A publication of Volume 36 Number 1 2018 Women Against Military Madness Recipe Concocted for Perpetual War by Robert Wing and Coleen Rowley IN THIS ISSUE:

Recipe Concocted p1 for Perpetual War by Robert Wing and Coleen Rowley

PM: How Do U.S. p2 Military Gifts Affect Children and Youth? by Polly Mann

Ahed Tamimi and a p3 Slap That Was Heard Around the World by Newsletter Staff

Stop Militarizing p6 Police! “Returning to the Trenches” by Italian Futurist Christopher R.W. Nevison, 1916 You’ve Got to Be p7 Carefully Taught FOCUS ON Last October marked social, and medical infrastructure, loss by Mary Beaudoin the 16th anniversary of of homeland, refugee flight, ethnic U.S. WAR our unending war – or cleansing, and their psychological after- Mothers Demand: p8 End Police Killing military occupation – in Afghanistan, effects. One has to witness these to grasp Youth of Color the longest conflict on foreign soil in their extent in trauma, and they all arise U.S. history. The cost to human lives from the Nuremberg-defined “supreme How to Rewind the p8 in our current cycle of U.S.-initiated crime” of initiating war. Waging Doomsday Clock “perpetual wars” throughout the Middle aggressive war is something America Good News: Free p10 East and Africa is unthinkably high. It is practiced in and does well, with Speech Victories runs well into millions of deaths if one justifications like “fighting terrorism,” counts – as do the Nuremberg principles “securing our interests,” “protecting Welcome Kristin p10 of international law – victims of spin-off innocents,” “spreading democracy,” etc. – Dooley as New fighting and sectarian violence that erupt as has every aggressor in history that felt Director after we destroy governance structures. the need to explain its aggressions. Actions: p3,5, 9 Also to be counted are other forms Yet few gathered across the country in of human loss, suffering, illness, and October, much less gave a thought of early mortality that result from national lament to the harm we are doing. It’s sanctions, destruction of physical, continued on page 4

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FOCUS ON When our U.S. taxpayer Another sliver of hope can be found in The statements and opinions PALESTINE/ money (and/or increasing the Refuseniks. The Israeli online Ynet reflected in this newsletter are the ISRAEL our national debt) is used News reported that 63 young Israelis views of the author and not neces- sarily official positions of WAMM. We for foreign purposes, it is our responsibil- of conscience sent a letter to Israeli encourage a diversity ity to look at what is being done with it. government officials declaring their of opinion to represent the range of perspectives that coexist under refusal to enlist in the Israeli Defense the banner of WAMM’s mission state- That’s why we can’t ignore the fact Force (IDF). In the letter, the draft-age ment. that the country topping the list of youth referred to comments Israeli Newsletter Editor U.S. military handouts is Israel at $3.8 Mary Beaudoin Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman billion annually, which is 25 percent of Newsletter Committee made when Trump announced the U.S. Polly Mann, Carol Masters, that nation’s defense budget. Some of was moving its embassy to Jerusalem, Lee Ross, Sarah Martin, this sum is allocated to cover its mili- Mary Beaudoin, Linda Hoover officially recognizing it as Israel’s cap- tary detention of Palestinian children. Proofreaders Layout ital; Lieberman spoke of revoking the Ilze Mueller Kristin Dooley Israel’s military and court detention is citizenship of Arab Israeli residents. Carol Walker unique in the world in its systematic Women Against Military incarceration of children––specifically, The Refuseniks wrote: Madness is a nonviolent, feminist organization, founded in 1982, Palestinian children. Children as young An entire nation exist in the shadow that works in solidarity with as 12 are taken from their beds at night of organized incitement against others to create a system of social equality, self-determination by Israeli soldiers and police, bound, the Palestinians on both sides of and justice through education, action and the empowerment of wom- blindfolded, and taken to detention cen- the Green Line and we, youngsters en. WAMM’s purpose is ters. Under Israeli military law they are from all walks of Israel life, refuse to dismantle systems of militarism, economic exploitation and denied access to lawyers during interro- to believe the incitement and partic- global oppression. gation and even the youngest are denied ipate in the oppression and occupa- WAMM Staff access to their parents. This happens to tion led by the government. Director: Kristin Dooley around 500 to 700 children annually. WAMM Office One of the signees is already incarcer- 4200 Cedar Avenue South, Suite 3 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407 There is a light at the end of this tun- ated in military prison after declaring his 612-827-5364 (phone) nel––that is, if enough people become unwillingness to serve in the IDF. These 612-827-6433 (fax) [email protected] aware of the situation and can convince Refuseniks take a stand, well aware of WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org their congressional representatives to get what their refusals will result in. They were WAMM Office Hours behind it. U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum preceded by others like them who have Mon–Fri: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. of St. Paul has introduced a bill, H.R. provided them with guidance. And yet, they WAMM is funded primarily through the generous 4391, that would prohibit U.S. assistance are hoping to continue the momentum by contributions of our members. to Israel from being used to support asking other youths throughout Israel to WAMM also receives funding from the military detention, interrogation, or reconsider enlisting in the IDF. “We will Community Shares Minnesota ill-treatment of Palestinian children in refuse to serve in the military out of a violation of international humanitarian commitment to the ideals of peace and law or the use against Palestinian chil- with an awareness that we can create dren of: (1) torture, inhumane, or degrad- another (better) reality in which to live. ing treatment; (2) physical violence or We call on our fellow youth to ask psychological abuse; (3) incommunicado themselves––is military service in fact This newsletter is printed on ImagePrint® Multiuse, a Domtar or administrative detention; (4) solitary working towards this reality?” EarthChoice® socially and environ- confinement; (5) denial of parental or mentally We, in the U.S., must ask ourselves: responsible paper. legal access during interrogations; or (6) Contains fiber from force or coercion to obtain a confession. What will we do as U.S. citizens to well-managed, create a better reality? independently certified forests.

