{"id":2,"date":"2017-10-10T06:13:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T06:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-07-18T03:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T03:33:00","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope Out Loud"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-330 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-1024x476.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-1024x476.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-300x140.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-768x357.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-1536x714.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped.jpg 2015w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<h2 align=\"CENTER\">2025 Hartford Area Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<br \/><\/b><b>A Shared Call for Nuclear Weapon Abolition<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">On Wednesday August 6th Back from the Brink CT will hold a vigil from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at Main Street in front of the Old State House, 800 Main St., Hartford, CT.  It will focus on education and outreach around H. Res. 317 and the increasing risk of nuclear war.\n\nOn Saturday August 9th there will be a program in the backyard of Hartford Quaker Meetinghouse, 144 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford, with a potluck starting at 6 pm.  A program featuring speakers, live music, and poetry will begin at 7 pm closing with constructing a large candle lit peace sign.  During the event participants will be encouraged to hand write letters to their congressional delegation advocating support for H. Res. 317 and companion Senate legislation.  Origami crane kits will be available<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>7:o0 &#8211; 9:00 PM, Saturday, August 9th<br \/>(Potluck starts at 6:00 PM)<br \/><\/strong><strong>Friends (Quaker) Meeting House (backyard)<\/strong><br \/><strong>144 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford, CT<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(NOTE: easiest access to the &#8216;backyard&#8217; is the <br \/>Quaker Lane Cooperative Nursery School walkway <br \/>between 142 and 151 Maplewood Avenue)<\/p>\n<p>6:60 pm \u2013 Pot Luck Dinner and time to talk <br \/>7:00 pm &#8211; Program with Music, Speakers and Spoken Word<br \/>8:30 pm &#8211; Candle-Lighting Ceremony featuring creation of a large candlelit peace sign<\/p>\n<p>Download a Full Page Flyer, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025_Shared-Call-for-Nuclear-Weapon-Abolition-2025-full.pdf\">here<\/a><br \/>Download a 4-up flyer, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025_Shared-call-for-Nuclear-Weapon-Abolition-4up-2025.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information: (860) 523-4823 or ericstamm@aol.com<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by: <br \/>Back from the Brink CT, Hope Out Loud, Hartford Quakers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/><hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-330 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-1024x476.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-1024x476.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-300x140.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-768x357.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-1536x714.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped.jpg 2015w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<h2 align=\"CENTER\">2024 Hartford Area Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<br \/><\/b><b>A Shared Call for Nuclear Weapon Abolition<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>The USA, Russia and China upgrade their nuclear arsenal and more countries develop nuclear weapons, it is time to say STOP THIS <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">MAD<\/span>ness. Join us as we <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Hope Out Loud<\/span> for the abolition of nuclear weapons and a nuclear free world.<br \/>&#8211;<br \/>Promoting a vision of a nuclear-free world<br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>6:30 &#8211; 9:00 PM, Friday, August 9th<br \/><\/strong><strong>Friends (Quaker) Meeting House (backyard)<\/strong><br \/><strong>144 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford, CT<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(NOTE: easiest access to the &#8216;backyard&#8217; is the <br \/>Quaker Lane Cooperative Nursery School walkway <br \/>between 142 and 151 Maplewood Avenue)<\/p>\n<p>5:30 pm \u2013 Pot Luck Dinner and time to talk <br \/>7:00 pm &#8211; Program with Music, Speakers and Spoken Word<br \/>8:30 pm &#8211; Candle-Lighting Ceremony featuring creation of a large candlelit peace sign<\/p>\n<p>Download a Full Page Flyer, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024_Shared-Call-for-Nuclear-Weapon-Abolition-2024-full.pdf\">here<\/a><br \/>Download a 4-up flyer, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024_Shared-call-for-Nuclear-Weapon-Abolition-4up-2024.pdf\">here(front)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024_Shared-call-for-Nuclear-Weapon-abolition-4up-back-2024.pdf\">here(back)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information: (860) 523-4823 or ericstamm@aol.com<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by: <br \/>Back from the Brink CT, Hope Out Loud, UN Association of CT, and <br \/>We Are One, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-352 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GoldenRule_Hand-drawn-flyer-top_image_only.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GoldenRule_Hand-drawn-flyer-top_image_only.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GoldenRule_Hand-drawn-flyer-top_image_only-300x176.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GoldenRule_Hand-drawn-flyer-top_image_only-768x452.