Week of October 9 - click for UPDATES

"Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act" Talmud ( Sabbath, 54b)

Click on the following links:


Voter Registration Campaign on East End- updated 10-10 - Register by mail TODAY

VIDEO: East End Women for Obama


Seven Years of War


Peace and Justice Calendar - updated 10-08

Book Launch Party for Bob Zellner's "Wrong Side Of Murder Creek"

Suffolk Peace Vigils

Casualties in Iraq

Recent postings:

Obama Campaign Bus Trips to Pennsylvania

Sustainable Southold Launched

UPDATED 09-11-08: Attention Parents of High School Students - Info for Military Recruiters

WPKN/WPKM - Tidings from Hazel Kahan - Downloads
including "Tipping: Hazel asks - do we have to?"

East End Ink - October 16 12Noon on WPKN 89.5/ WPKM 88.7 wpkn.org - Download Programs


Recommended Reading:
9-11: Main man, an army general, goes scot free. Iraqi family on east end seek new life, Stories from the forgotten coast,Do Native Americans Have 1st Amendment Rights? - Free Gaza: Activists sail to break blockade, & more

Counter Recruiting Schedule

Alternative Media


Democracy Now!

The independent news hour with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez:
on Riverhead/Southampton/Southold/Shelter Island
Channel 20:

Note: Channels 20 and 22 now reaquire a digital capable TV or converter box. A digital box is available free until 10-16-08.

Go to Cablevision.com/update for more information.

Monday 10 pm
Tuesday 6 pm

Wednesday 10 pm
Thursday 6pm (10 pm starting Oct 2)
Friday 9 pm ( 8pm starting Oct 3)
Saturday - 6:30 am ( 6pm starting Oct 4)

Also on WUSB 90.1 FM 5pm Mon-Friday and East Hampton LTV Ch 20

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Seven Years of War

From United For Peace & Justice:

On October 7, 2001, the US began a military operation in Afghanistan and launched the opening shot in its "War on Terror."

A few weeks earlier, on September 15, 2001, Rep. Barbara Lee was the lone voice in Congress to vote against the use of force on Afghanistan. She warned, "If we rush to launch a counterattack, we run too great a risk that women, children, and other noncombatants will be caught in the crossfire. [W]e must be careful not to embark on an open-ended war with neither an exit strategy nor a focused target. We cannot repeat past mistakes."

Today, seven years later, the "War on Terror" is an utter failure; the fighting, the death and destruction, continue in both Afghanistan and Iraq; and there is no end in site. There is now talk about sending more U.S. troops and expanding the military operations in Afghanistan.

Is this an appropriate course of action?

In response to the horrific crimes of September 11th, we were told that US troops had to be sent to Afghanistan to find Osama bin Laden and destroy al-Qaeda. But neither has happened and war in the region has expanded. In the past two years, the number of US service people killed in Afghanistan has grown dramatically. The lives of the Afghan people are no better today than they were seven years ago -- by some measure, things are far worse for them.

Today, on this solemn anniversary, the second Presidential debate will take place. While the Iraq war and occupation have become widely discredited and unpopular thanks to massive efforts by the peace movement and the deteriorating situation on the ground, we have been largely silent on Afghanistan. Today, the peace movement must speak out!

We urge you to call or email the campaign offices of both Senator McCain and Senator Obama and tell them you want a surge in diplomacy, not an expansion of a deadly, costly war.

Obama Campaign - 866-675-2008
http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/contact2

McCain Campaign - 703-418-2008
http://www.johnmccain.com/Contact/

United for Peace and Justice urges the antiwar movement to take a clear stand against the war in Afghanistan. We have developed
a list of resources which can help you learn more about this war and what you can do to help end it.