Join Hands to End the War
Join Hands to End the War, Build the Peace and Rebuild Our Economy
September 13, 1:00 p.m. Paul Bunyan Park, Bangor
2:30 p.m. Walk for Peace to…
3:00 p.m. Talk with Democracy Now!’s AMY GOODMAN
at the Hammond Street Church
Updated!! Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! will appear at the Hammond Street Church in conjunction with our peace event and the 20th Anniversary of WERU Community Radio!!
Many people are focusing on the next election with the hope that a new administration will end the occupation of Iraq and use diplomacy to negotiate with Iran. We look forward to that possibility, but also want to make sure we continue to build a multi-faceted peace movement that can support and/or challenge the next administration to promote cooperation and diplomacy, reparations for the people of Iraq, support for Veterans of this war and federal budget priorities that serve the needs of people and not primarily military contractors and large corporations.
According to the National Priorities Project, taxpayers in Maine will pay $364.5 million for the President’s request for additional Iraq war spending in FY2008 and FY2009. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:
- 114,740 People with Health Care for One Year OR
- 559,655 Homes with Renewable Electricity for One Year OR
- 9,290 Public Safety Officers for One year OR
- 6,874 Elementary School Teachers for One Year
Without a strong peace movement the military industrial complex with its well-funded lobbyists will continue to exert strong pressure to maintain the status quo on whichever candidates are elected. We don’t believe this rally will, by itself, exert such a pressure, but we hope it will affirm our unified power, demonstrate to the candidates there is a peace movement to which they will be held accountable, and help fuel on-going local organizing.
We hope the rally will bring together peace & justice activists from Eastern and Northern Maine who have been doing the most important work of sustaining weekly vigils and building grassroots organizations in their own communities.
Join us to show how you and the people you serve are being impacted by current budget priorities and policies that support the war in Iraq and neglect our communities. Here are some ways you can help.
- Have your group listed as a co-sponsor of the event
- Promote the event to your members through announcements, newsletters, etc. (We will provide posters and postcards to help you do this)
- Write letters to the editor expressing your concerns
- Bring members to the event with signs expressing their concerns
- Sign on to a signature ad to appear on September 11th in the Bangor Daily News and encourage your members to sign on
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