Blog Posts by Category: Ground the Drones, End the Wars
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SPC Turns 78 with Cold Case Justice
Join the Peace Council for our annual birthday celebration on Saturday, November 1 at Bellevue Heights United Methodist Church (2112 S. Geddes St., Syracuse). We will host SU Law professors Paula Johnson and Janis McDonald, co-founders of the school’s Cold Case Justice Initiative, which works to bring long-lost justice to the families of victims of racially and politically motivated murders related to the Civil Rights movement (see page 9).
Drones and the Gaza Goldfish Bowl
In their coverage of this summer’s Israeli invasion of Gaza, the New York Times and many other mainstream media would have us believe that that bully, Gaza, is hitting poor Israel below the belt. Their narrative ignores key realities:
• Israel, a colonial settler state much like former apartheid South Africa, is the nuclear-armed regional superpower. It has one of the world’s mightiest militaries, thanks in part to three billion dollars in US military aid it receives annually.
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SPC Garage Sale
Reduce! Get rid of unwanted stuff. Reuse! Your trash is my treasure. Recycle! Down with planned obsolescence. And support the Peace Council at the same time!
This year’s garage sale is September 13-14: Saturday 9 am–5 pm, Sunday 9 am–12 pm, 401 Scottholm Blvd., Syracuse. Drop off your “gently used” items Wednesday-Friday, September 10-12 between 9 am and 10 pm. Wanted: household and sporting goods, books, DVDs, games, toys, furniture, linens, tools, plants, art, jewelry, lamps, holiday items, appliances and more.
Hancock Air Base and Orders of Protection
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the above defendant, [name], observe the following conditions of behavior:
Stay away from Earl A. Evans; the home of Earl A. Evans; the school of Earl A. Evans; the business of Earl A. Evans; the place of employment of Earl A. Evans;
Refrain from communication or any other contact by mail, telephone, e-mail, voice-mail, or other electronic or any other means with Earl A. Evans;
Drone Warfare Must Stop, Not the Resistance
On Friday, February 14 the twelve sentenced members of the Hancock 17 Drone War Crime Resisters were released from Syracuse’s “Justice” Center Jail. This closed a week in which the National Security Administration’s role in the assassinations of drone victims was revealed, Pakistani anti-drone activist Kareem Khan was freed after having been abducted from his home and President Obama considered a drone assassination of yet another US citizen.
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“This Has Got to Stop.”
–Judge Gideon, Town of Dewitt