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August e-news 2023
What a memorable 2023 New England Peace Action retreat at the World Fellowship Center! We discussed organizational and political perspectives and found time to get to know each other. 
John Raby's August column for Peace Action Maine shared HERE. Rays of Hope.
The 78th International Peace Conference is coming right up in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. PAM member Midori Morrow is on her way! Portland Media Center has just posted their program of Midori's presentation at the PMC during a welcoming event, it also includes Making Waves, a documentary about the Golden Rule's history.
PAM is the grateful recipient of a generous bequest from the Estate of Alfred Bersbach. It is what finalized the last leg of Midori's trip to Nagasaki, where her grandmother survived the bomb July 9,1945. Midori's recent exhibit "43 Seconds" (see photo) at MECA reflects an effect of falling and the time it took for the first bomb dropped on Hiroshima to detonate.
Peace Action Maine asks members to please contact your US ME Representative to urge them to support nuclear weapon abolition and climate conversion HERE.(Co-Sponsor 2775)
Sept. 17, 1 PM NYC.  March to End Fossil Fuels   The connections between Climate and Militarism were again made during a warship's christening event at Bath Iron Works(photo MB Sullivan). There is a Peace Hub planned for the NYC march. "We get the future we invest in", writes past DC's Peace Hub organizer Kate Alexander. “But we can’t simply give up because the situation is dire,” (Huber) “We need to say ‘Here is where we need to invest and make changes and innovate’ and not give up. We can’t just write off billions of people.”
Sept. 22, 23, 24 Common Ground Country Fair. Save the dates! If you can volunteer at our table, please let us know, we will have a "free" entry ticket for you in gratitude. contact: info at peaceactionme.org.
 Here is the 2 minute video clip of Senator Sanders proposing his amendment to reduce NDAA budget by 10%  - The Senate Vote was 11 FOR   88 AGAINST, so it failed.
Lest we forget the COSTS OF WAR: -8 TRILLION Dollars,-1.2 BILLION Metric Tons of GHGases, -38 MILLION People Displaced, - 4.5 million Dead.
We Get What We Pay For:The Cycle of Military Spending, Industry Power, and Economic Dependence.
 Susan Mirsky(MAPA),
Jim Anderson(PANYS), and
Will Hopkins(NHPA)
43 Seconds that changed the world forever. Midori Morrow.
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