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/259060401?h=0485166147\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Coming to Connecticut May 29 to June 11\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>New York<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">New York City: 5\/20 &#8211; 5\/26<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Port Jefferson, NY: 5\/26 &#8211; 5\/29<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Connecticut<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Norwalk\/Bridgeport, CT: 5\/29 &#8211; 6\/2<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">New Haven, CT: 6\/2 &#8211; 6\/5<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Hartford, CT (Middletown 6\/8 10 am &#8211; 12 pm): 6\/5 &#8211; 6\/8<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Groton\/New London, CT (5-6 pm arrival): 6\/8 &#8211; 6\/11<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Rhode Island<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Providence, RI: 6\/11 &#8211; 6\/13<\/span>Follow the minute-to-minute happenings of the Golden Rule on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoldenRulePeaceBoat\">Facebook<\/a>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\">\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">State of Connecticut Citation<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">IN RECOGNITION OF:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Your outstanding commitment to peaceful advocacy and activism. As an inspiring symbol of an international movement for peace and sustainability you have impacted generations of peacemakers and set the foundation for a better future. I commend the work that you do and wish you the best of luck on your voyage!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alex Dahlem,\u00a0Executive Assistant &amp; Constituent Engagement Coordinator, on behalf of:<br \/>Speaker of the House Matt Ritter (1st District &#8211; Hartford)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-440\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CT_Citation_GoldenRule-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"><strong>Veterans for Peace&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vfpgoldenruleproject.org\/\">Golden Rule 2022-2023 Great Loop<\/a><\/strong>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-331 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GoldenRule_VFP_Ship-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GoldenRule_VFP_Ship-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GoldenRule_VFP_Ship-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GoldenRule_VFP_Ship-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GoldenRule_VFP_Ship-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GoldenRule_VFP_Ship-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Veterans for Peace has recovered and restored the original peace boat, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vfpgoldenruleproject.org\/\"> Golden Rule<\/a>, that set sail in 1958 to stop nuclear testing in the atmosphere, and which inspired many peace makers and peace ships that followed. The restored Golden Rule is voyaging once more, to show that a nuclear peace is possible, and that bravery and tenacity can overcome militarism.<\/p>\n<p>To support the Golden Rule Great Loop and their message of, <em>Sailing for a Nuclear Free World and a Peaceful, Sustainable Future<\/em>\u00a0we will be &#8220;passing the hat&#8221; and advocating for your support.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Connecticut Activities supporting the VFP Golden Rule Project\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>The Golden Rule will be in Norwalk, CT from May 29 to June 2 at Veterans Park marina. Overall schedule flyer:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vfpgoldenruleproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Norwalk-Overall-Golden-Rule-Itinerary-flyer.pdf\">Norwalk Overall Golden Rule Itinerary flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, May 29, 10am \u2013 12pm Walk in Norwalk Memorial Day Parade<\/strong><br \/>Veterans Memorial Park<br \/>Come and help us march for peace in the world and get your steps in on this easy<br \/>1.5 mile walk! Look for the group with the peace flags towards the end of the lineup in the park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, May 29, 1 \u2013 4 pm Pool Party \/ Fundraiser<\/strong><br \/>$20 per person in advance, $40 at door. Pay via donation to VFP Golden Rule at QR link below: (select pool party) and RSVP by email dianekeefe@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vfpgoldenruleproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Norwalk-May-29-Pool-Party-Flyer-Smaller.pdf\">Norwalk May 29 Pool Party Flyer<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vfpgoldenruleproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pool-Party-QR-Code.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52880\" title=\"Pool Party QR Code VFP Golden Rule Project\" src=\"https:\/\/vfpgoldenruleproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pool-Party-QR-Code-300x223.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vfpgoldenruleproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pool-Party-QR-Code-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vfpgoldenruleproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pool-Party-QR-Code.bmp 370w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, May 30, 5:30 pm \u2013 6:00 pm<\/strong><br \/>Norwalk Mayor Rilling will issue a Welcome Proclamation Dockside, Norwalk Veterans Memorial Park Marina if weather permits or at Eco Evolution (see below) if raining. Press welcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, May 30, 6:00 pm \u2013 7:00 pm \u201cMeet and Greet\u201d the crew<\/strong><br \/>Eco Evolution, 135 Washington St.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, May 31, 5:30 pm \u2013 7:00 pm Norwalk Historical Society<\/strong><br \/>Mill Hill, 2 East Wall Street<br \/>Join us for a panel discussion and refreshments on the past and current efforts to prevent nuclear war and ecological collapse and how Connecticut figured into that history.