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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