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Summary: Advocating for Peace: Week of August 29

Sat, 08/28/2010 - 08:50 — Dave Culver
Section(s): 
Activism & Organizing

6 New Items including:

  • Peace: The Real Deficit Buster
  • Tell NBC: Debate the Afghanistan War

David Culver, ed., Evergreene Digest

Jeff Danziger

 

Peace: The Real Deficit Buster, Joe Volk, Friends (Quakers) Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)

  • For the first time in decades, real cuts in Pentagon spending could be on the agenda.
  • But military contractors and some members of Congress are demanding that no cuts be made in their favorite Pentagon projects.
  • Tell the deficit commission: Cut military spending, not Social Security

Helping Veterans, Will Shapira, Evergreene Digest
Here are some capusle reviews in the hope that those interested in helping our brave troops reintegrate into society---regardless of your opinion of the wars they were involved in---will follow up.

Upcoming Peace Events! Coleen Rowley, Evergreene Digest
WAMM's new campaign...protest Robert Delahunty at U of St. Thomas...End the war on terror...Talk: War is Bankrupting Our Nation and Making Us Less Safe!...more!

Tell NBC: Debate the Afghanistan War, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
Thousands have signed on to FAIR's petition--add your voice today and keep the pressure on NBC to have a real war debate!
Meet the Press missing antiwar voices

Minneapolis Denies Permits for Anti-War March at Democratic National Convention, Women Against Military Madness
Officials responsible for making the decision to turn down the application for the anti war march have not even bothered to put forward coherent reasons that are consistent with the law.

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