What happened on February 4? And why did these women hit the streets? The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade agreement among twelve Pacific Rim countries was signed on 4 February 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand. To go into effect the TPP will have to be ratified in each of the twelve countries involved. What would … Continue reading The TPP: What’s In It For Us?
JROTC – A Recruitment Tool In 18 New York City High Schools
We in the Granny Peace Brigade do not think military recruiters should be inside New York City high schools, but unfortunately they are — in Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs at eighteen NYC high schools. Eighteen? Yes there are eighteen JROTC programs in NYC — eighteen too many. JROTC is a Federal program … Continue reading JROTC – A Recruitment Tool In 18 New York City High Schools
The Irony of Human Rights Day for Palestinian Children
On this warm, balmy 10 December evening, the Granny Peace Brigade joined together with the Union Square Women in Black Against the Occupation among other groups to commemorate this year's International Human Rights Day. December 10 is the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights....... … Continue reading The Irony of Human Rights Day for Palestinian Children
Students’ Privacy Extends to Military-Recruitment Tools
To the Editor of Education Week: In New York state, a network of parents and other activists led by the New York City-based nonprofit Class Size Matters were instrumental in quashing a plan by the now-closed education technology vendor inBloom to warehouse student information. Leonie Haimson, the founder and executive director of Class Size Matters, … Continue reading Students’ Privacy Extends to Military-Recruitment Tools
No More Stolen Lives
Ending Police Violence across the country was the focus of 3 days of action: Oct 22-24 in New York City, featuring families who have lost members due to police violence coming from all over the country to bear witness. Oct 22-SAY THEIR NAMES was a reading of the names in Times Square of those killed … Continue reading No More Stolen Lives
To Mayor De Blasio On His Visit to Israel
Mayor De Blasio Having followed events of your Israel visit, I write to say I believe it unfortunate that ‘short shrift’ was made of the plight of Palestinians and that the role of long term ongoing ‘cause and effect’ factors were ignored when you focused on Palestinian action. Obviously the human rights violations which have … Continue reading To Mayor De Blasio On His Visit to Israel
Thoughts on being alone in a cage
I've been lucky. Every time I've been in a cage by myself, I've known that people are watching out for me, people on the outside and on the inside. I also know that my time in solitary won't last very long. Now, I need to convince my AUTONOMIC nervous system of that--you know, the part … Continue reading Thoughts on being alone in a cage
If you’re in jail you gotta have commissary.
Editors Note: Hancock Anti-Drone Resisters Jailed Last Night (7/29) Posted on July 30, 2015 Four anti-drone resisters were sentenced Wednesday night in Judge Joseph J. Zavaglia’s DeWitt (NY) Town Court for alleged trespass at a “die-in” on April 28, 2013 at Hancock Air Base… All four were identically sentenced to one year’s conditional discharge… Both … Continue reading If you’re in jail you gotta have commissary.
Notes on Jail Time in “The Ville”
Editors Note: Hancock Anti-Drone Resisters Jailed Last Night (7/29) Posted on July 30, 2015 by ucgdew Four anti-drone resisters were sentenced Wednesday night in Judge Joseph J. Zavaglia’s DeWitt (NY) Town Court for alleged trespass at a “die-in” on April 28, 2013 at Hancock Air Base, home to the 174th Attack Wing of the NY … Continue reading Notes on Jail Time in “The Ville”
Memories of Cuba – Emma Otero
[On July 20, 2015, the United States and Cuba re-established formal diplomatic relations after a rupture and embargo in 1961. Lillian Pollak, oldest active Granny Peace Brigade member (100) reflects on it. Ed.] The histories of the United States and Cuba have been linked for years in countless ways. From the time I was 15, … Continue reading Memories of Cuba – Emma Otero
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