Submitted by Bob Mueller, Mt. Pleasant President Biden has an opportunity to take actions that support human rights and international diplomacy before his term ends. Will he? The U.S. has given blind support to Israel. US taxpayers fund bombing of residential areas, killing women and children. Our United Nations vetoes are evidence we are not […]
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Letter to the editor: The killing in Gaza must end — stop sending arms
By Veterans for Peace, submitted by Ed Flaherty Israel’s war on Gaza is well into its 10th month. It’s no longer new news; summer has brought a sharp decline in university demonstrations, and we are in danger of accepting as normal this hellish calamity. Civilians are being detained, displaced and killed every day, with the death count over […]
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Letter to the editor: Nagasaki, the Golden Rule and the fight for peace
By Ed Flaherty, Iowa City, Veterans for Peace #161 In 1958, four Quaker sailors set off in their sailboat, the Golden Rule, from California with the Marshall Islands their destination. They intended to interpose themselves into the nuclear testing being done by the U.S. government in the Marshall Islands. They made it as far as […]
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Iowa peace groups to host Armistice Day commemoration Saturday in Iowa City
Peace advocates in Iowa City will honor veterans and oppose the perils of war by commemorating Armistice Day this Saturday.
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Letter to the editor: Corn kernels in hand, Johnson County Fair-goers expressed concerns about a livable future
The midway is cleared and still. The ice cream is gone. The barns and buildings are closed. It was another great year for the Johnson County Fair. And so it was for the ever popular annual Corn Poll of the People’s Coalition (Iowa Physicians for Social Responsibility, 100Grannies for a Livable Future, Veterans For Peace and PEACE Iowa) in Building B. This year’s fairgoers were questioned about their concerns for a livable future.
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Letter to the Editor: Veterans for Peace Commemorate Two Ignominious Anniversaries
This summer we have to decide how to digest two anniversaries; July 28, which marked 100 years since the beginning of WWI in 1914; and, August 7, which marks…
