Ordinary people working together to eliminate nuclear weapons, reduce military arsenals and troops, support global peacemaking, and restore the well-being of our planet.
Please visit us at http://www.nhpeaceaction.org and change your bookmarks.
We'd love to hear feedback from you about what you like or dislike about the new site so please send your comments to webmaster@nhpeaceaction.org. Thank you.
This site will remain available for a while but please note that the most current information will be on our new site, including
These are new features which will all be updated on our new site and not be available here. Some of the links on this site will take you to the new site, such as the reports from Basra and "We Are Abolishing War".
Welcome to the web site of NH Peace Action. Please join us in the evolution towards Peace. The elimination of war and promotion of non-violent conflict resolution practices requires citizen education and particpation. Our mission for this site is to assist in both of these functions. Feedback to elected representatives is vital to the success of the process of transisting to a peace-based culture. Staying informed of the issues affecting us is also very important. That is why this site will attempt to keep you up to date with the events and issues affecting us, as well as assist you in the feedback to elected representatives process.
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Reports from the Summer 2000 Basra, Iraq ProjectLauren Cannon and Tom Jackson both of Dover, NH, and members of New Hampshire Peace Action, participated in the Voices in the Wilderness Basra 2000 project. They were in Basra, Iraq where they lived with poor families and subsisted on rations provided through the Oil For Food program. Below you will find reports written by Lauren, Tom and Kathy Kelly of Chicago, IL. You can also listen to a RealAudio version of an interview with Tom Jackson (8/08/00) about the Voices in the Wilderness project from the New Hampshire Public Radio site. |
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Portsmouth Herald Article on the Summer 2000 Basra, Iraq ProjectOn September 16, 2000 the Portsmouth Herald ran an article about Lauren Cannon and Tom Jackson and their trip to Basrah, Iraq with Voices in the Wilderness . |
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Note: The links below to the Basra reports will take you to these articles on our new site at http://www.nhpeaceaction.org.
Lauren Cannon's Reports Lauren Cannon's First Report Through Noora's Eyes Hot Fun In the Summer Time Dignity and Faith New! Tom Jackson's Reports Life During Wartime New! The Heat in Basra New! Kathy Kelly's Reports Welcome to "Missile Street" The Streets of Basra: In the No Fly Zone |
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| Note: The most recent Newsletter (Autumn 2000) is available at our new website: http://www.nhpeaceaction.org. | |
Some articles from the April 2000 newsletter |
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MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR McDONALD'S:
US Military Policy and the Global Economy by Sean Donahue - posted 4/05/00 |
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SANCTIONS AND BOMBING CONTINUE KILLING IRAQ
by Chris Allen-Doucot - posted 4/05/00 |
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THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND BEYOND
by Patrick Carkin - posted 4/28/00 |
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IRAQ and BACK
by Cathy Bentwood - posted 4/28/00 |
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PLOWSHARES VS. DEPLETED URANIUM
posted 4/28/00 |
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Informative Articles on the Iraq situation |
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| NH Peace Action Satement on Iraq | |
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A Call To Action on Sanctions and the U.S. war against the people of Iraq
by Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman, Edward Said and Howard Zinn(1/8/99) |
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| Dispelling Myths About Iraq (5/2/99) | |
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| e-mail addresses and links to the NH Congressional Delegation | |
| e-mail NH Peace Action | |
Note: "We Are Abolishing War" is now on our new site at http://www.nhpeaceaction.org. The Link below now takes you to the version on the new site.
"WE ARE ABOLISHING WAR" - written by Col. John Barr USMC(ret)
Col.John Barr USMC (ret) is a resident of Barrington NH. In this book he explains his belief on how we, as a world culture, are moving progressively towards a greater degree of world peace.
| Read "Bearing Witness"; Sean Donahue's moving account, of his arrest at the time of his sentencing of the Plowshares'activists. |
NH Peace Activisits Links
Leo Sandy's Web Site - located at Plymouth State College, this site includes:
Steven Diamond's Web Site - for lots of information on progressive and antimilitary information including exposÈs on the CIA, the Gulf War, and military spending. Also David Diamond's article for PeaceWork; "Alternative Voices on the Radio", and much more.
NH Peace Action is a non-profit organization. NH Peace Action is a member of Peace Action (national).
NH Peace Action April 2000
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