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Congressman Bishop Confronts Iraq Issues and Constituents
Rev. Holly Haile Davis of Shinnecock on WUSB 90.1 Sunday 7-8pm
Message from North Fork People of Conscience
Peace & Justice Calendar
Suffolk Peace Vigils
Counter Recruiting Schedule
Alternative Media for Eastern LI
Also see the Suffolk Progressive Vision web site for links to the Suffolk Peace Network Counter Military Recruiting Committee, Brookhaven Public Access TV and much more.
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Listen to Bill McNulty's"Lunch on Thursday" for more events on Long Island.
12 Noon - 2 pm Thursdays on WUSB Stony Brook 90.1 FM and WUSB dot FM
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Congressman Bishop Confronts Iraq Issues and Constituents
Congressman Tim Bishop (Dem. 1st C.D.) spoke to constituents Monday evening at a meeting hosted by the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton.
The Iraq war dominated the discussion.
The congressman was urged by many to support the resolution for prompt withdrawal of US troops introduced by Rep. Jack Murtha, the Pennsylvania Democrat who is considered a friend of the military.
Mr. Bishop agreed with many arguments for withdrawal from Iraq - but Bishop is not signing on to the Murtha resolution since he says he's worried about leaving 'a failed state' in Iraq.
He said
"I think our involment in Iraq represents the single greatest foreign policy miscalculation in our history"
"but now that we're there it's not as simple as saying it's not going well, let's get the hell out"
" if we stay we expose our troops to further peril"
"we are the single best recruitment device for al Qaeda"
"If we leave we run the risk of leaving behind a failed state and we run the risk ...
of leaving behind a state which will become the subject of a civil war that will engulf the entire middle east."
"my own view is that we should immediately pull out a significant number of troops starting with the guard and the reserve"
"the presence of some number of our troops enhances the possibility that the [ Iraqi ] government has a chance to take hold"
Bishop's stance was questioned by speakers who said they did not understand his logic and that repeating the same thing which does not work is the definition of insanity.
Joseph Giannini, the leader of East End Vets, a group of combat veterans who oppose the war told the congressman he would not vote for him unless he supports the Murtha resolution.
"I was in Nam in 1968 ... i see a lot of similarities between Iraq and Viet Nam.
... an Iraqi general said it would be another Viet Nam; the desert would be the rice paddies and the cities would be the jungles"
" what's happening is men and women are dying .. it will continue ..till we bring them home"
'it will take 6 mos to get the troops out ..that should be enough time for the international community to get in there."
"we've got to force them to get in there and we've got to get out"
Giannini, addressing Bishop directly said
"You are sitting on the fence. Get off the fence. Murtha knows ...what it's like to be in a country
where they hate you .... get our men and women out of there"
I will not support anyone who does not support the Murtha resolution"
As most of the audience applauded, Congressman Bishop said "I hear you".
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This report was prepared with the help of WPKN's East End News Team on Long Island.
WPKM 88.7 Montauk and WPKN 89.5 Bridgeport local news is heard Mon-Friday at 6:30pm
following Pacifica's "Free Speech Radio News", starting at 6pm.
The Iraq war dominated the discussion.
The congressman was urged by many to support the resolution for prompt withdrawal of US troops introduced by Rep. Jack Murtha, the Pennsylvania Democrat who is considered a friend of the military.
Mr. Bishop agreed with many arguments for withdrawal from Iraq - but Bishop is not signing on to the Murtha resolution since he says he's worried about leaving 'a failed state' in Iraq.
He said
"I think our involment in Iraq represents the single greatest foreign policy miscalculation in our history"
"but now that we're there it's not as simple as saying it's not going well, let's get the hell out"
" if we stay we expose our troops to further peril"
"we are the single best recruitment device for al Qaeda"
"If we leave we run the risk of leaving behind a failed state and we run the risk ...
of leaving behind a state which will become the subject of a civil war that will engulf the entire middle east."
