Subject: Rally at Fort Bragg Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:38:34 -0600 Message-ID: <9CBE51C748FC4E469D447D1825C64A3C01406F68@COKE.uwec.edu> From: "Alarcon, Eberth G. Jr." <ALARCOEG@uwec.edu>
Colleagues,
Whenever the pro-war people accuse us of being unpatriotic, we need to
remind them of events like this one at Fort Bragg this weekend:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-17-bragg--rally_x.htm
A couple of quotes:
Groups like Gold Star Families For Peace, made up of 60 families, and
Iraq Veterans Against the War, with nearly 200 members, were formed
within the last nine months. The members were brought together by grief
and opposition to the Iraq conflict. More than 1,500 U.S. servicemembers
have died in Iraq.
These new groups are one component of a national anti-war effort, says
Andrew Pearson of the North Carolina Peace and Justice Coalition, one of
the march's organizers. Since the November elections, there has been "a
strategic reorientation for the anti-war movement. And a lot of it
coming from the direction of leadership of military families and
veterans," he says..
"We're showing folks all over the country and the world that even in the
military community, there's huge opposition to the continuation of the
Iraq war," Pearson says.
Please circulate as you see fit.
Eberth