Summer 2004

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Coalition for Peace Action invites you to participate in     Thursday July 1, 2004 (Rain Date Friday July 2) Monument Park (in front of Princeton Borough Hall) Enter driveway off Route 206 across from Trinity Church, park behind Borough Hall 6:00 - Diversity Pot Luck Picnic Bring a dish to share from your ethnic/national/religious tradition. We celebrate diversity which enriches us all and makes the United States a great, more peaceful nation. 7:00–8:30 - Program Ira Shorr (National Field Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility) will speak on SMART Security. Patriot for Peace Awards will be presented to civic and government leaders for municipal resolutions against civil rights violations in the USA Patriot Act. Music by the Solidarity Singers. The program will end in time for participants to go to the Spirit of Princeton Fireworks at the soccer fields on Washington Road beginning at dusk.

HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI COMMEMORATION AUGUST 5 The Coalition’s annual commemoration of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is being planned in Princeton on Thursday, August 5. A bring-your-own picnic will kick off the event, followed by a program. The program will include talks by survivor(s) of the bombings, known as hibakusha in Japan. Speakers will also talk about the increasing danger as the Bush Administration seeks funding for new US nuclear weapons. At dusk we will float candles in the Institute’s pond in a traditional ceremony of remembrance of those who died. For more information please call the office WHERE: The Institute for Advanced Studies WHEN: Thursday August 5, 6:00PM BYO Picnic, 7:00PM Program

National Peace Action’s 17th Annual Congress in Milwaukee, WI July 16 - 18, 2004 Keynote Speakers: Matthew Rothchild, Editor of The Progressive Jonathan Schell, columnist for The Nation and author Also Featuring: Eyewitness Accounts from Iraq, Training for Election-Year Activities, Workshops, Much more... This year’s National Congress will take place at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee 3400 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee WI 53211 Advance Registration: $85 Student Registration: $25 Register on the National Peace Action website, or by calling National Peace Action in Maryland at 301-565-4050 On campus housing is available. A special rate of $20 per night per person, for both single and double occupancy without air conditioning, is available for Peace Action guests. Rooms are in a dorm setting and have shared bathrooms. For $30 per night per person the same accommodations as above are available with air conditioning. If you do not prefer dorm accommodation, you can book hotel accommodation by contacting: Ramada Inn City Centre 633 West Michigan St Milwaukee WI 53203 phone: (414) 272-8410 Tell them you are with the Peace Action National Congress. Rooms are $98 per night plus tax. Contact the CFPA office at (609) 924-5022 or cfpa@peacecoalition.org to be certified to vote at the Congress and/or if you are interested in coordinating transportation.

Rally Against U.S. Occupation of Iraq Saturday, June 26, Princeton, NJ As the June 30 date for the “official” turnover of sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government on approaches, the Coalition is responding to a Call from Win Without War and United for Peace and Justice, the two largest national US peace coalitions, to Rally against continued US occupation of Iraq and calling for setting a date for withdrawal of US troops. As June 30 approaches, the all-too-familiar refrain that there is “light at the end of the tunnel,” as was heard during the Vietnam War, is beginning to be voiced by Bush policy apologists. But as in Vietnam, the indefinite presence of US troops—projected by independent analysts as needing to last 5-10 years—is causing the situation to worsen rather than improve. The number of US troops killed has surpassed 800 as this newsletter goes to press, and the number of Iraqi civilians killed is estimated at over 10,000. Tens of thousands more have been wounded and maimed. The Bush policy of unilateral, preemptive war and a badly bungled US occupation has led to this unnecessary suffering, and it is now time to hold them accountable and bring the carnage to an end. Saturday, June 26 1:00-2:00 PM Palmer Square, Princeton Confirmed Speakers to Date include: The Rev. Chad Abbott Pastor, Andover and Newton First United Methodist Churches Morad Abou-Sabe President, Arab-American League of Voters of NJ The Rev. Frederick Boyle Titusville United Methodist Church Irene Goldman Chairperson, Coalition for Peace Action The Rev. Peggy Hodgkins President, Princeton Clergy Association Alan Kaufman NJ Political Director, Communication Workers of America Dr. Zia Mian Program in Science and Global Security, Princeton University Elizabeth Volz President, NJ Chapter of National Organization of Women

Contact: Coalition for Peace Action 40 Witherspoon Street Princeton, NJ 08542