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SHARE THE Truxton, NY , Colombia EARTH Cajibio Colleen Kattau ity “on ecologically sound and economically nonspeculative” terms. The core ideals of both entities revolve principally around In 1976, visionary and social activist Hank Strunk used a per- ecological sustainability, balance with nature and cooperative sonal inheritance to purchase 432 acres of land on the south community. slope of Morgan Hill in Truxton, NY with the aim of making Equally important as making space for this first community land accessible for the development of a community committed was the establishment of a Land Acquisition Fund (nicknamed to ecological land stewardship. Today there are 12 households “the Land Liberation Fund”) to which all residents of Common at Common Place Land Cooperative (CPLC) working to live Place contribute. It was envisioned that a relatively small donation out that vision. to the fund by all members (in lieu of a mortgage for the land) As CPLC celebrates its 30th year, it is proud to announce would keep the gift of free land moving forward, and over time the first use of its “Land Liberation Fund,” a $10,000 donation would be significant enough to purchase more land for newly to assist the Small Farmer’s Movement of Cajibio, Colombia. forming land trusts. The fund would facilitate the “liberation” The money will support young people in their quest to remain of land away from market forces and privatized ownership, and on the land and to secure it for future generations. towards collective ecological stewardship. CPLC, which developed out of Syracuse’s New Environ- ment Association, was formally established in 1982, along with The Cajibio Connection its parent corporation “Share Earth.” Both were created to foster In 1990 the Small Farmer’s Movement of Cajibio (MCC) care of the land, with Share Earth serving as a think tank and emerged as a collective organization which united nine rural com- economic supporter of the community land trust movement, munities in a commitment to develop alternatives and strategies while CPLC was the first cooperative to occupy and utilize the land provided by Share Earth. CPLC leases the land in perpetu- Continued on page 12 Published by the Syracuse Peace Council – Founded in 1936 Syracuse Peace Council PEACE NEWSLETTER CONTENTS Statement of Purpose Share the Earth by Colleen Kattau...... Cover The Syracuse Peace Council (SPC), founded in 1936, is an antiwar/social Syracuse Peace Council in Action ...... 3 justice organization. It is community-based, autonomous and funded by Bombing People Creates More by SPC ...... 5 the contributions of its supporters. SPC educates, agitates and organizes for a world where war, violence Poem: Elegy for the Orchards by Paul Aviles ...... 6 and exploitation in any form will no longer exist. It challenges the existing Dug in to “Super-Bases” by John Burdick ...... 7 unjust power relationships among nations, among people and between ourselves and the environment. As members, we work to replace inequality, Judicial Complicity in Pentagon War Crimes? by Ed Kinane ...... 9 hierarchy, domination and powerlessness with mutual respect, personal Iraq War Stats ...... 9 empowerment, cooperation and a sense of community. Present social injustices cannot be understood in isolation from each International Day of Peace by Brandon Gustafson/Wendy Gonyea ....11 other, nor can they be overcome without recognizing their economic and Letter to the Editor ...... 12 militaristic roots. SPC seeks to make these connections clear. We initiate Syracuse Activist Directory ...... 13 and support activities that help build this sense of community and help tear down the walls of oppression. A fundamental basis for peace and justice is Native American Rights Go International by Sandy Bigtree ...... 15 an economic system that places human need above monetary profit. We Community Calendar ...... 16 establish relationships among people based on cooperation rather than competition or the threat of destruction. About the Cover: Colleen Kattau’s photo of Common Place Land Cooperative highlights solar power, Our political values and personal lives shape and reflect each other. a sense of humor and beautiful landscape. The poster from the Cajibio Campesino Youth Movement In both, we are committed to nonviolent means of conflict resolution and in Cajibio speaks for itself. Andy Mager put them together. to a process of decision-making that responds to the needs of us all. The Peace Newsletter (PNL) is published monthly by the Syracuse Peace Subscribe to SPC’s Weekly E-Newsletter Council (SPC). The PNL is the SPC’s newsletter and a forum for articles which SPC Announcements is the Peace Council’s low-volume email list. Subscribe discuss issues of concern to the peace and social justice movement. The at the bottom of our webpage, www.peacecouncil.net. opinions expressed in the PNL reflect the diversity of opinions within SPC. ISSN 0735-4134

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2 Peace Newsletter September 2006 SYRACUSE PEACE COUNCIL Educate, Agitate, Organize 924 Burnet Ave., Syracuse, NY 13203 (315) 472-5478 [email protected] SPC IN ACTION www.peacecouncil.net compiled by Carol Baum OFFICE HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 10 am - 5 pm Staff email addresses: Israel-Lebanon: Carol Baum – [email protected] Violence Begets Violence Andy Mager – [email protected] In early August SPC sent the Post Standard a Jessica Maxwell – [email protected] statement on the Israel-Lebanon War, which, Aly Wane – [email protected] as we go to press, has not been printed. To Eric Benner – [email protected] read the statement, see page 5. In late July SPC organized a vigil calling ing to have the Onondaga Land Rights for an immediate cease-fire between Israel Action dismissed. Lawyers for the Onon- and Hezbollah, a condemnation of attacks daga Nation will respond by October 15, on civilians and immediate humanitarian and a court appearance is scheduled for aid for the people of Lebanon. December 1. An August program featured a talk NOON immediately responded to the by Radney Wood, a Utica-area native of state’s action with a letter to the editor Lebanese descent, who worked in Beirut supporting the Onondaga action. While before being evacuated because of the recent court decisions have continued the Israeli attack. centuries-long assault on the rights of Na- If you are interested in working to tive Americans, NOON will continue the help support a just and sustainable peace struggle in the court of public opinion. To for the Lebanese, Israelis and Palestinians, stay current with the issue, see peacecouncil. contact SPC. net/NOON. Contact Carol or Andy.