"my own view is that we should immediately pull out a significant number of troops starting with the guard and the reserve"
"the presence of some number of our troops enhances the possibility that the [ Iraqi ] government has a chance to take hold"
Bishop's stance was questioned by speakers who said they did not understand his logic and that repeating the same thing which does not work is the definition of insanity.
Joseph Giannini, the leader of East End Vets, a group of combat veterans who oppose the war told the congressman he would not vote for him unless he supports the Murtha resolution.
"I was in Nam in 1968 ... i see a lot of similarities between Iraq and Viet Nam.
... an Iraqi general said it would be another Viet Nam; the desert would be the rice paddies and the cities would be the jungles"
" what's happening is men and women are dying .. it will continue ..till we bring them home"
'it will take 6 mos to get the troops out ..that should be enough time for the international community to get in there."
"we've got to force them to get in there and we've got to get out"
Giannini, addressing Bishop directly said
"You are sitting on the fence. Get off the fence. Murtha knows ...what it's like to be in a country
where they hate you .... get our men and women out of there"
I will not support anyone who does not support the Murtha resolution"
As most of the audience applauded, Congressman Bishop said "I hear you".
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This report was prepared with the help of WPKN's East End News Team on Long Island.
WPKM 88.7 Montauk and WPKN 89.5 Bridgeport local news is heard Mon-Friday at 6:30pm
following Pacifica's "Free Speech Radio News", starting at 6pm.
Message from North Fork People of Conscience
People of Conscience!
OTHER NEWS
3. If you were channel surfing on Sunday afternoon at 12.30 pm, you may have unwittingly come across NFPOC and the Honor the Fallen project on Channel 20 where we were interviewed by Pastor Vita of the Lutheran Church in Bridgehampton.
A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
We are reaching out to all of you for help with the March 19 event. We need skills, inspiration and plain old brawn to help with video equipment for screening the films, public relations and press initiatives, development of flyers and posters, design of t-shirts as well as the hanging and dismantling the panel display, managing the events of the day, ticket collection, pre-event ticket sales and many other things as the day approaches.
Please call or email us with any comments or suggestions and let us know how you can help make this event into a huge success.
North Fork People of Conscience
We wish you not only a happy new year but one that will bring positive developments on the political scene. We watch outraged as one more appalling scene follows another on the national and international stage--yet, the players continue uninterrupted. We believe that the only way that change can occur is by changing the players and those who write their scripts. As it was in 2005, the one and only focus of the North Fork People of Conscience in 2006 will be stopping the killling in Iraq NOW. We support Congressman John Murtha's proposal to bring all the troops home in the next six months. We will continue to scrutinize the performance of our elected officials, to protest army recruiting initiatives in the schools and to counsel young people on how to become conscientious objectors.
Above all, we will continue the appalling expansion of the photograph panels of the Honor the Fallen Memorial (www.honorthefallen.net).
WE BEGIN THE YEAR WITH A FUNDRAISER
Please mark your calendar for March 19, the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
We are planning a fund-raiser at Vail-Leavitt Music Hall in Riverhead on Sunday, March 19 at 3 pm. The event will include as many of the Honor the Fallen memorial panels as we can hang, two films, one full-length and one a short documentary by a North Fork high school student. We will have speakers and will also be offering anti-war t-shirts and, possibly a raffle. We are desperately short of funds, with enough dead soldier faces to fill another ten panels.
Some facts: A year ago, on the second anniversary of the war (March 20, 2005), we displayed 83 panels, representing 1,494 dead. We marked 2,000 dead on October 27, 2005. . We filled 120 panels, representing 2,160 dead, on November 3, 2005. We now have 286 more faces and bios of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan ready for lamination into 16 panels. This takes us through January 9, 2006. We need to raise $1,300 to bring these dead soldiers into the Memorial. We can only guess at what the rest of January and February will bring.
