Grannies and CodePink set up the peace table and dynamite new signs by the fountain in Borough Hall Park. The Greenmarket is on; school kids are learning about vegetables; smart, powerful voters show up to call representatives and let them know they want an end to spending tax money for wars. Read the signs, or … Continue reading Thursday October 22, A Beautiful Day For A Phone-A-Thon
Call Your Senators to Stop Funding the Wars
Friday October 9th: Raindrops did not stop a small parade of us Grannies & Code-Pinkers, nor the people, from encountering one another outside City Hall Park. The message of the day, Call-Your-Senators-to Stop- Funding- the-Wars went out by cell-phone and in the hands of the people who received our flyers. The rain had some people … Continue reading Call Your Senators to Stop Funding the Wars
In Praise of Charlene…
Baby, its cold outside! Especially on the mall at Borough Hall, with the wind whipping off the river. The crowd was thin and in a hurry. However, just when the Collective Granny Reserves were beginning to fade, a woman walks up and asks what's happening. Meet Charlene -- a Staten Island resident and nurse who … Continue reading In Praise of Charlene…
First Autumnal Phone-a-thon; STOP FUNDING THE WARS
Brooklyn Borough Hall Wow, we thought. In honor of Green Week there is a regular village of EZ-UP tents ringing the fountain, housing gaggles of enviros out plugging energy efficiency and roof gardens. The Green Market is laden with goodies. We're walking into the bosom of Our People, we think. Wrong. There are any number … Continue reading First Autumnal Phone-a-thon; STOP FUNDING THE WARS
Those US Flags Were Made In China
September 4th at the Times Square Recruiting Center our very own paparazza, Jenny Heinz caught these two sailors in action. The sailors were giving free US flags to passersby. Our keen-eyed Jenny took a good look at the carton of flags and then she took a quick photo. These "Stars and Stripes" were made in … Continue reading Those US Flags Were Made In China
Thanks From A Sister Of A Wounded Soldier
Rain was falling on the Times Square military recruiting center today... ... on us and on a family that stopped to thank us. This young woman's brother was horribly injured in Iraq and is struggling to recover. "No one is paying attention to the wars any more. People are still dying in Iraq and Afghanistan … Continue reading Thanks From A Sister Of A Wounded Soldier
The Cost Of War Only Goes Up, In Lives Lost
Granny troops stand abreast of the Recruitment Center gangway today. Nice breeze, friendly clouds on a hot day. Retruthment is our way. We have revised numbers of fatalities to report. Today we follow the path of our literature. Here is Edith, one of the roving Granny retruthment distributors. Grannies in the lineup entreated this young … Continue reading The Cost Of War Only Goes Up, In Lives Lost
Fridays In July At The Re-Truthment Center
A full contingent of the Granny Peace Brigade delivering the Re-Truthment message. Note the police presence! Officer Delgado after greeting Lillian L, "How are you Ms Lifflander? You're my arrest, you know!" Re-Truthment ends with reading of names of dead US military and Iraqi civilians. We don't know the names of the Afghan civilians who … Continue reading Fridays In July At The Re-Truthment Center
Third Retruthment Demo at Times Square Military Recruiting Center
The Granny Peace Brigade returned to Military Island to raise questions and provide answers about the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We were joined this week by a tourist from Chicago... ...Sophie (on the left) who happened by and stayed with us for a big chunk of time holding up her end … Continue reading Third Retruthment Demo at Times Square Military Recruiting Center
June 19th At The Military Recruiting Center
Our banner is unfurled, we're asking "how much?" and signs give the facts. Note that the policeman is on guard by the recruiting center door. This gives you the big picture; not everyone in the chairs is vegging, though. We got a lot of good conversation passing out our fact-full fliers. The Mom of the … Continue reading June 19th At The Military Recruiting Center
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