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| Mark Foreman of Milwaukee Vets for Peace speaks at a press conference in support of AB203. From left to right, veterans Dennis Coyier, John Carey and Tom Contrestan Photo: Paul McMahon |
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Vets for Peace members from Milwaukee, Madison, Sheboygan, Elkhorn, Belleville and Mt. Horeb converged on Madison March 9, to testify before the state Assembly's Veterans and Military Affairs committee in support of AB203, the Safeguard the Guard bill.
The bill would require the Governor to conduct a legal review of any federal request for troops from the Wisconsin National Guard, and to refuse any request determined to be unlawful.
Members from several Wisconsin chapters of Veterans for Peace will be in Madison on Friday to take part in the rally at the state capitol and support Wisconsin workers and their famillies. Many have been there individually since the protests began 10 days ago. Full statement below...
By Daniel Barlow
Vermont Press Bureau
March 9, 2010
MONTPELIER – Rep. Michael Fisher has spent the last four years talking about what he sees as the illegal use of the Vermont National Guard in overseas conflicts, with little luck in moving a bill that could challenge the practice.
He's now hoping lawmakers in Wisconsin might be more understanding.
Wisconsin mayors John Dickert of Racine and Paul Soglin of Madison were among those speaking in favor of a resolution passed by the US Conference of Mayors Monday, calling for efforts to end our current wars and asking the President and Congress to "bring these war dollars home to meet vital human needs."
The last time the mayors did that was during the Vietnam war. David Swanson offers a detailed rundown on how it happened.
Mayor Soglin also described the resolution on CNN. You can view the video below.
Kathy Kelly and Joshua Brollier of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, a WNPJ member group, report after a recent visit to Pakistan:
With 60 million people living in poverty and many more living just above the poverty line, the people of Pakistan have priorities that do not include acting as a proxy to fight U.S. wars against purported terrorists. (Photo: Workers fired from Bureau of Labor Statistics.)
March 25, 2011: UFPJ has issued the following statement on U.S./NATO bombing of Libya:
Kathy Kelly and Josh Brollier, of WNPJ member group Voices for Creative Nonviolence, report from Afghanistan on emergency medical workers there and conclude: If we want Afghans to reject the Taliban's brand of weapon development and attacks, we in the U.S. need to show our own determination to foster the works of mercy rather than the works of war.
Kathy Kelly and Josh Brollier, of WNPJ member group Creative Voices for Nonviolence, report from Pakistan on emergency medical workers, and conclude: If we want Afghans to reject the Taliban's brand of weapon development and attacks, we in the U.S. need to show our own determination to foster the works of mercy rather than the works of war.
Video of Duluth protest,left.
WNPJ member Joyce Guinn of Germantown in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: U.S. policy change warranted.
WNPJ member Sister Vergine Lawinger of the Racine Dominicans in a letter to the Journal Sentinel: U.S. Must Act
WNPJ has signed on to the following statement from United for Peace and Justice.
While the statement calls for "diplomacy and negotiations" instead of force and a "Weapons of Mass Destruction-Free Zone" in the Middle East, it should be noted that there is no justification for a U.S. attack or sanctions on Iran whatever the status of those negotiations, nor does the U.S., the world's foremost military aggressor, have the moral right to ask Iran to do anything, and the only WMD's in the region reside in Israel, a staunch U.S. ally that receives over $3 billion per year in direct U.S. aid.
608-250-9240, Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, 122 State Street, Suite 405A, Madison, WI 53703, Send an email to the office diane@wnpj.org.
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