OTHER NEWS
1. Last night (January 9) we met with a room full of Tim Bishop's constitiuents in the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton. Although other District 1 issues were discussed, the audience returned again and again to the war, and, especially, to urge Bishop to support the Murtha proposal.
2. Pat Hovey announced that she had received a letter from Governor Pataki appointing her to the Selective Service Board. We can only speculate what this means for a draft.
3. If you were channel surfing on Sunday afternoon at 12.30 pm, you may have unwittingly come across NFPOC and the Honor the Fallen project on Channel 20 where we were interviewed by Pastor Vita of the Lutheran Church in Bridgehampton.
4. We have applied to the IRS for 501(c)3 status. We have also applied for a grant to support the ongoing production of the panels and maintenance of our website www.honorthefallen.net
A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
We are reaching out to all of you for help with the March 19 event. We need skills, inspiration and plain old brawn to help with video equipment for screening the films, public relations and press initiatives, development of flyers and posters, design of t-shirts as well as the hanging and dismantling the panel display, managing the events of the day, ticket collection, pre-event ticket sales and many other things as the day approaches.
Please call or email us with any comments or suggestions and let us know how you can help make this event into a huge success.
With thanks and in peace,
North Fork People of Conscience
631 765 4612
Peace & Justice Calendar Starting Jan 12, 2006
Updated Jan 13
Scroll down for details on these events:
* January 15 (Sunday): South Country Peace Group Peace Party in Bellport 3:30pm
* January 15 (Sunday): Interview with Rev. Holly Haile Davis of Shinnecock on WUSB 90.1 FM 7-8pm
* January 16 (Monday): Martin Luther King Day Breakfast in Southampton at 10am
* January 26(Thursday): Jobs with Justice Delegate Assembly in Commack at 8am
* February 12 ( Sunday): Poets Speak Out for Peace in Bellport at 2-5pm
Repeating Events:
( see Suffolk Peace Vigils for a complete list of weekly and monthly vigils)
( see Counter Recruiting Schedule for listing of weekly and monthly demonstrations)
* Thursday evening Book Study Group in Water Mill at 6:30
* "Herstory" Writing Workshops in Spanish and English:
Mondays in Farmingville 3 to 5 pm
Thursdays in East Hampton at 7 pm
* Second Tuesday of Month: South Fork Chapter of LI Progressive Coalition Meets in Water Mill at 6:30 pm
Details follow:
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Sunday, January 15th at 3:30 pm
January 15 (Sunday): Interview with Rev. Holly Haile Davis of Shinnecock Nation on WUSB 90.1 FM Sunday 7-8 pm
Also Jean Friedman-Rudovsky (Womens Educational Media & Narco News) who has spent the last 8 mos. living in Bolivia will be joining us to discuss the recent election of Evo Morales (Movement Towards Socialism) as president of Bolivia.
"Get Up Stand Up" is hosted by Matt Hegedus on 90.1FM WUSB Stony Brook alternating Sundays from 7-8pm (Jan 15, 29 , Feb 12).
WUSB can also be heard on the internet streming live at www dot wusb dot fm
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January 16 (Monday): Martin Luther King Day Breakfast in Southampton at 10am
Music, food and talk are the features of the annual M.L. King Day breakfast at the Rogers Memorial Library on Windmill Lane in Southampton. The Eastern LI Psalmist Choir will sing. Retired Southampton teacher and Library staffer Hortense Gordon will be the featured speaker. The program starts at 10 am.
Reserve a seat at 631-283-0774 extension 523.
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January 26(Thursday): Jobs with Justice Delegate Assembly in Commack at 8am
Our next Delegate Assembly is set for Thursday January 26th.
Breakfast is at 8am.
The meeting will take place at CSEA in Commack.
These meetings are open and welcoming to new faces.
An agenda will be sent out prior to the meeting.