2 WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org Volume 36 Number 1 2018 Polly Mann is a co-founder of WAMM February 12, 2018. govtrack.us/ and frequent contributor to the congress/bills/her4391 WAMM Newsletter. 2. Dozens of youth sign letter Endnotes refusing to serve the occupation.” WAMM Committees 1. “If I had a banner!” (2008 video at: December 28, 2017. Ynetnews.com Issues Committees: youtu.be/9ZbwNGUjjHY) H. R. 4391. Book Club tinyurl.com/y7gsolmy End War Committee 115th Congress: Promoting Human ACTION: Demand that your Middle East Rights by Ending Israeli Military St. Joan of Arc/ congressperson support H.R. 4391 to WAMM Peacemakers Detention of Palestinian Children Act. end the Israeli military detention of Ground All Drones Committee www.GovTrack.us. 2017. Accessed Tackling Torture at the Top Palestinian children. WAMM Second Monday Movies Standing Committees: Coordinating Ahed Tamimi and a Slap That Was Finance Fundraising Membership/Outreach Heard Around the World by Newsletter Staff Newsletter Personnel draws world attention to Ahed’s arrest, Program/New Issues Silent Auction but also how Palestinian children can WAMM Board: be wounded or killed by the IDF for Anne Bellamy stone throwing, or in other cases for just Marie Braun, Treasurer Penelope Gardner, Co-Chair existing on coveted land. It reveals not Anne Keirstead only the illegality and injustices done to Audrey Kvist Vanessa Lawrow children but of the Israeli occupation of Sarah Martin, Co-Chair Palestine, itself. JoAnn Maus Brigid McDonald Sara Olson Even after her arrest, apparently the Lucia Wilkes Smith, Secretary Palestinian teen, Ahed Tamimi, Defense Minister wasn’t through Carol Walker handcuffed, and being led into a closed Israeli military court. expressing his ire toward the teenage girl who dared defy his military. When Israeli Defense Minister FOCUS ON popular Israeli songwriter Shira Gef- PALESTINE Lieberman, issued a state- fen compared Ahed to Nazi-defying ment worthy of history’s heroines, Leiberman mustering all the worst racists: “Whoever goes wild dignity one could expect from such during the day will be arrested at night.” a high-ranking official with so much True to Lieberman’s word, during the power at his command, said the com- night of December 18, 2017, the Israeli parison was “infuriating and nauseat- Defense Forces (IDF) burst violently ing”, asked the songwriter be banned into the home of the Tamimi family in from radio, and referred to Ahed as “the the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh and bimbo who attacked a soldier”. (The arrested the 16-year-old daughter, Ahed Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, is one of Tamimi. Her arrest was in retaliation for many sources reporting his statements.) slapping a soldier with her bare hand when she tried to defend her family’s Israeli Education Minister Bennett, home against the armed IDF who were among other Israeli officials, had already invading their yard. Ahed’s 14-year old called for severe punishment for Ahed, cousin, Muhammad Tamimi, had just saying she should get life imprisonment. been shot in the head at close range with Prominent Israeli journalist, Ben Caspit, a rubber-coated metal bullet by soldiers; recommended this treatment of her and he was very seriously injured and lost a female cousin who was also arrested: part of his skull. The incident not only “In the case of the girls, we should exact continued on page 9 WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org Volume 36 Number 1 2018 3 Recipe for Perpetual War continued from page 1

