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Peace and Justice Blog (Page 6)

Occupy Movement

We are the 99%! Banks got baled out and we got sold out! I wish I could afford to buy my own politician! Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho corporate greed has got to go! Why are they wiggling their fingers like that? Got a minute to talk about why this country is heading in the wrong direction? And how do you feel about…

Climate Events – September 14-15, 24, 25

Concerned about extreme weather? Join others and get involved The P&JSC invites you to participate in: September 14, 2011 Online What is 24 Hours of Reality? 24 Presenters. 24 Time Zones. 13 Languages. 1 Message. 24 Hours of Reality is a worldwide event to broadcast the reality of the climate crisis. It will consist of a new multimedia presentation created by Al…

Resources regarding Nuclear Power

“And cancer is not the worst of it, Alice Stewart warns.  Even more dangerous than cancer is the threat to future generations.  That’s what you really need to be afraid of.  It’s the genetic damage, …” from Gayle Greene’s 1999 book, The Woman Who Knew Too Much Resources: (thanks to Hattie Nestel) www.beyondnuclear.org Nuclear Information Resource Service – www.nirs.org Institute for Energy…

The Green Zone

The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism Lecture by Author Barry Sanders Thursday, April 21, 7:30 PM Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall Smith College Campus An examination of the relationship between U.S. militarism and ecological destruction Sponsored by Smith Environmental Science & Policy Program; Smith Department of Anthropology; Smith Spirituality in Action; Five College Peace & World Security Studies;  Five College Sustainability Studies…

Voices in Chernobyl

Valley clergy will be among readers in back-to-back staged presentations of Voices from Chernobyl, adapted for performance by Vermont’s Spencer Smith from the book of interviews compiled by Svetlana Alexievich. The play dramatizes the immediate aftermath of the Chernobyl, Ukraine, nuclear power plant disaster that occurred 25 years ago, beginning on April 26. “Especially in light of the Fukushima meltdowns, identified by…