<br \/><em>Featuring Peter Willcox, Greenpeace Captain<\/em><br \/>Sponsored by World Beyond War, Veterans for Peace, and Wilton Quaker Meeting<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vfpgoldenruleproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Golden-Rule-Norwalk-Historical-Society-Event-Smaller.pdf\">Norwalk Historical Society Flyer<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, May 31, 7:00 pm \u2013 9:00 pm Spacecat Brewery<\/strong><br \/>57 Chestnut St, Norwalk, CT<br \/>Meet the crew, enjoy a brew. Food truck onsite.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vfpgoldenruleproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Spacecat-Flyer-.pdf\">Spacecat Brewery Flyer<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, June 1, 12:00 pm-2:00 pm, Free Ice Cream and Tours of an Historic Sailboat for Peace!<\/strong><br \/>Norwalk Veterans Park Marina<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Norwalk_VFP_Ice-Cream-event_02.pdf\">Ice Cream and Tours Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Norwalk students from grades 9-12 and college level<\/strong><br \/>MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!<br \/>Compose an original essay of 400-800 words. Send essays to studentessay@worldbeyondwar.org by midnight, May 19, 2023. Essay contest winners will be announced on May 30, 2023. Winning essays will be published on the World Beyond War and Veterans for Peace websites. The prize for the winning essay in each category (High School and College) is $250!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vfpgoldenruleproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Essay-Contest-Announcement-.pdf\">Essay Contest Announcement<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">New Haven Schedule<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Friday, June 2, School Classroom Forums<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Saturday, June 3, 1:00 pm, Presentation and tour of Peace Trees,<br \/><\/strong>New Haven Peace Garden, Legion Ave and Ella Grasso Boulevard, New Haven<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Sunday, June 4: 10:00 am-2:00 pm, Presentation<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Sound School Festival, 60 S Water St, New Haven<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Sunday, June 4: 2:00 pm &#8211; 4:00 pm, City Proclamation, Public ship visits<\/strong> <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Pier at Long Wharf Park<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Public Welcome, Presentations, Music<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Monday, June 5, TBD, School Classroom Forums<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Golden-Rule-New-Haven-poster-v3.pdf\">New Haven Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Central Connecticut Schedule<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Tuesday, June 6, 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u2022 Tuesday, 3:00 pm: Press Conference in front of Hartford City Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u2022 Tuesday, 6:00 pm: Potluck Dinner, Unitarian Society of Hartford, 50 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105. Enjoy musician Hugh Blumenfeld followed by film \u201cMaking Waves,\u201d and presentation by <em>Golden Rule<\/em> crew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Wednesday, June 7, 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u2022 Wednesday, 11:30 am \u2013 12:30 pm: Silent Vigil for a nuclear weapons free world, peace and non-violence, Old State House plaza, Hartford.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VFP_HalfPage_Template_silent_Vigil.pdf\">VFP Flyer for the Silent Vigil<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u2022 Wednesday, 1:00 pm \u2013 3:00 pm:\u00a0Lunch with Middletown Mayor and Supporters<br \/>Luce&#8217;s Restaurant, 98 Washington St., Middletown, 1 pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Update: Latest New London Flyer =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Golden_Rule_flyer_NewLondon_5.30.pdf\">New_London_Flyer<\/a><br><br>Friday, June 9<br><em><strong>Charlie King Live&nbsp;<\/strong>to Promote the Visit of the Golden Rule, the World&#8217;s First Protest Ship, Which Sails Against Nuclear Weapons<\/em> <br><br><strong>Daytime Sails on the <\/strong><em><strong>Golden Rule<\/strong><\/em> 10:00 AM &#8211; 4:00 PM from New London City Pier<em>Meet the crew and sail on the river! (Sign-ups available soon)<\/em><br><br><strong>Evening Concert with Charlie King<\/strong> 7:00 PM &#8211; 9:30 PM (doors at 6:45 PM) at St. James Episcopal Church Hall,76 Federal St., New London; <em>View historic exhibits on the Golden Rule&#8217;s connection to the Committee for Nonviolent Action, and War Resisters League; listen to the experiences and current mission of the crew members; and enjoy Charlie King&#8217;s unique brand of folk music and political satire. Donations welcome for the concert. The historic exhibits and crew speakers will be available on Saturday night, too.<\/em> <br><br>Saturday, June 10<br><em><strong>Joyce Katzberg Live<\/strong>at a Daytime Rally with Songs &amp; Speakers to Stand with the Golden Rule Against Nuclear Weapons<\/em><br><br><strong>Rally with Songs &amp; Speakers<\/strong>2:00 PM &#8211; 5:00 PM on New London City Pier <em>Watch or participate in a &#8220;Peace Regatta&#8221; on the river, paint a peace symbol tile and learn its history (for all ages), enjoy live music from Joyce Katzberg and other artists (TBA), and more activities.<\/em><br><br><strong>Potluck Dinner<\/strong> 6:00 PM &#8211; 7:00 PM at St. James Episcopal Church Hall <em>Bring a dish and break bread with the crew! <\/em><br><br><strong>Evening Gathering with Songs, Speakers, and a Short Film<\/strong> 7:00 PM &#8211; 9:00 PM at St. James Episcopal Church Hall<em> Join us for an evening of speakers from the Golden Rule and local activists, live music, a short film on nuclear weapons, and historic exhibits on the Golden Rule, the Committee for Nonviolent Action, and War Resisters League.