Diane, Pat and Fred read Guantanamo poetry at the Muddy Cup in Poughkeepsie. Carolann read some additional poetry about human rights and social change.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Guantanamo poetry at the Muddy Cup
Diane, Pat and Fred read Guantanamo poetry at the Muddy Cup in Poughkeepsie. Carolann read some additional poetry about human rights and social change.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Guantanamo Poetry at the Cubbyhole Cafe
Jim, Pat, Carolann, and Diane read poetry last night (Aug 20) to a small but enthusiastic crowd. We plan more venues.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Friday, August 17, 2007
Peace rally at West Point.
Major Peace Rally Protests Cheney Speech To West Point Graduation, May 26
"I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 5-Star General, 34th President of the United States, West Point Class of 1915
Hudson Valley, NY - May 16, 2006 - Elected officials, veterans, military families, and grassroots citizen activists for peace, freedom, and justice held a march and rally at Veterans Park, Highland Falls, New York commencing at 8:30 am on May 26, 2007 as Vice President Dick Cheney delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of 2007 at the United States Military Academy.
"We feel morally obligated to continue to protest the war in Iraq and to show this administration that people around the country will not accept the perpetuation of this war. Allowing Vice President Cheney to appear in our region without protest is tantamount to supporting this war and condoning current American foreign policy," said Michael Sussman, the civil rights attorney currently defending the West Point 8, and the chairperson of the Democratic Alliance.
Organizations including Veterans for Peace, social justice groups, women's groups, media watchdogs, impeachment advocates, party activists ranging the full spectrum from Democrat to Republican, Green to Libertarian, and over a thousand citizens took part. With the endorsement of several national peace coalitions, this year's peace event was the largest in West Point history. At press time, an injunction was being sought in federal court to permit the parade to enter the grounds of the campus itself, which, if approved, would be the first access of this type in the movement's history.
We support the 9 and 9D Vigil.
The vigil on 9 and 9D is still going after three years (Saturdays at 12:30).
Elizabeth Holtzman: The Politics of Impeachment.
For High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Friday, Oct 20
Goletti Theater, Marist College
We had over 100 people at this talk. Come to our next meeting to plan more impeachment events for Dutchess County.
Voices for Peace in Poughkeepsie.
The Voices for Peace gave us a great send-off for the April 29 Peace Rally in NYC.
Kathy Kelly comes to speak.
Reflections on the US war in Iraq and
the ongoing Middle East conflict
Kathy spoke on March 28th at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Staatsburg(Go five miles south from Rhinebeck on Rt. 9and then turn right on Old Post Rd.)
"For the last 25 years, the 51-year-old Kelly has been nowhere near the sidelines. She has been willing to go anywhere in the world, Bosnia, Haiti, the West Bank, to do whatever she can to help victims of violence and demonstrate for peace. As long as the activity is nonviolent, she has been willing to be arrested again and again. She has been willing to go to jail again and again. She has even been willing to die."
—Chicago Tribune
Eyewitness Palestine by Paula Silbey.
Paula Silbey, a resident of the Hudson Valley, joined International Women's Peace Service (www.iwps.info) and made two trips to Palestine in 2006. Her talk focused on daily life, the hardships of Israeli occupation, and the conflict she experienced as an American Jew. Over 50 people attended the presentation, and we got excellent coverage in the Poughkeepsie Journal and the Weekly Beat.
Eyes Wide Open comes to Vassar.
Eyes Wide Open exhibition came to Poughkeepsie and the Dutchess Peace Coalition helped raise funds for it. Photo by Econosmith.
Fundraising for Eyes Wide Open.
Dancing to the Walker Family Band, we raised over $300 for the Eyes Wide Open exhibit and counter recruiting efforts in Dutchess Co.
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