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Welcome To Veterans For Peace Corporal Jonathan Santos Memorial Chapter 111
Announcements Veterans For Peace Chapter 111 Jeff Paterson of the Bradley Manning Support Network
February 3, 7:00 pm Herald Building Conference Room (1155 North State Street, 3rd Floor) Whatcom Peace & Justice Center and Veterans For Peace Chapter 111 PFC Bradley Manning, a 24-year-old Army intelligence analyst, faces imprisonment or a possible death sentence for allegedly sharing the “Collateral Murder” video of a US helicopter attack that killed 11 civilians and wounded two children in Baghdad, Iraq with the WikiLeaks website.
In August 1990, Corporal Jeff Paterson became the first of many US military personnel to refuse to fight in Iraq. Today, Jeff is the project director of Courage to Resist, an Oakland based organization dedicated to supporting GI war resisters and conscientious objectors. Upcoming Events Feb 3 - Courage to Resist Tour with project director Jeff Patterson
January 16, 2011
Total Cost of Wars to Whatcom County Since 2001: $681,036,961 Cost of War in Iraq Cost of War in Afghanistan CostofWar is brought to you by National Priorities Project. WAR RESISTERS There are hundreds of war resisters in Canada and the U.S. WHAT YOU CAN DO:Support the War Resisters’ STRUGGLE for Sanctuary in Canada (www.resisters.ca) Call on President Obama to grant AMNESTY to all war resisters. (www.SoldierSayNo.blogspot.com) DONATE to the War Resister Support Fund of Veterans For Peace (www.vfp92.org)JOIN THE WAR RESISTER SUPPORT VIGIL 4th Saturday of every month 11 am – 1 pm Westlake Mall Plaza 4th & Pine, downtown Seattle
GI Coffeehouse Up and Running Coffee Strong is the second antiwar GI Coffeehouse to open its doors in the US since Vietnam, and serves as a safe space for military veterans, active duty soldiers and progressive minds to discuss issues like the wars, deployment, PTSD, and the hardships of military life. Coffee Strong is completely funded by community donations. Bellingham City Council Unanimously Passes Resolution Opposing Monday night, July 14, 2008, after almost an hour of testimony and a unanimous City Council 7 to 0 vote, Bellingham became the first community in Washington State to take a stand against possible U. S. military intervention in Iran. Testimonies during the public open discussion period unanimously supported the city of Bellingham's opposition to Bush Administration rhetoric, equating recent sabre-rattling by proponents of a pre-emptive strike against Iran to the misinformation force-fed a gullible post-911, flag waving public during the run-up to shock and awe in Iraq. It was obvious from the first speaker that blind patriotism wasn't going to sell this time, in spite of the Bellingham Herald's, eleventh-hour attempt to editorialize the Council's supposed misplaced involvement in national issues in its Monday edition, calling a city of Bellingham resolution on such issues "meaningless". "It's about as meaningless as Schindler's list," said Marie Marchand, Executive Director of Whatcom Peace and Justice. The Resolution Opposing Military Intervention in Iran, inspired by the version introduced by Mayor Bob Kiss of Burlington, Vermont at June's Mayoral Conference in Miami, was sponsored by Councilman Terry Borneman, a co-sponsor of Bellingham's successful Troops Home Now! resolution in 2006. Local Veterans for Peace and Whatcom Peace and Justice organizers Gene Marx and Marchand choreographed the groundwork and outreach resulting in Monday night's successful conclusion. Also speaking in support of the resolution was Doris Kent, Gold Star mother of local VFP Chapter namesake, Corporal Jonathan Santos. Bellingham joined thirteen other cities with similar resolutions and organizers were hoping this effort would lead to a groundswell of support in Washington State and elsehere. "Bellingham has once again - as in 2006 - been given the opportunity to define itself, for the rest of the State," said Marx, a Vietnam vet and parent of a two-tour Iraq veteran. "I am immensely proud of Bellingham - again - and proud of the courage our city council demonstrated tonight." To thank the Bellingham City Council, phone (360) 778-8200 or email at www.cob.org/contact/council.aspx. Additional updates on Cities for Peace (www.citiesforpeace.org).
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