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Learn the story of this historic ship at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/wn-golden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bit.ly\/wn-golden<\/a><\/strong>Receive updates to our weekend schedule and RSVP at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/vptgolden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bit.ly\/vptgolden<\/a><\/strong>Rain location for activities at City Pier will be St. James Episcopal ChurchWe will be accepting donations on both nightsOrganized by the CT Committee for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Hartford Catholic Worker, St. Francis House, Voluntown Peace Trust, War Resisters League \u2014 contact us at <strong><a href=\"mailto:nuclearbanct@gmail.com\">nuclearbanct@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Press interviews encouraged!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Download a Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Press-Release-Golden-Rule-Hartford_Final.pdf\">Hartford \/ Central Connecticut Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Download a flyer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Norwalk_Flyer_1.pdf\">Norwalk_Flyer<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Flyer_Full_Page.pdf\">Hartford \/ Central Connecticut &#8211; Full Page<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Flyer_Half_Page.pdf\">Hartford \/ Central Connecticut -Half Page<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/The_Golden_Rule_flyer_NewLondon_5.30.pdf\">New_London_Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Download a Public Service Announcement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GoldenRule_PSA_1-29sec.mp3\">Download the 29 second PSA<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GoldenRule_PSA_2-59sec.mp3\">Download the 59 second PSA<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Download a Resolution of Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Golden_Rule_Resolution_final_41023.pdf\">Hartford Resolution &#8211; Approved by Hartford City Council<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SFM_Minute_Support_of_Golden_Rule_Project_04_23_2023.pdf\">Storrs Friends Meeting Minute of Support_of_the Golden_Rule_Project<\/a><br \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/HMMF_A_Minute_Supporting_the_Mission_of_the_Golden_Rule_Project.pdf\">Hartford Monthly Meeting Minute of Support_of_the_Golden_Rule_Project<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-305 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HopeOutLoud_Image-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HopeOutLoud_Image-300x171.png 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HopeOutLoud_Image.png 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2023<br \/>THE HOPE OUT LOUD COFFEEHOUSE<\/strong><br \/><strong>&amp; OPEN MIC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">May 26th 2023<br \/>June 30th 2023<br \/>July 28th 2023<br \/>August 25th 2023<br \/>September 29th 2023<br \/>the &#8216;last Fridays of the month&#8217; through September<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hartford Friends (Quaker) Meeting Backyard<br \/>West Hartford<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Easiest entrance is the Nursery School path<br \/>between 143 and 151 Maplewood Avenue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Good acoustic music, poetry, and spoken word \u2013 Good company.<br \/>Free speech encouraged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Open Mic 7:00 to 9:00 PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone is welcome<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information or special accommodation:<br \/>860-523-4823 or ericstamm@aol.com<br \/>www.hopeoutloud.org<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-330 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-1024x476.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-1024x476.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-300x140.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-768x357.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped-1536x714.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_2021_IMG_6772_Cropped.jpg 2015w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<h2 align=\"CENTER\">2022 Hartford Area Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>The USA upgrades its nuclear arsenal as more countries develop nuclear weapons. Say STOP THIS MADNESS and join us for this annual observation in a shared call for the abolition of nuclear weapons<br \/>&#8211;<br \/>Promoting a vision of a nuclear-free world<br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>6:30 &#8211; 9:00 PM, Saturday, August 6th<br \/><\/strong><strong>Friends (Quaker) Meeting House<\/strong><br \/><strong>144 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford<\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"><strong>Supporting Veteran&#8217;s for Peace&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vfpgoldenruleproject.org\/\">Golden Rule 2022-2023 Great Loop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-331 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GoldenRule_VFP_Ship-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GoldenRule_VFP_Ship-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GoldenRule_VFP_Ship-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GoldenRule_VFP_Ship-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GoldenRule_VFP_Ship-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GoldenRule_VFP_Ship-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Veterans for Peace has recovered and restored the original peace boat, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vfpgoldenruleproject.org\/\"> Golden Rule<\/a>, that set sail in 1958 to stop nuclear testing in the atmosphere, and which inspired many peace makers and peace ships that followed. The restored Golden Rule is voyaging once more, to show that a nuclear peace is possible, and that bravery and tenacity can overcome militarism.<\/p>\n<p>To support the Golden Rule Great Loop and their message of <em>A World Without Nuclear Weapons<\/em> we will be &#8220;passing the hat&#8221; and advocating for your support.