Get Involved! Local Cost of the War Through our summer activities, we gath- Whether it’s a $40,000 cut in funding to a local wheelchair ramp building program, ered a long list of new folks interested in elana levy was among some 50 participants in becoming more active working for peace SPC’s July 24 vigil for an end to the Middle East a 40% cut to the Westcott Community and social justice. There are also many SPC violence. Photo: Carol Baum Center’s After School Program, or a pro- supporters who have been away for the sum- posed $8.5 million cut to Central New mer and will be looking to get reconnected lists handed over to recruiters by schools continued on next page in September. All are welcome to come to under the Bush administration’s No Child an orientation Tuesday, September 12, Left Behind Act. We’re also gearing up for 7-8:30 pm at the SPC office. After a brief more action and education with Nottingham SPC MONTHLY PROGRAM introduction to SPC, we’ll talk about ways Youth Action, a student activist group MAEP Electoral Politics and to get involved, including current projects, kick started this past winter. upcoming events and ongoing volunteer Look forward this fall to a MAEP/Iraq Participatory Democracy tasks. RSVP to Jessica. Veterans Against the War screening of the What would a healthy, participatory new documentary Sir, No Sir about the democracy look like? What steps can we MAEP Wants YOU conscientious objector movement during take in our community to create more to Counter-Recruit the Vietnam War. democracy? What are other communities Want to get involved? We NEED you! doing? Join us for a discussion about As summer turns to fall, MAEP (Military Contact Eric. community empowerment and political Alternatives Education Project) has been strategies for social change. busy planning for the upcoming school year. After recruiting new MAEPsters from Acting Neighborly local colleges and universities as part of a Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON) Thursday, Sept. 21 broader outreach campaign, we will focus on is preparing for a busy fall of activity 7-8:30 pm distributing and collecting student “opt-out” – tabling, presentations to community Westcott Community Center forms at Corcoran, Nottingham, Henninger, groups and the final five programs in the (corner Euclid Ave. and Westcott St.) and Fowler high schools. The opt-out forms, Onondaga Land Rights and Our Common Followed by refreshments & discussion. thanks to the CNY Chapter of the NY Civil Future series (see page 15). FREE Liberties Union and MAEP, now allow As expected, NYS filed a motion on students to get their names off the contact August 15 in Syracuse federal court seek- September 2006 Peace Newsletter 3 SPC / continued from previous page basic agreement with SPC’s Statement of Purpose (see page 2), and the desire to Weekly Peace Outreach York hospitals, the ongoing invasion and discuss important issues respectfully. If Are you one of those serene souls who can occupation of Iraq is having a devastating interested, contact Aly. effect on Onondaga County. To point this handle someone flipping you the bird? out, SPC’s Local Cost of the War Com- If so, please join us at busy inter- mittee has produced seven leaflets which Progressive Coalition Fights sections around Syracuse – and see address health care, hunger, youth programs, “Black Box” Voting how the great majority of those who veterans’ benefits, mental health, education Onondaga County, like all New York respond strongly support our work to and jobs. A recent leaflet, “Education Bites counties, must decide what kind of vot- end the war. the Bullet,” draws the connection between ing machines to purchase for the coming Every Tuesday, 4:45-5:30 pm funding for the war and cuts to the federal years. Unfortunately our two election Carpooling available from SPC. financial aid program. commissioners favor computerized voting To see these leaflets,gotopeacecouncil. systems which can be easily hacked, are • September 5 Teall Ave. & Rt. 690 net/sharedtimes. To join the committee, controlled by private corporations, have (Eastside) distribute leaflets or help with printing higher long-term costs and an abysmal • September 12 Adams St. and Rt. costs contact Jessica or Carol. performance record. 81 (Downtown) The Greater Syracuse Progressive Coalition is • September 19 Rt. 11 (Northern calling on the County Leg- Lights Shopping Ctr, Mattydale) islature to take a stand for • September 26 Rt. 57 and Vine a fully verifiable system St., Village of Liverpool using paper ballots, optical scanners and ballot marking • October 3 Rt. 695 exit ramp to devices for voters with dis- W. Genesee St. (Fairmount) abilities. In saying that the election commissioners make the decision, our elected Education Project), creating materials and officials are abdicating their tabling at local high schools, and supported responsibility to protect our students to form Nottingham Youth Action. Hiroshima/Nagasaki procession, August 8, 2006. Photo: DJ Igelsrud interests. Please educate She did all this with style and humor. yourself and contact your Candace is off to Philadelphia and fur- Hiroshima/Nagasaki Day county legislator. The DVD Help America ther adventures. We wish her the best – and On August 8, a coalition of local peace Vote on Paper is available from the SPC office. hope she ends up back here someday. groups commemorated the US bombings Check out www.peacecouncil.net/coalition of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with our annual or www.nyvv.org for more information. To theatrical procession through downtown get involved, contact Linda DeStefano, Summer Becomes Fall Syracuse. Approximately 75 people partici- Chair Election Reform Task Force, Sierra This is a transition time for the SPC office pated, and 1,000 leaflets were distributed. Club, 488-7877, [email protected] or – people who worked here over the summer Organizers also met with staff for Rep. Joan Johnson, Advocacy Director, Syracuse leave, and new people join in. James Walsh and Sens. Hillary Clinton Metropolitan League of Women Voters, This summer has been high energy, and Chuck Schumer. Our message focused 488-4339 (8 am-6 pm). thanks in part to Brandon Gustafson, Jackie on the need for all nations – especially the Hayes, Zach Lahey, and Aly Wane. Aly is US – to work towards abolishing nuclear staying as a long-term intern; Zach, Bran- weapons, as well as our concerns regarding Good-bye Candace don and Jackie are all returning to school. US threats against Iran. Candace Saunders was an Americorps We want to especially appreciate: Brandon VISTA worker without a placement, so for working on the PNL editorial commit- she asked if SPC wanted her services. tee; Jackie for writing the Local Cost of SPC Study Group Re-Starts Knowing that she was an experienced the War’s education leaflet, and Zach for The first meeting of the Peace Council’s SEAC (Student Environmental Action helping organize SPC’s benefit showing study group will be Monday, September Coalition) activist and a cool person, we of An Inconvenient Truth. 18 from 7 to 8:30 at the Friends Meeting jumped at the chance, and Candace was Kerry Hanley has just joined us, and House (821 Euclid Ave., near the corner placed at SPC for a year. is volunteering 12 hours a week. Eric Ben- of Euclid and Westcott). Come with ideas Candace’s creativity, feistiness and ner recently accepted the VISTA position – at that meeting we’ll pick our first book political analysis have been put to good that Candace held and will work full-time to discuss. The theme for the study group use. She is passionate about developing an at SPC for the next year. He will help has been the “US Global Agenda,” but we anti-racist ally movement in Syracuse, and with web support, funding development can tailor our selections to fit the needs of helped initiate Active Solidarity, recently for Bikes 4 Peace and SPC’s alternative the group. raising money for the Partnership for On- career fair, and coalition building. We are The group meets twice a month. All ondaga Creek. She spent most of her time delighted that they have chosen to share are welcome – just bring an open mind, organizing with MAEP (Military Alternatives their talents with SPC. 4 Peace Newsletter September 2006 Bombing People Creates More Terrorism a Peace Council Statement on the Mid East

