The President's Blog and Chapter News
We have changed our VFP meeting place and time. We are meeting at the Hudson River Coffee House, 227 Quail Street in Albany. Our next meeting is Monday, May 21, 2012 at 9 AM. Dan Wilcox will be conducting the meeting. Check with Dan if you have any questions or concerns. Paz, John
Chapter President John Amidon will be joining the Western Shoshone
Mother's Day Walk and Run in Nevada and invites VFP Sourthern California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico to support our Western Shoshone Brothers and Sisters!
Nevada Desert Experience Sacred Peace Walk 2012
Standing Their Ground Against Murder
Protesting Drones at Creech Air Force Base, Indian Springs, NV.
Tom Paine Winter Soldier Peace and Justice Awards Dinner
Thanks everyone for turning out.
It was a great evening and lots of fun. Paz, John
The 2011 Tom Paine Winter Soldier Peace and Justice Awards Dinner will be held on Tuesday, October 18. Please sign up early by contacting Dan Wilcox. This year's honorees are Mary Finneran, Tarak Kauff and Larry Wittner . . . More Inside!
The Nevada Desert Experience Sacred Peace Walk Journal 2011 by John Amidon
"Who's Next" by John Amidon
The "Golden Rule" Will Sail Again
The "Golden Rule" Willl Sail Again by Lawerce S. Wittner
The "Golden Rule," the legendary 30-foot ketch that once terrified U.S. government officials, will return to the seas again this coming summer.
Frances Crowe: An Unexpected Holiday Gift! and Nancy Gwin: A Champion of Peace and Justice
Frances Crowe: A Unexpected Holiday Gift!
Speaking with Daniel Ellsberg, Chris Hedges and Coleen Rowley was great, but honest to God , meeting Frances Crowe was thrilling. Perhaps at this point in my 60 some years of life I am a sucker for silver haired old ladies . . . 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 . . . .
Re-Thinking Hamas
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.
Protection or intimidation and Ehud Olmert Comes to Union College inside . . .
Inside are two articles, Protection or intimidation? and Ehud Olmert Comes to Union College. Both articles concern Ehud Olmert's visit to Union College.
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The Good Soldier
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...