The Pentagon budget for military recruitment is more than $4 billion/ year. You see the military outreach everywhere – movies, toys, ads, video gaming, clothing, recruitment career centers, and recruiters at high schools and around the neighborhood. To counter military recruiting, on Thursday, March 17th, 38 volunteers, with a very small budget but lots of … Continue reading Parent Teacher Conference Night Action – March 17, 2011
VINIE BURROWS ON THE 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INVASION OF IRAQ
Recruiting Station Times Square New York City: Brothers and sisters we gather today in solemn observance of the 8th anniversary of the United States invasion of Iraq. However in our grief let us empathize with the suffering of our sisters and brothers in Japan the earthquake and the tsunami which have devastated them. And we … Continue reading VINIE BURROWS ON THE 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INVASION OF IRAQ
Close all U.S. Military Bases on Foreign Soil
In April 2007, three Granny Peace Brigade (GPB) members attended the 14th Congress, Women’s International Democratic Federation (WIDF) in Caracas. Venezuela. After hearing representatives‘ countless reports on status of women and children in their respective countries, it was clear that U.S. military installations were responsible for deplorable physical, social, cultural, economic , political, and environmental … Continue reading Close all U.S. Military Bases on Foreign Soil
Public VS Private Space – Controversy at the Toy Fair
(Click on pictures for larger images.) The annual Toy Industry Association Fair is taking place inside the Javits Center as Edith, Susan, Bev, Joan P and I study song sheets and begin to sing on the sidewalk outside. Later we will be told the sidewalk we are standing on is private property. We will be … Continue reading Public VS Private Space – Controversy at the Toy Fair
AARP: ON THE WRONG SIDE – AGAIN
Why is it that every time I come back to AARP, something else happens to make me regret my decision? I recently received your Jan/Feb issue, with a cover so vile that I could not bring myself to have it in my house-I had to drop it in the garbage room of my building. Why … Continue reading AARP: ON THE WRONG SIDE – AGAIN
Shame On Toy Industry – Hasbro Nabs Boy Toy of the Year Award For “Ultimate Full Auto Clip System Blaster!”
(Click on photos for larger images.) Grannies wish toy execs a Happy Valentine’s day at fancy Toy of the Year Awards’ Dinner.. Saturday, February 12, 5 PM. One by one, about 30 grannies and their friends snuck furtively into the Time-Warner Building at the corner of Broadway and 60th Street . They had come to … Continue reading Shame On Toy Industry – Hasbro Nabs Boy Toy of the Year Award For “Ultimate Full Auto Clip System Blaster!”
Grannies Rock the TOTY Awards
(Click on photos for larger images.) Snow flurries whirled at five as I met Eva-Lee and Nydia at the corner near Jazz at Lincoln Center. The Granny Peace Brigade was in action! We went inside and gathered a group of about 40 elders including three NYC Metro Raging Grannies in front of the escalators that … Continue reading Grannies Rock the TOTY Awards
FLASH MOB SERENADES HOLIDAY SHOPPERS
As the winter solstice arrived, nine Grannies and one Buddy sang anti-war-toys lyrics to shoppers on Flatbush Avenue outside the Atlantic Center Mall and gave peace cards stating "War is Not a Game." We then entered the mall and weaved in and out of the Target toy aisles, serenading … Continue reading FLASH MOB SERENADES HOLIDAY SHOPPERS
GRAN Central Caroling 2010!
GRAN Central Station once again was the scene with 15 NYC Metro Raging Grannies: Judith, Mercy, Lillian, Corinne, Rachel, Susan L., Sally, Alice, Nora, Pam, Adele, Maxine and Susan K. and Granny Peace Brigaders: Eva-Lee and Bev, caroling for peace. We gathered at the information kiosk and sang for over an hour, thanks to Bev … Continue reading GRAN Central Caroling 2010!
Bud’s Photos of End-War-in-Afghanistan Demo
Read more and watch video in a blog post by David Wallace, "131 ARRESTED IN WHITE HOUSE PROTEST, 11 MORE ARRESTED IN NYC'S TIMES SQUARE ." The Granny Peace Brigade gives a big thank you to Bud and Fran Korotzer for yet again being out in the streets for peace, for taking wonderful photographs and … Continue reading Bud’s Photos of End-War-in-Afghanistan Demo
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