CSEA Union Office is at 3 Garet Pl Commack off Comack Road.
for directions: Jim@jwj.org
or (631) 806-2932
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February 12 ( Sunday): Poets Speak Out for Peace in Bellport at 2-5pm call 631- 281-0055 to read
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Repeating Events:
( see Suffolk Peace Vigils for a complete list of weekly and monthly vigils)
( see Counter Recruiting Schedule for a listing of weekly and monthly demonstrations)
Saturdays: Weekly demonstrations at Coram Recruiting stations 10-11am
Every Saturday from 10-11 a.m., there will be a demonstration at the Coram recruiting stations, 356 Middle Counry Road
Info: Karen at 631-875-8647
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Thursday evening Book Study Group in Water Mill at 6:30 pm
The group meets at the Lutheran Church at Hayground Road and Montauk Highway on Thursdays at 6:30pm
Contact Pastor Vita at 631-537-1187 or pastorvita@verizon.net
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"Herstory" Writing Workshops in Spanish and English:
Mondays in Farmingville:
Herstory Writers Workshop meets every Monday afternoon at the Farmingville branch of the Workplace Project from 3 to 5. Both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking women come together to share and shape their life experiences through memoir writing. The workshop is conducted in both English and Spanish. Call 631-723-0150 for more information and directions to the center.
Thursdays in East Hampton:
Every Thursday women come together to share their writing with one another and receive feedback on how to structure and shape their lifewriting.The East Hampton workshop is open to East Hampton Town residents. It meets every Thursday, 7-9 p.m., at the Senior Citizens Center, 128 Springs-Fireplace Road.
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Second Tuesday each month: South Fork Chapter - LI Progressive Coalition Meets in Water Mill at 6:30pm
The regular monthly meeting of the South Fork chapter of the Progressive Coalition is at 6:30pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Lutheran Church on Montauk Highway & Hayground Rd. between Water Mill and Bridgehampton.
Info: 516-541-1006, ext.55 or www dot lipc dot org
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Send event listings for next week's report by 5pm Tuesday to eastendreport@yahoo.com
Plain old text would be appreciated!
Scroll down for details on these events:
* January 15 (Sunday): South Country Peace Group Peace Party in Bellport 3:30pm
* January 15 (Sunday): Interview with Rev. Holly Haile Davis of Shinnecock on WUSB 90.1 FM 7-8pm
* January 16 (Monday): Martin Luther King Day Breakfast in Southampton at 10am
* January 26(Thursday): Jobs with Justice Delegate Assembly in Commack at 8am
* February 12 ( Sunday): Poets Speak Out for Peace in Bellport at 2-5pm
Repeating Events:
( see Suffolk Peace Vigils for a complete list of weekly and monthly vigils)
( see Counter Recruiting Schedule for listing of weekly and monthly demonstrations)
* Thursday evening Book Study Group in Water Mill at 6:30
* "Herstory" Writing Workshops in Spanish and English:
Mondays in Farmingville 3 to 5 pm
Thursdays in East Hampton at 7 pm
* Second Tuesday of Month: South Fork Chapter of LI Progressive Coalition Meets in Water Mill at 6:30 pm
Details follow:
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January 15 (Sunday): South Country Peace Group Peace Party in Bellport 3:30pm
South Country Peace Group invites you to our 24th Annual Peace Party
Sunday, January 15th at 3:30 pm
Join SCPG in honoring
Bob Becherer, Sheila Croke and Sonny Meadows
Bring a vegetarian potluck to share!
at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bellport
51 Browns Lane
Bob Becherer, Sheila Croke and Sonny Meadows
Bring a vegetarian potluck to share!
at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bellport
51 Browns Lane
The SCPG Annual Meeting Takes Place at 2:00 PM--All are welcome!
_________________________________________________________January 15 (Sunday): Interview with Rev. Holly Haile Davis of Shinnecock Nation on WUSB 90.1 FM Sunday 7-8 pm
On "Get Up Stand Up" this Sunday (7-8PM) on WUSB 90.1 FM the Rev. Holly Haile Davis of the Shinnecock Nation will be joining us to discuss the historical and current struggles of the Shinnecock and what Long Islanders can do to build future solidarity with the tribe.
