I have been involved with indymedia since 2000, and have worked with a number of the local collectives. I spend most of my indymedia energy now on the editorial collective for indymedia.us. In my other life I am a currently a student of theology, in the process of pursuing ordination to ministry through the United Methodist Church. Occasionally these lives come together and that is fun!

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"We Refuse to Be Enemies": Bubbies & Zaydes keep vigil for peace in the Middle East (PHOTOS)

Several dozen people joined the regular vigil of Bubbies & Zaydes (Grandparents) for Peace in the Middle East today, to express their horror at Israel's continuing air strikes on civilians in Gaza.

The vigil, which has taken place every Friday outside the former headquarters of the Israeli Consulate for about 8 years, drew both actual and aspiring grandparents from as far away as Doylestown and New Jersey. A counter-protest was out as usual about a block down. Participants distributed flyers ...

IRAQ VETERAN Nick Morgan gets his brains knocked out @ the HOFSTRA DEBATE

This is what DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE ! Reposting Photos by Bill Perry, Delaware Valley Veterans For America (http://delvalvets4america.org/), Disabled American Veteran, VVAW, VFP, VFW, VVA

The embedded video is from Democracy Now! coverage.

More photos from last week's West Chester Protest

Here are a few more photos. Come out and support Chester County Peace Movement TOMORROW -- see main story HERE.

Flag Day in Chester County: calling all colors

A group of true believers in Chester County is preparing for what could be a contentious flag day this coming Saturday, June 14. For the nearly six years the Chester County Peace Movement (CCPM) has been holding regular anti-war vigils at High and Market Street in West Chester, PA. Just this year, though, their efforts have attracted the ire of several pro-war groups including the Gathering of Eagles, who now hold a regular counter vigil on the opposite corner. Several weeks ago the Gathering put out a call for a special protest on Flag Day, this Saturday, in recognition for the 233rd anniversary of the US Army [editor's correction]. Gathering organizers, who have said their intention is to shut down the peace vigil, instruct their supporters to "leave the kids at home for this one."
CCPM and Veterans for Peace Chapter 31 are calling for support of all ages to mount a peaceful, all-colors response. "Bring flags of all kinds," says CCPM organizer Karen Porter. "African, Irish, American, Peace, Red Cross... all kinds of flags!" Read More | Photos | Announcement | Directions

Porter has been coordinating vigils at this corner since before the US attacked Iraq, in the fall of 2002. When I spoke with her, she had just finished answering a series of questions about her motives to a team of philosophy students. After we finished another team was approaching."Students ask ...

March 8 Events Connect the Dots Between War and the Oppression of Women Worldwide

For one hundred years, communities across the globe have claimed March 8 as a chance to honor women and demand policies that promote their rights and dignity. Over the past decade, one group has worked to link International Women's Day with a strident call for the return of military budgets to the community. Since 2000, the Global Women's Strike has held coordinated IWD protests in dozens of countries, including Trinidad, Tanzania, India, England, and Venezuela. This year in Philadelphia, a monthly picket of mothers and families fighting to reclaim children unjustly taken by the Department of Human Resources joined forces with the GWS's call for society to "invest in caring, not killing." Read More
This year, coalition efforts in several cities, including Philadelphia, are also organizing around this day. Info about the Philly Event: 1 | 2 | | | An Open Letter to the Philly IWD Planning Committee from the GWS | | | Iraqi Women Quietly Endure Horrors of War
Coverage of IWD 2007: Philly Mothers say DHS give us back our children! | IMC-US Roundup