THE TIME IS NOW! RALLY FOR PEACE! RALLY FOR DEMOCRACY!

Where: Monument Square, Portland, ME 04101

When: Friday, November 6, 2009, 5 PM

Portland will be the site of a major Rally featuring David Swanson on Friday, November 6 at 5:00 PM. Swanson, a nationally recognized activist and author, is co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, creator of ProsecuteBushCheney.org, the Washington Director of Democrats.com, and a board member of Progressive Democrats for America. He served as press secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign and has been a leading voice for the prosecution of Bush and Cheney for war crimes.

What: Teach-In: Rethinking Afghanistan & Iran

Where: Asbury United Methodist Church, 324 N 29th St, Richmond, Virginia 23223

When: Oct. 17, at 7 p.m.

Free and open to the public

It's been eight years since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, making this the longest U.S. military engagement since Vietnam. Many thousands of lives have been lost, including nearly 900 GIs. According to the Center for Defense Information, the estimated cost of this war will reach $439.8 billion by the end of this fiscal year. And the Obama administration is now weighing whether to commit tens of thousands more troops.

Pledge to attend by emailing sabletide@yahoo.com
http://october17.org/orlandofl/
On Tuesday, October 20, co-organizer Jeff Nall will appear on 96.5 WSLR Sarasota Community Radio’s “Peace & Justice Report” to discuss the protest. The show starts at 9am.

What: Florida Mass March to End the War Economy

When: 12pm, Saturday October 17

"The Stand" is about teenagers protesting the war in Iraq by walking out of school. A cast of spirited and conscious teens fed up with the frivolity of Grease, Hair Spray & High School Musical make the case: our Department of Defense feeds on the ignorance and passivity of “the people” twelve years socialized by the Department of compulsory mis-Education.

All peace-related groups are welcome and encouraged to table at any and all performances.

SHOWS:

• Brody Theatre, 16 NW Broadway, Portland, OR 97209 224-2227, 1 pm Saturday & Sunday Oct. 10/11. $5.
  

"The Stand" is about teenagers protesting the war in Iraq by walking out of school. A cast of spirited and conscious teens fed up with the frivolity of Grease, Hair Spray & High School Musical make the case: our Department of Defense feeds on the ignorance and passivity of “the people” twelve years socialized by the Department of compulsory mis-Education.

All peace-related groups are welcome and encouraged to table at any and all performances.

SHOW:

• Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis St., Portand, OR 97202, 823-3177. Saturday, Oct. 10, 8 PM, (FREE!)
  

Please try to attend the next "Army - Don't Go to Iraqistan" rally to be held this coming Saturday, Oct. 10 at West Point to address people arriving for the Army-Vanderbilt football game. Directions.

We will gather at 10:30 a.m. in Highland Falls by the clock at the southern most tip of the public park at Main Street and West Point Highway, just south of West Point's Thayer Gate. The rally will end at noon, kickoff time.

Eleven of us attended the rally there this last Saturday, and we found the experience very worthwhile.

How do we end the war in Afghanistan?

What: David Wildman of Global Board of Ministries of the United Methodist Church, recently returned from his 4th trip to Afghanistan

When: Wed. Sept. 16th, 7:15 pm

Location: St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church
263 West 86th St. (between Broadway & West End Ave - half a block from #1 subway)

Yesterday's New York Times headline: "U.S. Buildup: a Necessity?" Yet another article questioning continued troop buildup in Afghanistan! 57% of the people in this country do not support continuing this war. How can we expand that majority as we did with the Iraq war in order to convince Congress and President Obama to take action to end the war in Afghanistan?

The American Society of International Law, the Constitution Project, and the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law invite you to attend a special event on Constitution Day, September 17, 2009, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm.

Georgetown University Law Center
McDonough Hall - Hart Auditorium
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001

RSVP

Presentation of the Constitution Project's 2009 Constitutional Commentary Award

Honoring Michael Kirk for his production of Frontline's "Bush's War;" the award will be presented by 2007 honoree and Pulitzer Prize-winner Charlie Savage of the New York Times

Panel Discussion: "Defining Human Rights: What Role does International Law Play in our Constitutional System?" Featuring:

• John Bellinger, Partner at Arnold & Porter LLP; Legal Adviser to the Department of State, 2005-2009
  

Learn how Iraqi labor unions are trying to re-build Iraq

Remember this past Spring, when IVAW members Aaron Hughes and T.J. Buonomo went to Iraq for the First International Iraq Labor Conference? There they met with union leaders representing all sectors of the economy from across Iraq. Well, this month, IVAW is excited to host five of those same leaders in an East Coast tour as they head to the AFL-CIO National Convention in Pittsburgh. We kick off this tour today in Washington, D.C., then on to New York City, and Philadelphia.

We are writing to invite you to participate in a nonviolent resistance action at the White House that is being organized by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR), Witness Against Torture (WAT), Voices for Creative Nonviolence, War Resisters League, Peace Action and other peace groups.

The action will be carried out by various affinity groups, focusing on:

• Ending the US War in Afghanistan
• Ending the US Occupation of Iraq
• Stopping the US Drone bombings in Pakistan
• Closing Guantanamo and Bagram US Military Prisons
• Accountability for Torture

A flyer for the action is attached.

Witness Against Torture will also be holding a planning meeting (for January, 2010 and beyond) on Saturday, October 3, 2009 @ 3pm.