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24 Aug
9/26/2010 Film – Rethink Afghanistan
Sunday, September 26, 7 PM at the Peace & Justice Center, 170 Park Street, Bangor.
Rethink Afghanistan
Rethink Afghanistan is a 2009 documentary about the ongoing war in Afghanistan. This full-length documentary features experts from Afghanistan, the U.S., and Russia discussing military escalation, how escalation will affect Pakistan and the surrounding region, the cost of war, civilian casualties, and the rights of Afghan women. The film interviews experts including Andrew Bacevich, Stephen Kinzer, Anand Gopal, Steve Coll, Ann Jones, Linda Bilmes, Jo Comerford, Dr. Roshanak Warnak. More info here.
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24 Aug
Stop the Longest War: Ending the War in Afghanistan
Teach-In Saturday, October 9, from 1 – 4 PM
at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 120 Park Street in Bangor.
Keynote Speaker will be Jo Comerford, Executive Director of the National Priorities Project, followed by group discussions.
At 4 PM, those who wish will take part in a “Walk for Peace” to Cascade Park (just beyond Eastern Maine Medical Center) to mark the ninth anniversary of the Chain of Concern.
The 20th Annual Harvest Supper benefit potluck will follow at 6 PM, honoring Dud Hendrick, President of Maine’s 001 Chapter of Veterans for Peace with the “Hands of Peace Award“, and Will Whitham, recent graduate of Bangor High School with the “Youth Hands of Peace Award“, and conclude with a talk on Organic Gardening in the Tradition of Helen and Scott Nearing, by Masanobu Ikemiya. More info to come.
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24 Aug
21st Annual Harvest Supper Benefit Potluck
Saturday, October 9th, 6 – 8 PM
at the Bangor Unitarian Universalist Church, 120 Park Street in Bangor.
Honoring Dud Hendrick, President of Maine’s 001 Chapter of Veterans for Peace, and Will Whitham, recent graduate of Bangor High School,
and concluding with a talk on
Organic Gardening in the Tradition of Helen and Scott Nearing
by Masanobu Ikemiya.
Let us know if you can volunteer to help, by emailing us or call 942-9343.
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05 Jul
Declaration of Interdependence
Declaration of Interdependence
The Declaration of Interdependence expresses the values of the David Suzuki Foundation as an organization. It was written for the 1992 UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. To read it, click here.
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10 May
“Health, Money & Fear”, May 23rd 7 PM
P&J Monthly Film Series
This documentary features Dr. Paul Hochfeld, an experienced emergency room physician, and several other knowledgeable medical professionals who diagnose the U. S. health care system as sick, broken and in dire need of repair.
These experts reveal the complex contributing factors that have led to a costly system that cares more about profits than efficient, quality health care, and also recommend the prescription for a cure. Also included is a special 5 minute animated feature “Single Payer Explained” by Dr. Graham Walker.
Discussion follows. For more on the film, click here.
You may also download two articles by Dr. Philip Caper here:
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15 Sep
Video: Walk for Real Security
This is video from our September action. Complete information about it is found HERE. The Bangor Daily News ran a story HERE.
Why a Walk for Real Security?
Has the endless war on terrorism made us safer than we were after the 9/11 attacks? We are told we cannot afford the cost of providing basic health insurance to everyone. We are told we cannot afford to develop alternative energy sources as we face growing problems from climate change.
Yet we continue to spend millions on military dinosaurs that even the Pentagon says are not necessary, billions on military bases around the world and billions more for waging wars that make us less secure.
What can we, the majority who do not agree with these priorities, do to make our voices heard? How can we make sure the profit-making healthcare industry, composed of huge insurance and pharmaceutical corporations and military contractors who profit from war, don’t define the debate about our priorities and the future of so many around the world? You may have called your elected officials and visited their offices. You may have signed petitions and sent e-mails. But there are so many more who have not yet found a way to express their concerns or share their vision of how we can best take care of each other as a community. So many have given up on democratic participation that it is likely to become a self fulfilling prophecy. Let’s provide a visible active alternative to despair.
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15 Aug
Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemoration media
This is the full program from August 6, 2009:
Peirce Park, Bangor
Other related media is available:
- 2009 program (audio only, for iPod or similar)
- 2007 program (audio only, WERU broadcast)
- 2006 program (audio only)
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08 Aug
Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemoration coverage
All three teevee organizations had brief reports on our event in Peirce Park in Bangor on Thursday August 6, the 64th anniversary of the first of the two U.S. nuclear bombings. Unfortunately the coverage did not include any substantive reporting on the Unforgettable Fire slide show. This player shows all three reports:
The original posting for the event is archived HERE. Video of the full program will post soon is available HERE.
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