Ed Kinane and Andy Mager on rorism is the use of violence to behalf of the Syracuse Peace intimidate and coerce civilians. Israel acted as a terrorist state in Council Lebanon and continues to do so in Gaza, just as the US is acting This statement was originally drafted as a as a terrorist state in Iraq. commentary for the Post-Standard in early Hezbollah and Hamas are August. It was not run at that time and a routinely described as “terror- revised version was submitted on August ist”…and, when they target 18 after the ceasefire. At press time that civilians, terrorist they are. But version had also not been published. by any notion of proportionality, they are small fry compared to The Syracuse Peace Council (SPC) is the Pentagon and its Israeli ally. relieved that the international community Even so, Hezbollah and Hamas has developed a ceasefire agreement for have broad legitimacy among the war between Israel and Hezbollah. their populations because of Unfortunately, the ceasefire was deliber- the social services they provide ately delayed by our government. In the and their role in resisting Israeli process over 1200 Lebanese were killed aggression. along with over a hundred Israelis. Herm Bieling (left) and Ed Kinane in Skaneateles at the US media has focused on Syracuse Peace Council’s Weekly Peace Outreach, August 15, We hope that this fragile agreement holds the Syrian and Iranian weaponry 2006. Photo: Andy Mager and that the international community seizes provided Hezbollah, particularly this opportunity to renew concerted efforts the rockets targeting Israelis. The to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict helicopters, fighter jets, missiles, cluster hundreds of Lebanese children is accept- (at the root of the recent violence). bombs, etc. our government supplies Israel able “collateral damage.” The Peace Council opposes all military are ignored. Without diplomatic and financial attacks on civilians – including Israel’s The US must stop violating interna- pressure from the United States, Israeli air and ground war against Lebanon and tional law. The US must stop financing aggression and its attempts to humiliate Hezbollah’s rocket attacks on Israel. other nations violating international law. its neighbors will continue. The creation We condemn the invasions of Lebanon, The US must stop providing military aid to of a viable, sovereign Palestinian state will Palestine and Iraq. We likewise condemn Israel (over $2.5 billion each year). Such remain a distant dream. the occupations – vigorously resisted – of a cutoff would still leave Israel a nuclear Years of US military aid to Israel and those bloodied lands. power with the fourth strongest military dozens of US vetoes in the UN Security Israel/Lebanon/Palestine and US/Iraq in the world. Council have fostered Israeli exceptional- are battles in the same war. Both are Israeli Prime Minister Olmert claims ism: the illusion that Israel doesn’t – like funded by US taxpayers. Both reflect the the Israeli attack on Lebanon was to in- every other country – have to get along agenda of the United States power struc- crease “Israeli security.” But the massive with its neighbors. ture – global hegemony and control of the civilian casualties and pulverizing of The invasions and occupations must world’s resources, especially the oil fields Lebanon’s infrastructure only sow seeds end. The current ceasefire must be sus- of the Mid East. for future acts of violence – violence that tained. But that first essential step only SPC singles out Bush Inc. and the will further decrease Israeli security. In scratches the surface. A ceasefire doesn’t Pentagon for their lead role in the current an August 3 report, Human Rights Watch begin to provide justice – the only basis mega-violence. Their corporate backers said Israel’s actions in Lebanon “indicate for sustainable peace. in the oil and weapons industries profit the commission of war crimes….In many The Iraqis, the Palestinians, the Leba- handsomely from the bloodletting. cases, Israeli forces struck an area with no nese must be assured their sovereignty. They, The Bush administration’s position apparent military target. In some instances, along with Israelis, must be assured their that Israel’s devastation of Lebanon was Israeli forces appear to have deliberately safety. Lebanon’s destroyed infrastructure a legitimate response to “terrorist” attacks targeted civilians.” must be restored. They must be provided ignores the history of the Israeli-Palestin- The international community must adequate reparation for their material and ian conflict and further postpones any investigate the commission of war crimes human loss. Future US aid earmarked for meaningful peace. by all parties. Israel could instead help the Lebanese What – precisely – is “terrorism”? Ter- Like that of his allies in Washington, rebuild their nation. Olmert’s view is steeped in anti-Arab rac- Ed is a former, and Andy is a current, SPC ism. SPC fails to see how the destruction staffmember. of civilian infrastructure and the killing of continued on page 10 September 2006 Peace Newsletter 5 POETRY PEACE VIGIL Elegy for the Orchards “It is the duty of every poet to speak fearlessly and clearly.” – Sam Hamill Paul Aviles If you’ve been moved by this unjust war to write a poem, please consider submitting by email to thorleyp1@yahoo. In the end, perhaps the burning of olive or almond or com, or mail to SPC. Work on themes peach trees cannot be of war, the war economy, oppression compared to other atrocities: the cock in a man’s mouth, and political injustice, and/or which celebrates more positive hopes and the bloated bodies visions, will be considered. floating in a catchpool at the foot of a tumbling, slow waterfall congealed into memory like cold grease on the skin. jammed up and bumping one another like so many cut logs In other words: imagine if you can drifting lazily on the world’s most beautiful river. on a cool morning just like this one with its bird and slow light But an orchard destroyed sticks in a man’s mind a long time. your entire life gone. Imagine the stunted, flowering apple trees just south of Then you will begin to understand maybe why where we now sit--if they were dismantled: after long generations, the Cherokee and Seneca the gnarled trunks torched beyond recognition, the remember peaches, ancient grafts loosened survivors at Dayr Yasin, Shatila, Jenin the sting of bitter like a woman’s thick braid. Imagine the rootstock chosen green almonds. slowly over many generations has been rendered inviable, and that the once-cold fruit Poet, translator, and essayist, Paul is currently working on a new has vanished series of poems entitled Funeral Tunes. He holds an M.F.A. in Cre- forever in a gasp of smoke on the thick morning air, ative Writing from Syracuse University. The poem remembers and connects Native American massacres and massacres of Palestinians the stench of kerosene and sweet sizzling apples in Lebanon under Sharon’s command.      Credit Unions                

6 Peace Newsletter September 2006 Dug in to “Super-Bases”... with No Plans to Leave John Burdick In early June it seemed for a few days that Congress was actually doing its job. Both Houses had agreed to an amendment preventing the use of any funds from a $90 billion war spending bill to build permanent military bases in Iraq. Then, on June 9, in the middle of the night, a joint Senate-House conference committee quietly killed the amendment. According to Barbara Lee, the House Demo- crat who had introduced the measure, the Republicans on the conference committee simply buckled under backroom pressure from the White House. Reality on the Ground That the White House sought to defeat any effort to complicate its military base strategy in Iraq should surprise no one. US Army soldiers tie down the blades on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Balad Air Base, Iraq, Despite the administration’s occasional June 13, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo: Airman 1st Class Andrew Oquendo public assurances that “there is no plan” to build permanent bases in Iraq, the reality on in the north. These bases are specifically already been spent on a dining hall to the ground tells the true story. Some 12-14 designed not to service the Iraqis, but to feed between 6,000 to 12,000 troops, and US bases have already been developed. All provide long-term staging platforms for a center whose only purpose is to receive evidence indicates that the Pentagon has the US military. supplies from Kuwait (such a center only no intention of handing over the largest of makes logical military sense from a US, not Iraqi standpoint). these to the Iraqis. Instead, it plans to keep Why Such Bases? them in US hands for decades, maybe even Now while Rumsfeld et al avoid generations to come. These super bases have been designed to mentioning these facts, officers closer to The proof of these plans is not just do three things: accommodate enormous the ground are less circumspect. Col. Mark the sheer amount of money – $4.5 billion numbers of troops; concentrate on air W. Yenter, an engineer with Multinational Corps-Iraq, informed journalist Bradley and counting – invested so far in building power; and keep their occupants isolated Graham that the four super-bases “were and maintaining the bases. The official from Iraqi society. These features are useful chosen to enable US forces to maintain a line, after all, is that all those barracks to the US, not Iraq. foothold in various regions of Iraq.” “We and airstrips and water purification plants The base at Balad, for example, already didn’t want to pick places that are too near are simply a big US investment in Iraq’s the beneficiary of a quarter billion US Iraqi population