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IMPORTANT UPDATE !!- The street sweepers will be behind us and the barriers will stay up. They also intend on us stepping off as soon as possible to keep us as close as possible to the first parade. They may have us move out earlier to be positioned to start as soon as we are able.
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There are several DIVISIONS marching in the parade, as well as two marching bands, Duck Boats, bagpipers, and the Bread and Puppet Theater.. The DIVISIONS are: Veterans groups; Peace groups; LGBT groups; Faith groups; environmental groups; social and economic justice groups; labor groups; political groups. Please invite your group(s) to come! Contact: Veterans for Peace, Pat Scanlon, info@massvfp.org, 978-475-1776; Massachusetts Peace Action, Cole Harrison, info@masspeaceaction.org, 617-354-2169; faith groups contact Lara Hoke, minister@uuandover.org.
Fear Not the Path of Truth is a film by Ross Caputi, a veteran of the 2nd siege of Fallujah, which was one of the largest and bloodiest operations of the Occupation of Iraq.
The art exhibit "Tamzig: Scattered and Connected" features local and international artists from the US, Middle East and its Diaspora. Tamziq, means "torn" in Arabic. Works explore the connections and ruptures between artists and communities in the US and the Middle East with a focus on Iraq.
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What has been gained from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Mike Prysner is a political activist and veteran of Iraq. He is the co-founder of March Forward!, an organization of active-duty members of the US Military and veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflict that encourages current active duty service personnel to resist deployment. Hear this Iraq veteran speak out against war.
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Please join the Walpole Peace and Justice Group for an important talk by Dr. John Tirman, Executive Director of MIT's Center for International Studies.
Our government and the public rarely question the enormous toll in civilian causalities in wars, particularly those that the United States has waged. John will not only speak on the moral imperative of "body counts" but why civilian mortality and displacement affects the way we think about war, strategy, and responsibility.
Phil Donahue's film, "Body of War" will be shown. It is a powerful film about a young soldier who was paralyzed from the neck down after one week in the Iraq war. Tomas, learning to cope with his disability means finding his voice to speak out against war.