Veterans For Peace - Chapter 10

Current Opportunities for peacemakers: For detailed information please go to Waging Peace by Linda LeTendre @ http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/letendre/2010/mar/10/opps/ Fahima Vorgetts is coming back to the Capital District, Tuesday March 9 and Wednesday March 10. Her speaking schedule is inside. I also hope everyone can attend "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" at Siena College on 3/27/2010 7:00:00 PM. Our next meeting is Monday, March 15, 2010. We will meet at the VA Hospital, 4th floor, Ann Wilson Lounge at 7PM. More to come soon and more inside . . . .

Nancy Gwin: A champion of peace and justice. To affirm Nancy and all of the prisoners of conscience, please call your representative at ask that they co-sponsor HR 2567 - Latin America Military Training Review act , a resolution which will help close the U.S. Army SOA/WHINSEC. It is time to end the reign of terror conducted by the School of Americas/Western Hemisphere Institute For Security Cooperation at Ft. Benning, Georgia. For more information please go to www.soaw.org. More inside . . . .

Is Hamas a terrorist organization or the rightful resistance to a brutal occupation? It is a question that the U.S government and the American media seriously need to reconsider if peace is to be negotiated in the Middle East. Written in 2008 after meeting with Hamas officials in Damascus,Syria, I wrote this article to provide some beginning insight into Hamas for those who are interested.

Inside are two articles, Protection or intimidation? and Ehud Olmert Comes to Union College. Both articles concern Ehud Olmert's visit to Union College. more inside

The Good Soldier movie and panel discussion at Proctors was a wonderful evening and powerful learning experience for all of us. Thanks to everyone who worked to make this happen and who attended the event. More inside. . . "War trauma lingers on for many" and may be read at: http://www.timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=862454&LinkFrom=RSS See Linda LeTendres post,"A gift to all veterans for Veteran's Day" at http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/letendre/2009/nov/03/gift-all-vetera...

The Tom Paine Awards Dinner was everything we had hoped for. Thank you everyone for making this a wonderful evening for all involved.