“War will not solve any problem we face with Iran.” Scott Ritter, former Major of the US Marines and Chief UNSCOM Weapons Inspector in Iraq, spoke on the folly of war with Iran in the General Pershing Room of the War Memorial, Indianapolis, IN on April 18, 2007.This is Part 1 – his presentation in… Continue reading Scott Ritter – Target Iran – Part 1

“They can kill somebody’s body, but they can’t kill love.” – Cindy Sheehan.Cindy Sheehan calls for nonviolent revolution, encourages activists and shares her emotions about the senseless killings of Iraqis and US soldiers due to this war. This is a must watch question and answer session, after her talk at the 3rd Annual Midwest Peace… Continue reading Cindy Sheehan – They Can’t Kill Love

Cindy Sheehan spoke at Purdue University on April 12, 2007. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7AkCRTZ5i8[/youtube]

This is Part 2 of a 2 part video (split due to YouTube size limitations). It features Chaplain James Yee, former US Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo. In this Part 2, he discusses Guantanamo, including shocking interrogation technigues (such as sexual taunting from naked female interrogators), physical and psychological abuse, and desecration of the Koran.… Continue reading James Yee – Guantanamo and his solitary confinement

This is Part 1 of a 2 part video (split due to YouTube size limitations). It features Chaplain James Yee, former US Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo. In this Part I, he discusses how he became a Muslim. In Part II, he goes into detail about shocking abuses at Guantanamo and his arrest and threatened… Continue reading Chaplain James Yee on becoming a Muslim

Cindy Sheehan gave the Plowshare Keynote Address at the 3rd Annual Midwest Peace and Justice Summit on April 13, 2007 at the Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis campus. See more on the conference at http://www.mpjs.org Sponsoring organizations were IUPUI Students Advocates for Global Equality, Plowshares Consortium of Peace Studies, Indiana Peace and Justice Network,… Continue reading Cindy Sheehan speaking peace to power

Jeremy Scahill – April 9, 2007 Blackwater: The Rise of the Most Powerful Mercenary Firm in the World Recording 25.1 meg 43:57 – temp version From event listing: Blackwater protects the top US officials in Iraq, yet the public knows almost nothing about their quasi-military operations, which range from the blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to… Continue reading Blackwater – rise of most powerful mercenary firm in world

Wally Nelson would have been 98 on March 27th. He was a pioneer civil rights activist and is considered a parent – along with his partner Juanita Nelson – of the modern war tax resistance movement in the US. See more on Wally (with links to other resources) at http://www.traprockpeace.org/wallynel… and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Ne… This short video… Continue reading Remembering Wally Nelson – civil rights activist

Veterans Paul Abernathy and Matt Southworth, both member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, speak with Sunny Miller, Executive Director of Traprock Peace Center, after the antiwar/anti-occupation rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina on March 17, 2007. For more information, see: http://www.ivaw.org http://www.traprockpeace.org http://www.veteransforpeace.org For videos of the Fayetteville peace events on March 17-18, 2007 (more… Continue reading Iraq Veterans Against War Speak

Iraq War veterans leading march in Fayetteville, North Carolina – March 17, 2007. A short clip of the head of the march. The vets led the chanting for the march through Fayetteville, the home of Fort Bragg (82nd Airborne). See Veterans for Peace – http://www.veteransforpeace.org – and Iraq Veterans Against the War – http://www.ivaw.org. For… Continue reading Iraq Vets – “I want my country back”