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WAMM Building The Momentum! |
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Got a camera and some creativity? Use them to end the wars!
March will mark the seventh anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq in the recent war. While continuing to wage war in Afghanistan.
Building the Momentum is calling for creative videos to build interest and discussion asking people to participate in the Twin Cities demonstration against the war and for peace on March 20th.
WAMM Building the Momentum VIDEOS on YouTube - click here »
How to make your video and post it on YouTube - click here » |
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Minnesota Peaceable Assembly Campaign:
Adventure to Obama's White House
By Steve Clemens
February 3, 2010 |
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We sat in a holding pen in our 4th jail since our arrest at the White House the day before. As we awaited to go to court, I wondered aloud to Joe Palen, a Pax Christi Twin Cities Area board member and one of my fellow arrestees, whether we would need time to decompress from the psychic trauma we incurred by seeing the dehumanization of the fellow humans being processed and prodded alongside us in these warrens of Washington, DC, places that are usually excluded from the routine tourist sites of the nation's capital. Did what we witnessed contribute to a kind of PTSD? Can the cumulative effect traumatize you even if the oppressive actions occur to others in your presence...
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Why Is It Taking So Long to Get the Aid to the Haitian People?
by April Knutson
The U.S. “aid” to Haiti is looking more and more like a military occupation with U.S. helicopters landing troops on the grounds of the Haitian National Palace.
All over the world ordinary people and governments have responded to the unprecedented disaster in Haiti, sending water, food, medical supplies, medical personnel. And a week after the earth- quake, much of that aid and many aid workers sit idle at the Port-au-Prince airport. Doctors With- out Borders report that five of their planes were not allowed to land because U.S. military aircraft were commandeering the only runway...
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Polly Mann: Swedes Stand Firm for Justice
posted January 29, 2010 |
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(Minneapolis) While the DFL Party has ensured that the resolution passed by its obstreperous Progressive Caucus calling for the State of Minnesota to disinvest from Israeli bonds, was headed nowhere but the waste basket...
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Time is Running Out
WAMM T3, January 20, 2010 |
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Time is indeed running out. We are soon to become officially a nation that sanctions torture. At the time the United States ratified the Convention Against Torture (1994), we also passed a federal statute criminalizing torture (18 U.S.C. Secs. 2340 and 2340A). That statute has a statute of limitations period of eight years, meaning if it is not enforced within eight years of the alleged act of torture, it cannot be used against that particular act.
Clearly, we have committed torture. The International Committee of the Red Cross says so; FBI interrogators say so; general counsel to our armed services says so; and Bush-appointed Military Commission judges say so. The United States began “legalizing,” authorizing, ordering, and committing torture some time in 2002. The eight-year statute of limitations will begin to expire on those acts some time in 2010.
Time is of the essence if we are not to become officially a nation that tortures. Our anti-torture/torture accountability committee, Tackling Torture at the Top, needs your help.
What can you Do? click here » |
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GAZA Freedom March - Minnesota
December 30, 2009 |
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Photos © Circlevision.org |
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Images from the Event - click here |
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Over 100 people paraded through the skyways of downtown Minneapolis for an hour at noon on Wednesday.
They marched in solidarity with 1400 humanitarian activists from 42 countries who are in Cairo, waiting for Egypt's permission to pass thru the Rafah Gate, which is Egypt's access into the Gaza strip. Among the group are seven activist from Minnesota.
Egypt has offered to allow 100 of the activists into the strip. But the marchers in Cairo have so far rejected that offer. Rallies on behalf of the marchers are beginning to attract Egyptian citizens in the streets of Cairo.
You can reach the U.S. State Department at 202-647-4000. Show your support for the GAZA Freedom March.
The Minnesota march was organized by the Palestinian Rights Coalition, of which the WAMM Middle East Committee is a member.
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Cynthia McKinney:
Breaking the Siege of Gaza |
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Listen to Ms. McKinney's complete talk on November 6th at Walker Church in Minneapolis. Hosted by the WAMM Middle East Committee.
click here
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WAMM
MIDDLE EAST
COMMITTEE
focusing on Palestine
now online
llnks, resources,
media and more
Add to your
KNOWLEDGE
CHECK IT
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Talking Points to use with your family, friends, and anyone else... |
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Why We Say Out of Afghanistan Now!
1. The invasion and 8-year occupation of the sovereign state of Afghanistan are immoral and contrary to international law.
2. Seventy-five percent of Afghans support...
(more - click here)
Why We Say Out of Iraq Now!
1. The occupation of Iraq is immoral and illegal, and a large majority of Iraqis and Americans want the U.S. to leave Iraq.
2. The continued presence of the U.S. military and private contractors...
(more - click here) |
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Conscientious Objection, Youth & Militarism, Delayed Enlistment
(all links open new window. close to return) |
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• The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
Supports and promotes individual and collective resistance to war and the preparation for war.
More info online.
• Youth & Militarism, American Friends Service
AFS carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world.
More info online.
• Center on Conscience and War
Committed to supporting all those who question participation in war.
More info online.
• GI Rights Hotline
Info on getting out of Delayed Entry. Military discharges, grievances and other civil rights.
More info call 800-394-9544 or 877-447-4487 or online.
• Human Rights Watch: Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
A child is defined as anyone under the age of 18, according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on May 25, 2000.
More info online.
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The Temple Mount is a holy place site in Jerusalem for Christian, Muslim and Jew. |
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End the Occupation of Palestine!
Weekly Vigil
Every Friday
4:15 - 5:30 pm
Summit & Snelling, St. Paul
(map - new window)
All are Welcome!
Please Bring a Sign.
See map: Palestine Shrinking.
Palestinians have lived under an illegal Israeli occupation since 1967, preventing them from establishing their own state on their homeland.
There are now millions of Palestinians who are refugees due to Israel's refusal to recognize their right under international law to return to their own homes since 1948.
Sponsored by the W A M M Middle East Committee.
For more information contact W A M M.
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Participate in a Vigil...
Weekly Peace and Say No to War Vigils continue all around the state.
Find out where in your community and if there ain't one, organize it and let us know!
click here
Weekly Vigil for Peace
Every Wednesday afternoon
4:30 - 5:30 PM
Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge.
Please come to St. Paul or Marshall Ave. side so that we can greet you.
In the aftermath and with the renewed escalation of this immoral and illegal war on Iraq, the Peace vigil is an ongoing symbol of our resistance to war and our efforts to promote peace through direct nonviolent action this and every Wednesday.
Sponsored by W A M M and the Twin Cities Peace Campaign. |
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OUR MISSION: Women Against Military Madness is a nonviolent, feminist organization that works in solidarity with others to create a system of social equality, self-determination and justice through education, action and the empowerment of women. WAMM’s purpose is to dismantle systems of militarism, economic exploitation and global oppression.
Please note W A M M 's provision of information on other group's events is not meant to convey nor endorse any action contrary to public policy that would be inconsistent with exempt purposes under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) i.e., charitable purposes.
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W A M M is supported by the Membership
and funding from the following Organizations
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