8 of 10 Massachusetts Reps Favor End to Afghanistan War
Submitted by ujpadmin on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 9:12pm.Deer Isle Town Meeting: Bring Our War Money Home
Submitted by ujpadmin on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 2:19pm.
Published on Friday, March 5, 2010 by CommonDreams.org
by Dud Hendrick
Deer Isle Town Meeting Day, March 1, 2010. It was an event for which to be proud and it ought not go uncelebrated. Two thirds of those at the Deer IsleTown Hall on this picturesque island of 2400 lobstermen, artists, tradesmen, and “from-awayers” took their stand. Effectively saying, “No more”, the substantial majority voted to approve an article on the town warrant calling on Congressman Mike Michaud not to fund the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan and to take a lead in demanding the same principled position of his colleagues. Thanks in large part to impassioned statements made in support of the article (No one spoke in opposition.) Deer Isle may boast of playing a lead in Maine’s prerogative, showing the country the way.
Majority Agenda Task Force Formed
Submitted by dmcfarland on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 10:31pm.
The Feb. 13 UJP strategy meeting welcomed the newest UJP task force, the Majority Agenda Task Force. The Majority Agenda Project, which is a program sponsored by Massachusetts Global Action, identifies an unprecedented crisis of the convergence of severe economic recession, climate change and global warming, and the longest string of wars in US history. MAP's goal is to help create a more effective response to the crisis by promoting collaboration among the peace, economic justice and environmental movements. MAP hopes to create a clear and cogent agenda and language to engage broad sectors of mainstream progeressives, and has presented a draft set of principles.
