Next meeting of the WNC Peace Coalition will be on November 18, 2008 at 7 PM at Unitarian Universalist Church in TIME TO VOTE! EARLY VOTING STARTED ON OCTOBER 16!
Announcements, upcoming events and corrections can be posted in the comments. Photo is of the Brevard Peace Vigil this past summer.
EVENTS
10/01/08 to 10/30/08 WNC PSR cosponsors with Center for Diversity Education at UNCA the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Poster Exhibit in Karpen Hall, UNCA, open Mon. - Fri., 8 - 5. Scenes of the
10/27/08 WNC Chapter of the Network of Spiritual Progressives will meet at Jubilee (
10/27/08 Asheville-Buncombe Community Relations Council will facilitate a forum at the Unitarian Universalist Church in
10/27/08 Candidates forum for NC House and NC Senate at
10/31/08 The 1960’s film “Dr. Strangelove” will be shown at 9 PM at the Highsmith Student Union Grotto at UNCA.
11/01/08 Buncombe County Green Party meeting at 10 AM at the Fortune building on
11/01/08 Asheville Branch of the NAACP will hold a Freedom Fund and Awards Banquet. Keynote speakers will be Rev. William Barber II, president of the NC NAACP. Banquet and award ceremony starts at 7 PM at the Double Tree Biltmore on
11/04/08 Election Day
11/04/08 Dept of Peace Campaign meets at 7 PM at the
11/06/08 Veterans for Peace meet at 6:30 PM at Firestorm Café & Books in
11/11/08 Veteran’s Day
11/11/08 WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility meeting at UU Church in Asheville on Charlotte and Edwin St. Contact Lew at patrie.wncpsr@main.nc.us or call 828-299-1242 for more information.
11/11/08 Town Hall Forum on Immigration at St. Eugene’s Catholic Church at
11/14/08 Activist Movie Club in Waynesville. Contact John at buckley_john@bellsouth.net for information on the movie to be shown, directions and to RSVP.
11/14/08 Unitarian Universalist Congregation will show a movie at 7 PM. Discussion will follow. Free, donations accepted. Contact Lew at patrie.wncpsr@main.nc.us or call 828-299-1242 for more information.
11/16/08 The Ethical Society of Asheville will meet at 2 PM at the Botanical Gardens Visitor Center at
11/17/08 Presentation on Middle East peacemaking and US Christians at All Souls Cathedral in Biltmore Village from 7 to 9 PM. This is organized by the NC Council of Churches. On November 17, the North Carolina Council of Churches will offer a public program on Iran and the prospects for peace in Israel-Palestine and Iraq following the November 4 election, at All Souls' Cathedral, on the corner of Rt. 25 and Angle St., at Biltmore Village.
11/17/08 WNC Chapter of the Network of Spiritual Progressives will meet at Jubilee (
11/17/08 WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility meeting moved to 11/11/08.
11/18/08 WNC Peace Coalition meeting at UU Church in
11/20/08 Transgender Day of Remembrance
11/21/08 to 11/23/08 Converge on
11/25/08 Asheville City Council to hear Common Sense at the Nuclear Crossroads presentation on their local campaign to raise awareness about existing nuclear shipments of materials and waste and the prevention of an enormous increase in quantity (and hazard) of nuclear waste if “recycling” of nuclear waste is approved and takes place in South Carolina. They are asking for an ordinance that would make it a crime to bring irradiated fuel through the city. PLEASE attend the November 25 City Council meeting at Asheville City Hall, inviting folks who care about this issue to attend as well. There will be a public comments period on this issue. For more information, contact Mary Olson at nirs@main.nc.us.
12/01/08 World AIDS Day
12/02/08 Dept of Peace Campaign meets at 7 PM at the
12/04/08 Veterans for Peace meet at 6:30 PM at Firestorm Café & Books in
12/06/08 Buncombe County Green Party meeting at 10 AM at the Fortune building on
12/10/08 Human Rights Day
12/12/08 to 12/14/08 United for Peace & Justice will hold their National Assembly near
12/12/08 Unitarian Universalist Congregation will show a film at 7 PM. Discussion will follow. Free, donations accepted. Contact Lew at patrie.wncpsr@main.nc.us or call 828-299-1242 for more information.
12/15/08 Bill of Rights Day
12/16/08 WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility meeting at UU Church in Asheville on Charlotte and Edwin St. Contact Lew at patrie.wncpsr@main.nc.us or call 828-299-1242 for more information.
12/16/08 WNC Peace Coalition meeting at UU Church in
12/21/08 The Ethical Society of Asheville will meet at 2 PM at the Botanical Gardens Visitor Center at
01/13/09 to 01/17/09 “Heeding God’s Call: A Gathering on Peace” in
January 20, 2009: Join thousands to demand "Bring the troops home now!"
01/27/09 to 02/01/09 World Social Forum will be held in
3/21/09 Massive day of protest against the
Mass Actions on the 6th Anniversary of the
Bring All the Troops Home Now -- End All Colonial Occupations!
Fund People's Needs, Not Militarism & Bank Bailouts!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ACTIONS
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The American Friends Service Committee, following the research of Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz, has calculated that the
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From Nuclear Information and Resource Service:
GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP -- (GNEP)
Your help is needed to turn back this radioactive tide!
