We returned recently from an eye-opening journey to Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories. We went because of the troubling news coming from Gaza about collective punishment, because of images of a 300-mile wall of separation between Israelis and Palestinians, and perhaps most of all because of our desire to understand the nature of this … Continue reading Realities in Palestine: An Eyewitness Report
How I learned about Iran through NoRuz
About 4 years ago, I was found in Union Square Park by the Granny Peace Brigade. This changed my life. Its members have tons of energy and passion for Peace, and accomplish so much. They are fun to be with and I love them. First, I took part in their Phone-a-thons, then got involved with … Continue reading How I learned about Iran through NoRuz
Reopen Shuhada Street in Hebron
For 17 years by order of Israeli authorities, Shuhada Street in Hebron, West Bank, has been closed to Palestinians. Below is my letter in this regard mailed to the Embassy of Israel to the United States. February 22, 2012 The Honorable Michael Oren Ambassador of Israel Embassy of Israel 3514 International Drive N.W. Washington, D.C.20008-3021 … Continue reading Reopen Shuhada Street in Hebron
ALL SEATS FILLED AT THE US PREMIERE OF “STANDING ARMY” AT THE LEONARD NIMOY THALIA
February 27, 2011. You want to be here as the theater fills; you’re absorbed in the quiet as Vinie Burrows asks for moments of silence in memory of the anti-imperialism historian Chalmers Johnson. It is his testimony you’re about to hear in Enrico Parenti and Thomas Fazi’s film, STANDING ARMY. Vinie recalls the promise she … Continue reading ALL SEATS FILLED AT THE US PREMIERE OF “STANDING ARMY” AT THE LEONARD NIMOY THALIA
FEAR – AMERICA CAN SLEEP EASY NOW
We filed into court, quiet, respectful, hoping against hope that the prisoner would be given the full extent of the powers of the court. That she would receive a mild admonishment for her slight alleged infraction of the law, an error in judgement that anyone, even the most learned judge might make. According to John … Continue reading FEAR – AMERICA CAN SLEEP EASY NOW
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY:
A GRANNY ATTENDS A CODE PINK SPONSORED SCREENING OF A FILM ABOUT THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN Fahima Vorgetts put on a blue scarf. She said, "I felt warm earlier, so I took it off, but I"m putting it back on because it was given to me by the women of Afghanistan and I wear it … Continue reading INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY:
NO PERMANENT/”ENDURING” U.S. MILITARY BASES IN IRAQ
CALL FOR COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. MILITARY FORCES FROM IRAQ The Bush Administration told us Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs); they didn't wait for the UN inspectors to finish their work; and they lied to the United Nations, which authorized the U.S. and an international coalition to attack Iraq, a country that had … Continue reading NO PERMANENT/”ENDURING” U.S. MILITARY BASES IN IRAQ
GRANNIES SHINE ON WBAI
Vinie, Molly & Lillian guest on pre-debate round-table. Like fingerprints and snowflakes, there are no duplications in the ranks of the Granny Peace Brigade. When WBAI put out the call for three grannies who survived the Great Depression to participate in an on-air round table discussion, their listeners got a kaleidoscopic look at the 1930s … Continue reading GRANNIES SHINE ON WBAI
MIS-FORTUNE
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES VS FINANCIAL REGULATION - Two Sad Stories First Story: We had a law on the books that might have prevented the present financial crisis if it had been left alone. The Glass Steagall Act was passed in 1933 to get us out of the great depression. It was doing … Continue reading MIS-FORTUNE
WAKE UP AMERICA!
The Major media is too busy glorying in a mud-wrestling match between the Obama camp and the Clinton mob to report anything at the convention with serious content. In his speech Tuesday night Dennis Kucinich gave a straight dose of what people need to hear; the convention crowd was cheering every line. For all the … Continue reading WAKE UP AMERICA!
Granny Peace Brigade 