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Marching Against Fiscal
Madness in Augusta:
fund human needs rally March 20
Where? Hall of Flags, Augusta
When? Tuesday March 20th, 2012, 2 – 4 PM
Fund Human Needs Rally – March 20
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Hello.
I was one of the 1,262 people from all over the country (at least 8 from Maine) who were arrested late this summer in Washington D.C. as we stood to ask President Obama not to sign a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
When I came home,  many people asked me about the protest (my name [...]

Friday, March  l8th, 12 noon
at the P&J Center, 96 Harlow St, STE 100, Bangor
Join us at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine to mark the  anniversary of the “shock and awe” bombing of Iraq in 2003, the on-going occupation of Iraq and the endless  war in Afghanistan.

in support of the March/Rally
“One Nation Working Together for Jobs, Justice and Education for All”
in Washington D.C., Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 at the Lincoln Memorial

Press Conference is Friday, October 1st, 2010
in Bangor at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park Street,
from noon to 12:30 PM.
An interfaith group of clergy [...]

Come to a press conference
in support of the March/Rally
“One Nation Working Together for Jobs, Justice and Education for All”
in Washington D.C., Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 at the Lincoln Memorial

Press Conference is Friday, October 1st, 2010
in Bangor at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park Street,
from noon to 12:30 PM.
An [...]

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published in the Bangor Daily News on September 11, 2010
Peace group gathering to end America’s longest war

9/10/10 08:46 pm  Updated: 9/10/10 09:48 pm

Ilze Petersons

On the ninth anniversary of 9-11, I recall the disbelief, shock, anger, fear and sadness I felt when I heard of the 3,000 people killed as terrorists used [...]

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 [...]

Teevee reports on Hiroshima/Nagasaki event.

Health, Money and Fear . . .
a film about our Health Care System
Why does it cost so much?
What does it say about us?
What can we do about it?
Wednesday, July 29th at 7 PM
at the Peace & Justice Center
170 Park Street, Bangor
Watch as Dr. Paul Hochfeld, an experienced emergency room physician, and several other knowledgeable medical [...]

Please  sign on to a signature ad in support of the single-payer health care rally being held in Augusta on May 30, 2009 from 12-2. (See below for the text of the ad.)
The ad will appear in the Bangor Daily News on Friday, May 29th. The number of signatures and donations we receive by May [...]

Sixth anniversary of Iraq War
“Shock and Awe” bombing began March 19, 2003
ACT VIII: New Strategies for Organizing in the Obama Era at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 120 Park Street, Bangor 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Saturday March 21
(THIS SATURDAY!!)

The video above is our full Thursday March 19 press event at the Center.
Here is local teevee [...]

Excellent stories on Bangor Ch. 2 at 6pm and 11pm showing reading of names, Dave Mallett, and good interviews. The total running time for the 6pm story was over two minutes, an eternity on television news!

6 pm Ch. 2 coverage
Below is the 11pm news coverage on Ch. 5 and Ch. 2 in Bangor.
Mike Howard is [...]

Excellent television news coverage for From Every Village Green on both Ch. 5 and Ch. 7 in Bangor this evening. Notice that Ch. 7 used some footage from previous protests shot by yours truly. Click to play:

Great coverage on Ch. 5 and the Bangor Daily News!

Bangor Ch. 5 11pm Saturday 9/13 coverage
I think it’s pretty good when you can get the teevee to give 1 minute, 10 seconds for peace late on a Saturday night. Thank you very much, Channel 5.
BDN coverage In Section B this time

Read the full story HERE.
As [...]

Channels 5 and 7 carried reports on our Sept. 10 pre-rally news conference. You may click the player below to watch.

The Orono Town Council unanimously supported a “No War on Iran” Resolution at a Town Council meeting last night (September 8th, 2008). Ron Davis, of the Orono Peace Group presented the council with 290 signatures from Orono residents in support of the resolution.
Eleven Orono residents spoke in favor of the resolution including Ilze [...]

(Ed. Note: This op-ed originally ran in the Bangor Daily News on Saturday August 30)
Ilze Petersons: Peace movement must continue to be strong presence
It’s hard to believe soon it will be seven years since 9-11. It is even harder to believe there are those who still think the attack was planned and executed by [...]

At the Blue Hill Library, 7 p.m. tonight, Friday August 15, there will be a slide show and presentation BUILDING PEACE WITH IRAN by Helen Lindsay.
A message about this was sent out to our mailing list this morning. The message contained an alarming list of U.S. battleships dispatched recently to the Persian Gulf region. I [...]

On Tuesday June 3, 2008 at the annual Bar Harbor Town Meeting, a resolution was passed which put Bar Harbor on record as opposing a war with Iran unless expressly authorized by Congress.
Concerned by the research of Seymour Hersh and other investigative journalists that the Bush administration was preparing to launch an invasion of Iran, [...]

Off-budget Iraq/Afghan occupation funding sweetened with vet benefits
Little-noticed provision supplies billions for military bases worldwide
Maine Owl has more commentary.
Let’s take a look at what is actually in this bill.
This brief summary, with my comments added on a few of the items, comes from yesterday’s AP release, Highlights of Senate Iraq war funding bill (by Andrew [...]