FOCUS ON a topic we’d like to forget. Recalling that U.S. WAR domestic opposition to the Vietnam War grew exponentially over the similar (but far shorter) timespan of that aggression, one might wonder what has changed. A numbed, distracted America has reached the point where bellicose presidential threats to destroy North Korea with its puny nuclear arsenal, “Struggle to Survive” by Afghan War artist Arabella Dorman, 2018 and cancel the agreement keeping Iran from developing one, barely by our leaders and the profit-mak- recently by immigrants seeking U.S. elicit shrugs among us. ing military-industrial backers we citizenship. The British imperialistic tolerate. Add the millions of deaths model of employing “surplus” popu- One explanation for our current and utter destruction of Cambodia, lations as enforcers of global military apathy is that our military-industrial along with Laos, and we arrive at a dominance was thus reborn here. Our complex (President Dwight D. Eisen- massive, prolonged Holocaust-level “poverty draft” does not elicit much hower’s term for the institutionalized crime perpetrated by our country, concern among well-off conservatives promoter-beneficiaries of warfare) which also suffered – although not and liberals as long as token soldiers has long since developed means to nearly at the same rate. get honored in commercials, sporting effectively counter any collective events, and holidays. war-weariness. Vietnam-era MIC Along with 58,000 official American apologists publicly worried that lives lost, plus hundreds of thousands Our remarkably swift transition from “sickly inhibitions against the use of physically and many more emo- “boots on the ground” to over- of military force” would jeopardize tionally damaged veterans, we as whelming reliance on aerial bomb- American “interests” around the a society lost whatever post-World ing, drone, mercenary, and surrogate globe. In time-honored fashion they War II moral standing we thought we (including U.S.-supported Al Qaeda cast “back-stabbing” blame for the enjoyed. However we may try to fool and ISIS proxy) warfare under “Vietnam Syndrome” on war-oppos- ourselves, we all know this inside. Obama completed the domestic pain-relieving process of engaging ing figures of the time like Daniel The MIC managers’ answer to our Ellsberg, Jane Fonda, Dr. Benjamin globally in the “foreign entangle- Vietnam unease was brilliantly syn- ments” our first president warned us Spock, even Walter Cronkite, and the ergistic, and has made the subsequent millions of so-called “me-generation” against. The lopsided asymmetry of costs of war largely invisible to us. this kind of war-making is such that draft resisters who they said caused First, they quickly eliminated the the “loss” of Vietnam. our casualties have become a tiny draft, fine-tuning Vietnam-era social fraction of a percent of the totals. Does Vietnam look “lost” to Amer- engineering via temporary college American war deaths have dropped ica today? Hardly. What was lost in deferments – which had reduced but to levels so infinitesimally low that Vietnam were millions of its own did not eliminate military service government lawyers can claim with people, a countryside devastated burden-sharing among the better-off a straight face (arguing against the by saturation bombing and the eco- – into no burden at all for that class. need for congressional war authori- poison Agent Orange, whose toxic- In its stead they created a “profes- zation) that U.S.-NATO’s aggressive ity still devastates people there, and sional” army whose ranks are manned bombing campaigns do not even the still-present effects of that war. by “volunteers” from the ever-grow- constitute “war” anymore. Lest we forget, it was visited upon ing pool of de-industrialized Amer- Nor has our government raised taxes them in our name, at our hands, ica’s less-advantaged – joined more 4 WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org Volume 36 Number 1 2018 to cover war costs (something our significantly correlated with, if not a costs of maintaining this behemoth Founding Fathers assumed would cause of, America’s dramatic increase afflicts America in other ways. provide inherent constraints and in mass shootings and other domes- Blowback is likely a factor in our help make war unpopular). Rather, tic terror-type killings. (PTSD-re- record-level teen suicides, road rage it has put war costs, already conser- lated murders overall also remain incidents and shootings both of and vatively estimated to be $5.6 trillion uncounted.) Researchers studying by an increasingly militarized police since 9/11, onto the ever- recent lists of mass shooters find force; an epidemic in opioid and expanding national debt ceiling, veterans are over twice as likely to be other addictions; a hollowed out which “like a speed limit sign that is mass shooters. Post-combat related productive economy that underpays never enforced” now stands at over “copycat” homicidal violence might most workers; “Ponzi” style financ- $20 trillion, with no end in sight. This be a direct externality of training and ing of our economy, and our utterly level of debt would normally and will then assigning young people to com- unsustainable late-stage imperial eventually–particularly combined mit murder overseas. dependence on the war industry for with our unending trade deficit– our economic vitality. reduce the buying power of the dollar A superhero style militaristic culture and raise prices for everything we promoted by the Pentagon and CIA- We can also add the compounding of import. It has not yet done so because backed entertainment industry helps poisons into the air, water, and soil the dollar’s status as the surrogate sustain public momentum for war but that will touch everyone’s children world trade currency is propped