Peace
Gaza Blockade Halts Kindergarten
Kate Gould, 27-07-2010 - 04:22
Kate Gould has called Jackson County home for the last 15 years. She will be speaking about her 8 months living and working in the Occupied Palestinian Territories from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at the Gresham Room of the Ashland Public Library.
The following editorial was written by Kate...
"Just got back from Gaza, where I saw first hand the effects of a blockade that continues to deny Gazans the ability to rebuild their war-torn society--including the right to build this much dreamed of kindergarten."
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki Vigil Aug. 6 & 7 - Ashland, Oregon
Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF), 15-07-2010 - 18:25
Annual Hiroshima & Nagasaki Vigil in Ashland to Feature "Nuclear Maze"
Friday August 6, 2010, 8:00 AM to Saturday August 7, 7:00 PM Ashland Plaza
On the 65th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) invites the public to a series of programs commemorating that event. The theme of this year's vigil is "Citizen Action for a Nuclear Free World," reflecting the importance of citizen involvement on nuclear issues. Vital background information on these issues will be presented at 7 PM on Thursday August 5 at the Ashland Library. Speakers include Jay Mullen, Hanford Downwinder and Professor of History at Southern Oregon University, Danny Wahpepah of Red Earth Descendants, and Herb Rothschild, organizer of the Rogue Valley Campaign for Nuclear Abolition.
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Collateral Repair Project: "RHYTHMS & REWARDS for REFUGEES!"
CRP volunteer, 11-07-2010 - 23:58
RHYTHMS & REWARDS for REFUGEES! A Community "Fun-Raiser" Saturday, August 21, 2010 6:30 to 9:30 pm Ashland Community Center 59 Winburn Way Drop in, have some fun, and help a local charity raise funds for Iraqi families displaced from their homes. The Collateral Repair Project works in Jordan, sustaining refugee families with projects for social and economic uplift: http://www.collateralrepairproject.org/
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Pastors for Peace Cuba Caravan Hits Ashland
Ivend Holen, 11-07-2010 - 05:33
An audience of about 60 people attended a meeting and lecture about the Pastors for Peace Cuba Caravan at the Presbyterian Church in Ashland last Friday evening. Richard Becker, of the International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition, and Western Region co-Director of Ramsey Clark's International Action Center (IAC) spoke about US-Cuba relations and the Cuba Caravan.
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Move Your $MONEY$ Southern Oregon
SWITCH TO A LOCAL BANK OR CREDIT UNION!, 09-07-2010 - 00:48
Ashland, Oregon * Independence Day, 2010
Southern Oregon's MOVE YOUR MONEY campaign debuted on the main drag during Ashland's Fourth of July parade. The parade entry from Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice (SOJwJ) included the Jefferson State Rollers. The helpful swarm of female roller derby skaters blasted Ashland with thousands of tri-fold Move Your Money brochures which rank regional banks and credit unions with the big Wall Street banks. Any guess which work best for the local economy?
People want to support local economic development and are tired of Wall Street excesses that have crippled our country. Move Your Money is a campaign to move money away from the big greedy Wall Street Banks and put the bucks where they will do the most good right here at home.
Check out July 4 parade photos and look at the PDF brochure for a detailed description of Move Your MONEY Southern Oregon.
(click any photo makes it larger)
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Cost of war hits $1 trillion
Leah Bolger from Corvallis, Oregon, 03-06-2010 - 16:47
"For $1 trillion, we could immediately give every one of the 15.4 million unemployed people in the United States a $50,000 job and still have $235 billion left over."-Leah Bolger
Leah Bolger is Vice President nationally of Veterans for Peace. VfP has a strong presence including here in our Southern Oregon region
Veterans for Peace 
http://www.veteransforpeace.org
Rogue Valley VfP #156 http://rv-vfp156.org
Below you can see Bolger's strong statement regarding the "COST OF WAR"
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Vets for Peace #156 in Boatnik Parade 2010
Reported by Allen Hallmark, Member VfP #156, 29-05-2010 - 19:43
Grants Pass, Oregon - Memorial Day, 2010
Congratulations, Hal, Jim, Loree and all who worked so hard to put together our Veterans for Peace, Rogue Valley Chapter 156, entry in today's massive Boatnik parade in Grants Pass. The huge Peace Dove with the olive branch in her beak was gorgeous and impressive. It's difficult to believe how big this parade is -- our group was lucky to go down the street early and by the time we walked back to where we started, more than an hour later, there were still many groups waiting to start their journey.
