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« Monday May 31, 2010 »
Mon
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm

Veterans for Peace2009 Memorial Day for PeacePlease join Veterans For Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Gold Star Families for Peace and the American Friends Service Committee for a ceremony for peace on Memorial Day.

Speakers to include:

  • Memorial to Howard Zinn, proud member of Veterans for Peace
  • Joseph Gerson – American Friends Service Committee, Director of Programs
  • Severyn Bruyn – World War II, Army Veteran (1945 – 1947)
  • Bill Ashton, VFP, Smedley Butler Brigade, Navy Corpsman (1981-1986)

Start: 4:00 pm

The Israeli military has attacked unarmed Palestine solidarity activists bringing aid to blockaded and besieged Gaza.  A flotilla of international activists set said for Gaza bearing food, aid, and solidarity with the Gazan people.  For this "crime," they were attacked by Israeli commandos who boarded the humanitarians' ships and opened fire.  We know of at least ten activists killed, many wounded, and all have been detained by the Israeli military.  This coincides with a new assault on Gaza.  Come to an emergency action in protest of Israeli's relentless violence against the Palestinian people and those who stand in solidarity with them.

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