NO WAR WESTCHESTER    

       Home News & Links Legislative Action Organizing Tools Counter Recruitment Resources

Home
Feedback
Contents
Search

 

click here to learn more

 
Democracy Now Podcast


Progressive News Network


No War Westchester
Reading List

Watch
Winter Soldier Videos


Camilo Mejia:
The Future of GI Resistance




 

 

 

 


Upcoming Events:  


Download Flyer for Aug 8 Event here

Weapons or Windmills?
Coming Together to Convert the Permanent Military Economy

 


US based anti-nuclear activists of Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Mary Beth Sullivan (L) gestures as she addresses a press conference as fellow activist Bruce Gagnon looks on, in New Delhi, 12 October 2006.

Speaker: Mary Beth Sullivan, Outreach Coordinator, Global Network against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space

Friday, August 8th at 7:00 p.m.
40 Green Place, New Rochelle


According to the late economist and engineer Seymour Melman, from the end of World War II to 2003, the U.S. government had spent more than half its tax dollars on past, current and future military operations.  Ms. Sullivan will talk about the new movement connecting peace, environmental and faith communities with the union and labor  movement, that demands on a local level, to convert that military spending to a sustainable, peaceful economy.  She thinks Americans care that 42.2 percent of their 2007 income tax dollars went to military spending, while just over 4 percent and 3 percent went to education and to the environment respectively.

A trained social worker and community organizer from Maine, Ms. Sullivan worked with homeless people, women on welfare and disabled children. In 1995 she began volunteer work with Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.  Recently, she has been fasting in solidarity with the "No Bases Initiative," opponents of the proposed U.S. military base planned for the Czech Republic, as  part of the American "Star Wars" missile defense system, and will update us on that effort, as well.  To sign the "No Bases Initiative" petition, go to www.nonviolence.cz.  To learn more about the Global Network, go to www.space4peace.org.

Contact: Dennis Hanratty, (914) 699-1114

Download Flyer for Aug 8 Event here

Mary Beth Sullivan speech in Omaha Part I and Part II

 



Iraqi Student Project
Damascus, Syria

Over 2.5 million Iraqi refugees have fled their country and the terror of war and sectarian violence, with roughly 700,000 in Jordan and over 1.4 million in Syria. G

Iraq’s universities are near collapse, lacking both security to hold classes as well as faculty, many of whom have been forced to flee the killings, kidnappings, and death threats. Meanwhile, refugee students in Syria and Jordan are often unable to afford education in those countries.

Watch video about the Iraqi Student Project, "One Small Thing We Can Do," filmed by Andrew Courtney and Emily Perry of Red Hill Films

 


Weekly Vigil against the war in Iraq

Every Saturday, 1:00 -2:30 pm

Corner of Main St. and Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains


 

Check out: Iraq 5 Years
Emily Perry's photos of Washington DC Antiwar actions - 3.19.08

Video of 3-19-08 IRS Action

  See also: Iraq Veterans Against the War Winter Soldier Hearings

 


                 

Welcome to NoWarWestchester.org!!  NoWar Westchester was formed in 2002 by Westchester residents and organizations opposed to the impending U.S. invasion of Iraq. Since then, we have held a vigil in White Plains every Saturday.  Join us to show our neighbors and our Congresspeople that the world still says no to war!  

Subscribe to our email list to discuss issues and learn about upcoming events. Send an email to nowarwestchester-subscribe@yahoogroups.com


Contact Information:

No War Westchester
c/o WESPAC Foundation
17 Marble Ave
Pleasantville, NY  10570
(914) 449-6514


Send mail to nowarwestchester@yahoo.com with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: 04/13/08