The NYC authorities are refusing march permits for Feb. 15. Under no circumstances, they say, will there be a march bigger than 10,000 people. Why? Because the police cannot contain it. The following are *excerpts* of notes from Co-chair Leslie Cagan of the United For Peace and Justice Coalition(admin. committee notes.)a) The NYC Police Dept. informed our lawyers today that … [Read more...] about NY City witholding permit for anti war demo? Demo info here
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Nuclear Power: Japan’s crisis management too optimistic
Save electricity, save energy Think of every possible way to save electricity and you'll be surprised that, when your electricity bill goes down, you can "kill two birds with one stone".One percent campaign Devote 1% of your time or money to stop the re-opening of the HNPP (Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant) before the coming of the Tokai earthquake.Only 15 minutes a day or 2 … [Read more...] about Nuclear Power: Japan’s crisis management too optimistic
Guernica Reproduction Covered at UN
NEW YORK.- The "Guernica" work by Pablo Picasso at the entrance of the Security Council of the United Nations has been covered with a curtain. The reason for covering this work is that this is the place where diplomats make statements to the press and have this work as the background. The Picasso work features the horrors of war. On January 27 a large blue curtain was … [Read more...] about Guernica Reproduction Covered at UN
– A Call For Conscientious Objection to War and War Preparations
When War Resisters' International issued its call for conscientious objection to war and preparations for war in September 2001, the attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington were only three weeks old, and the Western states, led by the USA, was mobilising for the 'war on terrorism'. The first stage for this war was Afghanistan. Now, more than … [Read more...] about – A Call For Conscientious Objection to War and War Preparations
– Denis J. Halliday/Normon Solomon on Bush War Plans: Obscene
GUEST MEDIA ALERT: STATEMENTS BY DENIS HALLIDAY AND NORMAN SOLOMONJanuary 26, 2003Halliday is Former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and Former head of U.N. oil-for-food programThe obscene haste of Bush to go to war, beside his friend Tony Blair, is very hard to understand. In the absence of any immediate threat to the Middle East, or to the … [Read more...] about – Denis J. Halliday/Normon Solomon on Bush War Plans: Obscene