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Mon. Mar. 1 Latin American Solidarity Cmte. meeting. Milwaukee. 7pm, Peace Action Center, 1001 E Keefe
Tue. Mar. 2 George Martin speaks on “Obama’s Push for New Nukes”. Milwaukee. 7pm, Peace Action Center
Wed. Mar. 3 Iraq Vets Against War meeting. Milwaukee. 3pm, Peace Action Center
Sat. Mar. 6 Milwaukee Stand for Peace. Take a stand against the U.S. War and Occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan. 12 noon-1pm EVERY SAT. at various intersections. See events page for locations.
Mon. Mar. 8 “What’s the Role of the Wisconsin National Guard” Milwaukee. 7pm, Peace Action Center, Michael Fisher presentation on the current use of our National Guard in Afghanistan and the campaign to bring them home.
Tues. Mar. 9 Bring the Guard Home rally and Assembly Bill 203 Hearing. Madison. Noon Rally. 1pm Assembly Hearing at State Capitol. Contact Liz for carpooling to Madison, 414-964-5158.
Tues. Mar. 9 WI Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba meeting. Father Melo Moreno, SJ, on the situation in Honduras. Milwaukee. Fr. Melo, a Jesuit priest who operates Radio Progreso will speak on the role of the media, the church and popular movements following the military coup. 7pm, Central United Methodist Church, 25th and Wisconsin Ave.; free parking behind church. www.wicuba.org, 414-273-1040.
Thurs. Mar. 11 Truth in Recruitment Committee meeting. Milwaukee. 7pm, Peace Action Center.
Tues. Mar. 16 Disarmament Committee meeting. Milwaukee. 7pm, Peace Action Center.
Wed. Mar. 17 Middle East Committee meeting. Milwaukee. 7pm, Peace Action Center.
Fri. Mar. 19 Film Showing: Committing Poetry in Times of War. Milwaukee.7pm, Friends Meetinghouse. Presenter: Eric Sirotkin. Co-sponsored by Peace Action Wisconsin.
Mon. Mar. 22 PA-WI Steering Committee meeting. Milwaukee. 7pm, Peace Action Center.
Tues. Mar. 23 Frank Zeidler Memorial Lecture: John Nichols speaks. Milwaukee. 7pm, Centennial
Hall, Milwaukee Public Library. Free, open to the public.
Sun. Mar. 28 Monthly Roundtable Discussion. Milwaukee. 2-3pm, Alterra Coffee House, 2999 N. Humboldt. Topic: Nuclear Disarmament. Everyone invited. For discussion articles call our office, 414-964-5158.
Wed. Mar. 31 Immigrant Rights Post-9/11. Milwakee. 7pm, Peace Action Center. Talk by Atty. Azadeh Shahshahshani on how Homeland Security’s agreement with local police to enforce immigration laws creates an atmosphere of mistrust and fear.

March newsletter deadline: Mon. Mar. 22
March newsletter mailing: Tues. Mar. 30

Peace Action Wis. Affiliate Events
Mon. Mar. 1 Daniel McGuire talk: The U.S. Israeli Partnership. Racine. 7pm Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist Church (625 College Ave.). Sponsored by Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice.
Thurs. Mar. 4 & 18 Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice meetings. Cup of Hope coffee shop, 507 6th Street, Racine. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Ken Yorgan, 262-634-2950.
Fri. Mar. 5 Lakeshore Peacemakers Peace Vigil. Manitowoc. 4:30-5pm, EVERY FRIDAY. 8th & Maritime.
Fri. Mar. 5 Sheboygan Stand for Peace and Justice. EVERY FRIDAY. 4:30-5:30pm, 9th & Erie. Sponsored by Sheboygan PeaceSeekers. Contact Chris Kuehnel, 920-918-2405.
Sat. Mar. 13 & 27 Peaceseekers of Washington County Stand for Peace. West Bend. 11:30am -12:30pm, corner of Decorah & Main. Information: Tom Haebig, 262-334-3179; www.thepeaceseekers.blogspot.com                                                                                                       Sat. Mar. 20 Monthly Racine Stand for Peace. 10-11am, southeast corner of Hwys. 20 & 31. Info: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Ken Yorgan, 262-634-2950.
Sat. Mar. 20 Sheboygan Peaceseekers & Veterans for Peace Anti-War concert. The “Midwest’s biggest, best, and boldest Anti-War Concert” from 7pm till 11pm at the New Paradigm in Sheboygan WI. This year we will be including art displays relating to peace, war, and justice; along with a poster contest. Musicians, poets, and a humorist will gather to mark our eight years of the Oil War in Iraq and the apparent permanent Occupation of Afghanistan. Join us in Sheboygan to experience the longest running such concert in the Midwest, as we express our outrage to those in power who created and now perpetrate these non-wars. Contact Chris Kuehnel, 920-918-2405, or the website, www.vetsforpeacesheboygan.org/upcomingevents.htm for more information.

Coming up soon -
May 2, 2010 NPT Rally in NYC: Thousands of activists from around the world will be converging May 2nd, 2010 in New York City to rally for nuclear disarmament. The UN will be having a review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and they need to hear our voices calling for an end to nuclear weapons! Peace Action will have a bus going to this rally. If you are interested in riding the bus or would like more information, please contact Liz at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 



Our Mission

Peace Action-Wisconsin is a peace and justice organization that works for a world where human needs are met, the environment is preserved, and the threats of war and nuclear weapons have been abolished. We are committed to non-violence as a way of life and offer our members opportunities for education, lobbying and public witness.

News From Everywhere

Exit Strategies for Afghanistan and Iraq By Tom Hayden - ... Representative Dennis Kucinich will step into the crosswinds this week and force the House of Representatives to wake up, pay attention, and vote up or down on the Afghanistan war. The Kucinich initiative at least will reveal where Congress stands. Whether it will energize the peace movement for upcoming March protests or beyond is unpredictable.

Local Nuclear War, Global Suffering by Alan Robock and Owen Brian Toon - Scientific American January 2010: climate.envsci.rutgers.edu [to view sidebars and other supplementary material please use this link] - Worry has focused on the U.S. versus Russia, but a regional nuclear war between India and Pakistan could blot out the sun, starving much of the human race.

Fiction of Marja as City Was US Information War - For weeks, the U.S. public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan War against what it was told was a "city of 80,000 people" as well as the logistical hub of the Taliban in that part of Helmand. ... It turns out, however, that the picture of Marja presented by military officials and obediently reported by major news media is one of the clearest and most dramatic pieces of misinformation of the entire war, apparently aimed at hyping the offensive as a historic turning point in the conflict.

Roundtable Discussions

Peace Education Project
Roundtable Discussion Group

Alterra Coffeehouse
Mar. 28, 2010   2 p.m.

Topic: Nuclear Disarmament

Discussion articles: TBA