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Join Us on June 5 – International Nuclear Weapons Abolition Day
WILPF is proud to partner with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) to protest ICBM missile test launches and call for a real commitment to nuclear abolition through a Nuclear Weapons Convention.
Despite President Obama’s promises in Prague to pursue a nuclear weapons free future, the U.S. military is still testing and upgrading Minuteman III ICBMs designed to carry thermonuclear warheads.
Two ICBM test launches (with dummy warheads) are scheduled for June 2010 from Vandenberg Air Force base / Space Command near Lompoc, California to the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands. The exact date of the launch tests are not known, and June 5 provides a great opportunity to expose them; most of the world is unaware that these tests are still being carried out routinely.
Five Days That Will Shake the World: WILPF Joins U.S. Social Forum
This June, WILPF members will join thousands of activists to make the slogan “Another World is Possible” come to life. The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom is on the official program and our members Edith Bell and Odile Hugonot Haber are also involved in additional workshops.
This gigantic, grassroots forum will address the key issues WILPFers work on, so it is a good place to make connections, spread WILPF’s name, and have an impact. Members can register at the official U.S. Social Forum website or if you want to use WILPF’s official registration password, contact carol.disarm(at)gmail.com.
There is a space on the registration form to indicate your organizational affiliation; write in WILPF and it will help us coordinate getting together in Detroit.
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Protest of Unmanned Drones Held at CIA Headquarters on Jan 16
A protest was held January 16th at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
The focus was the increased use of CIA armed drones in Afghanistan and now the Pustun areas of Pakistan.
The event was organized by Peace of the Action and Cindy Sheehan Cindy@CindySheehansSoapbox.com.
Space for Peace Conference
The biggest effort of the Disarm Committee this spring will be the Global Network Space conference in Omaha (April 11-13), where we will be confronting Strat Com, the agency which controls the buttons for both nuclear weapons and war in, from and through space. Rhianna Tyson and Jennifer Nordstrom, both formerly with WILPF Reaching Critical Will, will lead our WILPF workshop on Space Law or Space Warfare. MacGregor Eddy of our DISARM team will be there with her wonderful CD power points on Strat Com and war profiteering corporations pushing space warfare. Yvonne Logan is coming with the Director of the Peace Economy Project based in St. Louis. Hope to see more of you there. We have one feisty member in Omaha, more in nearby Des Moines – and St. Louis, Springfield and Minneapolis—aren’t all that far away.
Visit the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space for more details.
GET STARTED YOURSELF
Learn how politicians who represent you vote by calling Project Vote Smart 1-888-VOTE-SMART or entering your zip code on their website, www.vote-smart.org.
Learn how much industries, corporations, unions and individuals contribute to political campaigns by searching the Center for Responsive Politics website, www.opensecrets.org
GET STARTED YOURSELF - Tools for Research
Learn how politicians who represent you vote by calling Project Vote Smart 1-888-VOTE-SMART or entering your zip code on their website, www.vote-smart.org.
Learn how much industries, corporations, unions and individuals contribute to political campaigns by searching the Center for Responsive Politics website, www.opensecrets.org
Watchdog Techniques
By Pat Schroeder
Former Congressional Representative from Colorado
With a mandate-less president we women need to watch our elected officials carefully. As a former member of Congress I know what it feels like to be watched, so I can tell you the best way to apply pressure. Gather like-minded friends and form a monitoring cabal....
Here are some watchdog techniques:
GET STARTED YOURSELF
Learn how politicians who represent you vote by calling Project Vote Smart 1-888-VOTE-SMART or entering your zip code on their website, www.vote-smart.org.
Learn how much industries, corporations, unions and individuals contribute to political campaigns by searching the Center for Responsive Politics website, www.opensecrets.org
Download reports on what weapons manufacturers get for their money at www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms
Legislative Information
Bills by number and subject, summaries and status http://thomas.loc.gov
Representatives’ websites, contact information, committee rosters www.house.gov
Senators’ websites, contact information, committee rosters www.senate.gov
Alternative Media Sources
At a time of corporate-owned media conglomerates when multiple viewpoints in mainstream US media are things of the past, we all need alternative information sources.
Check out the online media resources below and share them with friends…one of the most valuable things WILPF members can do is help others become informed! Some of these sites accept editorials from readers. Send them material and say you’re from WILPF!
Branch Mailings
Branch Mailing
Winter/Spring 2006
“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in”
Rosa Parks
Hello to WILPF Branch Contacts! January 2006
Learn about WILPF's Internal Grant Program
WILPF Events Calendar
