Tompkins County Against War & Occupation

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New York Green Fest 2009, Aug. 7-9, Alfred, NY. Forum on Sustainable Energy, Part 1: Musical welcoming by the Lucky Pluckers and introduction to the solar stage.
Meg Krywe and Tom Persichilli comprise the Lucky Pluckers fol/rock/old-timey music band. Meg has worked with a number of citizen groups to keep nuclear waste out of Allegheny County [...]

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Read more of Josh’s experiences and thoughts in Ithaca, Trumansburg, and beyond on contagiousloveexperiment.wordpress.com.
In mid-July of 2009, Peace Now Ithaca, a local group in the Fingerlakes rgion of upstate New York that had organized a successful campaign to designate Ithaca a Sanctuary City for war resisters, received word that 21-year old Iraq veteran and [...]

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Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuba revolution and 20th Pastors for Peace Cuba Caravan

Ithaca has been a host city for the Pastors for Peace Cuba Caravan since the 3rd caravan in 1993. That year, mayor Ben Nichols signed a mayoral proclamation designation US-Cuba Freinedship week in the City of Ithaca. Though we have missed some years, the record has been consistent, though the scope of the annual effort has dropped since the early years. Here are some highpoints.

 

 Reese Erlich on the real story of the Buena Vista Social Club, Critical Thinking with Andrew Patner, WFMT, Chicago, March 16, 2009 http://www.wfmt.com/main.taf?p=1,1,41,25,2 [57:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Citizen Soldier held a press conference June 18, 2009 in Watertown, NY just prior to Specialist Trevor Loope’s appearance before a sanity board at Fort Drum later that morning. Sp/4 Trevor Loope is facing a possible court-martial trial for going AWOL. After returning to base from a combat tour in Afghanistan, he was [...]

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Trevor Loope might be be facing a court-marshal proceeding on July 1. Or maybe the proceeding will be delayed. Or maybe (we hope) the charges against him will be dropped and he will be a favorable, non-punitive administrative separation –in effect acknowledging his PTSD and severe depression, and the failure of the [...]

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This video was produced for Mondoweiss (www.philipweiss.org) after being nixed by the editorial authorities at The Daily Beast. A disturbing look at the connections of one American casino tycoon who sends millions to support the illegal settlements in the West Bank, this video report unveils the raw racism of the settler movement who is dragging [...]

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 The Jimmy Massey Story-May 28, 2009: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Hello all - Please take a moment to watch a video I produced with two North American journalists in Israel. I’m currently filming, producing, and editing news shorts from the Middle East and hope to be releasing more on a regular basis. Please distribute the link widely! http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-05-21/how-i-got-gassed-in-the-west-bank/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsC2

How I Got Gassed in the West Bank
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Dr. Ismail Mehr, an anesthesiologist and head of the department at St. James Hospital in Hornell, NY, organized and led a medical relief mission in Gaza just days following the attacks in Gaza last December and January which left upwards of 1,400-1,500 Palestinians dead and many more wounded, homeless, and [...]

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Video by Cris McConkey
The International Socialist Organization (ISO) organized a bus and a van for students and community from Ithaca to Washington, D.C. for the March 21, 2009 March on the Pentagon organized nationally by the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition.

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Peter De Mott was welcomed by enthusiasic friends and family at Ithaca’s Southside Community Center on the occasion of his release from prison having served his time for spilling his own blood at the army recruitment center in Lansing, NY, on St. Patricks’ Day 2003, on the eve of the U.S. assault on Iraq. He was joined by Clare Grady, Theresa Grady, and Danny Burns.

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Washington DC protest of the Israeli invasion and occupation of Palestine January 10, 2009
Filmed by Paul Hubbard www.socialistworker.org

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Gaza War Protests–Jan 6, 2009
Peace activist & organizer of “Let Gaza Live” discusses the war underway now in the Gaza strip.

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Video by Danny Burns
December 29, 2008 - As part of a group of 60 people from the Atlantic Life Community, three mothers, Heidi Schloegel, Ellen Grady, and Clare Grady, were arrested outside the Israeli embassy. The group was petitioning embassy officials for an end to Israeli air strikes on Gaza. The three approached the embassy [...]

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WENY-TV (Elmira, channel 36) story by Emma Wright
Two Stories: Ithaca Journal today and WENY Top STory last night at 11pm!!!
Last link is something to lighten your day

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20090103/NEWS01/901030327/1002/NEWS01
http://www.weny.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjpJib3dct0
–Nevin

Ithaca Journal, January 3, 2009
Ithacans protest America’s financial support of Israel
By Tim Ashmore
tashmore@gannett.com
ITHACA — Cold weather and lingering holiday apathy were no match for some politically [...]

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Dec. 30th, 2009
Thirty people of Ithaca NY, including children gathered on the main artery Rt. 13, to protest the Israeli attacks on Gaza, holding banners as thousands of cars passed during rush hour in frigid weather for hours this afternoon. Many passed honking in support of the [...]

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CNN’s Take on Bush Shoe Incident, with additional video of Bush talking about it.
An Iraqi journalist threw two shoes at President George W. Bush at a News Conference during his surprise visit to Iraq today. The president ducked and the size 10’s missed. Among Muslims, throwing shoes at someone, or sitting so that the bottom [...]

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Originally planned as a protest against Bank of America on the Ithaca Commons, students & community members rallied Friday, December 12 in celebration of the victory by the 200 Republic Windows and Doors workers who had been occuping the factory in Chicago over Republic’s and BoA’s failure to live up to contract [...]

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Laila Al-Arian is a freelance journalist and co-author, with Chris Hedges, of Collateral Damage: America?s War Against Iraqi Civilians (Nation Books, 2008). She has written for The Nation, USA Today, United Press International, The Huffington Post, and The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Staff Sergeant Camilo Mej?a was the first veteran to publicly refuse [...]

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