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WNPJ members speak up in letters to the editor
Submitted by staff on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 1:41pm
WNPJ members continue to express opinions on a variety of issues in letters to the editor. Some of the more recent:
David Newby, Journal Sentinel: It's not the workers' fault
Rollin Cooper, Wis. State Journal: Ratify new arms reduction treaty
John Kinsman, Wis. State Journal: Monsanto connection skirted in guest column
John Murphy, Wis. State Journal: Health care reform bill good for small business.
Allen Ruff, Wis. State Journal: Foreign policy and heroin use linked.
WNPJ members speak out in July
Submitted by staff on Tue, 08/03/2010 - 2:51pmWNPJ members are well-represented on the opinion pages of Wisconsin newspapers, both online and in print, with letters to the editor on a variety of topics. Here's a recent sampling:
Colombia Support Network's John I. Laun and Cecilia Zarate-Laun: Our detention sends warning to activists for the poor
Peggy Wireman: Honest discussion of race issues needed
Peggy Wireman: Why the debate about Shirley Sherrod matters
Welcome Fawcett: Immigration reform a matter of fairness
Patrick Hickey: Guest worker programs were tried, and failed
Salvador Carranza: Facts, not hyperbole, need to propel reform
WNPJ members speak out
Submitted by staff on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 2:44pmWisconsin Network for Peace and Justice members continue to present progressive viewpoints in letters columns of Wisconsin newspapers. A recent sampling:
Chuck Baynton, a WNPJ board member, in a Journal Sentinel blog: Illegal immigration confers fewer rights than legal immigration
Nino Amato, Wis. State Journal: Support end to drug minimum markup
Guy Wolf, LaCrosse Tribune: Letter writer had shades of Astroturf
John Stoltenberg, Capital Times: Obama’s reforms to capitalism have no relation to socialism
WNPJ Members keep writing in August
Submitted by staff on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 3:56pmWNPJ members are well-represented on the opinion pages of Wisconsin newspapers, both online and in print, with letters to the editor on a variety of topics. Here's a recent sampling:
Dave Steffenson: Fix infrastructure, but avoid expansion
Bonnie Block: War is a disaster for us and Afghans
Rev. Don Timmerman: Stop wasting money on the military
Emily Hansen: Colombia’s former president should not be on flotilla inquiry panel
Daniel J. Guilfoil: Nader’s right -- get out of Afghanistan
Susan De Vos: Snow removal should include bus stops
Steve Burns: Rage-aholics need their anti-biker fix
WNPJ members keep on writing
Submitted by staff on Tue, 08/03/2010 - 3:10pmWNPJ members kept up a steady stream of Letters-to-the-Editor in June and July. Here's a sample:
Mary Beth Schlagheck: On mascots, teach respect, not racism
Daniel J. Guilfoil: There's no truth-telling in business or war or politics
John P. Stoltenberg: "New normal" is same old for working class
Russell Novkov: Sheriff's reporting of inmates wrong
Dave Steffenson: Real reform would make city sustainable
Bonnie Block: Palestine's side of the story unheard
Sen. Mark Miller: Proposal to reform public education financing laudable
Sen. Fred Risser: Smoke Free Act will improve health of all state residents
WNPJ members keep letters to the editor flowing
Submitted by staff on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 10:03amMembers of WNPJ and its member groups continue to express their opinions in letters to the editor. Here's a sampling of the latest batch. (If you have one published, let us know so we can include it.)
Chuck Baynton in Journal Sentinel blog: Renewable energy, not nukes, is a real solution
Sister Vergine Lawinger of Racine Dominicans, Journal Sentinel: Stop funding the war.
WNPJ members get their views out in public
Submitted by staff on Wed, 07/07/2010 - 4:25pm
WNPJ members continue to speak up via the letters-to-the-editor pages of their local papers. Here are some recent examples: Monica Adams: WSJ – 6-24-2010 Country must end foreclosure evictions
Bonnie Block: Palestine’s side of the story unheard”
WNPJ members fill "Letters to the Editor" page
Submitted by staff on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 1:29pmWNPJ members continue to express opinions on a variety of issues in letters to the editor. Some of the more recent:
Jennifer Loewenstein, Wisconsin State Journal: Goldberg’s views of Gaza blockade are over-simplified
Dave Steffenson, Wisconsin State Journal: Spill a reason to push for alternative energy
Lynn Pauly, Alliance for Animals - Madison, Wisconsin State Journal: All sentient beings deserve compassion
WNPJ joins 200 groups opposing nuclear 'climate bill'
Submitted by staff on Wed, 05/12/2010 - 9:59pm
Two hundred environmental, peace, consumer, religious organizations and small businesses -- including WNPJ and eight other Wisconsin groups -- have joined together to blast the newly introduced Kerry-Lieberman “climate” bill, called the American Power Act, as a taxpayer bailout of the nuclear power industry and other dirty energy interests that would be ineffective at addressing the climate crisis. The groups pledged to oppose the bill unless substantial changes are made, including removing all support for nuclear power.
WNPJ is part of the MREA Fair this weekend in Custer, WI
Submitted by staff on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 10:35am
http://www.the-mrea.org/energy_fair.php
Come visit our WNPJ table at X41 (outside the entrance to the horse barn)
6/18 Fri 8:30 - 11 am WNPJ and People for Peace "Pancakes for Peace" at MREA - Custer. Under the food tent, at the MREA Fairground. Co-sponsored by WNPJ and People for Peace in Waupaca. $8.50 for adults and $5 for youth. Buses running from Green Bay, Madison, Milwaukee, and LaCrosse. Read more, for other WNPJ member group presentations at the Energy Fair, including a regional CFNF meeting, Nukewatch, Artha, Echo Valley Hope FFD, and more:
608-250-9240, Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, 122 State Street, Suite 405A, Madison, WI 53703, Send an email to the office info@wnpj.org.