(including children/babies); see video below
Thanks to Haitham for this along with Desert Peace
Here are snippets of experiences in the past two days
with inspiration on the wheels of justice bus tour --
which is trying to get people mobilized to stop these
wars and occupations in Iraq and Palestine:
- Discussion with Cindy and Craig Corrie and others
from the Rachel Corrie foundation on meaning of activism,
sacrifice, and what individuals can do to effect social change
- Dennis Mills, a Quaker and a key member of the
Rachel Corrie Chapter (Olympia) of Veterans for Peace
hosted us in Olympia (with his wife Anne in their lovely home)
and we had wonderful time exploring issues like the meaning
of peaceful transformation.
- Joseph, a college student who with quiet but determined
demeanor (wearing a home-made T-shirt sign that said
"Rachel Corrie Lives") got permission to park the bus in
a visible place at Centralia College to table and flyer in front
of the student center.
- Abbie, a high school student who accidentally discovered
us and volunteered to flyer at Centralia College for us.
Their home was one of many devastated by recent
floods in the area.
- Robert Poteat with Veterans for Peace who puts
together a monthly professional show on public access TV.
- The teachers and the students in the classes we did
(on social movements and economic geography) at
Washington State University and Clark College.
- Rick and Holly of Matrix of Matrix Coffee House
(matrixcoffeehouse.com) in Chehalis, WA for hosting
us and good company/discussion.
- Time on the bus to discuss plans and strategy
with Mike Miles, an inspirational leader who ran for
congress two times, who lives with seven others on a
community farm in Northern Wisconsin, building a
peace center, traveled several times to Iraq and Palestine etc.
A guy with incredible talents in many areas
(even being song writer and guitarist).
- The energy and inspiration of Bill Hill whose title
of a volunteer bus driver is the understatement of
the year. A Vietnam war veteran, organizer, motivator,
sets up our tables of books and material, mechanic, bicycle
enthusiast, coffee expert and much much more.
All this for a guy in his 60s.
- Karim of the Islamic center who, even though we
could not physically meet because of our schedule, helped
network us with others in the Muslim community on our
upcoming schedules in Oregon.
- A gentlemen who noted us in a parking lot of the gas
station and stopped to thank us for coming to town.
This I think is what life is about: people to people contact
and building friendhships one person at a time
(and after 7 years on the road, we have thousands).
It is also a growing, learning experience. The bus will be in
the northwestern part of the US for the next three weeks
so it is not too late to get us in your community here or
network us with those you know in this corner of the globe.
News, articles, and other actions
Islamo-Fashion invasion (good/funny video to
watch, Obama is mentioned)
http://fanonite.org/2008/02/18
ACTION: Join the peace cyclists
http://www.thepeacecycle.com/
Ralph Nader brings up the silence on the atrocities in
Palestine by current republican and Democratic Candidate:
"But Senator Obama is a person of substance. He's also
the first liberal evangelist in a long time. He's run a
brilliant tactical campaign. But his better instincts
and his knowledge have been censored by himself.
And I give you the example, the Palestinian-Israeli
issue, which is a real off the table issue for the candidates.
So don't touch that, even though it's central to our security
and to, to the situation in the Middle East. He was
pro-Palestinian when he was in Illinois before he ran for
the state Senate, during he ran--during the state Senate.
Now he's, he's supporting the Israeli destruction of the
tiny section called Gaza with a million and a half people.
He doesn't have any sympathy for a civilian death ratio
of about 300-to-1; 300 Palestinians to one Israeli.
He's not taking a leadership position in supporting the
Israeli peace movement, which represents former
Cabinet ministers, people in the Knesset,
former generals, former security officials, in
addition to mayors and leading intellectuals.
One would think he would at least say,
"Let's have a hearing for the Israeli peace
movement in the Congress," so we don't just
have a monotone support of the Israeli
government's attitude toward the Palestinians
and their illegal occupation of Palestine."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id
(On Uncle Tom's and Buthalesi's of this world)
The Walid Shoebat Show and "America is Beautiful,
but she has an ugly side"-Neil Young
http://www.wearewideawake.org
index.php?option=com_content
=view&id=814&Itemid=197
Mazin Qumsiyeh
http://qumsiyeh.org
http://justicewheels.org
http://palestineconference.org
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