Monthly Archives: July 2014

Vote No on Amendment 5

Posted on July 30, 2014 by peace

The Peace Economy Project endorses a No vote on Missouri Constitutional Amendment 5. The amendment, which simply reiterates Missourians’s right to bear arms, would make it harder for the state legislature to regulate concealed weapons. The amendment would also be … Read More

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Take Action: Solidarity with Palestine

Posted on July 28, 2014 by peace

In Gaza, there is no safe place for civilians. Since Israel launched its assault on the Palestinian people, they have killed over 1,000 people, 80 percent of which were civilians. A large portion of the dead are children.

The United States … Read More

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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki with WILPF

Posted on July 28, 2014 by peace

by Suzanne Reinhold, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Professor Roy Tamashiro spoke to a group of 40 at the annual remembrance of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Dr. Tamashiro is a life-long peace scholar and activist.  In his presentation, … Read More

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How America Changed the Meaning of War

Posted on July 28, 2014 by peace

After 9/11, the US invented a new kind of borderless, pre-emptive warfare, plunging the world into an endless cycle of violence.

by Jonathan Schell, The Nation
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[This essay is slightly adapted from Jonathan Schell’s 2003 book, The Unconquerable World: … Read More

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Hiroshima Remembrance: Finding Peace, Making Peace, Living Peace

Posted on July 27, 2014 by peace

Sunday, July 27th
5:30 p.m.
Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Rd.
(Parking lot in back)

Commemorating the 69th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan with speaker Roy Tamashiro, … Read More

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West Bank Rises, Tens Of Thousands Join Largest March Since Last Intifada

Posted on July 25, 2014 by peace

by Ryan Grim, Huffington Post
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Amid the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, the West Bank has risen.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians marched with President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement from the West Bank city of Ramallah toward Jerusalem … Read More

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Syria Civil War: Bloodiest 48 Hours Sees 700 Killed as Isis Gain Influence

Posted on July 24, 2014 by peace

by Jack Moore, International Business Times
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More than 700 people were killed in clashes over two days between pro-government forces and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) militants in Syria.

Activists from the Syrian Observatory for … Read More

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Revealed: the Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces

Posted on July 23, 2014 by peace

More children than Palestinian fighters are being killed in Israel’s offensive on Gaza, according to the UN. Shown here are the name, age, and sex of 132 of those children, recorded by the Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights. Israel … Read More

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15,000 local jobs on the line as McCaskill, Durbin visit Boeing plant

Posted on July 21, 2014 by peace

KMOV
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The future of a combat plane built at Boeing’s St. Louis plant is in question.

Hope for the aircraft is on the horizon thanks to a spending bill that would pump over a … Read More

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YSTL Third Birthday Party Fundraiser Ft. ShowMe15

Posted on July 19, 2014 by peace

Saturday, July 19
3:00 to 6:00 pm
Blank Space, 2847 Cherokee

Join Young Activists United St. Louis as we celebrate our third year as an organization! Join the conversation as we talk about a lot of big … Read More

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