John and Laura Locher invite you to help make Iowa a Welcoming State for immigrants.
The following was received this week as part of a huge drive to change attitudes in our nation. The Sisters of Mercy are working on the critical concerns of immigration and racism and they are definitely served by [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 28, 2007
Creating a Welcoming State petition drive
October 26, 2007
Book Review: “Waging Peace” by Scott Ritter
Book Review: Waging Peace The Art of War for the Antiwar Movement
Author: Scott Ritter Publisher: Nation Books 2007
by Wendy Barth
Scott Ritter is a man who is unaccustomed to losing. He grew up on US military bases and attended military college. Winning is what it’s about, and Lt. Ritter avidly absorbed the writings [...]
October 26, 2007
More Air Strikes in Iraq, perhaps more leverage with Grassley
This Fred Kaplan article in Slate should get some careful attention. It gives the numbers that show declining numbers of US service personnel in Iraq and the roughly correlative increasing numbers of air strikes employed in US operations in Iraq. And it quotes the Petraeus counter-insurgency manual on the relative counterproductive character [...]
October 24, 2007
Not in Our Name
Every time I visit our blog, Mary’s shirt in the masthead above reminds me of my fight-or-flight response when confronted with the issues Women for Peace Iowa tackles on a daily basis. Those are strong words for a group so committed to the peaceful resolution of conflicts: tackle, fight, confront. For us the [...]
October 23, 2007
Knitting for Peace
Pictured: Jan Monk, Diane Olsen, Linda Martin, Maggie Anderson, and Sheryl Thompson.
These hand-made items were made by Women for Peace Knitters/Crocheters given to Waypoint in September. The group has met monthly at Prairiewoods for a year. Donations included 73 hats, 30 scarves, 8 sweaters, 1 headband, and many mittens [...]
October 19, 2007
Momma’s Peace Rap
You all have to hear this! It’s not just that this woman’s heart is in the right place, but this song is beautiful. I sure do like it.
October 19, 2007
Tom Harkin makes me so angry!!
So here’s this guy, sucking up all this applause for all his anti-war bluster, and whenever the crunch time comes around again, he goes ahead and votes for more war to the tune on hundreds of billions of dollars a pop.
Therefore, I am wracking my brain for some kind of theatrics, civil disobedience or otherwise, [...]
October 11, 2007
Get on the Bus!
UPDATE: We’ve filled the bus! Please contact us to put your name on as an alternate.
Saturday, October 27th
National Mobilization to End the War in Iraq
Chicago
On Saturday, Oct. 27th, people from all walks of life will gather
in ten sites around the country for massive regional demonstrations.
This nationally coordinated day of outcry against this war [...]
October 10, 2007
Senator Harkin Addresses the Iraq War
by Wendy Barth , WFPI President
Saturday morning bright and early Charlotte Martin and I drove down to Iowa City and picked up three members of the UI Anti-War committee to join us in our journey to Des Moines. Over 30 peace activists from across the state converged on Des Moines Saturday September 30, 2007 at [...]
