Anti-Warrers:


In this update:
- LYSISTRATA PERFORMANCE: TONIGHT - 7:30 PM, Main Lounge
- THIS WEEK HAS LOTS GOING ON - A CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- Wearing your armband (or getting one)
- Check out the updated Grinnell Anti-War Alliance Website
- Supporting the French - A cheese buy-in?
- Rep. Kucinich in Des Moines on Friday
- Upcoming Events in Des Moines and Iowa City
- Want to protest in DC at the start of break - Get on the bus
- Anti-War at the Oscars
- Next Meeting:  Tuesday, 9 PM ARH 120
- News Digest - lots of goodies


***** Calendar of Events  **********


TONIGHT, (Monday) 7:30 PM Main Lounge


No Sex 'till War Ends
A Reading of the play Lysistrata
(Please note that the time is 7:30 and not 7:00)
Contact Linda Johnson [johnsonl] with questions.


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Wed, March 5 (All Day), By campus post office


Look out for the Peace Post -  A place to write messages and post
thoughts about the current situation.  Questions contact Jane Hereth
[herethja] or Jenny Dale [dalejenn]


Wed. March 5, Noon, In Front of campus Post Office (note change in
place)


Join a Die-In
Be part of a symbolic protest against the war.  Contact Barbi Rodriguez
[rodrigub] or Jill Peterson [petersoj] for more info.


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Wed. March 5, 7:30 PM, South Lounge


Witness to Iraq
Two events in one.  First hear Modern Iraqi poems in Arabic and English
from Grinnell professors Saadi Simawe and Ralph Savarese.  Then stay for
"The Conflict in Iraq: Witness to American Agression" presented by Chuck
Quilty.   Chuck Quilty is a founder of Voices in the Wilderness and has
personally been to Iraq 8 times.  He will be speaking about his trips
and his perspective on America's interaction with Iraq.  Contact: Brian
Turner [turnerb]


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Mon. March 10th, 8 PM South Lounge


Iraq, US Foreign Policy and International Law
A Rosenfield Program sponsored presentation about the current dynamic
between international law and US foreign policy.  The main speaker is
Dr. Burns Weston, Chair of The University of Iowa College of Law's
International and Comparative Law Program.  Also speaking will be
Grinnell College President Russell Osgood. Whether you are for or
against war in Iraq this promises to be an engaging panel. Questions
contact Prof. David Ellison [ellison]


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Wed. March 12th, 4:15 South Lounge


Veterans Speak about War


In a time when war becomes less and less of an abstract concept, there
are those in the community who can speak to its reality.  Come hear
veterans talk about their war experience followed by a question/answer
period.  Co-sponsored by Grinnell's Democrats, Republicans, and Anti-War
Alliance.  Contact Jill Lofchie [lofchie] with any questions.




****** Wearing your armband (or getting one)*******


If you've got an armband ... definitely wear it on Wednesday.  But, if
you really want to get into the spirit of this Week on War wear it all
week long (I'll be doing it ;) 


Some more info from Armband Queen, Rachel Miller [millerra]


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one: anybody that has requested an armband will get them in the mail
tomorrow, with extras to give to anyone they know who wants one.


two: if you need an armband, email me (make sure you give me your p.o.
box).


three: i talked to some people at the library and they agreed to let us
put
some armbands on the desk. so on wednesday if anybody asks "hey, where
can i
get one of those neat-o armbands?" tell them "why, on the left side of
circulation desk in the library".


four: freedom of expression. a high school student in michigan was
recently
sent home from school for wearing an anti-war shirt which depicted
president
bush and the words "International Terrorist". let's not forget that our
right to voice or display our political beliefs, even on school grounds,
was
defended in the 1969 Supreme Court case Tinker v. the School Board of
Des
Moines.


full story:  http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/26/education/26SHIR.html


five: with further regards to Vietnam era armbands: our armbands are
white,
not black. that decision was made the last time we did this because we'd
like the armbands to represent the hope that we WON'T go to war, rather
than a mourning of the fact that we are at war.


****** Check out the Updated Grinnell Anti-War Website *******


Many thanks to Webmaster Matt Cleinman [Cleinman] for putting this all
together.


http://www.grinnell.edu/student/groups/antiwar/


The links section is a good collection of sites that keep thmeselves
updated:
http://www.grinnell.edu/student/groups/antiwar/links/


Coming Soon : An archive of all the digests as well as contact info for
Derrick Mitchell.


******** Supporting the French - A cheese buy-in? ***********
MARCH 5TH
JOIN THE "BUY IN" BY PURCHASING
A PRODUCT MADE IN FRANCE!*
(* note: fries don't count)


http://www.lumpen.com/cheese/buy.html


****** Rep. Kucinich in Des Moines on Friday ***********


Rep. Kucinich is a Presidential candidate and outspoken anti-war critic.
If anyone thinks they will be going or can offer rides, please bring
this up at the meeting or otherwise contact Eli Zigas [zigaseli].


