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Weary of War? Don't Collaborate  
Story submitted by Laura Tillem on Sunday, April 20, 2008 - 4:00pm   
Weary of War? Don't Collaborate

By Kathy Kelly

t r u t h o u t | Perspective

Friday 18 April 2008

An April 14 Associated Press article by Anne Flaherty reported that US senators and representatives are finding common ground in asking that Iraqis begin picking up the tab for the cost of war. The lawmakers are troubled that Iraqis might experience windfall surpluses of revenue generated by rising oil prices, while Americans bear the burden of paying for the Iraq war. "In hearings last week," Flaherty writes, "Joseph Lieberman (I-Connecticut) asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates whether Baghdad should start paying some US combat costs, and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) raised the possibility that an anticipated Iraqi budget surplus this year could be used to help Afghanistan, whose $700 million in annual revenue represents a small fraction of Iraq's $46.8 billion budget."
 
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Iran · Iraq

Visit to Congressional Offices to protest the war  
Event submitted by Laura Tillem on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 8:40pm   
Start:
March 19, 2008 - 3:30pm
Location:
Sen. Robert’s and Rep.Tiahrt’s offices, 1st and Market
PLEASE NOTE: the time on this event may show up incorrectly on some computers. The correct time is 3:30 PM.

Wichita people will be visiting our congressional offices to ask our representatives to actually represent our interests and End The War.

3:30-4:30 p.m. at Sen. Robert’s and Rep.Tiahrt’s offices, 1st and Market
 
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Iraq

Candlelight Vigil Against the Iraq War  
Event submitted by Laura Tillem on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 3:58pm   
Start:
March 19, 2008 - 7:00pm
Location:
Old Town Plaza in front of Warren Theatre Downtown 353 N Mead
MoveOn has called for a Candlelight vigil to honor the soldiers whose lives have been taken by this senseless war.
 
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Iraq

End the War in Iraq and NO New War in Iran  
Event submitted by Laura Tillem on Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 11:15pm   
Start:
October 27, 2007 - 1:00pm
Location:
Peace Center, 1407 N. Topeka
Join us to “Roast” Weenies and Marshmallows

(Symbolizing those spineless Senators and Representatives who refuse to use their power to end the war)

Oct. 27, 2007, Noon
Peace and Social Justice Center
13th and Topeka


Take part in the countrywide demonstrations to end the war in Iraq and say “No New War with Iran”

Oct. 27, 2007 is the 5th anniversary of the vote in the U.S. Senate, which gave George Bush authority to go to war in Iraq. The rationale for war was based on lies. A new nationwide survey finds a large and growing majority of Americans is dissatisfied with the position of the United States in the world. Most Americans believe that U.S. policies are increasing the threat of terrorist attack and decreasing goodwill toward the United States. Large majorities of Americans feel that the United States puts too much emphasis on military force and unilateral action.
 
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Iran · Iraq

What's Next Meeting  
Event submitted by Laura Tillem on Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 12:41am   
Start:
June 28, 2008 - 10:30am
Location:
Peace Center, 1407 N. Topeka
PLEASE NOTE: On some computers the time of the event may be shown incorrectly. The correct time is 10:30 AM.



What's Next Action group meeting: the all volunteer heart of our efforts to end the war on Irag. We meet the second and fourth Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. (With occasional other 10:30 Saturday meetings). Join in and help us move forward our Depleted Uranium Bill, Counter-Recruiting, War Tax Protest, USD 259 Opt-Out Follow-through, and other activities.

We meet on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month, with occasional meetings on other Saturdays.
 
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Iran · Iraq · Israel/Palestine

No End in Sight - Film  
Event submitted by Laura Tillem on Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 8:54pm   
Start:
April 30, 2008 - 7:00pm
Location:
Peace Center - 1407 N. Topeka
No End In Sight is a 2007 Academy Award nominated documentary about the American occupation of Iraq.

The film focusess on serious mistakes made by the Bush administration in the two year period following the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. The film shows how these errors caused or contributed to the rise of the insurgency, the lack of security and basic utilities, sectarion violence, and civil war.
 
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Iraq

Speech at Rally marking the 5th anniversary of the Iraq War  
Page submitted by Laura Tillem on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 3:30pm   
Let's talk about why getting out soon is better for the Iraqis.

Let's be clear: what the US as represented by the Bush administration does in Iraq has not been and will not be concerned with the interests of Iraqi people. They are interested in having a power base in Iraq with which to exercise power over the entire Middle East. Refusing to leave now that we have sowed destruction has nothing to do with stopping a civil war (in fact we are arming the Sunnis so when we do have to leave the civil war will be more deadly). Instead it is because they do not want to give up the idea of a pliant government there and they do not want to admit what the whole world knows: the US cannot just impose its will on another people.
 
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Iraq

Wheels of Justice in Wichita  
Event submitted by Laura Tillem on Thursday, April 3, 2008 - 2:42pm   
Start:
April 9, 2008 - 7:30pm
Location:
Peace Center - 1407 N. Topeka
PLEASE NOTE THE TIME FOR THIS EVENT IS 6:30 PM. A bug in our website software causes this to show up incorrectly on some computers. The Wheels of Justice tour is coming to Wichita next week. They will be speaking at a potluck dinner at the Peace Center at 6:30. The presentation will be at 7:00.

The main speaker is Gene Stoltzfus:

Until 2004, he was the Director of the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), a program of Brethren, Mennonite and Friends churches and other affiliated organizations that places teams in high conflict zones like Haiti, Hebron (West Bank), Iraq, Colombia, and Mexico In addition CPT violence reduction projects have been developed in urban North America, with Native people on the highly conflicted border between Mexico and the United States. CPT includes 40 trained full time peacemaker corps members twelve staff people and nearly 150 reservists (persons trained to work in CPT settings for up to three months each year) who emphasize human rights protection, nonviolent action, peacemaking campaigns and documentation.
 
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Iraq · Israel/Palestine

March and Rally to mark the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq  
Event submitted by Laura Tillem on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 7:50pm   
Start:
March 15, 2008 - 11:00am
Location:
Seneca Park, 200 blk. of South Seneca
PLEASE NOTE: On some computers the time of the event may be shown incorrectly. The correct time is 12 noon.

March from McLean and Douglas with the St. Patrick's Day Parade and then walk 1 blk. to a 12 noon rally against the war at Seneca Park, 200 blk. of South Seneca. Signs, Speeches, Music. Let's get ending the war back on the agenda!
 
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Iraq

Protest the war with the Molly Brigade  
Event submitted by Laura Tillem on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 7:48pm   
Start:
March 14, 2008 - 4:30pm
Location:
800 blk. of East Douglas (across from the Wichita Eagle).
PLEASE NOTE: On some computers the time of the event may be shown incorrectly. The correct time is 4:30 PM.


Join with the Molly Brigade to protest the war and its human costs. More than 6500 US Vets and Troops from Afganistan and Iraq wars have committed suicide, making the US deaths well over 10,000 total.
 
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Iraq