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Easiest entrance is the Nursery School walkway<br \/>between 143 and 151 Maplewood Avenue, West Hartford<br \/>&#8211;<br \/>Rain or Shine: if it rains we move inside<br \/>same place, same time<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Potluck dinner &#8212; bring some food to share<\/li>\n<li>Program of music, speakers &amp; poetry begins at 7:00 pm<\/li>\n<li>Candle-Lighting Ceremony featuring creation of a large candlelit peace sign on the meeting house lawn at 8:30 (Outdoors, as weather permits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">Sponsored\u00a0by:<br \/>CT Peace and Solidarity Coalition<br \/>Hope Out Loud<br \/>No\u00a0Nukes\/No\u00a0War<br \/>United Nations Association of Connecticut<br \/>Veterans for Peace (CT Chapter 42)<br \/>Campaign Non Violence- Central Connecticut Chapter and<br \/>The Greater New Haven Peace Council<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For more information, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonukes-nowar.org\/hiroshimaday_2022.htm\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For a flyer for Hartford, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonukes-nowar.org\/files\/Hiroshima2022_Hartford.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Visit us on =&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/773650503818158\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For\u00a0more\u00a0information:<br \/>(860)\u00a0561-1897<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/HOL_Coffeehouse_Summer2021.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-305 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HopeOutLoud_Image-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HopeOutLoud_Image-300x171.png 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HopeOutLoud_Image.png 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE HOPE OUT LOUD COFFEEHOUSE<\/strong><br \/><strong>&amp; OPEN MIKE<\/strong><br \/><strong>Returns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">July 30th and August 27th 2022<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hartford Friends Meeting Backyard<br \/>West Hartford<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Easiest entrance is the Nursery School path<br \/>between 143 and 151 Maplewood Avenue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">While being outdoors reduces COVID transmission risk we ask that risk reduction behaviors be practiced and that those who are not fully vaccinated wear a mask.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Good acoustic music, poetry, and spoken word \u2013 Good company.<br \/>Free speech encouraged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Open Mike 6:30 to 9:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is welcome<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information or special accommodation:<br \/>860-523-4823 or ericstamm@aol.com<br \/>www.hopeoutloud.org<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">2022 New Haven Remembrance<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Silent Vigil for Hiroshima<br \/>Saturday, August 6th 8:00 a.m.<br \/>New Haven Green, Flagpole<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Silent Vigil for Nagasaki<br \/>Tuesday August 9th 10:45 a.m.<br \/>Amistad Statue, New Haven City Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Please join us to share poems<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #666699;\">and recite<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #666699;\">The Peace Proclamations from<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #666699;\">the Mayors of Hiroshima<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #666699;\">and Nagasaki.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For More Info:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Web Site: <a href=\"http:\/\/uspeacecouncil.org\/?cat=7\">Greater New Haven Peace Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">or<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Greater New Haven Peace Council<br \/>PO Box 3105<br \/>New Haven, CT 06515-0205<a href=\"mailto:grnhpeacecouncil@gmail.com\"><br \/>grnhpeacecouncil@gmail.com<\/a><br \/>City of New Haven Peace Commission<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">or<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nonukes-nowar.org\/files\/77th_Commemoration_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki_2022.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-342 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hiroshima_NH_2022_Thumb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For a Flyer, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/nonukes-nowar.org\/files\/77th_Commemoration_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki_2022.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/HOL_Coffeehouse_Summer2021.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-305 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HopeOutLoud_Image-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HopeOutLoud_Image-300x171.png 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HopeOutLoud_Image.png 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>THE HOPE OUT LOUD COFFEEHOUSE<\/strong><br \/><strong>&amp; OPEN MIKE<\/strong><br \/><strong>Returns for 2022<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">First Night of the 2022 Season<br \/>Friday April 29th<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hartford Friends Meeting Backyard<br \/>West Hartford<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Easiest entrance is the Nursery School path<br \/>between 143 and 151 Maplewood Avenue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">While being outdoors reduces COVID transmission risk we ask that risk reduction behaviors be practiced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Good music, poetry, and spoken word<br \/>Good company.<br \/>Free speech encouraged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Open Mike 7:00 to 9:00 PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone is welcome<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information or special accommodation:<br \/>860-523-4823 or ericstamm@aol.com<br \/>www.hopeoutloud.org<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For the 2022 Flyer, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022_HOL_Coffeehouse.