GNEP is the revival of reprocessing--now called "recycling" by the nuclear industry. It's a waste "solution" that actually makes the problem worse, expanding the volume without reducing radioactivity; going from solid ceramic form of waste to a caustic liquid form of the waste that worldwide is dumped in water (France into the English Channel, Scotland into the Irish Sea, Russia into the Tetcha River, and Japan into the ocean).
GNEP is the development of plutonium power since reprocessing only re-uses 1% of the waste -- which is the plutonium made by using uranium to make electricity.
GNEP is the new nuclear colonialism/empire--in which the
GNEP is the commercialization of plutonium as fuel worldwide, or the pipedream of breeder reactors or maybe even the source of plutonium for "other purposes" -- who knows? DOE makes the rules, and DOE has a history of breaking rules.
GNEP is the opportunity for the
GNEP would be the largest nuclear waste shipping campaign on the planet. domestically and globally. A GLOBAL MOBILE
GNEP is absurd -- a nuclear theme-park based on a pipe-dream -- plutonium fueled reactors have been tried and failed a dozen times. This technology is not viable.
GNEP is a threat to national security: making the
GNEP is a threat to our health and our children's health, and their children's health.
GNEP would make our economic situation WORSE. It is a losing proposition worldwide--and even in
The US Department of Energy has written a programmatic environmental impact statement on GNEP. The draft PEIS is available on-line: http://www.gnep.energy.gov/pdfs/GNEP_PEIS.pdf.
and it is holding public hearings on this document. WE NEED TO MOBILIZE PEOPLE TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS and SPEAK AGAINST EXPANSION OF NUCLEAR POWER and RELAPSE OF REPROCESSING -- we need Moms, Dads, kids, grandparents, students, professionals, all kinds of activists!
Here are the locations; for addresses see http://www.ananuclear.org/Portals/0/documents/GNEP DRAFT PEIS HEARING SCHEDULE.pdf
Hobbs, NM is November 17
Carlsbad and Roswell, NM are November 18
Los Alamos, NM is November 20
Pasco, WA is November 17
Hood River, OR is November 18
Idaho Falls, ID is November 20
Paducah, KY is December 1
Piketon, OH is December 2
Oak Ridge, TN is December 2
Graniteville, SC is December 4
Bolingbrook, IL on December 4
DC is December 9
All the hearings are at 7 pm, except Carlsbad, NM (9 am) and DC (1 p.m.)
Need more information? Have questions? Contact:
Mary Olson
NIRS Southeast Regional Coordinator
Nuclear Information & Resource Service
nirs@main.nc.us www.nirs.org.
828-675-1792
PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
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Kucinich: “Support the Iraqi Desire to Keep its own Oil Revenue”
Washington D.C (October 22, 2008) -- Following a declaration by President Bush that he would like the U.S. to have the ability to control Iraq's oil, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today sent a letter to Members of Congress calling on his colleagues to co-sponsor H.R. 6710, the Oil for Iraq Liberation Act of 2008 which prohibits U.S.-based oil companies from owning, financing or controlling the petroleum resources of
Congressman Kucinich renewed his call for support of the O.I.L. Act after President Bush issued a signing statement last week that rejected a provision in S. 3001, the Duncan Hunter Defense Authorization Act, that ensured that funds would not be used “[t]o exercise United States control of oil resources in
“The nations of the
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From Friends Committee on National Legislation: Penny Wise and Pound Foolish
The financial crisis and the $700 billion government bailout will challenge members of Congress elected in November to reduce government spending. What programs will be cut and how?
Will the fiscal crisis persuade Congress and the next president to cut the military budget? Or will they continue to expand military spending while shortchanging investments in deadly conflict prevention, green research and development, education, water and sewage systems, and affordable health care?
The next president and Congress could save billions of dollars and better protect the
Take Action
Write a letter to your local paper.
Let your neighbors know that the
Find out more about preventing deadly conflict. Read FCNL's report to Congress, The Responsibility to Prevent. See tips for writing letters to the editor.
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Warning of an Imminent Massacre: Colombian's Call for International Support!
Just a few weeks ago
Violent and repressive tactics are being used against thousands of Indigenous people who are participating in a national mobilization to bring attention to the humanitarian crisis they face.
In
Yesterday, the Association of Indigenous Townships (ACIN) as well as the National Organization of Indigenous People (ONIC) warned of an imminent massacre at the hands of the Colombian army and anti-riot police.
Our e-mail boxes are flooded with requests for action and support. You can help by urging the U.S. Department of State and congress to work vigorously to ensure human rights conditions for
Under U.S. legislation the Colombian military has to ensure that the Colombian Armed Forces are not violating the land and property rights of Colombia's Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities, and that the Colombian Armed Forces are implementing procedures to distinguish between civilians, including displaced persons, and combatants in their operations."
Please call Susan Sanford, Colombia Desk Officer at the State Department at (202) 647-3142. Here is a script of a sample message:
"I am calling today to bring to your attention the violent tactics the Colombian army and anti-riot police are using against Indigenous protesters. The worst of this violence is taking place in southwestern
Then call your member of Congress and urge them to take action to prevent further bloodshed in
"Just a few weeks ago
Natalia Cardona, Peacebuilding Unit
American Friends Service Committee
Tel: (215)241-7162 Fax: (215) 241-7000
www.afsc.org/colombia.
www.tradeandwar.org.
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