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- Endless Wars and Sacrifice Zones: How Pipeline Politics Link Oil and DeathThis 1947 map shows the dotted line of a projected pipeline route of TAPLINE. It would eventually terminate in southern Lebanon, following the CIA’s first coup in 1949 overthrowing Syrian president Shukri al-Quwatly, who objected to its routing through Syria. Photo credit: Chelsea Green Publishing,… Updates
- Upcoming 75th Anniversary Timeline Webinars; Watch Past Ones on New YouTube Channel By Ellen Thomas Co-chair, Disarm Committee August 2020 There are now three 75th Anniversary Timeline webinars available on the new WILPF US Disarm Committee YouTube channel: On May 17Martha Hennessey of the Kings Bay Plowshares, her attorney Bill Quigley, and John LaForge of Nukewatch, discussed … Updates
- Pass the Popcorn, Learn About Corporate Fraud & Government Complicity Publicity still for the 2019 film The Laundromatdirected by Steven Soderbergh, production companies: Netflix and Anonymous Content. By Marybeth Gardam Chair, Women, Money & Democracy (W$D) Committee August 2020 The Women, Money & Democracy (W$D) Committee of WILPF US (formerly the Corporations v … Updates
- Important Book to Read Now: Sumiteru Taniguchi’s “The Atomic Bomb on My Back”In this June 30, 2015 photo, Sumiteru Taniguchi, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, shows a photo of himself taken in 1945. Taniguchi devoted his life to seeking to abolish nuclear weapons after he was burned severely in the 1945 attack. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file) By Robin Llo… Updates
- Endorse the US-Cuba-Canada Saving Lives CampaignA Cuban doctor at a consult. Cuba has a free universal access health system which has so far helped keep its COVID-19 case and death numbers low, even though many Cubans struggle with the necessities of daily life due to shortages and scarcities mostly caused by the US blockade of Cuba. Photo by Yoa… Updates
- Let’s Brainstorm Branch Fundraising Ideas By Marguerite Adelman Burlington VT Branch and WILPF US Development Committee August 2020 Unless WILPF branches assess a local membership fee, we know you have very little, if any, monies for your basic needs or special projects. Say you want to buy a banner for your group, rent a room for a large … Updates
- Prepare for Our Virtual Congress with August 20 Virtual Meeting Training! “You did it!” says Hali Hammer, helping you on virtual meetings By Darien De Lu WILPF US President August 2020 It’s time for all of us to get comfortable with virtual connection tools. In August 2021, for the first time, WILPF US will conduct our national Congress virtually! Let’s freshen up our sk… Updates
- AHR Is Working Toward Racial Justice: Resource Library & Upcoming Calls Photo Credit: Mike Shaheen. Creative Commons 2.0 By Martha Collins, Setou Ouattara, and Valarie Young Advancing Human Rights (AHR) Chairs July 2020 Enough is enough! We stand in solidarity with the protestors of police brutality and systemic racism calling to defund the police, because Black Live… Updates
- We’re Getting Ready for #HiroshimaNagasaki75!This is one way the Vermont Branch is using the peace cranes from Japanese Hibakusha that have been sent to WILPF branches. Photo by Robin Lloyd, with permission. By Robin Lloyd and Ellen Thomas Co-chairs, Disarm/End Wars Issue Committee July 2020 We hear that WILPF US Branches have received the box… Updates
- Launching Our 2020 Solidarity Event Season Graphic from the 75th Anniversaries Working Group toolkit, ReThinkMedia. By Cherrill Spencer and Margaret Pecoraro Co-coordinators of the Ceasefire/75th Solidarity Event Planning Team July 2020 In recent years, solidarity events have been chosen by WILPF US and branches to create a unified WILPF pr… Updates
- New England PFAS and the Military Project: Get Involved! Pat Elder, left, and Marguerite Adelman, right, are working on extending the PFAS and the Military Project to New England states. By Marguerite Adelman WILPF Burlington and Earth Democracy Committee July 2020 WILPF members Pat Elder and Marguerite Adelman are working on a continuation of the Califo… Updates
- Calls Grow Louder to Cut the Military Budget to Meet Human Needs By Nancy Price Co-chair, Earth Democracy Issue Committee July 2020 Planning for the second stage of our “Exposing the Military: Hidden Polluter of Water” campaign in four New England states comes at the time when people are also calling to defund the US Military. Cuts in the military budget could b… Updates
- New Series of Ray Acheson Articles on “Abolishing Structures of Violence”ICAN campaigner Ray Acheson of WILPF speaks at a September 2016 protest against the main US military base in Australia, Pine Gap, which is involved in nuclear targeting. Credit: Tim Wright. By Odile Hugonot Haber July 2020 Ray Acheson recently made available to us the beginning of a series of articl… Updates
- Cuba Contains COVID-19 Here’s How It’s Done A Maternity Home in Santiago de Cuba. All photos by Yoamaris Neptuno Dominguez, used with permission. By Leni Villagomez Reeves Co-chair, Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Committee July 2020 Some COVID-19 Facts Between May 15, 2020, and June 21, 2020, known COVID-19 cases in the United States went… Updates
- The Restoration of Memory Credit: MeganBrady/Shutterstock.com. By Darien De Lu WILPF US President July 2020 WILPF has a long and honorable history, and WILPF US has been part of that history since the beginning. Now WILPF US is looking for ways to revive among our members the knowledge of that history. If you’re interested … Updates
- Remembering Vivian Schatz of the Greater Philadelphia BranchFrom May 27, 2017: Vivian Schatz, seated, with Sylvia Metzler, Greater Philadelphia Branch co-chair, Marlena Santoya, and Linda Schatz, one of Vivan’s daughters. Photo courtesy Tina Shelton. July 2020 The Greater Philadelphia Branch was recently notified by Vivian Schatz’s daughter Linda Schatz t… Updates
- Poem for Sadako Sasaki by Alycia DavisHiroshima, Japan, April 2017: Children's Peace Monument, This monument for peace commemorates Sadako Sasaki and the children victims of the atomic bombing. Credit: Shutterstock.com. By Alycia Davis Cape Cod Branch July 2020 A Thousand Cranes (for Sadako Sasaki, Hiroshima A-Bomb victim) It is said… Updates
- Committee Updates and Action Items: June 2nd Program Call, Disarm Webinar Series Issue Committee action plans will be discussed on the June 2nd Program Call. All are welcome! June 2020 June 2 Program Call for All Members! By Joan Goddard Program Committee Chair All WILPF US Members: Please join the June 2nd Program Call at 5 pm PDT / 8 pm EDT. We will all discuss the issue com… Updates
- PPC Mass Gathering on June 20 Confronts Racial and Economic Inequities By Dorothy Van Soest Women, Money & Democracy Issue Committee June 2020 As new COVID-19 cases and deaths keep climbing each day in the U.S., reaching staggering numbers that represent unfathomable suffering, the pandemic is revealing that our systems and structures desperately need to be reimagined… Updates
- Cape Cod Branch Creates Clothesline Displays at Home Mary Zepernick examines the Sexual Assault Awareness Month display in South Yarmouth, MA. The Clothesline Project originated in her living room in 1990. By Elenita Muniz Cape Cod WILPF June 2020 The Cape Cod Branch of WILPF has finally reached the stage we’ve witnessed in other branches but never t… Updates
