO:
ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESSFROM:
THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE******************YOU ARE OFFICIALLY INFORMED
THAT EFFECTIVE MARCH 12, 2008, ALL LEAVE, VACATION, PASSES
AND FAMILY VISITS ARE HEREBYC
A N C E L L E D.YOU ARE ORDERED TO REMAIN
AT YOUR POSTS UNTIL ALL U.S. TROOPS AND “PRIVATE CONTRACTORS”
ARE REMOVED FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, AND ALL THE WARS ARE ENDED. YOU MAY NOT GO HOME
UNTIL ALL THE TROOPS ARE HOME.*******WARNING :
ANY VIOLATION OF THESE ORDERS WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT
OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. |
Ongoing Events
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3rd Friday, Every Month |
Please join Gold Star Families Speak Out and endorse the Iraq Moratorium.
The Iraq Moratorium will be an escalating, monthly series of actions demanding an end to the war.
Commencing Friday, September 21st and continuing the Third Friday of every month thereafter,
we will make a break with business as usual.
www.iraqmoratorium.org
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| On Line Memorial |
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Past Events |
| October 27th |
October 27, 2007
National Day of Action
New England Mobilization to End the War in Iraq
http://newenglandunited.org/ |
| Common Ground Fair |
MFSO will have a table at the fair and speakers from MFSO~ME. For volunteering in booth please contact
Carole Whelan. |
| September 15th |
Angels don't drop Bombs, Brunswick, ME 9:00am March to the gate of BNAS. See Veterans for peace for more information. http://www.vfpmaine.org/vfp.htm |
| August 25.2007 |
Stop the War Start a Revolution
From Crawford to Kennebunkport www.kportprotest.org and add to your Facebook events |
| June 3rd NH |
Join me for the first NH Codepink Action.
Barbara Hilton email bgh3@comcast.net. |
| April 28th |
This Saturday, April 28th, Stand Up Congress is launching a special statewide campaign in Maine to tell Senators Collins and Snowe to stop voting for the President’s war in Iraq,
FULL EVENT INFORMATION
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March 17 |
Local events are planned in towns all over Maine.
Be sure to look at: http://www.everyvillage-me.us/ There you can find an event near you, listed by town. News and other items are also here.
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| March 16,17, 18 |
GET ON THE BUS! MARCH IN DC ON THE PENTAGON!!
AnswerCoalition.org |
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Veterans for Peace
Ongoing Events
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- VFP members join Women in Black each Friday at noon in Portland and Farmington.
For Portland information, contact Jack Bussell.
For Farmington information, contact Doug Rawlings
- VFP members' vigil in Augusta at the West Rotary (by the Capitol Building) every Thursday from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm — all are welcome
- Maine Chapter 001 Meetings are held on the last Thursday of each month. Meetings rotate between Augusta, Brunswick, Lewiston, and Portland.
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