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Women in Black Weekly Peace Vigil

Thurs, Sept 5, NOON-12:30 PM

La Crosse, WI at Main St  & 4th St

Contact Deborah Buffton  [email protected]

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Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice​

STAND FOR PEACE

SATURDAY, Sept 7, 12:30 PM 

 Join us this Saturday for our weekly Stand for Palestine.  We meet on the corner of Hwys 20 and 31, which you get to by driving into the Kohl's parking lot and parking near the AT&T store (5502 Washington Ave, WI 53406.)

Fox Valley Peace Coalition

Vigil in Appleton First Saturdays

Sept 7, 2024 at 11 AM

College &  Appleton St

for info: [email protected]

Register for World BEYOND War's Annual Global Conference
#NoWar2024: Resisting the USA’s Military Empire

September 20-22!

https://events.worldbeyondwar.org/event/conference-nowar-2024/

Join us virtually – or in-person in Australia, Germany, Colombia, and the U.S. – for the 3-
day #NoWar2024 Conference to learn about the impact of the USA’s military base empire and how to resist it.
This year's #NoWar2024 Conference will look at the impact of the USA's military base empire. The United States,
unlike any other nation on earth, maintains a massive network of foreign military bases around the world, over
900 bases in more than 90 countries and territories. We’ll hear from speakers from around the globe about the
social, environmental, economic, and political impacts of U.S. military bases in their regions. We'll also hear
stories of nonviolent resistance, to share effective strategies and tactics that communities can use to oppose
militarism in their regions. 

ICAN Week of Action, No Money for Nuclear Weapons
Sept 16-22nd 

 Global Week of Action on Peace and Climate Justice  No Money for Fossil Fuels
Sept 21st-28th (and NY Climate Week)

 

Locally protest Astronautics, local weapons manufacturer headquartered in Oak Creek, WI, just south of Milwaukee. They are making a business out of the genocide in Palestine. With subsidiaries in Israel, and dealing directly with the Israeli Occupation Forces, Astronautics is clearly profiting off the murder of Palestinians.

Stay tuned

The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize- awarded to jailed women's rights activist, Narges Mohammadi.

VIGIL FOR PEACE IN PALESTINE ON DEC 19, 2023

At the Office of Gwen Moore, video of constituents "Speaking their names," including 1yr-olds who died under Israeli attacks on Gaza.  The office ignored multiple calls from the lobby to meet with a representative. Face to face they rejected any dialog with our group. Many Peace Action members live in Gwen Moore's district. 

also see-The Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine

 Website: https://www.wiscoforpali.org

URGENT! Call Congress: Stop the Gaza Genocide

Over 2 million Palestinian people trapped in Gaza are living through genocide in real time, as Israel bombs and starves them. Your solidarity is vital.

Representatives Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib, Andre Carson, Summer Lee, and Delia Ramirez have just introduced a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire and for humanitarian assistance to be allowed to enter Gaza.  It is essential that we generate thousands of calls to elected officials asking them to support this life-saving resolution for a ceasefire.

TAKE ACTION: Call your members of Congress. It's extremely important to urge them to support this ceasefire.

Fill in your information and click "Call me.”

You'll receive a phone call on the number you provided and be patched through to your representatives' and senators' offices, one after the other. After you speak to one office, press * (star) to be connected to your next representative, until you've called all three. If you don't get through, leave a voicemail.

Note that we should be thanking Reps. Bush (MO-01), Tlaib (MI-12), Carson (IN-07), Lee (PA-12), Ramirez (IL-03), Bowman (NY-16), Watson Coleman (NJ-12), García (IL-04), Jackson (IL-01), Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Omar (MN-05), Pressley (MA-07), and Velázquez (NY-07) for their support of the resolution.

SCRIPT 1 FOR SENATORS:

My name is [YOUR FIRST & LAST NAME], and I'm a constituent of [SENATOR'S NAME]. I'm calling about Palestine and Israel. The senator must take immediate steps to deescalate, by calling for a ceasefire, pressuring Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, and refusing to send any additional weapons or funding to the Israeli military. I am asking the senator to publicly call for a ceasefire along the lines of the resolution in the House led by Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib.

Any more military funding to Israel will further fuel violence by actively arming the Israeli government. This is a genocide. The senator must take action now to stop Israel's genocide against Palestinian people in Gaza and end all U.S. complicity in Israel's violence,

SCRIPT 2 FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES:

My name is [YOUR FIRST & LAST NAME], and I'm a constituent of [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME]. I'm calling about Palestine and Israel. The representative must take immediate steps to deescalate, by calling for a ceasefire, pressuring Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, and refusing to send any additional weapons or funding to the Israeli military. I urge the Representative to add their name to to the ceasefire resolution introduced by Reps. Bush and Tlaib and co sponsored by 11 other Representatives.

This is a genocide. The representative must take action now to stop Israel's genocide against Palestinian people in Gaza and end all U.S. complicity in Israel's violence.

