http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/category_rss/iraq Wisconsin's Iraq Moratorium campaign, which asks people to act on the Third Friday of every month to end the war and occupation of Iraq, continues to grow. A new organizing effort in western Wisconsin, with the theme of "Health care, not warfare," has sparked new Moratorium events on Friday, Nov. 21, in Rice Lake, Superior, and Eau Claire. "People quickly see the connections and respond instantly to the 'Health care Not Warfare' theme and the coordinated public lobbying tactic," organizer Steve Carlson says. More communities are expected to join in December. Read more and see a full list of events. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHgD http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHgD/commentary#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:59:23 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHgD Xoff Xoff 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHgD/ Friday, Oct. 17, is Iraq Moratorium day. The Third Friday of every month is designated as a day to interrupt our daily routines and take some action, individually or collectively, to call for an end to the war and occupation of Iraq. In Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Coalition for a Just Peace and Peace Action-Wisconsin sponsor a rush hour downtown vigil from 5 to 6 p.m. at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Water Street.  People fill all four corners, hold signs, flags, and banners, leaflet pedestrians, and interact with drivers who show their support for getting out of Iraq.   If you can't do that, consider taking some individual action.  There are lots of ideas on the Iraq Moratorium website:  http://www.iraqmoratorium.com/indiv_actions.htm The Milwaukee action is one of a dozen or more across Wisconsin, which are listed here:  http://iraqmoratoriumwis.blogspot.com/ You'll find a full listing of events across the country here:  http://iraq-moratorium.blogspot.com/   Since it began in September 2007, there have been nearly 1,500 Iraq Moratorium actions in 42 states and 236 communities.  Join us. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHVV http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHVV/commentary#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:22:28 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHVV Xoff Xoff 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHVV/ The Iraq Moratorium marks its first anniversary on Friday, but it won't be a celebration. The goal when the Moratorium was launched in September 2007 was to put itself out of business by ending the war and occupation of Iraq. Perhaps that was a bit optimistic. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHCC http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHCC/commentary#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:38:33 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHCC Xoff Xoff 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHCC/ Today George W. Bush revealed plans to bring 8,000 of the 146,000 troops in Iraq back home. This very small “drawdown” basically leaves the U.S. force intact and is George W. Bush’s way of saying that he is passing his expensive mess on to the next president. While he was talking about bringing a small number of troops home, as many as 3,500 soldiers in the Wisconsin National Guard learned that they will be going to Iraq next year . It will include troops from Milwaukee, Madison, Eau Claire and over 30 other communities statewide. This call-up is actually the biggest since World War II and unfortunately will not be the first tour for many of the involved soldiers. As a person that served in the Army National Guard in the 90’s, I simply can’t imagine how disturbing it must be to serve under a president that has such reckless disregard and has mismanaged so much so often. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHBz http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHBz/commentary#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:11:48 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHBz Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHBz/ Wispolitics.com reported that the as-yet-unfrogmarched Karl Rove, apologized to Wisconsin's delegates at a Republican National Convention event this morning for "getting weepy." He wasn't crying to atone to God and man for being the hack architect for this god awful endless war in Iraq that has caused so many deaths and so much misery. And it wasn't because he violated the law by compromising the security of an undercover CIA agent to punish her husband. And it wasn't for debasing our national discourse with his slash-and-burn character assassination brand of politics. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBF http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBF/commentary#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:15:07 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBF Scot @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b15bea43ee26199f1d_l7awmvb5t.jpg Scot @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHBF/ Eleven events are scheduled in Wisconsin on Friday, August 15, as part of the Iraq Moratorium, a growing national, grassroots effort to end the war and occupation of Iraq. This is the 12th month of such actions. Wisconsin has had more local events than any other state except California, with six times the population. Two communities, Rice Lake and Waupaca, are holding their first Moratorium events on Friday.  