Where oh where oh where do I start? Over the next couple weeks I will have a fair amount of time to write so I will be blogging about lots of things that have happened in the last few weeks when I have not been able to post, but before I start playing catch up […]
Tucson's March 18th March
I am finishing up something started the day of the march — yesterday. I am not in top form today as I’m on my third day of a fast. I’m a bit tired and a bit grumpy… but this is a juice fast so I’m not experiencing real hunger, not the kind of hunger that […]
The Women's Web is the World's Safety Net
Maxine Frith’s article in the Independent/UK is one of the most salient articles I’ve seen, although the title is deceptively narrow, in quite some time on the status of women and its impact on the state of the world in regard to peace and every matter. I usually do not reprint articles in their entirity, […]
Join the CODEPINK Fast For Peace!
CODEPINK Tucson is organizing a PROGRESSIVE FAST FOR PEACE that is taking place between today and the 3rd Anniversary of the U.S. War Against Iraq. On their site, they list pinktucson (at) cox.net as the contact where you are supposed to send an email containing your name locationdate you will be fastingand your reason for […]
Women Delivering Global Peace Petition Roughed Up and Arrested.
I thought we had the right to petition organizations charged with our welfare. Once upon a time I guess. This arrived this a.m. from a friend who is in D.C. for International Women’s Day Actions: Medea Benjamin and Cindy Sheehan, who were both arrested in New York City with two other women, Missy Beattie (Gold […]
How many lives ruined? Teacher loses all for talking of peace.
A friend in Indiana sent me this in an email a couple days ago: Teacher Awaits Day in CourtBy Matthew RothschildJanuary 25, 2006 Deb Mayer was a teacher of fourth, fifth, and sixth graders at ClearCreek Elementary School in Bloomington, Indiana, during the 2002-2003school year. On January 10, 2003, she was leading a class discussion […]