Peace

WASHINGTON — Pundits opined that India is the one place in the world George W. Bush would be “warmly welcomed.” And he was, by huge throngs of Indian protesters demonstrating against his policies of war and U.S. domination, rejecting Bush’s claim that his spreading democracy and ending terrorism.
En espańol: Bush se enfrenta gigante protestas en India

“I can’t sit here and do nothing while this war keeps claiming kids and stealing souls.” This was the response I received from Fernando Suárez del Solar when I questioned his newest and boldest idea for bringing an end to the bloodshed in Iraq.

While condemning antiwar advocates for “not supporting the troops,” George Bush has nothing of substance to say about a recent Zogby poll showing that a sizeable majority—72 percent—of U.S. troops in Iraq want to be brought home this year, most saying now or within six months. Twenty-nine percent favor immediate withdrawal.

Veterans, hurricane survivors walkin’ to New Orleans
Four men, 241 miles and a call to end bloodshed

CHICAGO — “Schools are for learning, not for recruiting,” read a large banner in the basement of St. Pius Church here Feb. 17. On the speaker’s platform were Cindy Sheehan and Juan Torres, both members of Gold Star Families for Peace and parents who have lost sons in President Bush’s “war on terrorism.”

The innocuously named Reliable Replacement Warhead program, launched over a year ago to manage the U.S. nuclear arsenal, could seriously damage U.S. national security while costing taxpayers many billions of dollars, a new report says.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Nicholas Przybyla of Iraq Veterans Against War told a gathering of Michigan peace activists how he went from a teenager in trouble with the law to a sailor to a leader of the veterans movement against war.

NEW YORK — A coalition of peace, civil rights, women’s and environmental groups announced a national April 29 demonstration in New York to end the Iraq war.

Over 200 people packed First Presbyterian Church of Owensboro, Kentucky, Fellowship Hall as the city was treated to a cultural exchange from China. Dancers from the Heilongjiang School of Performing Arts of Harbin, China, performed an elegant mix of modern and traditional Chinese dance by artist and musician Hong Shao.