Attached are a few photos that I snapped along the way (click on any to make larger)
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Stop Walmart Rally Tue morning before Supreme Court Hearing
WALMART DESTROYS LOCAL ECONOMIES--HURTS PEOPLE, 18-05-2010 - 03:51
Stop Walmart -- Miles Field Rally -- Near Medford's south I-5 Interchange
Tuesday May 18, 7AM to 8AM (rally followed by OR Supreme Court Hearing 9AM @ N. Medford High School)
Near Hwy. 99 & Stewart, sidewalk along 99 south of Veterans Park & the Oregon National Guard Armory
Right where Miles Field USE TO BE! (before Walmart & City of Medford corporate cronyism)
-- CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST PROVIDED --
-- -- -- Hot Coffee and snacks -- -- --
STOP WALMART! -- STOP THE TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE -- STOP WALMART!
COME SUPPORT MEDFORD CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT (MCRD)
This over six-year-long David v. Goliath struggle is pitting our community against a multinational conglomerate that is dead set on destroying our community.
Peter Buckley issues the Walmart warning back in 2005 -- watch video clip
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Feds kick Ashland, Oregon protesters off public property at OUR U.S. Post Office
OUR POST OFFICE ACTS LIKE IT IS PRIVATIZED (a fascist right wing goal), 16-04-2010 - 22:07
Does this sound like the United States, or the Soviet Union?--Ivend Holen
We had a wonderful action today... This looked a lot like the corporate walk of terror we had tried to pull together last halloween... Great Job everybody!. Channel 12 mistakenly put together their story saying that our "Tax Wall Street to fund jobs" message and our "bank locally" message were the same for all the tea bagger gatherings in southern Oregon. We love it. Nine people fighting corporate greed stole the show!--In solidarity, Wes Brain
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Hi: The one sour note of yesterday's rally was when we were "kicked off" US Post Office property. See John Darling's article in the Ashland Daily Tidings: http://3bl.me/ndwyg7
One of the superintendents came out of the Ashland Post Office to inform us that unless we stayed off US Post Office property he would call the US Postal Inspectors to arrest us. I asked him if the Post Office was not public property, and he said that it is not in Ashland, since they lease the property from the private sector.--Ivend Holen
Click pics to make BIG -- Keep reading for more story...
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TAX WALL STREET DAY OF ACTION - Apr. 15, 2010
SOUTHERN OREGON JOBS WITH JUSTICE, 14-04-2010 - 21:09
For 30 years, corporate CEOs and Wall Street speculators have put the squeeze on workers with globalization, privatization and union-busting.
They used their rising profits to buy Congress, convincing them to hand out tax breaks to the rich and gut banking regulations and consumer protections. Then they invented unscrupulous mortgage and investing practices, turning our financial system into a casino. When their speculation didn't pay off, they got Congress to bail them out to the tune of $15,000 for every household in America.
A tax on the speculators of the Wall Street casino could put 3 million people to work fixing our infrastructure, teaching our children, making our factories sustainable and improving our public services.
* * * * TAKE ACTION TO MAKE THEM PAY * * * * WE NEED JOBS NOW! * * * *
TAX DAY: APRIL 15, 2010
1PM - US POST OFFICE, 120 N. 1st St.
ASHLAND, OREGON
Currently there are 29 actions around the country * to learn more or find an action near you: http://www.taxwallstreet.org
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George Mann and Mark Ross in concert Caldera Taphouse Ashland, Oregon April 15, 2010
Vanessa Houk, 07-04-2010 - 16:34
Information about the upcoming George Mann concert.
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Musings on March 20: War and peace
Vanessa Houk, 23-03-2010 - 04:49
A reflection on building peace and some of what I have learned so far.
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3/20/10--Iraq War Anniversary in Medford, OR
Standing For Peace, 22-03-2010 - 03:23
3/20/10--Two hundred people converged on Alba Park in Medford to call attention to the 7th anniversary of the war on Iraq and the ongoing occupation.
Here is the original Rogue Indy post calling for action on this day: http://www.rogueimc.org/en/2010/03/15931.shtml
Below find some photos which show this historic event. The pics were taken by Wes Brain and Allen Hallmark
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Peace event Sat., March 20th in Medford, OR
Citizens for Peace & Justice and Peace House, 20-03-2010 - 00:00
Citizens for Peace & Justice and Peace House Present: for the 7th Annual Observance of the War on Iraq - A Peace Event with the Themes, "Building Peace: Stone by Stone" and "Moving Beyond Us/Them Thinking"
11 a.m. Saturday, March 20th Alba Park, 8th and Holly, Medford
Followed by a March through Medford and on to a Forum at 1 p.m. in the Medford Central Library
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