Actual U.S. Military Spending Reached $1.537 Trillion in 2022—More than Twice Acknowledged Level: New Estimates Based on U.S. National Accounts

Monthly Review 

Women's Earth and Climate Network

Indigenous leaders urge Biden to shut down Line 5 pipeline due to ‘imminent’ threat. Peace Action WI has signed on.

CALL
President Biden has the authority to make the call to Shut down Line 5

• Phone: 1-202-456-1111

• Online: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

• Governor Evers may have the authority to make an emergency/crisis call

  • Phone: 608-266-1212

  • Online: https://evers.wi.gov/pages/connect.aspx

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Vienna’s International Summit for Peace in Ukraine Issues a Global Call for Action

Medea Benjamin on June 12, 2023 in Common Dreams

To amplify their call for a ceasefire, Summit participants committed themselves to organizing Global Weeks of Action—protests, street vigils and political lobbying—during the days of September 30-October 8.

National Priorities Project 

Report: The Warfare State: How Funding for Militarism Compromises Our Welfare

https://www.nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2023/warfare-state-how-funding-militarism-compromises-our-welfare/

In FY 2023, out of a $1.8 trillion federal discretionary budget, $1.1 trillion — or 62 percent— was for militarized programs. That includes war and weapons, law enforcement and mass incarceration, and detention and deportation. 

Less than $2 out of every $5 in federal discretionary spending was available to fund investment in people and communities, including primary and secondary public education, housing programs, child care programs, federal disaster relief, environmental programs, and scientific research. 

The U.S. spent $16 on the military and war for every $1 that was spent on diplomacy and humanitarian foreign aid. 

• The vast majority of militarized spending was for weapons, war and the Pentagon, at $920 billion. 

• Only $56 billion was spent for international affairs, diplomacy, and humanitarian foreign aid.

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 We celebrate the life’s work of Daniel Ellsberg, who died on Friday, June 16, 2023.

In his farewell letter he urged all whistleblowers and peacemakers around world to continue the struggle for truth-telling and world peace. He helped end the Vietnam War by publishing the "Pentagon Papers", revealing the lies and corruption that got the US into that war. His book, "Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner", reveals how Pentagon planning for nuclear war included sacrificing the lives of 100's of millions of people.

   Special Stand for “Daniel Ellsberg Week,” April 24-30. We celebrate the life’s work of Daniel Ellsberg, and to take action in support of whistleblowers and peacemakers, and to call on state and local governments around the country to honor the spirit of difficult truth-telling. His book, "Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner", reveals how Pentagon planning for nuclear war included sacrificing the lives of 100's of millions of people. He recently wrote a public letter disclosing that he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, with only three to six months to live

Antiwar Activists Publish Ceasefire in Ukraine Petition in Washington, DC newspaper on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 

Peace Action WI delivered the Peace in Ukraine appeal letter to Gwen Moore's office, Ron Johnson's Office and Tammy Baldwin's office.

IT’S TIME TO STOP THE KILLING AND DEVASTATION. CEASEFIRE & PEACE NEGOTIATIONS NOW!

The war in Ukraine has taken hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian lives, uprooted millions, contaminated land, air and water and worsened the climate crisis.

The longer the war goes on, the greater the danger of spiraling escalation which can lead to a wider war, environmental devastation and nuclear annihilation.

The war diverts billions that could be addressing urgent human needs.

Total military victory cannot be achieved by either Russia or Ukraine. It is time to support the calls by Pope Francis, United Nations Secretary-General Guterres, Presidents Lula de Silva of Brazil, Erdoğan of Turkey, Xi of China, and others for a ceasefire and a negotiated end to this calamitous war.

Stop the killing, agree to a ceasefire and begin negotiations!

 Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS)

Socialist Education Project (SEP) presents its 4^th Monday Webinar

Recording: Vijay Prashad, “The Rise of ‘The Darker Nations’ in the 21^st Century: Responses to Crises of War, Poverty, and Environmental Disaster”

http://ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/4th-monday-vijay.mp4

Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is the chief editor of LeftWord Books and the director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He is a senior non-resident fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. He has written more than 20 books, including "The Darker Nations" and "The Poorer Nations." He recently published a revised version of his groundbreaking book, “The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World,” New Press, August, 2022 which he will discuss followed by quhttps://www.facebook.com/fvc4pnj/estions and comments

Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice 

Monthly Vigil in Appleton

First Saturdays

Houdini Plaza, West Lawrence St, Appleton, WI 

for info: [email protected]

US congresswoman Betty McCollum (D) introduces bill

"Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act"

https://mccollum.house.gov/media/press-releases/mccollum-reintroduces-defending-human-rights-palestinian-children-and-families

The measure, backed by 17 Democrats, would ban US assistance to Israel from contributing to detention of Palestinian children.

The legislation prohibits Israel’s government from using U.S. taxpayer dollars in the Occupied West Bank for the military detention, abuse, or ill treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention; the seizure and destruction of Palestinian property and homes in violation of international humanitarian law; or any assistance or support for unilateral annexation of Palestinian lands in violation of international humanitarian law.

For Total Cost of War Since 2001, taxpayers in the state of Wisconsin are paying $127.25 billion.

Bangor Trident Nuclear Sub Base - Kitsap, WA - August 8, 2022