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Representative Dickinson,

I was very disappointed to see you gave in to bigotry and voted Nay on S.115. You are standing on the wrong side of the sentiment of Vermont, the wrong side of civil rights, and the wrong side of history. I hope you can redeem yourself on Tuesday when the House considers overriding the Governor's threatened veto.

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In solidarity with novelist Alice Walker and 58 others currently in Gaza WHAT: D.C. activist to fast in solidarity with Alice Walker, 58 other delegates currently in Gaza WHEN: 11 a.m. March 8 to March 14 WHERE: On the Lafayette Park side of the White House WASHINGTON -- In solidarity with Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Alice Walker and 58 others currently in war-torn Gaza, a D.C.-based CODEPINK activist will begin a week-long fast and vigil today outside the White House, calling for the Obam… Continue

Notes on Zbig and Scowcroft's testimony about Iran policy.

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Thanks to my old prof, Chip Hauss, whose organization Alliance for Peacebuilding hosted a workshop at Search for Common Ground, I was able to see Vermonter Louise Diamond present 12 Simple Rules of System Thinking for Complex Global Issues. It was a 90 minute lecture, so obviously there's a lot of nuance, specif

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Just a quick note that I met with Senator Leahy on Tuesday and attended his Judiciary Committee hearing about a Truth and Reconciliation Commission yesterday, should anybody be interested. ntodd Continue

We're finally starting up a Code Pink chapter in the Green Mountain State! The plan is to represent all of Vermont for now, then maybe if we reach critical mas we can split off into more regional organizations. Anyway, there's a blog, a store and a Facebook group. I hope people who are interested in… Continue

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Way back I took one of those online quizzes that matched you up with your "ideal" belief system. Not suprisingly, Secular Humanism, UUism, and Liberal Quakerism were my top matches. As I noted then, and had mentioned the other night in a discussion about religion, I still identify myself with Friends because it's my birthright and it

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OneWorld: "After almost eight years standing outside the White House with a bullhorn and screaming at someone who wouldn't listen who's totally impervious to popular opinion, I think it's going to be great having someone in there who hopefully will be interested in what we have to say," said Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the group CODEPINK: Women for Peace. Since the Sep. 11 attacks seven years ago, me… Continue

Let's try this again! Last year I participated in a Code Pink Peace Pledge thing leading up to the holidays and ultimately won 3rd prize for getting people involved (I met the winner, Cosmic Rose, at the DC house in February). They're doing a similar thing in the remaining 3 weeks of the campaign cycle: I've pledged to take action to… Continue

I've been podcasting since 2005, with the latest incarnation being Paxcast, and semi-regular show in which I play music, movie clips and generally muse about non-violence, activism, the state of the world and such--occasionally interview people, too, like our very own John Wilmerding from Woolman. I've recently started a streaming online "radio" show called PaxLive which allows people to call in or participate in online chat… Continue