Seymour Hersh on Covert US Activities in Iran

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Walk to Ft. Drum discussion in Trumansburg

Back to Democracy devoted their regular meeting last Friday to a discussion on the NYS Marches for Peace walk to Watertown and Fort Drum, Alexis Alexander introduced the panel which included Nevin Sabet , John Hamilton and Lynn McMannus. She gave a summary personality and flavor of the march day to [...] [...]

Video: NYS Marches for Peace, Adams Center to Watertown, 5/15-17/08

[QT:http://cmprovideo.net/streaming1/NYSMarches08/AdamsCenter-Watertown.mov http://cmprovideo.net/streaming1/NYSMarches08/AdamsCenter-Watertown-poster.mov http://cmprovideo.net/downloads/NYSMarches08/Veterans_parade_action_watertown_5-17-08.mp4 480 286] Open full screen in Quicktime Player This video streams at: 56|256|385|512 kbps Last Friday night, Back to Democracy hosted a discussion of the New York State Marches for Peace walk to Fort Drum at the Trumansburg Firehall. I am posting the video I edited for that event. The video [...] [...]

Rally to show support for Hinchey on 7/1

View press release Well everybody, its been a long haul getting through to Hinchey about impeachment this past 12-18 months including meeting with him and Dan Lamb numerous times, getting petitions signed by 3,000 citizens favoring Kucincich’s resolution, staging puppetry activities, having our resolution adopted in city council and county legislature, and so on…… so we [...] [...]

Rally to thank Rep. Maurice Hinchey, Cayuga & Green, Ithaca

[ July 1, 2008; 4:30 pm; ] Rally to thank Rep. Maurice Hinchey for co-sponsoring House Resolution 1258 Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors Assemble at corner of Cayuga & Green streets, beneath the congressman’s Ithaca office. [...]

Rep. Maurice Hinchey Co-sponsors Bush Impeachment Resolution

It is official. Representaive Maurice Hinchey, Dem NY 22nd Congressional District, has co-sponsored House Resolution 1258 Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. Hinchey has not yet cosigned H. Res. 333 to impeach Vice President Richard B. Cheney, nor has he yet cosigned Rep. Robert Wexler’s (D-FL) [...] [...]

NYS Marches for Peace/IVAW/MFSO report with video at BTD meeting, Trumansburg Fire Hall

[ June 27, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] Tentative. Back to Democracy has invited march participants, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Military Families Speak Out to report about the recent NYS Marches for Peace at their meeting on Friday, June 27 at the Trumansburg Firehall on Rte 96. Details will be posted on the Back to Democracy Website. [...]

2 Ithaca Locals Return from the West Bank, Palestine, GIAC

[ June 12, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] Place: GIAC, Rm-the Fort (Greater Ithaca Activities Center) 318 N. Albany & Court St., Ithaca, NY Info: 607-273-7437 Two Ithaca Locals Return from the West Bank, Palestine Israel’s 60th Birthday: Catastrophe for Palestine” and “Hebron Orphanages & Schools Update Mary Anne Grady Flores and Beth Harris [...] [...]

Winter Soldier Video & Discussion: Divide to Conquer: Gender and Sexuality in the Military, Ithaca Unitarian Church

[ June 4, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ] The weekly Friday Winter Soldier screenings were suspended during the NYS March for Peace. This is the first of two make-up screenings scheduled for Wednesday, June 4. The second make-up screening will be Thursday, June 12. The regular Friday screenings will continue through June 20. Gender issues and experience with sexism in the [...] [...]

Winter Soldier Video & Discussion: The Future of GI Resistance, Ithaca Unitarian Church

[ June 20, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Video of the testimonies presented at Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan will be shown each Friday at 7:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Church in Ithaca, corner of Buffalo & Aurora Streets, April 4 through June 20. The screenings will be followed by a weekly update on the activities of IVAW and Different Drummer Cafe in [...] [...]

Winter Soldier Video & Discussion: The Breakdown of the Military, Ithaca Unitarian Church

[ June 13, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Video of the testimonies presented at Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan will be shown each Friday at 7:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Church in Ithaca, corner of Buffalo & Aurora Streets, April 4 through June 20. The screenings will be followed by a weekly update on the activities of IVAW and Different Drummer Cafe in [...] [...]

Winter Soldier Video & Discussion: The Cost of the War at Home, Ithaca Unitarian Church

[ June 6, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Video of the testimonies presented at Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan will be shown each Friday at 7:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Church in Ithaca, corner of Buffalo & Aurora Streets, April 4 through June 20. The screenings will be followed by a weekly update on the activities of IVAW and Different Drummer Cafe in [...] [...]

Cancelled event: Winter Soldier Video & Discussion: Racism and War: the Dehumanization of the Enemy: Part One, Ithaca Unitarian Church

[ June 12, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ] This screening has been CANCELLED due to a conflict with the report back from Palestine with Beth Harris and Mary Anne Gready Flores at GIAC the same night. The regular Friday screenings will continue through June 20. Video of the testimonies presented at Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan will be shown each Friday at 7:00 p.m. at [...] [...]