At times I cannot believe that I am doing what I’m doing and have come to where I am from where I began. In my own mind’s eye I am still the girl who grew up on a Hoosier farm. No farmer’s daughter jokes, please. I still view myself as the student who was terrified […]
Walk in Their Shoes
I wasn’t sure how to depict the “Walk in Their Shoes” action. This is a pic I snapped of a big sister telling a little sister that each pair of shoes is “for kids like us who are dead in the war.” Does anything more need to be said? buildpeace.blogspot.com
Brief notes on actions.
Today several Pink House residents engaged in “Chain Gang” street theater outside the Scooter Libby trial here in D.C. Bush, Cheney, Rice were depicted on large bobble heads worn by women dressed in black and white old time prison garb who were connected to each other by chains. The visual image is quite clear. Our […]
Arlington Cemetery
Photos by Janet Weil. Washington, D.C.Arlington, CemeteryJan. 31, 2007 buildpeace.blogspot.com
Kissinger, Albright and Missing Strategies – pt. 2
Notes from Madeliene Albright She cut straight to the chase by saying she was plain and blunt and that there are no good options in Iraq. Every alternative carries with it grave risks. We have lost control. Assign missions that make sense. Quote from a soldier: Wouldn’t know who to shoot at unless I was […]
Guantanamo
Last evening, Tuesday evening, the women in the Pink House were fortunate to have an opportunity to speak with an informed source about the first person witness accounts of the true conditions in Guantanamo that this person has seen during visits to the base. The horrors continue.There is a feeling among those who go to […]