Category: War and Peace

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• 9/11, Five Years Later: America's Foreign and Domestic Ramifications (VB #65.01&02) :
  Forum features September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, an Afghan-American Professor, a peace activist abuot the invasion of Iraq, the ACLU on civil liberties, and a Somali immigrant on the backlash against Muslims and Arabs. 10/07
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• Portland Clerics for Peace (VB #60.11):
  Four ministers and a rabbi speak out against the war in Iraq at a news conference in Portland, March 2006. 9/06
• Exposing Human Rights Violations in Iraq and the "War on Terror" (VB #60.01):
  A national guardsman reveals Iraqi officials "disappearing" prisoners and a journalist talks about the hypocrisy of the press at Amnesty International USA's 2006 conference in Portland. 7/06
• Albany, Oregon: Two Peace Actions 2005 (VB #58.10):
  Military Families Speak Out's rally for peace calls to bring the troops home; Northwest Veterans for Peace participate in Albany's Veterans Day parade with mixed reactions. 3/06
• War, Peace and the Media (VB #53.01):
  Author Jack Duvall asserts that violent revolutions do not lead to free societies, while nonviolent struggles such as those led by Gandhi and King have far greater success. 9/04
• Let's Dare Make Peace: Report on Women in Black's 2003 Conference (VB #50.11):
  Yvonne Simmons joined women from around the world speaking about countries currently at war, suffering the aftermath of war, and causing war. 3/04
• Health Effects of Depleted Uranium (VB #49.11):
  Retired army Major Doug Rokke details the long-term health effects of the use of Depleted Uranium munitions, and the US Army's campaign of denial and misinformation. 12/03
• Conscience Calls to Action (VB #47.04):
  Hours before the U.S. launched its attack on Iraq, Portland's faith community engaged in a civil disobedience action. Frank Fromherz, who lost his job for his anti-war stance, gives context. 4/03
• March 15 Peace March (SE #100):
  An experimental effort shows Portland's 30,000+ person march. The speakers and music presented at the rally are superimposed in various configurations on the same screen. (90 min.) 7/03
• Kelly Campbell: September 11 Families for Peace (VB #44.10&11):
  The sister-in-law of a 9-11 victim explains her family's efforts to oppose military responses, including slides of her trip to meet war victims in Afghanistan. 9/02
• Peace Through Justice (VB #41.5):
  Speakers, marchers, and organizers celebrate peace, condemn U.S. policy, and give a voice for hope at an Emergency Demonstration against the bombing of Afghanistan in October, 2001. 10/01
• Never Again: Remembering Hiroshima 2001 (VB #41.11):
  Anti-nuclear activist Lloyd Marbet is among the speakers at PSR's annual event; the Aurora Chorus sings and others encourage peaceful policies (August, 2001). 12/01
• Peace Fest 2001 (VB #41.1):
  Two workshops: one on creating peace through compassionate listening; and one on valuing differences in each other and using this information in team building (February, 2001). 10/01
• Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention (VB #37.12):
  At an October, 2000 symposium in Portland, OR, Bill Schulz, Director of Amnesty International USA, discusses why we should care about human rights issues.
• Philip Berrigan: Peacemaking in a War-Torn World (VB #33.11):
  The famous ex-priest outlines the manipulations of the U.S. military machine against Iraq and Yugoslavia.
• This Mortal Coil (VB #02.02): The homeless gather to protest at Portland's City Hall and reflections on the one year anniversary of the Gulf War. 30 mi 01/02/92
• Leading Questions (VB #02.08): Where does war come from? Are we born warlike? People on the street responds to these and other questions. 29:25 02/24/92
• The Risks of War Tax Resistance (SE #031): 06/06/93
• Heart of Resistance (VB #03.01): War Tax Resister; Conscientious Objectors; Nuclear Power Protests. 30 mi 04/06/92

• Peace & Justice Fair (VB #04.08): Portland activists organize an event where no one protests but everyone still makes a strong statement on Memorial Day 1992. 27:40 08/31/92
• Music of the Peace & Justice Fair (VB #07.10): 1993 event 30 mi 06/07/93
• War & Peace: Remembering War, Working for Peace (VB #11.05): Billboard Project: art & thought on "Gulf War"; Peace & Justice Fair. 30 mi 05/02/94
• Fairly Peaceful, Fairly Just: Peace & Justice Fair '95 (IV 06.03): Scenes from the fourth annual Portland Peaceworks Peace & Justice Fair 60 mi 05/08/95

• Anne Frank In Today's World/also: On the Edge (VB #05.12): Anne Frank exhibit visited; protesters at the gate of the Nevada Test Site. 30 mi 12/14/92
• Peace Issues 93 (VB #06.13): 30:00 03/29/93
• Profiles of Resistance (VB #08.03): 29:20 07/19/93
• Sowing Deadly Seeds: Global Arms Proliferation (SE #70): OPW '94 Convention 03/20/95
• Vets Travel (VB #11.10): Live call-in featuring veterans discussing US embargoes of Vietnam and Cuba. 30 mi 06/07/94
• Vincent Eirene: Hiroshima Annivesary Peace Tour (VB #13.10): 30 mi 12/05/94
• Linkage: Vietnam-Kent State-PSU Strike (Part 1&2) (VB #15.08&09): 60 mi 05/22/95
• Stop the Killing (VB #14.07): 30 mi 02/13/95
• Barbara Ehrenreich: War and Society (ZMI #01.11): 90 mi 12/16/94
• Alexander Cockburn: Left Alive (SE #079): 60 mi 08/10/95
• Michael Parenti & Hanadi Loubani (SE #006): Insights on the Gulf War