Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice 202 Harvard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-268-9557   Updated: 27 July 2009 Newsletter August 2009
August 2009 Newsletter Contents The Pentagon Of Peace Membership Application	The Pentagon Of Peace, five internationally known peace and justice activists speaking and holding workshops on "New Mexico's Role in Moving to a Post-Imperial World" -- October 9, 10, and 11 Cindy Sheehan became the "peace mom" following the death of her eldest son in Iraq when she traveled to George Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas to ask him, "For what noble cause" did my son die? She is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. [ www.cindysheehanssoapbox.com ] Ray McGovern is a retired CIA officer turned political activist who regularly briefed seven U.S. presidents. He now critiques the CIA's role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. [ www.antiwar.com/mcgovern ] Ann Wright is a retired 29-year U.S. Army colonel and a former U.S. diplomat who resigned in 2003 in opposition to the war in Iraq. Her military assignments included: Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, and Mongolia. In late 2001 she was on a team that reopened the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. [ thechangewekneadnow.netwww.voicesofconscience.com] David Swanson is the creator of ImpeachCheney.org, the Washington director of Democrats.com, co-founder of the AfterDowningStreet.org coalition, and a board member of Progressive Democrats of America, the Backbone Campaign, and Voters for Peace. He is a journalist and was the press secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign. [ www.davidswanson.org ] Elliott Adams, the previous national president of Veterans for Peace, was a paratrooper in the infantry in Vietnam, Japan, Korea, and Alaska and is a past two-term mayor. In his struggle to end war; Adams has testified before the U.S. Congressional Judiciary Committee and has been arrested for civil disobedience. [ www.veteransforpeace.org ] For further information about The Pentagon of Peace, please call 401-4808, seaovertea@gmail.com or check www.stopthewarmachine.org .
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