Human Rights Day. Frank Panopoulos, human rights attorney's talk: Held Indefinitely and Without Charge: The Guantánamo Bay Prison. Upcoming related Jan.14 Rally to Close Guantanamo, 1-2pm.
John Raby, of PAM, shares a Christmas Present and Holiday Carol with you
Dec. 16, 8 pm. "Don't Contaminate the Oceans with Radioactivity!" webinar. One speaker is Tsukuru Fors, Pacific Asian Nuclear-Free Peace Alliance (spoke at VFP annual conference)
Dec. 17, Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm call for Vigil at BIW/General Dynamics: Saturday of Advent.
Christmas Truce, 25 Dec -Jan 7Peace Action Maine endorses the IPB call for ceasefire and will "banner" from freeway bridges during these dates. We also support Defuse Nuclear War's call for diplomacy,see Jan 12 webinar.
Medea's Ukraine movie HERE. Join: www.peaceinUkraine.org. Check out their Resources & petition and follow their Christmas/Holiday Truce plans!
Dec. 17. Saturday. 3-5.Is There a Climate Emergency? Panel offered by participating artists. Virtual discussion with McKibben and Hansen. Followed by interview with Geoff Demicki (The Petroleum Papers). A Pop-Up Exhibition: MAYDAY! EAARTH.
Maine Somerville's Brian Milakovsky's mother (Lisa Miller), posted a FB picture of Brian, Dr. Miller and Bronya- born just before their flight to Croatia from Ukraine.Donations are going to Druzhkivka for locally-made potbelly stoves that can be safely installed in apartments that lost heating because of the Russian shelling. . Donations still welcomed on his father's page.Update on the Golden Rule, on her way to Cuba! The ketch set sail in 1958 to stop nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands and is now a project of VFP. Her Portland arrival is planned 6/25 and Bath on 6/27/23. Follow her route: https://share.garmin.com/goldenruleLest we forget the COSTS OF WAR: AWARDED 2022 US PEACE PRIZE!
-8 TRILLION Dollars
-1.2 BILLION Metric Tons of GHGases,
-38 MILLION Displaced,
- 929,000 Dead.
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Roger Leisner at WIB vigil in Augusta!
We congratulate 5 Years of Friendly Fire and Don Kimball's good work advocating for homeless& preparing hearty meals near USPS Portland.
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