centers,” he said, “but we eventually independent military capacity. taxpayer dollars, is currently completing a did want ones that would still allow us to But the devil is in the details. $7-million post office, designed to receive influence an area and give us some power When one looks closely, it becomes huge quantities of international mail. projection capability.” clear that the US is creating a two-tiered Gargantuan airstrips have been built to ac- Other top brass are also quite candid base system. In a hundred or so medium- commodate mammoth USC-130 personnel transports and giant C-5 cargo planes. Iraq about the strategic goals of keeping big US sized bases, the Pentagon is making me- bases in Iraq indefinitely. Gen. John Abi- dium-sized investments, and handing the neither possesses such aircraft, nor – as indicated by declassified US Air Force zaid informed a House of Representatives bases over to the Iraqis. But the US is subcommittee this March that permanent making super-sized investments in “super- documents – is it likely to, since the US has no plans to support the development bases had to be considered because the bases” – Tallil in the south, Al Asad in the “United States and its allies have a vital west, Balad in the center and Qayyarah of an independent Iraqi air force. Balad is surrounded by a forbidding interest in the oil-rich region ... Ultimately 12.4 mile long, 13 foot high fence whose it comes down to the free flow of goods John teaches Anthropology at Syracuse main function is to ensure that troops do and resources on which the prosperity of University and directs a program that helps not encounter Iraqis. This is hardly a base our own nation and everybody else in the students undertake collaborative research designed for the Iraqi military. Meanwhile, world depend.” with grassroots activist organizations. at Tallil in the south, $110 million has continued on next page September 2006 Peace Newsletter 7 US Bases / continued from page 7 TURKEY the never-ending stationing of US troops in Iraq. Thus Gordon Adams of George Mosul Washington University states quite simply Maintaining US Control that “at the level of strategy it makes total The bases support other strategic goals SYRIA sense to have Iraq bases.” as well. One such goal is to ensure that a All of this explains the huge investment government friendly to the US remains in IRAN in US super-bases in Iraq. Establishing

power. A US intelligence officerinBaghdad JORDAN Baghdad long-term bases in Iraq was in fact always explained to a journalist that “maintaining one of the major objectives of the US inva- a quick reaction force in Iraq would be IRAQ sion. Army Lt. General Jay Garner stated as essential to prevent, for example, a coup early as February 2004 that a US military against a friendly Iraqi government.” presence in Iraq would last “the next few Most fundamentally, the bases provide Nasiriyah decades;” in December 2004, Donald a staging platform for rapid US deploy- SAUDI ARABIA Rumsfeld declared that he expected US ment anywhere in the region. One analyst troops to remain in Iraq until at least 2009; stated that Pentagon planners view the KUWAIT and George W Bush has stated recently that bases as “launchpads for operations in Map: Revised by Andy Mager and John Burdick a complete withdrawal of troops from Iraq Syria and Iran.” None of this is a secret. from www.globalresearch.ca. The four stars would not occur during his term. A recent congressional study explicitly represent the “Super Bases”: Tallil in the south, Al Asad in the west, Balad in the center and It is possible that Congress may identified US-controlled bases in Iraq as Qayyarah in the north. eventually pass some kind of “no bases” a means to create “anti-ballistic defenses” amendment to future war spending bills. against Iran. Indeed, as this comes to press, Joe Biden Paul D. Hughes, a government agent the US in Saudi Arabia. is once again stirring the amendment pot. and planner, regards US (not Iraqi) bases Most significantly, if Iraq’s Shi’a gov- But it is important to push Congress to pass as a major geopolitical “deterrent” to Iran. ernment becomes cozier with Iran, as US a measure that calls not for “no permanent Brig. General Robert Pollman sees the military planners increasingly fear, they bases,” but for “no US bases at all.” Of maintenance of US control over key bases are less and less inclined to place more course, whatever the language of the law, in Iraq as crucial to preserving a regional military capability into Iraqi hands. In fact, there is little reason to believe that Bush US presence to counter Iran, and therefore it is precisely the threat of this coziness and his friends will allow legal niceties to as a neat “swap” for the bases vacated by that already justified in the minds of some get in their way. Fair World Marketplace Fairly traded handmade gifts and home décor 100% of the co-op’s electricity is green Mon - Sat 10 - 6 618 Kensington Rd off Westcott Street Between Euclid & Broad Open 7 days 9 to 9 4471 East Genesee St, DeWitt, corner with Erie Blvd 472.1385 446-0326 www.FairWorldMarketplace.com

8 Peace Newsletter September 2006 Judicial Complicity in Pentagon War Crimes? Ed Kinane’s Recent Statement in Federal Court

On the first day of the fourth year of the US ally attack or engage in armed intervention invasion of Iraq, 51 of us were arrested at against other sovereign states. the far edge of the Pentagon grounds – well I live in a nation whose military – the out of sight of the Pentagon itself. Bearing Pentagon – habitually and brazenly defies a simulated coffin, we were attempting to international law, meet with Donald Rumsfeld. a Pentagon that systematically defies Here is the statement I made on July the Geneva Conventions, 7 in Alexandria, VA court during my pro a Pentagon that, by endorsing torture, se defense. Judge Jones seemed attentive. degrades each of us. But he found me and others guilty and fined However, these rogues could not op- An activist scales the Pentagon fence on March 20, us each $85. 2006. Ed scrambled under. Photo: Mike Ferner Oh yeah – I didn’t pay the fine. erate without the silence and complicity of us all. Since 1987 I have deliberately lived Speaking out is each citizen’s respon- below taxable income. Your Honor, members of the court, my sibility. I have done so to avoid subsidizing fellow citizens: It is also the Judiciary’s responsibility Pentagon criminality. not to be complicit when the Executive I stand accused of failing to obey a Likewise I resist the Judiciary’s com- branch systematically defies the law. lawful order. plicity with such criminality. As recently as June 16 of this year, this Such irony! Your honor, I will not pay fines for On March 20 of this year our nonviolent Court found some of my co-defendants illegitimate and politically-motivated civic action on the outskirts of the Pentagon guilty for going to the Pentagon to petition charges. was all about being lawful. our government for redress of grievances I will not pay fines levied against me I was acting under the Nuremburg – a right expressly asserted in that quaint for my nonviolent civic activism. imperative of resisting the organized document, the US Constitution. I have been to prison before and I can illegalities of my government. go to prison again. I live in a nation whose most salient The grievances we sought to bring to the Pentagon on March 20 include its In these times prison may be where characteristic these days is the defiance an honorable citizen must be. of lawful order. • invading and pillaging Iraq…illegally and without provocation; I understand our Constitution holds I live in a nation whose rulers hold the • using torture and terror; international law to be the highest law of Ten Commandments in contempt. • and otherwise slaughtering tens of our land. Let us recall some of those command- thousands of Iraqis; Your honor, with all due respect, I urge ments particularly relevant to the US inva- • defiling Iraq with toxic and radioactive you to uphold that Constitution. sion and occupation of Iraq: depleted uranium; I urge you to honor those soldiers in thou shalt not steal; • squandering hundreds of billions of Iraq who die or get maimed believing they thou shalt not bear false witness; dollars of our tax money to enrich the are defending our Constitution. thou shalt not covet thy neighbors’ corporate cronies of Bush Inc.; I urge you to heed the Nuremburg goods; and so on. mandate… thou shalt not kill. to not play the “good German”… I live in a nation whose rulers habitu- Your honor, I am an eye-witness to these grievances, to these war crimes. to not succumb to fear and careerism. In 2003 I spent five months in Iraq. I urge you to findmyco-defendantsand I was there during “shock and awe.” myself not guilty for honoring our conscience In 2003 Ed served as the PNL correspondent and for honoring the rule of law. in Iraq. To access his dispatches, see www. Men were incinerated or blown apart peacecouncil.net/EdK within shouting distance of me. Thank you.