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>x<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/images\/HiroshimaRemembrance_PeaceSign.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2 align=\"CENTER\">2021 Hartford Area Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>The USA upgrades its nuclear arsenal as more countries develop nuclear weapons. Say STOP THIS MADNESS and join us for this annual observation in a shared call for the abolition of nuclear weapons<br \/>&#8211;<br \/>Promoting a vision of a nuclear-free world<br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>7:00\u00a0&#8211;\u00a09:00 PM, Friday,\u00a0August 6th<br \/><\/strong><strong>Friends (Quaker) Meeting House<\/strong><br \/><strong>144 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Easiest entrance is the Nursery School walkway<br \/>between 143 and 151 Maplewood Avenue, West Hartford<br \/>&#8211;<br \/>Rain or Shine: if it rains we move inside<br \/>same place, same time<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Due to COVID, no potluck dinner &#8212; but pot luck deserts encouraged<\/li>\n<li>Program of music, speakers &amp; poetry begins at 7:00 pm<\/li>\n<li>Candle-Lighting Ceremony featuring creation of a large candlelit peace sign on the meeting house lawn at 8:15 (Outdoors, as weather permits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">Sponsored\u00a0by:<br \/>CT Peace and Solidarity Coalition<br \/>Hope Out Loud<br \/>No\u00a0Nukes\/No\u00a0War<br \/>United Nations Association of Connecticut<br \/>Veterans for Peace (CT Chapter 42)<br \/>Campaign Non Violence- Central Connecticut Chapter and<br \/>The Greater New Haven Peace Council<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For more information, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonukes-nowar.org\/hiroshimaday_2021.htm\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For a flyer for Hartford, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonukes-nowar.org\/files\/Hiroshima2021_Hartford.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Visit us on =&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/303119364898110\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For\u00a0more\u00a0information:<br \/>(860)\u00a0561-1897<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/HOL_Coffeehouse_Summer2021.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-305 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HopeOutLoud_Image-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HopeOutLoud_Image-300x171.png 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HopeOutLoud_Image.png 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE HOPE OUT LOUD COFFEEHOUSE<\/strong><br \/><strong>&amp; OPEN MIKE<\/strong><br \/><strong>Returns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">July 30th and August 27th 2021<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hartford Friends Meeting Backyard<br \/>West Hartford<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Easiest entrance is the Nursery School path<br \/>between 143 and 151 Maplewood Avenue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">While being outdoors reduces COVID transmission risk we ask that risk reduction behaviors be practiced and that those who are not fully vaccinated wear a mask.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Good acoustic music, poetry, and spoken word \u2013 Good company.<br \/>Free speech encouraged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Open Mike 6:30 to 9:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is welcome<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information or special accommodation:<br \/>860-523-4823 or ericstamm@aol.com<br \/>www.hopeoutloud.org<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-296 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MCEfWtP_logo-300x267.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MCEfWtP_logo-300x267.png 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MCEfWtP_logo-768x683.png 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MCEfWtP_logo.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Moving Connecticut\u2019s Economy from War to Peace: <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Practical, Public Actions<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Saturday, January 9, 2021 1:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A Free Zoom Conference<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Register here: <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_AQXwMrqYTqCDE_TEBx4sOg\">Registration link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch on YouTube<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NfENS3_mb7E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Connecticut\u2019s cities and town\u2019s are gasping for breath. Families don\u2019t have food, are losing housing, lack health care. Covid-19 has made things worse. Water and sewage systems, streets and sidewalks, parks cannot be maintained. Are the only solutions to tax more, borrow, lay off, suspend pension payments?\u00a0 Cutting Connecticut\u2018s annual IRS War Tax (estimated at $15.7 Billion\/yr) by half would provide 35 thousand INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS for 4 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Fund Human Needs, Not Killing Machines<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-287 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CPSC_20200109_a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not building 1 F-35 nuclear bomber would provide FOOD for over 21,000 3-person families for 1 year.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-288 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CPSC_20200109_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"73\" \/>Not building 1 modern nuclear-missile sub would provide HOUSING for over 29,000 families for 1 year.