Wisconsin events are listed on a new blog, Iraq Moratorium-Wisconsin. The national Iraq Moratorium asks people to take some personal or group action on the Third Friday of every month to express their support for ending the war and bringing the troops home. Those actions can range from wearing a button or black armband to work or school to participating in an organized action. Since it began in September, more than 1,200 events in 41 states and 240 communities have been listed on the Iraq Moratorium website, www.IraqMoratorium.com , which also collects reports, photos and videos of events and offers ideas and tools for organizers to use. The Madison-based Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, a coalition of more than 150 groups, has helped promote the Moratorium in the state. Do something, whatever you are comfortable with -- whether it's wearing a button or protesting in the streets --  to call for an end to the war and occupation.  It's got to stop, and we've got to stop it. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHBM http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHBM/commentary#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:28:51 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHBM Xoff Xoff 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHBM/ Back in April I found out about the Witness Against War walk being put on by Voices for Creative Nonviolence . Kathy Kelly was at a member meeting for the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice , where I am a work study student, since my GI Bill was just used up it is a great opportunity to use government funds to support my anti-war work. Kathy asked me if I would be willing to do the walk from the middle of July until the end of August. I had to decline as I had a summer class taking up much of my summer but kept it in the back of my mind for when they came through Madison on their way to the Twin Cities. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ted/CHGJ http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ted/CHGJ/commentary#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:19:14 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ted/CHGJ Ted http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/475d66d03b1dbe8dff_30t1mvbu6.jpg Ted 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGJ/ Kathy Kelly, a leader of the Witness Against War walk from Chicago to St. Paul, was arrested Sunday in a nonviolent action at Fort McCoy. In another post, she explains why she and others do what they do. --Xoff By John LaForge TUNNEL CITY, Wisconsin -- The long history of anti-nuclear protests in Wisconsin caught up yesterday with Kathy Kelly, a founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence in Chicago, when a group of 13 peace activists walked onto the grounds of Ft. McCoy, the National Guard base near here, calling for an end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ft. McCoy is one of the country's largest Guard bases and is a central training and deployment hub for occupation troops being shipped into Iraq and Afghanistan. Of the 13 peace activists that were charged and ticketed with trespass, only Ms. Kelly was kept in the Monroe County jail in Sparta, because of an outstanding warrant. Kelly, who has twice been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, was being held on a 1999 warrant from Ashland County, Wisconsin. The warrant stems from a protest against the now-closed submarine transmitter Project E.L.F. near Clam Lake. The Extremely Low Frequency (E.L.F.) transmitter was the object of nuclear weapons protests from 1968 until it closed in 2004. Critics called it a "nuclear war trigger" because of its function in signaling a potential first-strike with submarine-launched ballistic missiles. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHGn http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHGn/commentary#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:46:32 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHGn Xoff Xoff 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGn/ The Iraq Moratorium will mark its 12th month of locally-based, grassroots actions on August 15 -- as always, the Third Friday of the month -- with events across the country. Wisconsin has had more events than any other state except California. Rice Lake just announced yesterday that it would begin monthly vigils in August, and others are in the works. The Moratorium has a new website address, www.IraqMoratorium.com , and a new logo. There's also a new Iraq Moratorium Wisconsin blog site, which lists Badger State events and reports. Visit it here. One thing that hasn't changed is the determination to end the senseless war and occupation of Iraq, by encouraging locally organized, grassroots actions to move more of the silent majority who say they oppose the war to do something to end it. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHGg http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHGg/commentary#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:12:58 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHGg Xoff Xoff 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGg/ In anticipation of Senator John McCain’s Racine town hall meeting Thursday, several concerned Wisconsinites that will be unable to attend offered five questions that they would like McCain to answer. John Valko, President of UAW Local 180 in Racine is concerned about the loss of good paying, family supporting jobs. He wants to ask Senator McCain why the country should continue the harmful policies that he supports which have caused our current economic crisis. This crisis includes the loss of some 92,000 manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin during the Bush administration. Specifically Valko cites John McCain’s support for disastrous Bush policies including unfair trade deals, and massive tax cuts for big corporations and the wealthiest individuals. John Valko's question: “The policies you have championed have resulted in an economic nightmare for families across Wisconsin, so my question is: Why would we want to continue your failed policies which have devastated our country?" http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHMk http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHMk/commentary#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:59:42 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHMk Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 34 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMk/ Witness Against War, a 450-mile walk from Chicago to the Republican convention in St. Paul, is between Milwaukee and Madison this week, with stop at Lake Mills in between. You can read here about the walkers' trek through Milwaukee on Monday, see some photos, and link to more information and the full schedule. Anyone can join them for a day, part of a day, or more. It's an energizing thing to do. