Irakli Kakabadze, Georgian Fiction Writer, Ithaca City of Asylum, HEC Aud., Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell

[ September 4, 2008; 4:30 pm; ] September 4, Thursday: Irakli Kakabadze, Fiction Writer, Ithaca City of Asylum Writer in Residence 4:30 pm, Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall A writer and peace activist, Irakli Kakabadze has been a leading figure in the nonviolent movement for social change in Georgia for more than two decades. A member of the Civic Disobedience [...] [...]

Ithaca Sanctuary Petition Project

Peace-Now-Ithaca is sponsoring a resolution which calls on the Ithaca Common Council and Tompkins County legislature to proclaim the city of Ithaca and Tompkins County to be a “Community of Sanctuary.” The resolution asks Ithaca police officers, county sheriffs and all other city and county officials [to the extent permitted by law] to protect [...] [...]

Soldiers and Students Speak Out, Kaufman Auditorium, Cornell

[ July 29, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] Soldiers and Students Speak Out IVAW with Cornell CAN Tuesday July 29 at 7 pm Kaufman Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall, CU campus And here’s the agenda: IVAW Segment: IVAW members to provide background on who they are and what they do IVAW to read passages from the book Warrior Writers Announcement about upcoming IVAW bus tour stopping at Ft. Drum August 1-3 Peace-Now-Ithaca Segment: Introduction [...] [...]

Congress to Vote on New Impeachment Resolution — Take Action

From impeachbush.org: Congress may vote by Tuesday, July 15, on another impeachment resolution offered by Rep. Dennis Kucinich on July 10, 2008. This is a separate resolution from the 35-Articles of Impeachment that was introduced on June 9, 2008. The new resolution is a single article of impeachment that accuses Bush of lying to Congress about Iraq’s [...] [...]

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) [...] [...]

NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE TABLES THE REVOLUTION

Concord, New Hampshire HR24, the Petition to Commence Impeachment Procedures in the United States Congress submitted by NH Representative Betty Hall, was tabled by the New Hampshire House on Wednesday, April 16. The vote was 227 to 95 to table the petition. Before the tabling motion was made, [...] [...]

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 [...] [...]

7 News – WWNY TV: Its Official VA Cant Help Wounded Soldiers With Paperwork

WWNT TV It’s Official: VA Can’t Help Wounded Soldiers With Paperwork Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 2:45pm What was controversy is now policy. The Army and the Veterans Administration have struck a deal in which the VA can no longer help injured soldiers with their military paperwork. The signed “Statement of Mutual Support” was distributed to north country Congressman [...] [...]

Boulder Weighs ‘Impeach Bush’

Published on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 by The Boulder Daily Camera by Ryan Morgan Boulder’s elected leaders are expected to decide next week whether to draft and vote on a resolution calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. For the past few weeks, activists have been showing up at Boulder City Council [...] [...]

Rep. Wexler Wants Cheney Impeachment Hearings

See www.WexlerWantsHearings.com and join Congressman Wexler’s call for Cheney Impeachment Hearings. [...]

Video: Impeachment Teach-in Binghamton Forum Theater 10-13-07

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Village of Trumansburg Impeachment Resolution fails to pass

A resolution in support of an investigation into the possible impeachment of the president and vice-president by Congress and the NYS legislature failed to get the required 3 out of 5 votes required to pass at a special Village of Trumansburg Board of Trustees meeting and public hearing. The vote was two for [...] [...]

District Residents Meet with Maurice Hinchey Over Impeachment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2007 Residents of the 22nd District of NY were joined by Rabbi Yael Romer of Temple Emanuel, Kingston to meet with Congressman Maurice Hinchey at his Kingston office on September 21. The group voiced their concerns on the issue of impeachment of the current administration and asked for clarification of the [...] [...]

Monday, Sep 24: T-burg Trustees meet re Impeachment

This coming Monday, September 24 at 7 PM at the Trumansburg Fire Hall the Village Board is holding an open meeting, at Back to Democracy’s request, on the Impeachment Resolution for President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Back to Democracy has been circulating a petition which asks the Mayor and the Board of Trustees “to ask [...] [...]

Citizens demand that Representative Hinchey support impeachment

Protesters want Hinchey to back Cheney impeachment Five people who staged a sit-in this week in Congressman Maurice Hinchey’s Hudson Valley office – demanding the congressman support an effort to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney – will meet again with Hurley Democrat to push their position. They were among more than 50 people who met with Hinchey [...] [...]

Impeachment resolution passes (Tompkins County)

Impeachment resolution passes County representatives urged to push investigation of Bush, Cheney By Timothy Cama Special to The Journal ITHACA — After almost an hour of debate, the Tompkins County Legislature passed a resolution Tuesday evening to urge the county’s representatives in the state legislature to recommend that the United [...] [...]