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Get Out of the Military Now
Peace Press August/September 2008 PDF
Undoing the Damage: Human Rights, Global and Local (1.87 MB)

Comedian Kahlil Bendiv & Musician Peter Tracy
Appearing at Oddfellows Hall, Santa Rosa
Friday, September 19, 7:00 PM


Comedy and music, what's not to like? Fun for all. Call 575-8902.

The peace & Justice Center is now selling raffle tickets for
Activist Star Quilt:

Click here for a larger view of the quilt.
Each square created by known activist.
Raffle is to benefit Farms Not Arms
.
Call (707) 575-8902 for more information.
Under the Mushroom Cloud, Mayors for Peace Exhibit
July 26 - August 24, Sunday - Friday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

The exhibit of photographs & drawings bring together the realities of the atomic bombings
and the present status of nuclear issues. The exhibit was assembled by the Mayors for Peace which was founded by the Mayors of Hiroshima & Nagasaki in 1982, in the hope of arousing international sentiment towards nuclear weapons abolition.

Cosponsors: Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Sonoma Chapter Japanese American Citizens League, Department of Peace, Sonoma County.


Help Build a New Preschool
in KaPhunga, Swaziland

Swaziland has the highest concentration of HIV/AIDS in the world, with two-fifths of the adult population infected. In Swaziland there are 95,000 orphans, 63,000 as a direct result of AIDS. This constant devastation of the population has resulted in many households run entirely by children, and the number of orphans grows every day.

This project will make a difference in the lives of the villagers of KaPhunga by providing a place where the children can feel a sense of community, giving underprivileged children an affordable education, furnishing the orphans with the stability of at least one solid meal a day and by bolstering the local economy by supplying the villagers with jobs and steady incomes.

The total cost estimate for construction of the classroom and one year of operations is R122,400 (about $15,603). The village will be able to provide yearly funds for the operation of the school once this initial construction takes place, but the help that we are giving them is essential. The foundation that this preschool education will provide has the potential to drastically change the course of these children’s lives. Each child would be guaranteed at least one meal a day, a crucial step towards fighting disease and malnutrition. For all of these reasons, we would greatly appreciate your support for this project. Donate now or learn more.


$$ The Global Rich List $$

Too often we gaze enviously upon those who are richer than we are, but we seldom think about those who have less than we do. Are you curious to know where you stand in the continuum of wealth world wide? Want to know how you rank on a list of the richest people in the world? Find out using the global rich list calculator.


Upcoming Events

KPFA Broadcasts from the Peace Center!
3rd Friday of Every Month During 2008
5:00 PM to 10:00 PM


Starting in June, tune in to KPFA 94.1 FM on the third Friday of every month from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM to hear a piece of the truth that the mainstream media won't cover. Find more ways to listen at KPFA's listener help link. Extra broadcast: Friday, August 22nd. Next regular broadcast: Friday, September 19th.


The Story of Stuff

Learn the entire life cycle of your material goods from extraction of resources through production, distribution, consumption and disposal. Find out the hidden human and environmental costs of our consumer culture in The Story of Stuff video.


Only An Expert Can Deal With The Problem

Check out this thought provoking music video by Laurie Anderson.
Hear Bush administration policy skewered here.


$23 Billion Lost, Stolen or Unaccounted For in Iraq
Contractors Reaping Windfall Gains
Possibly "the largest war profiteering in history."


A BBC probe has disclosed that around $23 billion dollars may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq. The investigation has also revealed he extent to which some private contractors have profited from the conflict and rebuilding. U.S. corporations and Iraqi government ministers implicated in wrongdoing. A U.S. gagging order is preventing discussion of the allegations against some of the top U.S. companies. Read the whole story.
The War Against Iraq is Costing 720 million Dollars Every Day.
$720,000,000 wasted every day.
See some of the things that money could have bought instead.

For more information on alternatives for spending the estimated 3TRILLION DOLLARS that the Iraq war will cost, watch the Three Trillion Dollar Spending Spree video.


John McCain in Dr. Strangelove?
You decide after watching this thought provoking video.

Burma's monks are leading the struggle of the Burmese people against an oppressive military dictatorship, despite the risk of beating, torture and death. Click on a monk above to learn more or to help the monks in their courageous opposition to a brutal regime.


At least 4,144 US military killed,
more than 30,509 wounded & over 1,252,595 civilians estimated dead
in the war against Iraq

Get more casualty figures.

Just Foreign Policy Iraqi Death Estimator The Declaration of Peace
The figures on the left include reported civilian deaths only. The figure in the center represents an estimate of civilian casualties based upon a study by public health experts in 2006.
Read the 2006 article.

New WHO study:
40 months of war, 151,000 Iraqis dead by violence through June, 2006. Violence now leading cause of death in Iraq. 3,775 violent deaths per month.
Read the new study.

** A Life, Wasted. **
Click below to read an open letter from Paul E. Schroeder, the father of a soldier killed in Iraq:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/02/AR2006010200974.html


Hope Art & Poetry – 2007 winners

Not Your Soldier

Attention persons of military age! You must see this powerful movie about resisting the war in Iraq and about the GI movement against the war in Vietnam.


National Priorities Project Database

Check out this mine of information on Federal spending!
Compare money spent on the military and on human needs. Information is available by State, County, School District, High School and even Zip code! Expenditures by category, including housing, military, health, labor and many more. Get information on defense contracts, costs of nuclear weapons, military recruiting and more. The site has decades of stored information. Click here to go there now.


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See and hear the best progressive videos and music at the Peace and Justice Center's Video and Music Archive page.


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