Interesting Articles
- Comix Journalism: Send Ted Rall Back to Afghanistan to Get the Real Story - Ted Rall - January 18, 2010
- Of health care, war, costs and consequences - David Morris, Minneapolis Star Tribune - October 11, 2009
- No More Faith: The Senate Topples Into Incompetence - Hunter, DailyKos - August 26, 2009
- Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder - Jeremy Scahill, The Nation - August 4, 2009
- War Without Purpose - Chris Hedges, Truthdig - July 20, 2009
- Health Care Showdown: The Alleged 'Center' Must Not Hold - Paul Krugman, New York Times - June 22, 2009
- Same-sex couples fight for immigration rights - Mallory Simon, CNN - June 3, 2009
- Radical Vision & Elbow Grease - Michael Schwalbe, CommonDreams.org - May 27, 2009
- California: State of Paralysis - Paul Krugman, New York Times - May 24, 2009
- Civil Libertarian Rips Obama's Speech: All Bells And Whistles - Sam Stein, Huffington Post - May 21, 2009
- Obama Is Becoming an Accessory after the fact to War Crimes - Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive - May 14, 2009
- White House Czar Calls for End to 'War on Drugs' - Gary Fields, Wall Street Journal - May 14, 2009
- The Health Care Industry's PR Scam: Will Obama Fall for It? - James Ridgeway, Mother Jones - May 11, 2009
- Why We Risked Arrest for Single-Payer Health Care - Margaret Flowers, M.D. - May 9, 2009
- Support for terror suspect torture differs among the faithful - CNN - April 30, 2009
- The Progressive's Kept the Faith for 100 Years - The Capital Times (Wisconsin) - April 29, 2009
- Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness - John Nichols, The Nation - April 27, 2009
- Are leading Democrats Afraid of a Special Prosecutor to Investigate Torture? - Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports - April 24, 2009
- Torturers Should Be Punished - Amy Goodman, Truthdig.org - April 21, 2009
- Local Currencies: Communities Printing Own Money To Keep Cash Flowing - Katharine Zaleski - April 6, 2009
- Pot laws are no laughing matter - Aaron Houston, San Francisco Chronicle - March 31, 2009
- Legalize drugs to stop violence - Jeffrey A. Miron, CNN - March 24, 2009
- What Happens When a Town Loses Its Newspaper? - By Belinda Luscombe, Time - March 23, 2009
- Yoo and The Subversion of Liberty Narrowly Averted - by Naomi Wolf, Huffington Post - March 4, 2009
- Why 'clean coal' is the ultimate climate change oxymoron - Fred Pearce, Guardian/UK - February 26, 2009
- Unhinged in 30 days: The right-wing media's Obama era implosion - by Eric Boehlert, Media Matters - February 23, 2009
- Afghanistan, the Next US Quagmire? - Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service - February 19, 2009
- Single-Payer Health Care Would Stimulate Economy - John Nichols, The Nation - January 14, 2009
Alternative News
Mayoral Proclamation Marks 50th Anniversary of the Chico Peace Movement
Tuesday, September 21st at 6:30pm
Chico City Coucil Chambers
(421 Main Street)
Join us in the Chico City Council Chambers as Mayor Ann Schwab designates October 2, 2010 the 50th Anniversary of the Chico Peace Movement. She will also designate the period from October 2nd until May 2011 "a period of celebration of all the work that has happened towards peace, and an acknowledgement of, and commitment to, the work remaining."
I-5 Live Radio Interview - History of the Chico Peace Movement
Monday, September 27th at 8-9pm
91.7 FM, KCHO
The topic of I-5 Live on our local NPR affliate radio station will be the 50th Anniversary of the Chico Peace Movement. Tom Gascoyne will talk with past and current activists involved in the local movement for peace. Call-in to the show and share your experiences locally.
50th Anniversary of the Chico Peace Movement - Vigil and Birthday Party!
Saturday, October 2nd 12:30-3pm
Third & Main Streets
Help us celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Chico Peace Movement. We want the largest peace vigil EVER on the corners of Third & Main Streets in downtown Chico. Then, walk over to the "Hands" at City Hall to have birthday cake and hear tales of the movements founders.