up does not generate peace at home. How long into the future as we focus our by U.S. hard and soft power. much worse will this problem become wars where the oil is. This is in order now that the military is relaxing its to control the world’s petroleum sup- This is the poison icing on the cake standards and accepting applicants ply, which is wrecking the world’s of the MIC’s maintenance of war: with histories of mental illness? Ear- weather – via the activities of the our abundance of cheap world goods lier writing-on-the-wall consequences number one institutional polluter in depends on it. On a level we fear to appeared when “Oklahoma bomber” the world: the U.S. military. examine, our livelihoods are com- Timothy McVeigh killed 168; “DC plicit in the ongoing wars being Sniper” John Muhammad killed 17, Our out of control national destruc- waged in our name. and Robert Flores shot his three pro- tiveness and its unspeakable costs fessors. All three were veterans of the constitute the “spiritual death” that Unsurprisingly, we tend not to con- first Gulf War. A Homeland Security Martin Luther King warned us about cern ourselves with our government’s analyst warned that we were creating at the height of the Vietnam War, yet harming of distant others when we human time bombs – only to be per- they remain mostly unaddressed in do not see it. If those harmed are sonally disparaged for his politically public discourse. How much longer effectively demonized by our com- incorrect but accurate prediction. before, finally, we can no longer pre- pliant consent-manufacturing mass tend not to notice the taste of poison media so as to make us believe “they We have an engorged, nonstop in this recipe concocted to make war deserve it,” our sympathy tends to war-making machine that is reliant on palatable? disappear altogether. But to be human high-tech weapons systems, normal- is to care about other humans, and we ized ubiquitous surveillance, the con- Robert Wing is a former diplomat pretend otherwise at our own moral gressional hostage-taking presence of and Asia/China analyst. peril. Veterans who cannot keep bur- defense manufacturing and support Coleen Rowley is a peace and ied their psychic wounds of combat industries or bases in every district, justice activist, writer, and – from Vietnam to the present wars the narrowing of mass media dis- commentator, and member of – are committing suicide at the rate of course to stage-managed, stereotyped Women Against Military Madness 22 per day. liberal-conservative mudslinging and Veteran Intelligence Professions and subsidized glorification of war for Sanity. Given our somnolent acceptance of prowess, and not least, the continual ACTION: the notion that this unprecedented re-creation of enemies to fight. See calendar page and state of perpetual war is somehow protests April 14/15. protecting our safety, it’s ironic Beyond post-traumatic killings and that military service is emerging as suicides, and our massive debt, the WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org Volume 36 Number 1 2018 5 Stop Militarizing Police! by Newsletter Staff The Morrison County arms and large caliber weapons FOCUS ON MILITARIZATION Record, the newspa- ranges as well as several spe- per of record for the cialized training facilities. county that hosts the Camp Ripley National Guard facility, included This kind of training is why peace/ within its pages an end-of-the-year antiwar activists are concerned not 18-page supplement, The Ripley only about ever increasing U.S. mil- Reporter Recap, featuring a mast- itarism abroad but also with increas- head with its logo of the gates and ing militarization of law enforcement tagline, “The Warrior’s Choice.” This within the U.S. To counter the benign supplement provides an idea of how image of expanding militarism, law enforcement personnel train at groups of activists from the Brainerd the military base: Area Coalition for Peace, joined by Women Against Military Madness Camp Ripley had over 338,600 and Veterans for Peace, maintained DoD and 62,500 civilian a presence at the camp entrance last man-days of training at the September (2017) on Open House Vigil outside the gates of Camp Ripley installation. The increase in Day at Camp Ripley, the National on Open House Day. man hours is attributed to out Guard facility in central Minnesota. were there that particular day, but of state organizations, law The activists held banners and signs law enforcement training in milita- enforcement agencies and state and watched as vehicles belonging to rized tactics such as how to conduct partners utilizing the resources local law enforcement from through- “crowd control” of the civilian pop- of the 53,000-acre state-owned out the state entered the gates. ulation not only takes place at times regional training facility to com- at this facility, but also others like it plete their annual training tasks. Among the clearly identifiable vehicles were those from the sher- throughout the United States. And this: iffs’ departments of Anoka, Stearns, The people should not be regarded Camp Ripley features numerous and Morrison County, as well as as enemies and do not need the over- ranges and state-of-the-art train- a Morrison County SWAT Team; kill of military tactics applied. ing facilities to support military, police departments from Min- law enforcement, first responder netonka, Brooklyn Park, Little Falls, Activists with the Brainerd Area and inter-agency partner train- and St. Cloud, and the Minnesota Coalition for Peace and Women ing requirements. The installa- State Highway Patrol. It was not Against Military Madness who tion is structured to have a full known why so many different local participated in the vigil contributed complement of automatic small law enforcement agency vehicles to this report.