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10 Peace Newsletter September 2006 September 21 – the UN International Day of Peace

The Basic Facts Paths to Peacemaking: Everyone understands the need for peace. In 1981, the United Nations established the International Day of Peace. Indigenous Values, Global Crisis The original UN resolution reads in part, “to devote a specific time to concentrate the efforts of the United Nations and its Member The Onondaga people have tenaciously held onto ancestral teach- States, as well as of the whole of mankind [sic], to promoting the ings and language that make us who we are today. Our lives were ideals of peace and to giving positive evidence of their commit- then, and still are today, regulated by the seasonal changes of the ment to peace in all viable ways.” The resolution continues “the earth’s cycles. We have looked to the plant life and the stars to International Day of Peace should be devoted to commemorating tell us the time for ceremonies. Then the ancient teachings are and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all na- carried out, as they always were. In this way our connection with tions and peoples.” the universe is reaf- Through the years firmed. At the same the day has been com- time we validate our memorated with sum- heritage and ensure mits, demonstrations the survival of the and major governmen- teachings for the fu- tal actions promot- ture generations. ing global peace. In Our way of life is addition to the local not complicated. We activities, this year’s trace our foundation events will include the to the Great Law of International Peace Peace. There was Day Concert occur- a time, a thousand ring simultaneously years ago, when our in Switzerland, the people were in need United States, Jeru- of a message to take salem, China, India, care of one another. Canada and other The Peacemaker’s nations. Some of the other events include words, creating a Peace Day Parades, leadership system of Chiefs, Clanmothers Peace Vigils and Peace The Two Row Wampum images were added to this photo of Onondaga Lake. Photo/art: Brae Grobarek prize awards (www. and Faithkeepers, InternationalDayOfPeace.org). and a clan system The only major change in the resolution came in 2001, when divided into two houses to complement one another, was ac- September 21 was set as a firm date. The new resolution also calls cepted by the Onondagas. Weapons of war were buried under for all countries to observe a ceasefire for the day. On top of the a Tree of Peace. ceasefire, there is a call for a minute of silence at 12 noon around Onondagas have survived conflicts, wars and internal the world. Through the efforts of grassroots activists, these symbolic strife by using the laws established during the formation of the events can be turned into meaningful steps toward peace. Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Our affinity with Onondaga Lake -Brandon Gustafson extends from our beginnings. It is a welcoming home when we gather on the shores today. However, a lot has happened since International Day of Peace in Syracuse the time our Great Law began. Onondaga Lake was transformed by careless and greedy actions. Today, we are in involved in Join primatologist, environmentalist and UN Ambassador of Peace Jane Goodall discussions of “clean-up .” Our leaders insist on total restoration, along with Onondaga Nation Leaders, including Oren Lyons and others. not a partially cleaned lake. Thursday, September 19, 2006 (Syracuse) at 9:00 am An important part of our teachings is the belief that all the parts of our environment are equal partners in sustaining all life. Onondaga Lake shore, near Salt Museum Humans are not a superior being, but must maintain a balance Plans include a tree planting ceremony, vendors, and singing and dancing and live as equals to all the other parts. A Thanksgiving to all with members of the Onondaga Nation. Free and open to the public. elements for the gifts we freely use everyday shows our respect. Sponsored by Syracuse University, The Onondaga Nation, SUNY ESF and It is in this way that peace is achieved. NOON/SPC. SU Chancellor Nancy Cantor and Dean Cathryn Newton of We look forward to visiting Onondaga Lake with friends SU’s School of Arts and Sciences have generously sponsored this event. who accomplish tasks in this same spirit (see box). - Wendy Gonyea

September 2006 Peace Newsletter 11 Truxton-Cajibio continued from cover against multinational incursion and its accompanying state and paramilitary violence. In 2002 several Central New York activists SUNNY SIDE UP traveled to Colombia with Witness for Peace and met Marylen A new Peace Newsletter feature reporting on our Serna Salinas, one of the leaders of the MCC. That meeting was successes and victories. This is only a tentative the seed out of which a sister-city partnership between Syracuse, title, so send in your suggestions! Cortland, Ithaca, and Cajibio emerged. Since that time two more delegations have visited Colombia and representatives of the MCC have come to this area. to reverse the legacy of lands stolen by European invaders, but As contact between the partners increased, we recognized also for the opportunity to steward the land and protect it from that the theoretical underpinnings informing the MCC’s concrete commercial purposes and concentrated profit. goals were very much aligned to those of Share Earth and CPLC. Lack of access to land has been a major obstacle for the The land stewardship principle that CPLC adheres to parallels the MCC. Despite that, they have made tremendous strides amidst idea of Territory that underlies MCC’s existence – both concepts adverse conditions of poverty and militarized conflict. A 2004 embrace the right to inhabit and utilize land and the responsibility sister-city delegation, for instance, visited one of the small fam- to share and safeguard it for future generations. ily farms participating in the MCC. The farm was an exciting In stark contrast to the pressures of US and transnational demonstration of ecological recuperation, nutritional sovereignty* models of economic development, the campesinos (small farm- and permaculture – an example of what they envision for the ers) have always looked to the land itself, without which they rest of the community. cannot survive. Not only in an economic sense, but culturally and spiritually their lives are inextricably tied to, as they call it, A Mutually Beneficial Proposal their “territory.” MCC members pursue land recovery not just In spring 2005, while the Central New York half of the sister- partnership explored the possibility of providing funding to Colleen is a singer/songwriter and Spanish Professor at SUNY Cajibio for land purchase, the Small Farmers Movement had Cortland. She is a member of both CPLC and the Central NY/ Ca- been meeting with the young people of their organization who jibio sister-partnership (www.peacecouncil.net/clac ) and visited wanted to participate in the land recovery work. They needed Cajibio in 2004. land for a small youth center for cultural and educational ac- tivities and to grow organic crops for local consumption. They would also teach the younger children about organic farming. Letters to the It was a perfect time to propose using the Land Liberation Fund to support this project. All CPLC decisions are made by consensus, rarely quickly or easily. In the case of the Cajibio proposal, a series of pot- lucks and presentations were held to familiarize Common Place members with the MCC’s mission and accomplishments. It took Non-Smoking Demonstrations Please time to work through the idea that the fund could indeed be used Dear PNL: in all the Americas, not just the US. It was also interesting to I have chronic lung disease from cystic fibrosis, and I think realize that while CPLC had the privilege to intentionally start there is a common misconception that secondhand smoke is and maintain a land trust as part of the back to the land move- only a problem inside. As anyone with lung disease will tell ment, the people of Cajibio have been struggling to remain on you, being outside is not a guarantee that people in a crowd the land – a struggle that has continued for 500 years. In May don’t inhale secondhand smoke. of this year CPLC finally reached consensus to donate money On July 24, I tried to attend the vigil for all of the innocent for land purchase to the MCC. people being killed and injured in the current bloody war Through its deliberations, CPLC was reconnected to its between Israel and Hezbollah. I say tried because someone founding document that states “it is one finite Earth in this Infi- was smoking and no matter where I positioned myself away nite universe which must be shared amongst all.” The donation from this person, the breeze carried the smoke my way. Of was also a way to honor Hank’s deep commitment to the people course, I could have traveled away from the group entirely, of Latin America. but then I really wouldn’t have been a part of the group The MCC and CPLC have much to learn from each other. standing in solidarity for nonviolence. I ended up leaving It is our hope that young people from both communities have shortly after arriving, terribly frustrated. the chance to visit each other soon and that we can support I don’t think the person was smoking selfishly. I think the collectivist expression so central to MCC’s success while smokers and nonsmokers alike think that smoking outside learning from them how to temper our own disproportionate is permissible and harmless. individualism. If you smoke, please take this to heart and refrain from smoking outside when peace vigils and demonstrations are taking *“Nutritional sovereignty” is the MCC phrase used to describe self- place, even if you think no one is affected. We’ll all benefit. sufficiency of food production and autonomy in making decisions Thank you for your consideration. about how and what to grow, in contrast to the dependency fostered by –Judy Moreland, Baldwinsville, NY multinationals like Mosanto who constantly pressure them to purchase seeds, pesticides, etc.

