On March 19th 2008, about 75 people from various and no organizations came together at Arlington Cemetery in Washington DC to begin a March of the Dead, in commemoration of the million plus Iraqis, Afghanis and military killed in the United States War of Terror on civilian populations. After pausing to read names of the … Continue reading March of the Dead
The Death Toll Reaches 4,000
The news we were dreading came. The death toll had reached 4,000. We were drawn to vigils on Monday and Tuesday evenings to call attention to this, the most horrible cost of war - the numbered deaths of U.S. troops and the countless deaths of Iraqis. On Monday Grandmothers Against the War held a vigil … Continue reading The Death Toll Reaches 4,000
HANDS ACROSS 14TH STREET UNITED TO END THE IRAQ WAR
Saturday began gray, but the sun came out for NYC United for Peace and Justice's RIVER TO RIVER. We live near 14th street, the one chosen for the action, so we went to the block nearest our home. We found ourselves among Brooklynites because the block between 9th and 10th Avenues was the meeting-place for … Continue reading HANDS ACROSS 14TH STREET UNITED TO END THE IRAQ WAR
NEW YORK CITY, 3-19-08, 12 noon 5 YEARS OF THE IRAQ WAR!
The Granny Peace Brigade was back at the (recently bombed) Recruitment Booth in Times Square. The police assured me that the center was operational. It was raining - some of us had umbrellas; all of us were wet. We called it a "Knit-In" because we had knitted gloves for the stumps of wounded Iraqi veterans … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY, 3-19-08, 12 noon 5 YEARS OF THE IRAQ WAR!
AMERICAN GRANNIES EXPRESS OUTRAGE AFTER 5 YEARS OF WAR
Grandmothers in 20 Cities Protest Occupation; Some Get Arrested With knitting needles, with dirty linen clotheslines, many with songs, and some with acts of civil disobedience, grandmother groups across the United States in at least 20 cities expressed their frustration, their deep rage at the continued occupation of Iraq. This was the granny way of … Continue reading AMERICAN GRANNIES EXPRESS OUTRAGE AFTER 5 YEARS OF WAR
GRANNIES TIMES SQUARE KNIT-IN FOR PEACE
March 19th, End of the 5th year of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Raindrops all night, and we conjure ways to knit in a downpour. Converging at noon on the diamond-shaped section of Times Square where the recruiting office opens its doors, Granny Peace Brigade and friends knitting-in. Knit a row; purl a row; every … Continue reading GRANNIES TIMES SQUARE KNIT-IN FOR PEACE
Wishing And Waltzing After Five Awful Years
Some Granny Peace Brigadiers came from NY to the two day action in Washington D.C. commemorating the 5th year of draconian Bush policy. This Protest was distinguished by no tears policing. Maybe it's that we all know each other by now. Perhaps it was that the protest featured multiple programs starting in different times and … Continue reading Wishing And Waltzing After Five Awful Years
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