Typical police officers, U.S., 1955 Today’s U.S. police SWAT Team.

6 WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org Volume 36 Number 1 2018 You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught Before you are six, FOCUS ON CHILDREN or seven, or eight… the opening lyrics from the perennial musical South Pacific could have applied to Camp Ripley’s Open House Day when the facility invites the public, including families, to visit the Minnesota National Guard facility. Excited young children ran about for an afternoon of adventure exploring massively-lethal weaponry. They climbed all over tanks equipped with impressive canons and played at operating real–though not fireable at the time–weapons such as a grenade launcher and a long-range Ma Deuce machine gun. (This type of machine gun was described as follows by one war fighting enthusiast: “Witnessing the down-range effects of the .50-caliber bullet is an eye-opening experience,” writes Gordon Rottman, author of Browning .50-Caliber Machine Guns. “There are few who can say they were wounded by a .50-cal. Those hit seldom say much more.” tinyurl.com/y9od52ek) Assisting children with sighting and handling the weaponry were soldiers in regulation camouflage, instructing them as tenderly as their pre-school and elementary teachers might with encouraging words: “Isn’t that cool?” Of course, it’s highly unlikely that the children were aware that in wars on the receiving end of the weapons could be civilians – including chil- dren like themselves – inevitable, if unintended, casualties. Mary Beaudoin

Weapons are child’s play at Camp Ripley’s Open House Day, September 2017. Note: civilian heads and faces were distorted to avoid identification.

WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org Volume 36 Number 1 2018 7 Mothers Demand: End Police Killing Youth of Color On February 3, more than a dozen grieving mothers from cities throughout the nation including Chicago, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Minneapolis, gathered together at Augsburg College in Minneapolis for the Take a Knee Nation conference to say that they can’t keep burying their children–they want the police kill- ing of youth of color to stop. They spoke of the loss of their sons and at least one daughter who ranged in age from 16 and 17 to young adulthood; a few were in their thirties. These mothers’ children were killed during a routine traffic stop, mistaken for a terrorist solely because of a name, waiting for a bus after work, danc- ing at a party, in the back running away from police, surrendering with hands in the air, mentally ill and waiting to be taken to a hospital. They were killed by one officer or multiple police. They were killed with pistols, automatic rifles, or military-grade weapons. One mother said that her son was shot 21 times. In every case, mother after mother said there was no reason to purposely shoot her child to cause death. Perpetrators received impunity, and often the victims were blamed for their own deaths. The conference asserted that police killings are only part of unjust institutional systems. Some of the moth- ers planned to brave the freezing cold to continue to draw attention to the issue, joining others who would stand and take a knee–outside the gates of the sports palace, the U.S. Bank Stadium arena, the next day during the Super Bowl.

How to Rewind the Doomsday Clock! The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, In Minnesota, the WAMM ratified it: Cuba, Guyana, the Holy which moved its Doomsday Clock Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons See (the Vatican), Mexico, and ahead to just two minutes to has collected 10,000 signatures on Guyana. More are expected. midnight (Doomsday), offers these a petition to demand that the U.S. steps to rewind the clock: cool sign the legally binding international Trump rhetoric, negotiate with North treaty on the prohibition of nuclear Korea, stick with the Iran Deal, weapons. Also: Of the 123 nations reduce U.S.-Russian tensions, and that agreed to negotiate the treaty, insist on global action on climate as of mid-February, 56 nations have change. (#Rewindthenuclearclock) signed it and five have actually

8 WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org Volume 36 Number 1 2018 ACTION: Sign the Code Pink Ahed Tamimi and the Slap petition to demand her immediate continued from page 3 release: #FreeAhed http://www. a price at some codepink.org/freeahed. FOCUS ON PALESTINE other opportunity, RESOURCES: Palestinian in the dark, without Children in Israeli Military Detention witnesses and cameras.” Defense for Children International: Apparently outraged that Ahed’s Palestine. No Way to Treat a Child. mother, Nariman, had posted a video tinyurl.com/jxqez5h Military of the slap that went viral (catego- Detention. tinyurl.com/jdtxg3l rized as “incitement”), Leiberman Number of Children in Israeli vowed revenge on the whole family, Detention. tinyurl.com/ycqenoyj as is often the case with children B’Tselem Israeli Information who are arrested. When Nariman Center for Human Rights in the Tamimi went to inquire about where Occupied Territories: Statistics on her daughter was being detained, the Palestinian Minors in Custody of the military arrested her as well. Because Israeli Security Forces. January 3, 2018. Ahed and her family have been active Ahed’s 14-year-old cousin, Muhammad tinyurl.com/y9sz8879 and Unprotected: Tamimi, lost part of his skull after he in resisting the Israeli occupation of Detention of Palestinian Teenagers was shot at close range with a steel- Palestine, they are a particular target in East Jerusalem. Joint report by coated rubber bullet. of the Israeli government. HaMoked and B’Tselem. October 2017. Ahed has been held in prison since tinyurl.com/ydcs23ja her arrest and her trial began in secret UNICEF: Children in Israeli in a closed Israeli military court. But Military Detention: Observations the slap she gave the IDF soldier has and Recommendations. resounded around the world. tinyurl.com/y7uqw72f

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WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org Volume 36 Number 1 2018 9 Good News: Free Speech Victories!

