Yesterday I wrote “where is the peace movement?”
I was wondering why there wasn’t a response to the devastation of Gaza, similar to the antiwar movement I was part of during the Vietnam War.
I’ve recently moved to Madison, Wisconsin, and have been looking for justice communities, looking to see if there is a weekly peace vigil. I found one, but it was in Milwaukee.
Peace actions these days are related to the devastation of Gaza, and being organized by Mutual Aid, Black Liberation Movements, and Palestinian support groups. Not the peace groups I grew up with.
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The new anti-war movement
The evening of Feb 9, 2024, I walked to the University of Wisconsin to hear (Palestinian) Yahya Ashour read some of his poems.
From <https://unflinching.blog/2024/02/09/2-9-2024-yahya-ashour/>
Des Moines Mutual Aid and Des Moines Black Liberation Movement support Palestine
Palestinian Support in 2014
The Peace and Social Concerns Committee of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) participated in this rally in Iowa City in 2014.
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