NO IRAQ WAR Rally
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Keynote
Friday, March 7, at 7:30 pm
Drake Olmsted Center; Parents Hall


********* Upcoming Events in Des Moines and Iowa City *********


Speaker:  Joe Swanson, Socialist Workers Party
Friday, March 7   Dinner 6:30   Program 7:30 PM
Pathfinder Bookstore
3720 6th Ave.  Des Moines
For more information call (515) 288-2970  or e-mail at mlfdsm@cs.com
Suggested donation   $5 dinner / $5 program  ($2 students, unemployed,
strikers )
Sponsored by the Socialist Militant Labor Forum .


Week of March 10th (exact date to be announced)-- an evening candle
light march from the Iowa capitol to the US Fed Bldg


Sunday, March 30; " The Bush Administration's Nuclear Strategy" David
Culp, Friends Committee on National Legislation Joseph Gerson, AFSC -
New England office; Peace & Ec. Security Program Time and Place to be
announced.


http://home.earthlink.net/~ipnet/calendar.htm


@@@@ March 5th at U of IA
A list of the Teach-Ins:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~ipiraq/march5
and
The March:
http://www.campaignagainstwar.org/march5th.htm


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IOWA WOMEN WORK FOR PEACE
MARCH 6, 2003
Iowa City Public Library
7:00 p.m., Rm. A


KEYNOTE SPEAKER
PEG MULLEN, WATERLOO, IA
AUTHOR OF UNFRIENDLY FIRE: A MOTHER'S MEMOIR


PANELISTS
KAREN KUBBY, IOWA CITY - PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVIST
LORI J. NELSON, IOWA CITY - PEACE ACTIVIST


****** Protest in DC at the start of break - Get on the bus**********


From: Gregory K. Hoel 


Hey people! I'm in the process of organizing a bus to DC for March 15.
Contact info is up on International ANSWER's site; for anyone seeing
this I'm trying to keep things the same as they have been, including the
cost of $100 per person. Time is short, so if you want to be a part of
another HUGE protest in our nation's capitol, get back to me ASAP.
Checks to Gregory K. Hoel, 1107 Linden Drive, #304, Mt. Pleasant, IA
52641. 319-986-9801 evenings, 319-385-2616 days.


More at: http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/m15/index.html




********* Anti-War at the Oscars ********
Simply For Peace


GOALS
1)  To have Academy Awards Ceremony attendees show support for the
Global Peace movement by dressing 'simply', in every-day clothing (i.e.,
jeans,  t-shirts with antiwar or peace messages, tennies) on March 23,
2003.


2)  To have speakers at the Academy Awards ceremonies make make brief
antiwar statements (i.e., "Peace", "No War On Iraq", "Consider the
Children").


3) To conduct an Antiwar Demonstration before, during and after the
Academy Awards ceremonies at the corner of Hollywood and Highland
Center, Hollywood, CA.


How can you, this email recipient, assist with this Simply For Peace
plan? Contact needs to be made with any people of media influence.  Are
you someone who can help?


With the threat of global nuclear war, chemical and biological warfare,
and world leaders hellbent on war, it is absolutely crucial that we, in
the antiwar movement, pool our resources together.  In Unity There Is
Strength!  In Unity We Will Succeed!


In Unity We Will Make A Difference!
Peace


D. Fishel, a Citizen for World Peace, Orange, CA, U.S.A
ps4erth@yahoo.com


E. Garza, a Citizen for World Peace, Santa Ana, CA, U.S.A




714-225-2582


Citizen's For World Peace Statement


    Citizens For World Peace is a grassroots, antiwar movement founded
in the city of Orange, California, U.S.A.    We welcome anyone who
promotes peaceful solutions to global conflicts.  We are not affiliated
with any political organization.  We discriminate against no one.  To be
involved in the worldwide, antiwar movement is to be a Citizen For World
Peace.  We show our opposition to war by participating in peaceful
rallies, demonstrations, and marches and by spreading the message of
peace through the media, email, and word of mouth.




************** Next Meeting *********


Next Grinnell Anti-War Meeting:  Tuesday 9 PM , ARH 120


**************** News Digest ***********************


- War in Peace News in Review (Feb. 23-Mar 1) Attached in .html format
(If you haven't read one of these before... they are invaluable)


- Fighting Chemical Weapons with Chemical Weapons?!
Are the Chemical Weapons the U.S is thinking of using in Iraq really
"non-lethal?" Info from the Sunshine Project (www.sunshine-project.org)
http://www.sunshine-project.org/publications/pr/pr070203.html


- Op-Ed Washington Post: Let's Not Forget About Afghanistan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8496-2003Feb26.html


- NY Times: U.S. Diplomat Resigns, Protesting 'Our Fervent Pursuit of
War'
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/27/international/middleeast/27NATI.html?e
x=1047372010&ei=1&en=1f6bdf07ceee79d8


Text of the letter of resignation itself:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/27/international/27WEB-TNAT.html




-CBS News: Inspectors Call U.S. Tips 'Garbage'
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/18/iraq/main537096.shtml


- Observer (London)  US intelligence bugging Security Council members'
offices and homes to better target countries not supporting US ambitions
in Iraq.
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,905899,00.html


Text of the leaked memo
http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,905954,00.html


- Anti-war protesters block US military train in Italy 
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/030222/1/384rj.html


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 http://www.markfiore.com/animation/stimulus.html


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