New Haven Peace Council
How many people know how much of their taxes actually go to making weapons and war? How many people actually know what those taxes could buy if spent on human needs, rebuilding America, local jobs? Since the news media failed to inform voters that they overwhelmingly passed a referendum calling for jobs and conversion, we included it in the flier. The Greater New Haven Peace Council passed out this flier on tax day not far from the IRS office to educate and agitate. It quickly shows the story an
April 15, 2013
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There is no pain like the loss of a child.
The tragedy that overtook Newtown suddenly dropped that pain on too many to count and left heartsickness in its wake. The children and the adults who tried to protect them have become waves of memories crashing inside of us. Our thoughts and prayers go to those so closely devastated with grief, a grief even shared around the world.
As we, collectively, try to bear the unbearable, as we pick ourselves up to live on, to cope, and to look for means t
December 17, 2012
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Members of the New Haven Peace Council demand an end to Israel's violence against Gaza and to Israel's occupation of Palestine.
November 24, 2012
November 30, 2012
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“New Haven demonstrated again why the General Assembly of the United Nations named New Haven
a Peace Messenger City in 1985, one of 56 cities worldwide, casting 23,398 votes for the Referendum on the November ballot calling on Congress to “ reduce military spending; transfer funds to convert to civilian prod
ucts; create jobs to rebuild our infrastructure; meet pressing human needs”, declared Alfred L Marder, Chairman
of the City of New Haven Peace Commission, who serves as the In
November 10, 2012
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The US Peace Council applauds the peace-loving people of Massachusetts and New Haven, CT for their hard work in achieving places on their ballots in support of military conversion. The initiatives call for elected representatives to support redirecting spending on war and military to spending on serving people's needs.
Download the Massachusetts flier here: Massachussetts "Budget for All"
Download the flyer for the New Haven referendum here: New Haven Referendum; and the New Haven ballot h
October 20, 2012
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