Also Jean Friedman-Rudovsky (Womens Educational Media & Narco News) who has spent the last 8 mos. living in Bolivia will be joining us to discuss the recent election of Evo Morales (Movement Towards Socialism) as president of Bolivia.
"Get Up Stand Up" is hosted by Matt Hegedus on 90.1FM WUSB Stony Brook alternating Sundays from 7-8pm (Jan 15, 29 , Feb 12).
WUSB can also be heard on the internet streming live at www dot wusb dot fm
___________________________________________________________
January 16 (Monday): Martin Luther King Day Breakfast in Southampton at 10am
Music, food and talk are the features of the annual M.L. King Day breakfast at the Rogers Memorial Library on Windmill Lane in Southampton. The Eastern LI Psalmist Choir will sing. Retired Southampton teacher and Library staffer Hortense Gordon will be the featured speaker. The program starts at 10 am.
Reserve a seat at 631-283-0774 extension 523.
___________________________________________________
January 26(Thursday): Jobs with Justice Delegate Assembly in Commack at 8am
Our next Delegate Assembly is set for Thursday January 26th.
Breakfast is at 8am.
The meeting will take place at CSEA in Commack.
These meetings are open and welcoming to new faces.
An agenda will be sent out prior to the meeting.
CSEA Union Office is at 3 Garet Pl Commack off Comack Road.
for directions: Jim@jwj.org
or (631) 806-2932
___________________________________________________
February 12 ( Sunday): Poets Speak Out for Peace in Bellport at 2-5pm
POETS SPEAK OUT FOR PEACE:
LOVE LETTERS TO
THE HUMAN RACE
FEB. 12th 2-5p.m.
Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship on Brown’s Lane in Bellport
sponsored by the South Country Peace Group/ Refreshments
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Repeating Events:
( see Suffolk Peace Vigils for a complete list of weekly and monthly vigils)
( see Counter Recruiting Schedule for a listing of weekly and monthly demonstrations)
Saturdays: Weekly demonstrations at Coram Recruiting stations 10-11am
Every Saturday from 10-11 a.m., there will be a demonstration at the Coram recruiting stations, 356 Middle Counry Road
Info: Karen at 631-875-8647
___________________________________________________
Thursday evening Book Study Group in Water Mill at 6:30 pm
The group meets at the Lutheran Church at Hayground Road and Montauk Highway on Thursdays at 6:30pm
Contact Pastor Vita at 631-537-1187 or pastorvita@verizon.net
____________________________________________________
"Herstory" Writing Workshops in Spanish and English:
Mondays in Farmingville:
Herstory Writers Workshop meets every Monday afternoon at the Farmingville branch of the Workplace Project from 3 to 5. Both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking women come together to share and shape their life experiences through memoir writing. The workshop is conducted in both English and Spanish. Call 631-723-0150 for more information and directions to the center.
Thursdays in East Hampton:
Every Thursday women come together to share their writing with one another and receive feedback on how to structure and shape their lifewriting.The East Hampton workshop is open to East Hampton Town residents. It meets every Thursday, 7-9 p.m., at the Senior Citizens Center, 128 Springs-Fireplace Road.
___________________________________________________
Second Tuesday each month: South Fork Chapter - LI Progressive Coalition Meets in Water Mill at 6:30pm
The regular monthly meeting of the South Fork chapter of the Progressive Coalition is at 6:30pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Lutheran Church on Montauk Highway & Hayground Rd. between Water Mill and Bridgehampton.
Info: 516-541-1006, ext.55 or www dot lipc dot org
_____________________________________________________
Send event listings for next week's report by 5pm Tuesday to eastendreport@yahoo.com
Plain old text would be appreciated!
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