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-289 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CPSC_20200109_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"127\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not funding the new Space Force for 2021 would provide 2.2 million families with MEDICAL CARE for 1 year.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-290 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CPSC_20200109_d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"116\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cutting Connecticut\u2018s annual IRS War Tax by half would provide 35 thousand INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS for 4 years<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Speakers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Richard Wolff<\/strong>, Keynote; Professor of Economics, emeritus, Founder Democracy at Work; author: The Sickness is the System, When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself<\/li>\n<li><strong>Danny Sjursen<\/strong>, Moderator; U.S. Army Major, retired, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy; contributing editor at Antiwar.com<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ben Florsheim<\/strong>, Mayor, Middletown, CT; Elected 2019 Youngest Mayor in City History; former aide CT Senator Chris Murphy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adrian Huq,<\/strong> Co-founder New Haven Climate Movement&#8217;s Youth Action Team; 2020 Graduate New Haven Schools; Volunteer, New Haven Peace Commission<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joe Jamison,<\/strong> Coordinator, Move the Money To Human Needs Coalition; Former Research Director, New York State Labor Council<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sponsored by:<br \/>Connecticut Peace &amp; Solidarity Coalition, Veterans For Peace 42 CT, Greater New Haven Peace Council, Hope Out Loud<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information contact:<br \/>Steve Krevisky: skrevisky@mxcc.commnet.edu<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-282 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IDP_Move_the_Money_Bent_Gun-300x266.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IDP_Move_the_Money_Bent_Gun-300x266.png 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IDP_Move_the_Money_Bent_Gun-768x682.png 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IDP_Move_the_Money_Bent_Gun.png 967w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Moving Money from the Military to Meet Human Needs<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Demanding Candidates Confront the $741 Billion U.S. Military Budget<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch on YouTube<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T4zCi0DyRKY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE MONDAY,<br \/>SEPTEMBER 21, 2020<br \/>Zoom WEBINAR<br \/>7:30 &#8211; 9:00 PM Eastern U.S.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y3un85rg\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Registration:<\/span> https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y3un85rg<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For a Promotional Flyer, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/IDP_Sept_21_2020TeachIn.pdf\">here <\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-275\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IDP_2020_Prashad-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Vijay Prashad<br \/>Indian historian and journalist. Prashad is the author of thirty books, including Washington Bullets; Red Star Over the Third World; The Darker Nations: A People\u2019s History of the Third World and The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South. He is Chief Correspondent for Globetrotter and a Columnist for Frontline (India). He is the Chief Editor of LeftWord Books (New Delhi). He has appeared in two films \u2013 Shadow World (2016) and Two Meetings (2017).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-276\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IDP_2020_Horne-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gerald Horne<br \/>Holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies, University of Houston. Horne is the author of more than thirty books, including The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy and Capitalism in Seventeenth Century North America and the Caribbean; (2018); Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary, (2016); W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography, (2010).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-274\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IDP_2020_Pemberton-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Miriam Pemberton<br \/>An Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, she formerly directed the National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament and IPS\u2019 Peace Economy Transitions Project. With William Hartung she co-edited Lessons from Iraq: Avoiding the Next War and is at work on Six Stops on the National Security Tour: Warfare Economies and Other Ambitions(Routledge, forthcoming). Recent articles: \u201cFrom swords to ploughshares: lessons learned from conversion movements\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s Turn Our Military Resources to Building a Post-COVID Industrial Base for All Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information, Contact:<br \/>Steve Krevisky 860-759-3699, SKrevisky@mxcc.commnet.edu<\/p>\n<p>Sponsor: Connecticut Peace &amp; Solidarity Coalition<\/p>\n<p>Co-sponsors: HopeOutLoud, Greater New Haven Peace Council, World Beyond War<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-265 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/HiroshimaRemembrance_PeaceSign.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/HiroshimaRemembrance_PeaceSign.png 970w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/HiroshimaRemembrance_PeaceSign-300x150.png 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/HiroshimaRemembrance_PeaceSign-768x385.