Inauguration on King's Birthday? Really?

Submitted by Susan Lamont
on Thu, 01/17/2013 - 9:54pm

"By a simple and chilling twist of fate, Obama's second inaugural address lands on the calendar the same day as the national Martin Luther King holiday. Any substantive understanding of King's words and actions must lead to the conclusion that the Obama presidency has become a tragic embodiment of the kind of foreign policy that King denounced." - Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction, founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, and candidate for Congress along the Northern California coast

Global Economic Policy and Violence Against Women

Submitted by Susan Lamont
on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 11:49pm

 


Dr. Vandana Shiva: The Connection Between Global Economic Policy and Violence Against Women
January 03, 2013
 
by Dr. Vandana Shiva
 
The brave and courageous Delhi gang rape victim breathed her last on December 30, 2012. This article is a tribute to her and other victims of violence against women.
 
Violence against women is as old as patriarchy. But it has intensified and become more pervasive in the recent past. It has taken on more brutal forms, like the death of the Delhi gang rape victim and the suicide of the 17-year-old rape victim in Chandigarh.
 
Rape cases and cases of violence against

The Pentagon as a Global NRA

Submitted by Susan Lamont
on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 10:30pm

The Pentagon as a Global NRA 
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175637/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_a_second_amendment_world%2C_pentagon-style/?utm_source=TomDispatch&utm_campaign=272308b908-TD_Engelhardt1_13_2013&utm_medium=email#more
For Washington, There Is No Arms Control Abroad 
By Tom Engelhardt

Given these last weeks, who doesn’t know what an AR-15 is?  Who hasn’t seen the mind-boggling stats on the way assault rifles have flooded this country, or tabulations of accumulating Newtown-style mass killings, or noted that there are barely more gas stations nationwide than federally licensed firearms

It's a New Year, but Old Wars and Occupations Continue

Submitted by Susan Lamont
on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 10:20pm

 

TALKING POINTS
By Phyllis Bennis

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IT’S A NEW YEAR, BUT OLD WARS AND OCCUPATIONS CONTINUE

January 11, 2013

Dear friends,

First, Afghanistan.  The war President Obama chose to escalate in the face of massive popular and significant military opposition – is back in the news as the countdown to the “draw-down” clicks on.

The commitment of the moment is that all combat troops will be removed by the end of 2014. Still officially on the table is the

The Iraq War Is Not Over

Submitted by Susan Lamont
on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 11:37pm

 

 

 

This week marks the first anniversary of the "end" of the Iraq War. This anniversary is not at all on the top of peoples’ minds, buried as it was in the hubbub of the holidays and now totally eclipsed by this other unspeakable, violent horror in Newtown, Connecticut.


Although all we would love to forget the war and call it over, it is not, it remains a heavy weight dragging on all of us, out of sight but significant.The Iraq War is not in the past tense in Iraq. Millions of Iraqis are still 

displaced, around the world, and within Iraq, still unable to pick up the lives they once inhabited

Code Pink Drone Activist to Speak at Peace & Justice Center

Submitted by Susan Lamont
on Fri, 12/14/2012 - 12:17am

 

The Antiwar Movement Challenges the U.S. Drone Wars

In early October, members of several peace groups, including Code Pink, Veterans for Peace, and United National Antiwar Coalition, made a trip to Pakistan to find out more about U.S. drone attacks there and to extend an apology to Pakistanis. Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink and author of Drone Wars: Killing By Remote Control, issued the statement, “We are here to say, on behalf of those Americans with a conscience, that we apologize to the people of Pakistan for the killing and suffering.”

Among those traveling with the group

Silence Will Not Speak For Me - The Sale of the Press Democrat

Submitted by Susan Lamont
on Fri, 12/14/2012 - 12:10am

 

by Susan Lamont

 

…..When the strong have perfected their triumph

over the weak, great symphonies will still

be played in the concert halls and on the radio

to console the forgetful and the undisturbed; the doors

will still stand open at the art museums,

rewarding the oppressed for their oppression…..

When those in power by owning all the words

have made them mean nothing, let silence

speak for us.

                                    Sabbaths 2003, VII

                                    Wendell Berry

 

The employees at The Press Democrat reportedly cheered when they

Creating Community

Submitted by Susan Lamont
on Fri, 12/14/2012 - 12:06am

 

Getting Centered

by Susan Lamont

 

            The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other

            cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique mani-

            festations of the human spirit.

                                                            Wade Davis, anthropologist and ethnobotonist

 

Davis’ statement applies not only to cultures, but to individuals and organizations. The mission of a group – the equivalent of the soul of a human – can vary widely.

Annual Peacemaker Awards Celebration

Submitted by Susan Lamont
on Thu, 10/25/2012 - 9:38pm

 

Purchase online at pjcsonoma.org -

click “Support PJC” –

go to “Program Designation” –

select “Awards Celebration 2012”

Tickets are $40 in advance, $45 at the door,

$15 low-income available

Annual Peacemaker Awards Celebration

Submitted by Susan Lamont
on Sat, 10/20/2012 - 12:41am

 

Annual Peacemaker Awards Celebration

& Silent Auction

 

The 99% Awakens

 

Peacemaker Award

Healdsburg Peace Project

Courage of Commitment Award

Jesus Guzman

Community Organization Award

North Bay Organizing Project

Unsung Hero Award

Dave Foote

 

Sunday, November 11, 2012

5:00 to 9:30 p.m.

Sebastopol Community Center

390 Morris St., Sebastopol

 

Music, Food, Auction, Dancing

$40 advance, $250 sponsorship (2 tickets)

Purchase online at pjcsonoma.org -

click “Support PJC” –

go to “Program Designation” –

select “Awards Celebration 2012”

 

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