“It is because of us that the Euphrates River runs thick with red blood” –Mary Alice Horrigan
Incredible coverage in the October 1, 2007 edition of The Bangor Daily News, please click image for newspaper’s website
Re-raising Lady Liberty
Below is the order of events at the rally with the beginning time of each segment in the 53-minute-long mp3 file. Audio of the eight-minute speech by Gold Star mother Mary Alice Horrigan (discussed in the incredible Bangor Daily News article linked to above) begins at 23:12 with her introduction by Doug Allen.
End the War – Build the Peace
Rally & demonstration, Saturday September 29, 2007 at the “Paul Bunyan” park on Main Street in Bangor
Drumming — Peter Baldwin and Friends Tolling of Bells by area churches (audio not included here)
0:00 Introduction—Doug Allen, Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, Maine Peace Action Committee (MPAC)
10:12 The Economic Costs of War—U Maine Students of Maine Peace Action Committee
17:46 “The Circle is Broken”—David McLean, singer, song-writer with Maria Irrera
23:12 Mourning the Iraq War Dead—Mary Alice Horrigan, Gold Star Mother
31:02 Reading of Names of Iraq War Dead—Members of Military Families Speak Out and Veterans for Peace (participants lie down to represent war dead or stand silently as mourners).
Bagpipe tribute—Peter Beckford, Simon Beckford and Ursa Beckford (audio not included here)
37:23 Mourning the loss of civil liberties—Lady Liberty in State—Peter Baldwin Responsive reading of parts of the Declaration of Independence
42:05 Rise up with signs and symbols of alternatives to war and sing along “Women’s Peace Prayer,” “We are One” “Peace, Salaam, Shalom” Voices for Peace and Women with Wings (end of audio file)
Chain of Concern—line up along Main Street with signs and symbols
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Thanks to Eric Olson for once again helping to reflect our actions for peace & justice so beautifully. The podcasts continue to ripple out into the broader community and connect with others around the world. The End the War! Build the Peace! Rally and Ceremony was moving and empowering. To be able to reflect and review and share it with others extends the power. The Bangor Daily News coverage reflected the day so beautifully as well. We are so fortunate to have Eric and Tammy act as historians, preserving the day and its coverage as part of our foundation for continuing our efforts for peace and justice.
Thank you, Ilze!! You’re really the one who makes these things go.
One more note… It’s interesting to see that today the BDN is back to running the ruling class war narrative on the front page. Yippppeeee!! The surge is working!! The ultra-super-enormous death toll is only ultra-enormous, according to official sources: Deaths in Iraq fall to fewest in year
please support the American Freedom Agenda Act
Contact your congresspeople on this important legislation
This is the site I used, but there are many options.
http://action.downsizedc.org/wyc.php?cid=82
–Repeal the Military Commissions Act of 2007–and thereby restore the ancient right of habeas corpus and end legally sanctioned torture by U.S. government agents
–Restore the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act–(FISA) and thereby outlaw warrantless spying on American citizens by the President of the United States
–Give Congress standing in court to challenge the President’s use of “signing statements” as a means to avoid executing the nation’s laws
–Make it illegal for government agents to kidnap people and send them abroad to be tortured by foreign governments
–Provide legal protection to journalists who expose wrong-doing by the Federal government
–Prohibit the use of secret evidence to label groups or individuals as terrorists for the purpose of criminal or civil sanctions