From Wisconsin to Vermont, Safeguard the Guard is news

The March 9 hearing on the Safeguard the Guard bill, before the Wisconsin State Assembly's Committee on Veterans and Military Affiars attracted notice from TV and newspapers across the state of Wisconsin, and even a report from Vermont, the home state of State Rep. Michael Fisher, the author of the nation's first law challeging federal call-ups of a state guard. Photo: WKOW-TV News, Madison

2010/03/11: Wis Public Radio: Attempts to block more nuclear energy in Wisconsin

Chuck Quirmbach of Wisconsin Public Radio reports on the Carbon Free Nuclear Free Coalition, of which WNPJ is an active member:

Anti-nuclear groups are trying to close a potential window for expanded use of nuclear power, as Wisconsin lawmakers debate a global warming bill.

2010/03/11: Wis. State Journal: Peace-loving grandma goes to jail

Doug Moe's column tells of Marilyn Ross, a retired teacher who was arrested -- for the first time -- at age 76 at a sit-in at the office of a military contractor in Madison, as part of an action by Madison Pledge of Resistance to protest sending 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan. 

Longtime activist and WNPJ member Joy First organized the action last December, and she and her daughter, Jennifer also were arrested that day.

Judy Miner is accidentally in the news

WNPJ Executive Director Judy Miner says she wasn't actually writing a letter to the editor for publlication, but it ended up -- after being "cleaned up" by editing -- as a letter in the Capital Times:

What she actually did was write to the newspaper, to the editor of the 77 Square section, to complain about the ad. Without knowing what she was complaining about, which was edited from the published version, it was hard to know what she was so steamed up about. Her actual letter said:

2010/03/11: Wis. State Journal: Ordination of gay Madison man as minister is challenged

Sadly, but predictably, Presbyterians who oppose the planned ordination of a gay Madison man have filed a complaint with the national church in hopes of derailing the process. The action attempts to reverse a decision by a regional governing body of the Presbyterian Church (USA) to ordain Scott Anderson, 54, who has said he has been in a committed relationship with a man for 19 years.

Report from Palestine: Soldiers detain herb-gathering children at gunpoint

Cassandra Dixon, of WNPJ member group Mary House near Wisconsin Dells, reports from Tuwani, Palestine:

Hi Friends -- I hope you are well.  Life continues to be busy and challenging for everyone here in Tuwani.  Two days ago three boys from the village were detained by soldiers while they were trying to harvest herbs on the family land of one of the boys.  This is the season for many native plants here -- they're each available in a short window of time during the brief  spring season here, before everything becomes too dry to grow or be useful as food. 

2010/03/05: UWM student protest ends with 15 arrests

A student protest Thursday at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee over the cost of higher education ended with campus police using pepper spray, 15 students arrested, and different and conflicting accounts of what happened. Here's the AP version.

This statement is from Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES), the youth component of WNPJ member group Voces de la Frontera:

2010/03/04: MPR: Bill to undo (Minnesota) moratorium on nuclear plants stalls

While the Wisconsin legislature considers a Clean Energy Jobs Act that would open the door to more nuclear reactors in Wisconsin, a similar pro-nuclear proposal has suffered a major setback across the Mississippi in Minnesota. Minnesota Public Radio reports:

2010/03/05: WNPJ member from Duluth travels with CPT to Iraq

 Michele Naar-Obed, of  member group Loaves and Fishes, of Duluth,  has returned to Suleimaniya, Iraq this winter. WNPJ will post her reports on our website. Michele can be reached at obedsinduluth@yahoo.com. Michele writes: March 5, 2010 - Dear friends, It's been a long and tiring month and a lot has happened here in the Kurdish north of Iraq. Our long awaited human rights report is now public. "Where there is a promise, there is a tragedy": Cross-border bombings and shellings of the northern village peoples of the Kurdish region of Iraq by the nations of Turkey and Iran

Why do we need gun background checks? Meet Wayne

This new video from the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Educational Fund, a WNPJ member, on why we need background checks on all gun sales, is done simply. But it makes its point. Take action.

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