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Our Schools Help Army Recruiters but Deny Peace Groups

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:12:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is especially disturbing to me...protect your children and warn them of the perils of war (which the recruiters won't)

Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

Peace Group Barred From Florida Schools

TAMPA, Florida - Public school districts in two Florida counties are refusing to allow members of a peace organization to counter the presence of military recruiters by talking with high school students about options other than joining the service, according to a spokesperson for the group.

“Some of the military recruiters (who visit students on high school campuses) aren’t telling the truth about the ways of the military. We don’t question the existence of the military; we question the duplicity of military recruiters,” Thompson, a retired United Methodist minister, told IPS.

Under President George W. Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” law, signed in 2002, public high schools must give military recruiters access to students, including their names, addresses and telephone numbers.

Parents and students can “opt out” of this requirement by filling out a form, but many are apparently unaware that they have the right to do so.

Tags: schools, recruiters, peace, veterans

Why Can't We Do This?

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:31:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: In a relatively small country like Italy, they show a better solidarity for peace and human rights than the "best country in the world" Amurrika. Why is that?

Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

Italians March for Peace

The 24km “peace march” between the two towns in central Italy concluded a “peace week” featuring some 400 initiatives on peace and human rights. These included the 7th assembly of the United Nations of the People in Perugia Oct. 5-6.”Peace and justice walk together” and “Water for all” were among some of the banners at the march. Many carried the famous “peace flags” that marked Italian protest against the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

In a press release promoters asked politicians to “listen to understand the demands and proposals” of activists and “make room for those who are never listened to by the media.”

“It is a way to make clearer which peace we want to build: not just absence of war, but also respect for human rights,” Peace Roundtable coordinator Flavio Lotti told IPS. “We still march for peace, but making more explicit the objectives we are struggling for.”

Tags: italians, peace, human rights, march

25 YEARS AGO...

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:43:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Nixon addresses the nation....(see following clip)

Clip Source: www.watergate.info

Throughout the years of negotiations, we have insisted on peace with honor. In my addresses to the Nation from this room of January 25 and May 8, [1972] I set forth the goals that we considered essential for peace with honor.

Tags: goals, peace, honor

....25 YEARS LATER

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:53:28 GMT

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clipper's remarks: THE CREEPY DEJA VU

Clip Source: today.reuters.com

TOKYO (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday the United States wants to finish its mission in Iraq and "return with honor", despite the war's growing unpopularity at home and doubts among U.S. allies.

Tags: war, peace, honor