Archive for the 'Op-Ed & Editorials' Category

16 Sep

op ed: “Let’s End America’s Longest War”

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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 [...]

05 Sep

Ilze’s BDN Op-ed on the Peace Movement

(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 [...]

17 Jan

Bangor Daily News Editorial: Protest by Ballot

By BDN Staff
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 – Bangor Daily News
http://bangordailynews.com/news/?a=145260&z=34
No one should doubt the determination of the “Bangor Eleven,” the anti-war activists who staged a sit down last September in Sen. Olympia Snowe’s Bangor office. The last six of the group now have chosen 24 hours in jail instead of a $200 fine.

09 Jan

Op-ed on Nonviolent Civil Disobedience

Op-ed on Nonviolent Civil Disobedience by Peace and Justice Center member and Education Committee coordinator Doug Allen appeared in the Bangor Daily News and was posted on the Common Dreams website: http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0109-27.htm