12 Peace Newsletter September 2006 Syracuse-Area Activist Contacts

This list of active social change groups CNY Chapter NY Civil Liberties Union PFLAG-Syracuse in the Greater Syracuse area is far from 471-2821 Barrie Gewanter, [email protected] 250 Waring Rd., Syracuse, NY 13224, pfl[email protected] complete. For a more detailed list, see the CNY Council on Occupational Safety & Health Pax Christi Stonewall Committee’s CNY Community 471-6187 Jack Quinlan, [email protected] 476-0048 or 391-4877 Dick Keough, [email protected] Directory. All area codes are “315.” CNY Labor Federation, AFL-CIO Peace Action of CNY 422-3363 x11 Mark Spadafore, [email protected] 478-7422 [email protected] CNY Labor-Religion Coalition People Against the Death Penalty Peace Council Projects 431-4040 Tim Fay, [email protected] 476-9634 Bill Cuddy Center for Community Alternatives People for Animal Rights SYRACUSE PEACE COUNCIL 422-5638 x227 Alan Rosenthal, [email protected] 488-7877 Linda A. DeStefano, [email protected] 472-5478 [email protected] Citizen Review Board of Syracuse People’s Environmental Network of NY Bikes 4 Peace 448-8750 Felicia Davis 469-5347 Vicki Baker, [email protected] 472-5478 Jessica Maxwell, [email protected] Citizens Awareness Network (CAN) Planned Parenthood Local Cost of War Committee 475-5540 x223 Betty DeFazio, [email protected] 472-5478 Jessica Maxwell, [email protected] 882-6689 Tim Judson, [email protected] Citizens Campaign for the Environment ReConsiDer Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation 478-7815 Nicolas Eyle, [email protected] 472-5478 Carol Baum, [email protected] 472-1339 Dereth Glance, [email protected] CNY Colombia Support Network & Cajibio SEIU 1199 Upstate Peace Newsletter 424-1743 x126 Court Bonthius, [email protected] 472-5478 Andy Mager, [email protected] Sister Community 478-4571 Ann Tiffany, [email protected] SOA Abolitionists Plowshares Craftsfair 446-2720 Mike Pasquale, [email protected] 472-5478 [email protected] Community Animal Project 491-4699 Shawn DeLeo, [email protected] Sierra Club SPC Study Group 492-4745 Martha Loew, [email protected] 472-5478 Aly Wane, [email protected] Democracy for America 252-0947 Vicki Trojnor, [email protected] Socialist Party SPC TV: The Peoples’ 60 Minutes 478-0793 Ron Ehrenreich, [email protected] Paul Pearce, [email protected] Dunbar Association 476-4269 Sharon Jack Williams,[email protected] Southwest Community Center Weekly Peace Outreach 474-6823 Courtney Ramirez, [email protected] 472-5478 Andy Mager, [email protected] Fair Housing Council of CNY 471-0420 Merrillee Witherell, [email protected] Spanish Action League Friends of Dorothy Catholic Worker 475-6153 x207 Rita Paniagua, [email protected] SPC-involved Coalitions 471-6853 Michael or Nick, [email protected] Stonewall Committee 476-6226 Bonnie Strunk, [email protected] Bill of Rights Defense Campaign Gay, Straight and Questioning Youth Group 471-2821 Barrie Gewanter, [email protected] 475-2430 Elizabethe Payne Student Environmental Action Coalition 218-5481 Bobby Powers, [email protected] Caribbean/Latin America Coalition Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance 478-1592 Paul Weichselbaum 472-5119 Pastor Bryant L. Gerald, Sr. Student Peace Action Network-SU 508-596-8142 Anna Hadingham, [email protected] Military Alternatives Education Project InterReligious Council of CNY 472-5478 Eric Benner, [email protected] 449-3552 x102 Jim Wiggins, [email protected] Syracuse Alternative Media Network 852-6190 Tim Brachocki, [email protected] Partnership for Onondaga Creek Jail Ministry 478-4571 Aggie Lane, [email protected] 424-1877 Melody Holmes, [email protected] Syracuse Area Domestic Violence Coalition 425-0818 Loren Cunningham or Elisa Morales Progressive Coalition LGBT Resource Center (SU) 472-5478, Andy Mager, [email protected] 443-3983 Adrea Jaehnig, [email protected] Syracuse Community Choir 428-8151 Karen Mihayli, [email protected] Public Power Coalition Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation 474-7055, [email protected] 637-9511 Sally Roesch Wagner, [email protected] Syracuse Community Radio The Media Unit 426-0850 Paul Melnikow, [email protected] 478-8648 Walt Shepperd Syracuse Coop Federal Credit Union Other Community Organizations NAACP 471-1116x201 Ron Ehrenreich, [email protected] AIDS Community Resources 422-6933 or 672-7085 Preston Fagan, Syracuse Cultural Workers 475-2430 Will Murtaugh, [email protected] [email protected] 474-1132 x 111 Dik Cool, [email protected] Alliance Network National Organization for Women (NOW), CNY Syracuse Greens 474-0922 Walt Dixie, [email protected] 422-7700 Cher Leszczewicz 474-7055, [email protected] Alliance of Communities Transforming Syr. NOW, Greater Syracuse Chapter Syracuse Real Food Coop 478-0191 Rev. Davis, [email protected] 682-5810 Amy Doherty, [email protected] 472-1385 Joanne Grisanti, [email protected] Alternatives to Violence Project New Environment Association Syracuse-La Estancia Sister Community 585-526-5202 Jill McClellan, [email protected] 446-8009 Harry Schwarzlander 446-6099 Shirley Novak, [email protected] American Friends Service Committee New York Public Interest Research Group SU Social Movements Initiative 475-4822 Chrissie Rizzo, [email protected] 476-8381 Francis Clark, [email protected] 443-3822 John Burdick, [email protected] Atlantic States Legal Foundation NYS Division of Human Rights Syracuse United Neighbors 475-1170 Sam Sage, [email protected] 428-4633 Valerie Woods 476-7475 Rich Puchalski, [email protected] Beyond Boundaries Northeast Community Center Westcott Community Center 478-4571 Aggie Lane, [email protected] 472-6343 Tom Bazydlo, [email protected] 478-8634 Steve Susman, [email protected] Black Voice (SU) Onon Co. /Syr. Commission on Human Rts Women Transcending Boundaries [email protected] 435-3567 Linda Hall, [email protected] 446-1694 Betsy Wiggins or 687-3551 Danya Wellmon CANOPY Onondaga Nation Communications Office Women’s Information Center 471-4780 Larry Rutledge, [email protected] 492-1922, [email protected] 478-4636

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14 Peace Newsletter September 2006