FOCUS ON The First a 2012 incident, antiracist activists CIVIL Amendment Wins pelted a small group of white suprem- LIBERTIES “The First Amendment acists with snowballs at the civic cen- is the foundation stone of our democ- ter. In that incident, three people were racy, and we must be constantly catch and release cases and one was vigilant in its defense. It was a priv- held on unrelated charges so things ilege to work on this case,” Kevin hadn’t exactly gotten out of hand, but Riach, attorney for Robin Hensel of in the future, the department wanted Little Falls, is quoted as saying. He to be prepared just in case. Hence, was awarded the Attorney of the Year they planned to update and expand Photo: Duluth Reader. Tara Houska, 2017 by Minnesota Lawyer magazine their wardrobes with matching new a First Nation citizen, activist, and attorney expresses objections to the for his pro bono defense in the case. riot gear, fully accessorized with Duluth City Council about proposed riot The Minnesota State Supreme Court batons and shields. gear for the city police force. ruled last September in favor of the High schoolers joined with Native easy – and sometimes next to impos- persistence and courageous activist, Americans to throw a wrench in the sible – to follow specific processes stating that actions like the one she planned purchase. The teens were and appear at an exact time open had been charged (her removal from from two classes participating in the to citizen comment. In this case, a Little Falls City council meeting) Youth in Government program which on December 11, 2017, the last day were overly broad and ambiguous is focused on learning about demo- of the year that the council was to and threatened free speech. cratic processes. The Native Ameri- meet, activists were successful in Duluth Police Riot Gear on Hold cans were water protectors and many eventually making their voices heard before the Council, even though The Duluth police force in northern had participated in the resistance to initially they had been told it was Minnesota is planning to undergo Standing Rock and/or Enbridge pipe- not time for public comment and a “mobile field force training to learn line projects. They had heard about mike was turned off to prevent them. how to handle potentially difficult the proposed acquisition of $125,000 The next day the police chief told crowd control.” According to FEMA, of riot gear over 2018 and 2019. the city council that the decision to field force operations are for “law Having had experience with police purchase riot gear would be put on enforcement and security officers brutality and abrogation of free hold to allow hearing the concerns who require training and practice in speech and assembly in the pipeline of the community. mass-arrest procedures.” struggles, people have every reason Sources: Duluth News Tribune; Duluth In the eventuality of needing mass to be concerned when hearing about Reader; KBJR6.com video recording of arrests in Duluth, Police Chief Mike increases in police militarization in Duluth City Council meeting. “Field Tusken said he wanted his officers their area. And, as any citizen who Force Operations”: FEMA website. appropriately attired in case things has tried to make an impact with tinyurl.com/y8psk2lf might get out of hand as when, in government knows, it’s not always

Welcome Kristin Dooley as WAMM Director A warm welcome to Kristin Dooley, our efforts, making connections between the new WAMM director. Kristin is a long wars abroad and the attacks on working time anti-war, women rights and labor people at home. solidarity activist. She participated in the Central American solidarity move- Kristin reads books like most people ment and has been an active opponent drink water. She is a very experienced of U.S. wars and interventions since. She type designer and has worked profes- has also been active in labor solidarity sionally in typography and design.