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMb http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMb/commentary#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:47:00 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMb Xoff Xoff 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMb/ Today is Iraq Moratorium day, a day to take action to end the war and occupation of Iraq. This month, it leads into three days of action to prevent war with Iran. A number of Moratorium events will connect the two, as participants in today's events make cell phone calls to Congressional offices, leaflet about Iran, or write or email their representatives. Much of the focus is on a House resolution which essentially calls for a blockade of Iran. List of sponsors includes Wisconsin Dems Ron Kind and Steve Kagen and Repub Paul Ryan. Does your opinion matter? United for Peace and Justice reports that two members of Congress already have changed their minds after being challenged by local peace organizations. This report from St. Louis tells of one of the successes. Wondering what to say? Here's a letter from former Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist and his wife, Susan Mudd, to their Congressional representative, Jan Schakowsky. (Norquist and Mudd now live in Chicago, where he heads the Congress for a New Urbanism.): http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMc http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMc/commentary#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:51:40 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMc Xoff Xoff 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMc/ And sometimes I can't believe my own eyes. WashPost: : CINCINNATI -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called for sweeping educational reforms today in a speech before the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an association which he said "means more to me than any other," despite his historic opposition to many of its policies. McCain, who has received an F grade from the NAACP for his votes in each of the past four Congresses, acknowledged that he might not win the votes of the group's members in his race against Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill. McCain skipped the NAACP's convention last year -- he apologized for that today, saying he "was a bit distracted at the time dealing with what reporters uncharitably described as an implosion in my campaign" -- and in 1996 he advised then-GOP Sen. Robert J. Dole of Kansas not to attend it on the grounds that he would face a hostile audience. Today, accompanied by Maryland's former lieutenant governor Michael Steele, who is African American, McCain said he would seek the organization's support for his presidential bid. That's right. John McCain apparently believes that the past doesn't matter. We all get a clean slate any time we ask for it. To forgive is divine; to forget is even better. In that spirit, although I have spent the last eight years saying terrible things about them and doing everything in my power to bring about their defeat and stop their programs, and although I have written negative things about them almost daily for the past three years, I am going to ask George Bush and Dick Cheney to endorse my blog. Their support would mean more to me than anyone else's, despite my historic opposition to many of their policies. Anyone have a problem with that? (Apologies to Will Rogers, who never met Dick Cheney) http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMq http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMq/commentary#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:52:25 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMq Xoff Xoff 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMq/ Today I spoke at the Bush Legacy bus event in Madison. I didn't say much, I didn't feel that I had to. If you spent any longer than five minutes on the bus, you were surely to be reminded of the horrors of this presidency, and of the enormous hardships we face in our very near future. We met a Bush supporter as soon as we arrived at the bus. This man told us that the group sponsoring the bus, Americans United for Change, should have took the money they "wasted" for the bus and put it to something more useful like Habitat for Humanity. Now, I am all for helping Habitat, but it seemed a little ridiculous for a Bush supporter to be criticizing anyone for their use of money, doesn't it? I mean it's entirely comical. It's like a raging alcoholic screaming at you for being a smoker. Isn't it the Bush presidency that's blowing trillions of dollars on an unnecessary and senseless war? Maybe I am out of place. This guy also went on to tell us that we went to war because congress approved it so it had to be the right thing to do, you know, the president wasn't wrong "Hey, everyone approved his invasion, so how can you blame him" bla bla bla bla bla. Same old "taking years of my life cause of this ignorance" stuff, right? You can't argue with these people, it's impossible. Your best bet is to do what they do for all the stuff that's wrong with this presidency and our way of life today: just keep on ignoring it. I've got to give it to him though, he's a very resilient fellow. He'd probably be able to survive through a category 5 hurricane, you know, if said hurricane was raining intense amounts of bullshit. I'm sure he'd be just fine. I mean what can I say? Do I need to stand up with a microphone and tell you you're being screwed? I don't think I do. If you can't see it with your own eyes, than I am terribly sorry for you, it's pretty sad if you don't know when you are being screwed. And if you don't see the disaster now, you'll come face to face with it soon enough. Better start stocking up on canned goods. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ryannofsinger/CHMN http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ryannofsinger/CHMN/commentary#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:56:13 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ryannofsinger/CHMN User from Milton, WI User from Milton, WI 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMN/ Friday, July 18, is Iraq Moratorium day #11. It is a day, as is the Third Friday of every month, on which individuals and groups across the country take some action to call for the end to the war and occupation of Iraq. As usual, Wisconsin is a hotbed of activity, with events scheduled across the state. The number of listed events on the Iraq Moratorium national website, IraqMoratorium.org , is approaching 100, with more still being added. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMp http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMp/commentary#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:03:13 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMp Xoff Xoff 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMp/ Tomorrow, the Bush Legacy Tour bus is rolling in to Madison. Having spent my entire adult life under the Bush administration, I truly look forward to sealing the legacy of George W. Bush and the conservative ideology as disastrous for the economy, the environment, and American families. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHMJ http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHMJ/commentary#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:36:37 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHMJ Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/1ad90b024b9b3fd092_uqamv261s.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMJ/ On Saturday, a group of walkers for peace will set out from Chicago on a seven-week walk ending at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Their mission: To challenge and to nonviolently resist our country’s continuing war in and occupation of Iraq. The walk, which will cross the entire state of Wisconsin, is organized by Voices for Creative Non-violence , a Chicago-based group with deep, long-standing roots in active nonviolent resistance to U.S. war-making. Begun in the summer of 2005, Voices draws upon the experiences of those who challenged the brutal economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. and U.N. against the Iraqi people between 1990 and 2003. Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota peace organizations are supporting the walk, playing host to the walkers and holding events along the route. People can participate by joining the walk for a day, a week, a month or the entire Witness Against War. Those who live along the route could consider making a food donation or organizing with others in your community to provide lunch or dinner to walkers. This flyer shows the whole schedule at a glance. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHjQ http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHjQ/commentary#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:20:42 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHjQ Xoff Xoff 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHjQ/ Fathers' Day, 2008, Matthis Chiroux makes a public refusal of his orders to reactivate and deploy in support of the Iraq occupation. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ted/CHGL http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ted/CHGL/commentary#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:10:17 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ted/CHGL Ted http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/475d66d03b1dbe8dff_30t1mvbu6.jpg Ted 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGL/ Some of you may have been reading the military newspapers, and seen that the Army is in a really bad fix. We've had to borrow money from the Navy and Air Force just to get paid for June 15 . http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ted/CHG3 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ted/CHG3/commentary#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:01:07 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/ted/CHG3 Ted http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/475d66d03b1dbe8dff_30t1mvbu6.jpg Ted 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHG3/ John McCain insensitive to the human cost of the war in Iraq? Au contraire. He's very sensitive: "Nothing is more precious than Americans, and I know that it has caused great heartache and pain," he said, "but I also want to tell you that I believe in the conflict in Iraq with this new strategy, we are succeeding. "Every American is precious, every casualty is someone that pains and grieves us, no one more than a veteran," said Mr. McCain, who spent five years as a prisoner of war during Vietnam. "But the consequences of failure would be chaos and genocide in the region." Maybe that's why we don't even bother to count the number of Iraqis killed, while estimates range in the hundreds of thousands, even a million. Every American is precious. Iraqis' lives are cheap. And it's really "not too important" when the killing stops. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHGc http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHGc/commentary#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:02:55 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHGc Xoff Xoff 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGc/