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BRANDYWINE PEACE COMMUNITY P.O. Box 81, Swarthmore, PA, 19081 (610) 544-1818 |
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| Annual Chronologies for Brandywine Events |
End the Wars, Abolish Nuclear Weapons Resist Lockheed Martin Beyond War: a New Economy is Possible “…The revulsion against war not too long hence will be an almost insuperable obstacle for us to overcome. For that reason, I am convinced that we must begin now to set the machinery in motion for a permanent war economy…” Charles E. Wilson, President of General Electric, January, 1944 |
| Fri., Sept. 3 – First-Friday Movie at Peace Center of Delaware County – BREAD & ROSES www.delcopeacecenter.org |
Very Special Event!! Please plan to attend:
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks… – Isaiah 2:4. Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Plowshares 8! On September 9, 1980, eight religious peace and anti-nuclear weapons activists entered a General Electric (now: Lockheed Martin) plant in King of Prussia and with hammers “disarmed” Mark 12A warhead casings. Participants in the first “swords into plowshares” action were called the Plowshares 8. They were tried the following spring in the Montgomery County Court in Norristown, PA. and found guilty of burglary, conspiracy, and criminal mischief. The Brandywine Peace Community was the organizing and support base for the Plowshares 8 as well as the similar GE 5 action in October, 1981. Nearly seventy-five plowshares actions have occurred over the past thirty years across the country and in Europe, many involving long prison sentences for the participants. For more on the Plowshares 8 and other plowshares actions, visit http://www.craftech.com/~dcpledge/brandywine/plow/Chronology.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plowshares_Movement. The Brandywine Peace Community invites you to join with the Atlantic Life Community, and other peacemakers, in King of Prussia, PA on Sunday, September 5 to publicly celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Plowshares 8 and to re-dedicate ourselves to the works of justice and peace, stopping Lockheed Martin (the world’s largest war profiteer and U.S’s chief nuclear weapons contractor), abolishing nuclear weapons, and ending war. Sunday, September 5, 2p.m. Site MAP Recommended parking in lot for UA King of Prussia 16 movieplex just across from Lockheed Martin main driveway entrance. Public transit from Philadelphia: SEPTA, www.septa.com, routes #124 or #125 which stops immediately across the street from Lockheed Martin main driveway entrance. Demonstration will be followed by a short car caravan through King of Prussia, with a stop at the nearby former GE plant (now: Lockheed Martin) where the Plowshares 8 action occurred on September 9, 1980.
Sunday, September 12, 4:30p.m., Brandywine Peace Community Potluck Supper & Program.
Fri., October 1, 7p.m. – First-Friday Movie at Peace Center of Delaware County –The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg & The Pentagon Papers, www.delcopeacecenter.org
October 2010, the ninth anniversary of U.S. war in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, 2001, will be marked with anti-war demonstrations and protests around the world. The week of October 2 – 9 is also the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space’s KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE WEEK, http://www.space4peace.org/ Central to the escalating war is the use of UAVs, unmanned remote-controlled bombing and surveillance drones, in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Lockheed Martin produces drone aircraft that are directed from the continental U.S. through space based satellites also built by Lockheed Martin. Ground the Drones – Stop Lockheed Martin Saturday, October 9, Noon (Rain or Shine)
Save the Date: Saturday, October 16
Fri., November 5, 7p.m. – First-Friday Movie at Peace Center of Delaware County – A Day Without A Mexican, www.delcopeacecenter.org
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Area Programs and On-going Vigils for Peace
Friday, September 10 -- - 6:30 - 9:00pm, Tabernacle Church, 3700 Chestnut St, Phila, PA (enter on 37th & Chestnut Sts.) Endorsers include: Philadelphia Jews for a Just Peace, International Action Center, Brandywine Peace Community, Veterans for Peace (South Jersey Chapter 96 & North Jersey Chapter 21), Bubbes & Zaydees for Peace, Code Pink-Philadelphia, Northwest Greens, and many more
Saturday, October 30, 9am to 3pm - Town Meeting for Jobs Not Wars Community College of Philadelphia, Bonnell Hall (BG-10) On 17th St between Spring Garden and Callowhill Sts Speakers include: Rep. Chaka Fattah, US congressman, 2nd district; John Dodds, Director, Philadelphia Unemployment Project; Nijmie Dzurinko from the Philadelphia Student Union; Chris Hellman from the National Priorities Project; Jerry Mondesire, President Philadelphia NAACP; Mike Prokosch, community organizer and co-author of The Global Activist’s Manual: Local Ways to Change the World; Pedro Rodriquez, Philadelphia Civil Service Commissioner; Gwen Snyder, Exec. Director, Jobs With Justice. Workshops on ending the wars and addressing real needs at home
A project of the Coalition For Jobs Not Wars, which includes the Brandywine Peace, Coalition for Peace Action, Veterans for Peace, and more. John Grant, 610-832-7028; grantphoto@comcast.net
Wednesdays, 4:30PM - 5:30PM, House of Grace Catholic Worker Weekly Vigil for Peace in Iraq, Phila. Federal Building, 6th & Market Sts. For more information: 215-426-0364 Wednesdays, 7p.m. - 8p.m Weekly Peace Vigil in Chestnut Hill/Northwest Philadelphia, Outside the former Borders Bookstore, Germantown Avenue & Bethlehem Pike. Northwest Greens, 215-843-4256, nwgreens@yahoo.com
Every Friday Noon - 1p.m Peace vigil for Justice in Palestine/Israel (now in its 8th year), 19th & JFK Boulevard, Philadelphia (across from Israeli Consulate) Sponsored by: Bubbies & Zaydes (Grandparents) for Peace in the Middle East Contact info.: cswartz@pil.net, http://phillyjewishpeace.org/
Each Saturday, 11AM - 1PM Chester County Peace Movement Peace Vigil in West Chester in front of Chester County Courthouse, High & Market Streets. This vigil has been the target of counter-demonstrators and harassment from the "Chester County Victory Movement" but has grown and persisted admirably. For more information: ccpeacemovement@aol.com, 610-344-0228, website
Every Sunday - 4 to 5 PM, Quaker Peace Vigil at Independence Mall - North side of Market between 5th and 6th Streets. Info 215-421-5811
3rd Sunday of the Month Monthly Peace Vigil Near Home of Senator Arlen Specter, West Schoolhouse Lane (between Henry Avenue and Gypsy Lane) in East Falls demanding that Senator Specter votes to cut
off Pentagon spending in Iraq and to bring the troops home, now. Information: 215-843-4256 or e-mail nwgreens@yahoo.com. Last Friday of the month , 5p.m. - 6p.m., Broad & Arch Sts., Philadelphia - Vigil to End the Wars, with Gold Star Mother for Peace, Celeste Zappala. For more info: czappala1@yahoo.com
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