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Opposing war is not a crime: stop FBI suppression of antiwar activists JAN 25

COLORADO SPRINGS – JANUARY 25 – Protest the recent FBI raids and the DOJ grand jury subpoenas aimed at intimidating members of antiwar and Palestinian rights groups. Join Coloradans For Peace and compatriots beneath the windows of the FBI field … Continue reading

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You can lead a horse to water, but will it give a statement to the press?

From the horse’s mouth: Nope. On advice of lawyer, don’t talk about arrest. On advice from retired lawyers: civil liberties issue iffy. Advice gleaned from the overworked ACLU: case not as good as others we’ve got. Advice from friends: hope … Continue reading

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Should local Israel boycott arrestees face wrongful charges alone, without your support or media scrutiny?

COLORADO SPRINGS- There’s a plan tomorrow, Thursday Jan 6 at 1:30, for the first court appearance of BDS activists Cyndy Kulp and Ted Nace, arrested in November at a local shopping center, and charged with trespass to curtail their free … Continue reading

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War Criminals Bush and Cheney coming to the Broadmoor, Oct 4-5, bring shoes!

Should-be jailbirds Darth Cheney and Dubya Bush are coming to Colorado Springs! Monday Oct. 4 and Tuesday Oct. 5 respectively. Each will be the day’s 8:30 AM keynote speaker at the Annual Insurance Leadership Forum held in the Broadmoor Rocky … Continue reading

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Condemnation of Israeli state piracy

COLO. SPRINGS- Join IMPROMPTU PROTEST OF US-ISRAEL MILITARIZED REPRESSION. Protest Israel’s deadly raid on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Called by Coloradans For Peace, Colorado Springs, Acacia Park, NOON. Pro-Palestinian, Free-Gaza, and all anti-imperial voices welcome. This Memorial Day, remember the … Continue reading

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Bennet, Romanoff, which is not ringer?

COLORADO COLLEGE– How did this opportunity elude local activists? It used to be a visit by a sitting senator merited an in-your-face STOP FUNDING THE WAR welcome. Tonight Colorado College will host Washington insider Senator Michael Bennet and his Colorado … Continue reading

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My WHERE’S WALDO album of DC

Yes, that’s me on the right, in the yellow sweatshirt and red cap, shouldering the Coloradans For Peace standard. These are all photographs tweeted, flickr’d and picassa’d by others, for which my red cap and green shirt served in the … Continue reading

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Feb 23 flier for Colo. Springs homeless

Here’s a PDF file for a 1/4-page flier for the CFP event. Please pass it on!

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More pics from COS homeless rally

Earlybirds mount a first go-round as a mathematical reduction. KKTV interview. Heckler during live TV broadcast Rita charges Confrontation

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Being without a home is not a crime

The CSPD and Keep Colorado Springs Beautiful are proposing an ordinance to make camping illegal. On February 5th, Coloradans For Peace will be joining Ed Billings’ call: DON’T CRIMINALIZE THE HOMELESS. “Bring a sign, and a friend” Friday at noon, … Continue reading

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Chapel Hills Mall boycott DEC 28-31

Egypt decided to limit the Gaza Freedom March to 100 participants, leaving more than 1,200 international activists stranded in Cairo. Contact the US State Department or the Egyptian embassy to plead the case of the people of Gaza. Ask the … Continue reading

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Boycott Israeli Apartheid COS Day 2

COLORADO SPRINGS- While Gaza Freedom Marchers remain confined in Cairo, stateside solidarity actions continue apace. Join Coloradans For Peace for DAY2 of the ISRAELI APARTHEID BOYCOTT at SW entrance of Chapel Hills Mall, intersection of Briargate and Agora Point. Noon … Continue reading

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Boycott Coca-Cola for India’s water, Colombia’s unions and Israel Apartheid

OK, it’s a famously discredited fake-ad to slander Coke. They have no plans to rebrand the Dome of the Rock. But Israel may — and Coca-Cola is a sponsor. That’s why Coloradans For Peace are calling to boycott Coke, to … Continue reading

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Did Obama hear you on election day?

Here’s a quarter-page size flier you can use to spread the word about tonight’s event. Obama’s announcement will be momentous, no matter which course of action he decides. It will be either the first sign of delivering on his promise … Continue reading

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We Are United For a Peaceful Obama

ACACIA PARK, 5PM- COLORADANS FOR PEACE are not alone urging President Obama to escalate his attention to the antiwar mandate given him by the American voters. Michael Moore & Keith Olbermann have made eleventh hour pleas, and the nation’s prominent … Continue reading

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On Afghanistan, tell Obama NO NO NO

UPDATE – TUES DEC 1 ANTIWAR ACTION- Show up. Bring a get-out-of-Afghanistan slogan, or hold extras from Coloradans For Peace. Sport a healthy indignation over the new administration wanting to “finish the job” ie. continue war-making. Our action will be … Continue reading

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Obama to announce on Tuesday: surge of 34,000 body bags to Afghanistan

White House spokesmen have announced that President Obama will address the nation on Tuesday, December 1st, to declare his intention to send 25,000-34,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. Join COLORADANS FOR PEACE in Acacia Park at 5PM TUESDAY to show our … Continue reading

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Marching orders from Vets For Peace

Veterans For Peace are stepping forward to plan the unplannable: how to protest the regularly postponed announcement of an escalation in Afghanistan? I forgot how we picked March 19-21 to demonstrate against the attack on Iraq. Did we protest its … Continue reading

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Boycott Israeli propaganda lecture at CC

Since the damning UN Goldstone Report about Gaza, Israel has intensified its US PR speaking engagements, but social justice activists have risen to the challenge: in London, the Israeli Ambassador had to flee a citizens arrest, the ambassador to Turkey … Continue reading

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8 yrs in Afghanistan, still boot-counting

How is Colorado Springs marking the 8th year of war in Afghanistan? Couple choices. Visiting priest-activist Louie Vitale will speak at Colorado College on the THE MORAL DIMENSION OF DRONE WARFARE. CC students were dissuaded from hosting a peace rally … Continue reading

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Health [Insurance] Reform rally pics

Health Reform march from Printers Home to Senator Udall’s Office. Patrol car keeps low profile. Coloradans For Peace opts for visibility. March leaves rally site. Marchers approach arch of Union Printers Home. SEIU signs betray Health INSURANCE Reform. PPJPC members … Continue reading

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Coloradans4Peace condemn COS parade

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: COLORADANS-FOR-PEACE CONDEMNS COLORADO SPRINGS PRO-WAR PARADE.   –And why not? The rationales for the Iran and Afghanistan wars have been repudiated by the Obama administration. What place has this city to celebrate them? The wars have been … Continue reading

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Visiting the Colorado senators on Aug 18

Coloradans For Peace is joining MEANINGFUL HEALTHCARE REFORM at the offices of Senators Bennet and Udall, on Tuesday August 18, to put forward the demand that HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT. While the media are focused on mobs, let’s put … Continue reading

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Reprising the call to end Obama’s Wars

COLORADO SPRINGS- Intersection of Austin Bluffs and Academy Blvds, 4pm-6pm, all corners. Join Coloradans For Peace in their high-visibility every-other-Thursday rush-hour antiwar vigil, to END OBAMA’S WARS.

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Activists have so far failed to construct a real American Antiwar Movement

Despite the grass roots sentiment against all the bloodshed that Bush and now Barack Obama are engaged in, activists in the US have ever failed to construct a real Antiwar Movement. Do you consider that to be a harsh judgment … Continue reading

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