����������������������������������� ��������������������� Haudenosaunee: Central Fire of the World Sandy Bigtree By 1982, Oren’s continued work helped establish the UN’s Working Group On the 5th anniversary of September 11, on Indigenous Populations. Although this Oren Lyons, Onondaga Faithkeeper of is a milestone, Oren finds it still disconcert- the Turtle Clan, will speak on “Racism, ing that the UN refers to the Indigenous as Native American Human Rights, and the “Populations” rather than as “People.” This United Nations” as part of the collabora- conjures up a long historical indoctrination tive educational series, “Onondaga Land starting with the Catholic Church’s 15th and Rights and Our Common Future.” 16th Century Papal Bulls which decreed that No one has stood more steadfast in Indians were NOT human beings. This justi- deflecting the hard-hitting assaults hurled at fied European expansion through Christian- Indigenous people than Lacrosse National ity; to colonize, exploit and assimilate ALL Hall of Fame Champion Goalie Oren Lyons. Indigenous People (see PNL articles on the Lacrosse is the ancient medicine game of “Doctrine of Discovery” in issues 744 and the Haudenosaunee, played as a means to 755). The doctrines are still cited today in please the Creator by settling discord. The courts of law, which may be one reason long tradition continues at Onondaga where why the Indigenous voice remains stifled. the precept of the game accompanies Oren In May 2005, my husband, Philip Arnold, to the most challenging playing field of all, and I traveled to the UN to listen to a panel and message of his people. The Indigenous an international arena where almost all the and hear Oren address the Holy See (who People are the spiritual guardians of this players have forgotten the very basic tenets was represented by an “ear” for the Vatican) land, remembering and still practicing their of this sacred game of life. asking that these racist and unjust documents original instructions to live as real human In 1923 Deskaheh, a Cayuga Chief, be rescinded. That work is in progress. beings within this very complex, generous, appeared with counsel before the League of Oren also serves on the Executive Com- yet delicate web of life. Nations in Geneva, Switzerland to enter a mittee of the Global Forum of Spiritual and The tenacity with which the Onondaga formal complaint against US and Canadian Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival. people have persevered in keeping their policies of oppression, exploitation, and He is co-founder of the Traditional Circle traditions alive, while their leadership has violations of treaties with the Haudeno- of Indian Elders and Youth, which is an successfully kept the US Bureau of Indian saunee. Although Deskaheh’s visit appeared annual council of traditional grassroots Affairs and the patriarchy of the Church from to fall on deaf ears, the following year both leadership of Native American nations. taking control of their way of life, accords countries retaliated by passing new laws As this article goes to press, Oren and them the strongest and clearest Indigenous which ostensibly forced citizenship upon a delegation from the Elder’s Circle are voice today. Onondaga continues to stoke all Indigenous peoples. The Haudenosaunee preparing a trip to the melting glaciers in the central fire of the Great Confederacy, announced their refusal to accept foreign Greenland to witness first-hand, the effects bringing the legacy of the “original” United citizenship, for they were already citizens of global warming. Nations, which was established well over of their own nation. Oren is tireless in defending the 1,000 years ago, into the present. Heeding In 1977, Oren was instrumental in most persecuted people in this world, as the message of the Indigenous voice may organizing 130 Native North and South he works to make their voices heard. No be the last hope of reconnecting with this American leaders – representing Hopis, single person could sustain his vigor were beautiful planet which is the source Lakota, Haudenosaunee, Guaimi, Mesquito, it not for his ability to truly carry the power of life itself. Mapuche, Northern Cheyenne, Ojibway, Ay- mara, Muskogee, Quichua, Schuar, Apache, Nahuatl, Quiche, Cree, and many more – to Onondaga Land Rights Series Continues again address the United Nations. As requested by the UN, the Haudenosaunee presented Racism, Native American Human Rights papers that conveyed the collective voices of the Natural People of the land, or those and the United Nations who engage in the reciprocity of a natural Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation and world order…a voice often silenced by those Distinguished Professor of American Studies at the University of Buffalo who view the natural world as something to be controlled and exploited…destroyed. The Monday, September 11, 7 pm full account of this journey can be read in A Basic Call to Consciousness. Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St. Part of the series “Onondaga Land Rights and Our Common Future,” sponsored by Sandy is a Tribally Enrolled “St. Regis” Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation/SPC, SU, SUNY ESF and other community groups. Mohawk and active with Neighbors of the Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation/Syracuse Peace Council, 472-5478, www.peacecouncil.net/noon Onondaga Nation. September 2006 Peace Newsletter 15 SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse Syracuse Gay/Lesbian Catho lics Local Cost of the War Leaflet- Weekly Peace Outreach: 4:45- Local Cost of the War Mtg. 7pm. SPC Steering Comm Meeting. Deadline for Plowshares Presents :"Biomass to Biofuel" & Friends Mass. St. An drew’s Ch., ting. New York State Fair, Peace 5:30pm. Teall Ave. & Rt. 690 Call for location, 472-5478. Check 7-9 pm. Call for location, 472- Craftsfair Application. Dr. Tim Volk, David Wickersham, & 124 Alden St. 5pm. 636-7726. Council table (near Chevrolet (Eastside) 472-5478. out our leaflets online www. 5478. Open to SPC supporters. Download application at John McAuliffe.7:30am- 8:45am. Court). 8:30am-2pm. Call to volun- peacecouncil.net. www.peacecouncil.net or call City Hall Commons, 201 E. teer or for more info, 472-5478. EVERY OTHER TUES: Partnership 472-5478. SUN Southwest Action Committee, Washington St. 7th floor. for Onondaga Creek Mtg. 6 pm, CNY Labor-Religion Coalition 7 pm, Brady Faith, 404 South Ave. Brady Faith, Aggie 478-4571. Call Expressing Our Nature Mtg. Monthly Mtg. Plymouth Church, St. Andrew's Ch., 124 Alden St. to confirm time & place. 