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Monday: Demonstration at White House – 61 peace activists arrested

Posted on October 6, 2009 by kwilder

Tuesday morning, October 6th, a note at Cindy Sheehan’s Facebook says, “ Cindy Sheehan IF ANYONE IS STILL IN DC, OR IN DC, MEET US AT W.H. AT 10 THIS MORNING” peace from Common Dreams newswire October 5, 2009 / 4:04 PM Frida Berrigan and Jeremy Varon Hundreds Demand End to Afghan and Iraq Wars, […]

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October is full of anti-war mobilizations…

Posted on October 1, 2009 by kwilder

10/02/09 – In New Zealand (with a parallel event in Long Island), Friday, October 2nd marks the beginning of the World March for Peace and Non-violence. 10/17/09 – The national Green Party is joining the Saturday, October 17th demonstration against war. 10/05/09 – And, on Monday, October 5th, a coalition, which includes the War Resister’s […]

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Green Party joins mid-October protests against US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

Posted on October 1, 2009 by iwilder

Green Party leaders, activists, and members across the US plan to participate in mass rallies, marches, coordinated local and regional demonstrations, and other forms of protest to take place on and around Saturday, October 17 calling for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. The National Assembly to End the Afghanistan and Iraq […]

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Max Wheat: The poetic language should be on the agenda of any meeting of those who are waging peace

Posted on September 30, 2009 by kwilder

Full story and lots of other good stuff at PeaceSmiths.org Heralding the Beginning, October 2, 2009, of The World March for Peace and Nonviolence With a Poetry Reading Maxwell Corydon Wheat, Jr. September 26, 2009 Smalls Jazz Club 183 W. 10th Avenue Greenwich Village, New York City Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writes about the death of […]

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Eloquent shoe-thrower, Al-Zeidi, to be released early!

Posted on August 29, 2009 by iwilder

As journalist and Iraqi citizen Muntadhar al-Zeidi threw his shoe towards President Bush, standing at a podium in Iraq, Muntadhar said, “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.” (excerpt from) The LA Times Iraqi shoe thrower to be released early The lawyer for Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who became a […]

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Congress considers war funding bills (Democrats push)

Posted on June 8, 2009 by kwilder

Thanks to US Election Atlas, a general and third party politics aggregator blog which led me directly and indirectly to many of today’s stories. (excerpt from) NY Times “The Caucus” blog Congress Considers War Financing Bills By Carl Hulse It is round-up time in Congress this week – time for Democrats to round up enough […]

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The Trials of Ehren Watada

Posted on May 21, 2009 by kwilder

Full story at Common Dreams First published on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 by The Nation The Trials of Ehren Watada (excerpt only) by Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith As Americans are inundated with revelations about the lies, torture and other crimes that accompanied the US-led war in Iraq, many who resisted continue to be punished […]

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Please comment: What’s up with the peace movement?

Posted on April 7, 2009 by kwilder

How do we end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Where is the peace movement? Questions by Kimberly Wilder. Some answers from David McReynolds. Please add your questions and/or answers in the comment section.

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Some Huffington Post humor: Alternative Punishments for Al-Zeidi

Posted on March 13, 2009 by kwilder

A Huffington Post writer has come up with some alternative punishments for Muntadhar Al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who shouted words against war as he threw his shoes at then President Bush. Evidently, writer Warren Holstein and I agree that there were worse things Al-Zeidi could have done. I can’t even post the whole story. Some […]

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Verdict against Al-Zeidi: “a verdict against the Iraqi people who refuse American occupation”

Posted on March 13, 2009 by kwilder

(excerpt from) The Hindu News Update Service/AP Iraqi cleric calls for shoe thrower’s release A Shiite cleric has called for the release of the Iraqi journalist sentenced to three years in prison for throwing shoes at George W Bush. Sheik Suhail al-Iqabi says the sentence against the journalist, Muntadhar al-Zeidi, is “a verdict against the […]

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“Crowds erupted” to sentencing of Al-Zeidi

Posted on March 12, 2009 by kwilder

KW: This morning, Iraqi journalist and eloquent shoe-thrower Muntadhar Al-Zeidi was sentenced to 3 years in prison. A stray headline on the Yahoo News page says, “Crowds erupt in anger over the fate of the reporter who threw his shoes at President Bush last year.” Though, when you click that is not the headline. And, […]

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The Eloquent Shoe Thrower, Al-Zeidi, receives sentence of 3 years

Posted on March 12, 2009 by kwilder

KW: I am not pleased with the outcome of this. I consider war correspondent Muntadhar Al-Zeidi to be a political prisoner. I will keep wilderside readers posted about worthwhile responses or demonstrations based on the new verdict of 3 years. (excerpt from) Daily Mail UK online Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at Bush is jailed […]

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A rally (almost) held for Al-Zeidi the eloquent shoe-thrower

Posted on March 10, 2009 by kwilder

Photo of rally from AP is: here Please note that Muntadhar Al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist and war correspondent who protested then US President Bush’s surprise visit to Iraq, will be in court again on Thursday, March 12th. (excerpt from) suomenkuvalehti.fi Iraq Protest

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Do we live in a rogue state?

Posted on February 27, 2009 by kwilder

Ian had noted off-blog that it sounded like we lived in a rogue nation. Recently, it seemed as if President Obama was saying that he, the elected “Commander in Chief”, was having to negotiate with the military about when to leave Iraq, and how many tens of thousands of soldiers to leave there permanently. Now, […]

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