Kristin Dooley 10 WomenAgainstMilitaryMadness.org Volume 36 Number 1 2018 WAMM Book Club People of Faith filmmakers on the ground during Episcopal Senior Living Peacemakers Breakfast an active FBI counterterrorism Calendar Complex, Welcome Center, Second and fourth Wednesdays sting operation. (T)ERROR Please note that WAMM’s 1860 University Avenue West, of every month, 8:00 to 9:30 explores just how far we are provision of information on St. Paul. Call WAMM for a.m. African Development going to prevent terror and other groups’ events is not meeting time and date. Center, Riverside and 20th exactly the liberties we are meant to convey or endorse FFI: Call 612-827-5364. Avenues South, Minneapolis. sacrificing to get there. any action contrary to End War Peace with justice resource, Sacred Lands & Wounded support group. FFI: Visit public policy that would be First Monday of every month, Lives – The Environmental justviewpoint.org or call inconsistent with exempt 6:00 p.m. 4200 Cedar Avenue Footprint of War, April 9, 2018. 612-333-4772. purposes under Internal South, Minneapolis. This compelling documentary Revenue Code Section 501(c) FFI: Call WAMM 612-827-5364. Grandmothers for Peace exploring the under-reported environmental impacts of war (3), i.e., charitable purposes. Ground All Drones First Wednesday of every month, 12:45 p.m. Edina Public and preparations for war. The Second Thursday of every Library, 5280 Grandview film confronts the immensely Ongoing Vigils month, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Square, Edina. Justice issue broad ecological and human for Peace 4200 Cedar Avenue South, programs for understanding ramifications of everything from Vigil to End War Minneapolis. FFI: Call WAMM our role in changing systems. technological development and Every Wednesday, From 4:30 to 612-827-5364. FFI: Call 952-929-1566. natural resource exhaustion to 5:30 p.m. Lake Street/Marshall Middle East weapons testing and modern Avenue Bridge. Signs available Pax Salons Second Monday of every warfare itself.. on St. Paul side. Brief circle up Every Tuesday, call for details month, 10:00 a.m. at WAMM, for announcements after the and location. Small donations Miss a movie? DVD collection 4200 Cedar Avenue South, vigil on St. Paul side. accepted. FFI: Call 651-227-3228. from WAMM Second Monday FFI: Call WAMM 612-827-5364. Suite 3, Minneapolis. Movies is available for check-out FFI: Call WAMM 612-827-5364. Middle East Peace Now in the WAMM office. Vigil to End the St. Joan of Arc/WAMM Usually second or third Occupation of Palestine Saturday. Refreshments 9:30 Special Events Peacemakers Every Friday, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. a.m. Program 10:00 a.m. 2018 National Spring corner of Summit Avenue and Fourth Tuesday of every Location varies. month, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Anti-War Actions: Stop Snelling Avenue, St. Paul. FFI: Visit mepn.org. Endless U.S. Wars! FFI: Call WAMM 612-827-5364. St. Joan of Arc Church, Parish Center, 4537 Third Avenue WAMM Second Sunday, April 15, 1:30 p.m.: Peace Vigil South, Minneapolis. FFI: Call Monday Movies Gather at Hennepin and Lagoon Every Tuesday, 5:00 to 6:00 Barbara 612-722-4444. Second Monday of every Avenues, Minneapolis. 2:00 p.m. on the east side of the p.m.: March: The march will Tackling Torture month, 7:00 p.m. 4200 Cedar Franklin Avenue Bridge, Avenue South (enter on 42nd conclude at or near the starting Minneapolis. Sponsored at the Top (T3) St.), Minneapolis. Projected point. Spring anti-war actions by: Prospect Hill Second Wednesday of every on big screen. Free admission, will be held April 14–15 in U.S. Neighbors for Peace. month, 10:00 a.m. 4200 Cedar popcorn. All welcome. cities to say enough of endless FFI: Call 612-379-7398. Avenue South, Minneapolis. Discussion follows film. wars. Initiated by Minnesota FFI: Call WAMM 612-827-5364. Peace Action Coalition; Grandmothers for FFI: Call WAMM 612-827-5364. or email [email protected]. co-sponsored by WAMM Peace Vigil Ongoing Events and others. Every Wednesday, 4:45 to 5:45 Committee to Stop [Terror] March 12, 2018. p.m. 50th Street and Halifax FBI Repression The first documentary to place (1 block west of France), Stand with the people Edina. FFI: Call Marian Wright subpoenaed in a witch hunt, 612-927-7607. defend civil liberties. Learn what you can do. FFI: Visit WAMM Committee stopfbi.net and mnStopFBI. What Perpetual War Is Costing Us: Spread the Word! Meetings wordpress.com. Educate U.S. taxpayers with Military Spending Board Meeting Postcards packed with information. You can give Third Tuesday of every month, them to your friends, family, book clubs, religious 6:00 p.m. 4200 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis. organization, other social networks, distribute them FFI: Call WAMM 612-827-5364. in your community. We can mail them to you. Order online at tinyurl.com/yc989926 or call the WAMM office at 612-827-5364 ($5 donation/100 cards to cover mailing costs).

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2018 National Spring Anti-War Actions Stop Endless U.S. Wars Afghanistan Anti-war protest Syria Iraq Sunday April 15, 2018 Somalia 1:30 pm – Gather at Hennepin and Lagoon Avenues, Yemen Minneapolis Pakistan 2:00 pm – March – the march will conclude at or near Libya the starting point Spring anti-war actions will be held April 14-15 in U.S. cities to say enough of endless wars. On the weekend before Tax Day, speak out against U.S. wars.

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