5:30 pm. Call Rev. Dana Horrell, Stonewall Committee Meeting. 246 Water St., 6pm. 476-6226. 7-9pm. www.eonsyr.net. EVERY TUES: Rough Times Live. 3431-4040 to confirm time & place. T.V. by, for & about teens. 8pm. TW All are welcome! Onondaga Creek Cleanup. Ca ble Chan nel 98. 478-UNIT. 8:30-lunch. Free pizza! Cornell Cooperation Extension. RSVP 10 11 1212 13 14 15 required, 424-9485 x0. Helping Young Children Manage Al Gore: An Inconvenient Truth. Folk Singer & Songwriter Rod CNY SOA Abolitionists and Onondaga Land Rights Series. Weekly Peace Outreach: 4:45- Their Anger. 749 S. Warren St. 1- Landmark Theatre, 7:30pm. MacDonald. May Memorial , 3800 16 Caribbean Latin America Racism, Native American Hu- 5:30pm. Adams St. and Rt. 81 2:30pm. $5.50. Child Care Solutions, Tickets available at Landmark E. Genessee St. 8pm, $10. www. 7pm, Coalition Joint monthly potluck man Rights and the UN. (Downtown). 472-5478. 446-1220. ticket office. Peace in the Middle East; meeting.Slocum House, 209 Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesse Prospects and Possibilities. Multicultural Music for Children. Slocum Ave. 478-4571. St. Oren Lyons, Onondaga Faith- Local Cost of the War Leaflet- 12:45pm. Phyllis Bennis keynote keeper. Free. 472-5478. NOON Reading Group. 7pm, 6724 Thompson Rd., 1-2:30 pm, ting. Landmark Theater for Al speaker. May Memorial, 3800 E. SAGE/Upstate Mtg. Parish Westcott Day Hab Center, 522 $5.50. 446-1220. (Also Sept. 19) Gore event. Call to volunteer or Genessee St. $10-$25 sliding fee. House 1st Presbyterian Ch., SUN Southside Coalition. 7pm, Westcott St., 472-5478. Keeping it Real: An African-Ameri- for more info, 472-5478. Peace Action, 478-7442. 620 W.Genessee St. Potluck, Payton Temple. 476-7475. can Perspective on Religion, Sex Onondaga Creek Cleanup. 4:30pm. Rehearsals for Syracuse Gay & SPC Orientation for New Activ- & Responsibility. 5pm. Rev. Carlton Holistic Moms Network Monthly 8:30-lunch. Free pizza! Cornell Lesbian Chorus Holiday Concert. ists/Volunteers. 7-8:30pm, SPC Veazey, Everson Museum. Mtg. 6:30pm, Liverpool Local Cooperation Extension. RSVP Library, 310 Tulip St. 706-0318. 7pm. Plymouth Congregational Ch., Office, 924 Burnet Ave. Jess 472- required, 424-9485 x0. 232 E. Onondaga St. 476-4329. 5478. Come Get Involved! 17 20 International Day of 22 Boys & Girls Club's Day for Kids. 10am-2pm. Burnet Park. Syracuse Gay/Lesbian Catho lics EVERY WED: Military & Draft 21 Peace Please RSVP. Enza, 488-5743. & Friends Mass. St. An drew’s Ch., 19 Counseling. 1-3pm. SPC, 924 124 Alden St. 5pm. 636-7726. 18 Burnet Ave. 472-5478. SPC Monthly Program: Elec- SPC Study Group. 7-8:30 pm, International Day of Peace toral Politics and Participatory Westcott Street Cultural Fair. in Syracuse. 9am, Onondaga 23 Friends Meeting House, 821 EVERY WED: Choir rehearsals at Democracy. 7-8:30pm, Westcott Noon - 7 pm. Westcott St. business Lake Shore (near Salt Museum). Euclid Ave. Carol, 472-5478. the Westcott Community Center. Community Center, 826 Euclid EVERY SAT: Democ ra cy Now! district. Food, music, activities Speakers Jane Goodall and 7:30 pm. Childcare and transporta- Ave. 472-5478. Free. w/Amy Goodman. Time Warner & art. Check out the Peace Complimentary Copy $15/yr! Subscribe Now! Only Help support our work Military Alternatives Education Oren Lyons. Ca ble Channel 98, 9-11am. Council and NOON tables! 703- tion provided. Karen 428-8151, Project Mtg. 5:30pm, AFSC/PA Office, Art Spiegelman. 7:30pm. Shemin 6848, www.westcottfair.org. (rain [email protected] or Mardea, Expressing Our Nature Mtg. 2013 E. Genessee St. 472-5478. Weekly Peace Outreach: 4:45- Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building. date 9/24). 479-5757. St. Andrew's Ch., 124 Alden St., 5:30pm, Rt. 11 (in front of 443-4517. 7-9pm. www.eonsyr.net. Syracuse United Neighbors/West- Northern Lights Shopping Cntr, side Coalition Mtg. 7pm, Brown Mattydale). 472-5478. Memorial, 228 Davis St. 476-7475. nize! ga Educate, Agitate, Or 24 SUN Skunk City Neighborhood 27 28 29 30 Banned Book Reading. 12 noon- Folk Singer & Songwriter Lui Pax Christi, 9:30am. Slocum Association, 6:30 pm, Mundy PNL Mailing Party. 4pm. SPC, EVERY SUN: Peo ple’s 60 5pm. Public Library in Galleries, 447 S. Collins. May Memorial, 3800 E. House, 208 Slocum Ave. Frank Library, 1204 S Geddes St. 924 Burnet Ave., 472-5478. Minutes. Time Warner Cable 25 Salina St. CNY CLU, 471-2821. Genessee St. 8pm. $10. www. Woolever, 446-1693. Chan nel 98. 8pm. Produced Free Pizza! SPC Study Group. 7-8:30 pm, luiccollins.com. by SPC. Tape it, share it! EVERY SAT: Sharing the Earth. Friends Meeting House, 821 Friends of Dorothy Benefit Din- 26 Vigil Against the Death Penalty. 10 pm. TW Ch. 98. People for Euclid Ave. Carol, 472-5478. ner. 5:30-7pm. St. Vincent’s Parish An i mal Rights. Lesbian Syracuse Brunch, Old Columbus Circle, noon- 12:30. Bill Weekly Peace Outreach: 4:45- Ctr – enter on Winton St. friends Country Buffet, 3179 Erie Blvd. [email protected]. Fee. Cuddy, 474-7437. Progressive Coalition Meeting, 5:30pm. Rt. 57 and Vine St., Vil- E., 10:30am. Billy Bang, Rose and Jules. 5:30-7pm, CNY Labor Fed., 404 lage of Liverpool. 472-5478. EVERY WED: Open Figure Drawing. 8pm. Crouse College Auditorium. Oak St. Andy, 472-5478. 7-10pm. Westcott Community Center, 443-4517. PFLAG Monthly Meeting. First UU 826 Euclid Ave. Fee. 478-8634. Military Alternatives Education Church, 250 Waring Rd. 7:30 pm, Project Mtg. 5:30pm, AFSC/PA 446-5940. Help line 635-9230. 1 OCTOBER Office, 2013 E. Genessee St. 4 5 6 7 Ravi and Anoushka Shankar. EVERY THURS: Womens' Voic es Syracuse Gay/Lesbian Catho lics Onondaga Nation Hosts Environ- 8pm. Goldstein Aud., Schine SU Ra dio. WAER - 88 FM. 8pm. & Friends Mass. St. An drew’s Ch., mental Justice For All Tour. 9am- Cntr. $20 general, $10 SU faculty, Syracuse Peace Council 124 Alden St. 5pm. 636-7726. 12pm. Contact Katie, 475-2559. staff, $5 students. 443-4517. EVERY THURS: Talk to a Lawyer. Westcott Com munity Center, 826 Euclid Ave. 6-8pm. Steve, 478- 2 3 8634. Free. Community Calendar Weekly Peace Outreach: 4:45- To list your group’s event 5:30pm. Rt. 695 exit ramp to W. Genessee St. (Fairmount) or meeting, call 472-5478 472-5478. or send the info to SPC at September 2006 [email protected] 924 Burnet Avenue NY 13203 Syracuse, www.peacecouncil.net (315) 472-5478