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We meet 7 PM the first
Monday of each month
at the UUFP, 67 South
Randolph Avenue, in
Poughkeepsie. Come to
one of our meetings and
help us plan peace and
justice events.

Activist Radio: We are
on 91.3 FM (WVKR) every
Thursday from 5:00-6:00 pm
Listen to past programs on the
webpage or as a podcast.
Watch a Dutchess Peace poetry
reading on YouTube.

Diane Sommer, local activist
and member of the Dutchess
Peace Coalition, has recently
returned from a trip to Syria
where she helped film Iraqi
refugees.

The Iraqi Student Project
Link to Diane's great photos
Print out flyers against empire:
Empire.pdf and HiddenCosts.pdf.

The Bard/Mid-Hudson ~
Larreynaga Sister City
Project: active in promoting
peace and social justice
through its links with
Nicaragua.

The Story of Stuff.
Interview with former Israeli pilot
Yonatan Shapira about Gaza.
Counter Recruitment PDF:
HS Handout 1
HS Handout 2
Opt-out form
Print them out and give them
to a student.

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Poisoned by DU
DU testing for vets
CO while in the service
GI Rights and legal advice
Leave my child alone
Common recruiting abuses
Student Privacy Protection Act

GI Rights Hotline:
877 447-4487
We Can't Make It Here Anymore
by James Mcmurtry. What life
is like in the empire.

We joined two peace groups:


Peace Action NY State

and

The Peace Alliance


End the War! Yard Signs $5.00


America's image in the world
(picture from Abu Ghraib)


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Give Peace a Film Series

The Dutchess Peace Coalition and Poughkeepsie Friends Meeting will offer a free film on the second Saturday of each month. The films will be shown at the Friends Meeting House, 249 Hooker Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY.

What Would Jesus Buy? - Free Film Screening

Saturday, November 14
7:00 to 8:30 pm
Poughkeepsie Friends Meeting
249 Hooker Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse:
the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt! From producer Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me). "Fast and funny" - NY Times. "Tremendously entertaining" - Village Voice.

The screening will be followed by an audience discussion. This is part of the "Give Peace a Film" series and there is no admission charge.

Sponsored by:
-Dutchess Peace Coalition
www.dutchesspeace.org
-Poughkeepsie Friends Meeting
www.poughkeepsiequakers.org

Print out a flyer: Jesusbuy.pdf


We continue to get good crowds for our monthly movies now
that we have changed to the Friends Meeting House.


Our movie nights were beginning to draw some big crowds.
But the Muddy Cup in Poughkeepsie closed and we moved
our films to the Friends Meeting House.


We decided to try a vigil on 44/55 during rush hour.


We want to organize more of these counter recruiting
demonstrations outside the recruiting office in Wappingers.


We have been using our Guantanamo jumpsuits to dramatize
human rights abuses. Here we are at the impeachment protest.
The signs say "US Constitution" and the "Bill of Rights."


We have been reading Guantanamo poetry at various
poetry nights. Here Diane, Pat and Fred read at the
Muddy Cup in Poughkeepsie


Several of us attend the Peace Vigil
on Saturdays (12:00 - 2:00 pm) on Rt. 9 and 9D.
Read about the vigil in the NY Times.


Pete Seeger with Fred and Gary on the 9 and 9D peace vigil.


Pictures from the "Poughkeepsie Journal"


Pete on impeachment

"I will not vote for or support any
candidate for Congress or President
who does not make a speedy end
to the war in Iraq..."

Take the Voters Pledge!