In 1960, the founder of the Chico Peace and Justice Center, Willamina Taggart, began a weekly vigil to pray for peace at the building site for Titan missile silos in north Chico. Willa was soon joined by Florence McLane, and Helen Kinnee. After the silos were closed, they moved their peace vigil to Third and Main Streets, where it continues to this day. That effort fifty years ago marks the beginning of the Chico Peace Movement.
Join the Revolution! Come to an Orientation to Find Out How!
Wednesday, October 6th at 12pm
Chico Peace and Justice Center (526 Broadway)
Come to an informal meeting and get a better understanding of what the Chico Peace and Justice Center does and how you can get involved in the work. We need you!!!
Click here to learn more about working with the peace and justice community in Chico. Click here to download a copy of our handbook.
This meeting should last no longer than an hour. Please send an email to activists@chico-peace.org to let us know you are coming.
Annual Fundraising Dinner - "Celebrating 50 Years of the Chico Peace Movement"
Wednesday, October 20th
Doors open at 5pm, Program starts at 6pm
Masonic Family Center (1110 West East Avenue)
Join us for another dinner to celebrate...well, all of us! This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Chico Peace Movement. It was 50 years ago that Wilhelmina Taggart, Helen Kinnee and Florence McLane began a weekly prayer vigil at the gates of the construction site of Titan missile silos in north Chico. Their moved their vigil for peace to the corner of Third & Main Streets, where it has continued every Saturday since that time.
Our program will include a review of the many, many people, organizations and movements that have been working tirelessly over the past 50 years. There will also be a HUGE timeline on the walls for you to add important events and people that should be remembered as part of our movement for peace.
Chico Fair Trade Town Steering Committee - Looking for Members
On February 14, 2009, Chico became the 2nd Fair Trade Town in California and 10th in the nation! Then on August 10th, Chico Fair Trade Town Steering Committee became one of six Fair Trade cities to join the National Fair Trade Town Steering Committee, which on the same day launched their brand new campaign that you can link to:www.fairtradetownsusa.org.
Becoming a Fair Trade Town required our City Council to pass a resolution in support of Fair Trade principles, businesses and organizatons to offer fair trade products, and local citizens pledging to use those products.
Another requirement is that we form a Steering Committee to continue educating our community and assist businesses in becoming a part of this fast growing movement. The Steering Committee is open to anyone interested in educating and promoting the use of certified Fair Trade products. If you are interested in getting involved with this work, send an email to our Volunteer Coordinator at activists@chico-peace.org.
Free ESL Class Now Available!
Mondays at 5-6pm
Chico Peace and Justice Center
526 Broadway
We are now offering a free weekly class geared towards second language learners at all levels. Come to learn and perfect your English skills in a comfortable environment. Instructor Daniel Moglen has extensive experience teaching English in Korea, Spain, Nicaragua, and the United States, ranging from children to adults. He has a degree in Linguistics from Berkeley, and will be pursuing a Masters degree in TESOL in the fall.
Weddings No Longer Available...Until Same-Sex Marriages are Legal
The Chico Peace and JusticeCenter will no longer offer its garden or ordained 
Handsministers to the public for wedding ceremonies. With the passage of Proposition 8, same-sex couples have lost their right to express their commitment and acquire legal status as a married couple. Ordained ministers that have performed same-sex marriages at the center are no longer willing to offer their services.
After the California Supreme Court declared that the state Constitution protected a fundamental "right to marry" extending equally to same-sex couples, and the Butte County Clerk-Recorder Candace Grubbs refused to perform civil marriages, the Chico Peace and Justice Center stepped in. Services were offered to the public free of charge.
CPJC Board of Directors' Position on Afghanistan
A Position Paper on Afghanistan
Chico Peace and Justice Center Board of Directors
Adopted 15 April 2009
In an effort to serve our work for peace and justice through offering information and recommending courses of action on crucial contemporary issues, the Chico Peace and Justice Center presents the following position paper, with supporting material attached, for the consideration and active response of our Chico community.
Background considerations:
Afghanistan has a three millennium history of invasion by foreign powers, none of these successful in the long run. The United States now stands in this tradition, a country itself burdened by persistent but failing efforts at military invasion in Vietnam and Iraq in recent decades.
The escalation of an already failing effort does not promise success, and the reluctance of other parties to increase their own military involvement registers their reading of this wasteful strategy as well. The recommendations of military leaders, naturally, assumes that military force is the means to be applied, but the problems of Afghanistan —and there are many—are not amenable to a military solution.
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