Tag Archives: Coloradans For Peace

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

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Eric Verlo

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?

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Eric Verlo

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 →

Posted in Activism | Tagged Absolut, ACLU, actions, activists, Argument, Arrest, Arrests, Art, Bling, BSE, Censored, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Coloradans For Peace, Colorado Springs, Constitution, decline, Denver, DIME, Dissent, email, EPA, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, GIs, Headlines, innocence, Interest, Justice, Kindle, Mail, Middle East, nothing, Peace, police, POW, power, PPJPC, prosecution, Protest, Rally, reason, Rights, Rove, Sarcasm, solicitation, Stealing, Thinking, verdict, War, Water, Website | 8 Comments

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

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Eric Verlo

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!

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Eric Verlo

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

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Eric Verlo

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 →

Posted in Sight-Bites | Tagged Acacia Park, Activism, Antiwar, CIA, Coloradans For Peace, Colorado, Colorado Springs, freedom, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Imperial, IRA, Israel, liberty, memorial, Memorial Day, Militarism, Palestine, Peace, Piracy, Police State, Protest, Repression, Siege of Gaza, USS Liberty, Voice | Leave a comment

Bennet, Romanoff, which is not ringer?

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Eric Verlo

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 →

Posted in Activism | Tagged activists, Andrew Romanoff, College, Coloradans For Peace, Colorado, Colorado College, Corporate, Democrats, Fun, Michael Bennet, Peace, War, Washington | Leave a comment

My WHERE’S WALDO album of DC

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Eric Verlo

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 →

Posted in Snapshots | Tagged Arrest, Bling, Camp Out Now, Coloradans For Peace, EPA, March, Peace, Photo, police, Rally, Rap, Waldo, War, Washington DC, White, White House | Leave a comment

Feb 23 flier for Colo. Springs homeless

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Eric Verlo

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

Posted in Activism | Tagged City Council, Coloradans For Peace, Colorado Springs, Homeless | Leave a comment

More pics from COS homeless rally

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Eric Verlo

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

Posted in Photos | Tagged Coloradans For Peace, Colorado Springs, Homeless, IRS, KKTV, Math, Rally | 2 Comments

Being without a home is not a crime

Posted on January 26, 2010 by NMT

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 →

Posted in Activism | Tagged Camping, City Hall, Coloradans For Peace, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs City Hall, Colorado Springs Police Department, Crime, criminal, Homeless, Keep Colorado Springs Beautiful, ordinance, Peace, Protest | 8 Comments

Chapel Hills Mall boycott DEC 28-31

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Eric Verlo

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 →

Posted in Activism | Tagged activists, Art, Boycott, Cairo, Chapel Hills Mall, Coloradans For Peace, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Department, DIA, Egypt, EPA, Finance, freedom, Gaza, Gaza Freedom March, GM, March, Media, Oppression, Peace, relief, State Department | Leave a comment

Boycott Israeli Apartheid COS Day 2

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Eric Verlo

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 →

Posted in Activism | Tagged actions, Apartheid, Art, Boycott, Boycott Israeli Apartheid, Cairo, Chapel Hills Mall, Coloradans For Peace, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Eid, freedom, Gaza, Gaza Freedom March, Israel, Israeli Apartheid, March, Peace, solidarity | 3 Comments

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

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Eric Verlo

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?

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Eric Verlo

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

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Eric Verlo

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

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Eric Verlo

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

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Eric Verlo

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 →

Posted in Activism | Tagged Acacia Park, Afghanistan, Antiwar, CIA, Coloradans For Peace, Colorado Springs, Liberation, Obama, Peace, President, President Obama, Surge, The Nation, troops, White, White House | 1 Comment

Marching orders from Vets For Peace

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Eric Verlo

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

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Eric Verlo

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

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Eric Verlo

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 →

Posted in Activism | Tagged Acacia Park, Afghanistan, AIG, Antiwar, Boot-counters, Boot-counting, Campaign, CIA, College, Coloradans For Peace, Colorado, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, coup, Death, DIME, Peace, Rally, soldier, Soldiers, students, The The, US soldier, US soldiers, War, Wednesday | 2 Comments

Health [Insurance] Reform rally pics

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Eric Verlo

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 →

Posted in Activism | Tagged Coloradans For Peace, Colorado Springs, Health, Health care reform, Health Insurance, Insurance, March, Peace, Petition, PPJPC, Printers Home, Rally, reform, Union | Leave a comment

Coloradans4Peace condemn COS parade

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Eric Verlo

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 →

Posted in Activism | Tagged actions, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, America, American, Americans, Antiwar, Civilians, Coloradans For Peace, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Community, DIA, Doug Lamborn, GIs, IRA, Iran, Jingoism, Lamborn, Lynch, Media, Militarism, Obama, Obama Administration, Parade, Peace, Permit, soldier, Soldiers, USA, Vote, War | Leave a comment

Visiting the Colorado senators on Aug 18

Posted on August 14, 2009 by NMT

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 →

Posted in Activism | Tagged Art, Boulder, Coloradans For Peace, Colorado, DIA, Forward, Health, Healthcare, Media, Mobs, Peace, reform, War | 1 Comment

Reprising the call to end Obama’s Wars

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Eric Verlo

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.

Posted in Activism | Tagged Antiwar, Austin, Coloradans For Peace, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Corn, Obama, Obama's Wars, Peace, War | 1 Comment

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

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Tony Logan

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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