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">August 6, 2020<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>75th Anniversary of the start of the nuclear age<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Join the annual Hartford area Hiroshima\/Nagasaki Remembrance<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> A Shared Call for Nuclear Weapon Abolition<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A 2020 Peace-Wave Event<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antiatom.org\/english\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-264\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PeaceWaveLogo-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PeaceWaveLogo-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PeaceWaveLogo.jpg 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thousands of nuclear weapons kept on hair trigger alert are targeting civilian populations. Rather than moving to eliminate this threat, a new nuclear arms race has begun and the number of nuclear armed nations threatens to rise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Seventy-five years later \u2013 do you feel more secure?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Due to personal safety concerns from the Covid-19 pandemic<br \/>The 2020 Remembrance will be a multimedia Zoom event<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Zoom-in&#8221; and join the call for the abolition of nuclear weapons<br \/>August 6th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm EST.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch on YouTube<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vF3quHleQOY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Zoom Link &#8211; REGISTRATION REQUIRED:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_-Ron-yPLQoqNWyo2yFm9pA?fbclid=IwAR13ahCSegfpvUDKcP8kPx7HPCioJVd7HFeGPADsTACAMRXwDUH5rV32n0c\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_-Ron-yPLQoqNWyo2yFm9pA?fbclid=IwAR13ahCSegfpvUDKcP8kPx7HPCioJVd7HFeGPADsTACAMRXwDUH5rV32n0c<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The horror of Hiroshima and Nagasaki cannot be allowed to happen again. Together let\u2019s call for a nuclear free world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Sadako_Small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Flyer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonukes-nowar.org\/files\/Hiroshima2020_Hartford.pdf\">Hiroshima_Remembrance_flyer_2020.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information \u2013 call (860) 561-1897 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/nonukes-nowar.org\/\">NoNukes-NoWar.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sponsored by:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hope Out Loud, No Nukes\/No War, CT Peace and Solidarity Coalition, The U.N Association of CT, Veterans for Peace CT Chapter 42, Sunrise Connecticut<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After the event, please join <strong>REV. JOHN DEAR<\/strong>\u00a0and others\u00a0 for their<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">75th Anniversary Hiroshima Day<br \/>A One-Hour Online Commemoration<br \/>Calling for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons<br \/>August 6, 2020, 8 p.m. Eastern<br \/>Watch on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BzZZBARcT3g&amp;feature=youtu.be\">YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hosted by the<br \/>New Mexico 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima\/Nagasaki Committee and<br \/>Pace e Bene<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paceebene.org\/hiroshimaday2020\">https:\/\/paceebene.org\/hiroshimaday2020<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>2019<\/b><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/images\/HiroshimaRemembrance_PeaceSign.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2 align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2019 Hartford Area Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>A shared call for the abolition of nuclear weapons<br \/>Promoting a vision of a nuclear-free world<br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>6:30\u00a0&#8211;\u00a09:00 PM, Friday,\u00a0August 9th<\/strong><br \/><strong> Friends (Quaker) Meeting House<\/strong><br \/><strong>144 South Quaker Lane, West Hartford<\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\">Door open at 6:00 pm<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Potluck begins at 6:30 pm &#8212; please bring food to share<\/li>\n<li>Program of music, speakers &amp; poetry begins at 7:00 pm<\/li>\n<li>Candle-Lighting Ceremony featuring creation of a large candlelit peace sign on the meeting house lawn(this will be outdoors, as weather permits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">Sponsored\u00a0by:<br \/>CT Peace and Solidarity Coalition<br \/>Hope Out Loud<br \/>No\u00a0Nukes\/No\u00a0War<br \/>United Nations Association of Connecticut<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For more information, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonukes-nowar.org\/hiroshimaday_2019.htm\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For a flyer for Hartford, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonukes-nowar.org\/files\/Hiroshima2019_Hartford.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Visit us on =&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2378258135722030\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For\u00a0more\u00a0information:<br \/>(860)\u00a0561-1897<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">2019 New Haven Remembrance<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Silent Vigil for Hiroshima<br \/>Tuesday, August 6th 8:15 a.m.<br \/>New Haven Green, Flagpole<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Silent Vigil for Nagasaki<br \/>Friday August 9th 11:00 a.m.<br \/>Amistad Statue, New Haven City Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For More Info:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Web Site: <a href=\"http:\/\/uspeacecouncil.org\/?cat=7\">Greater New Haven Peace Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">or<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Greater New Haven Peace Council<br \/>PO Box 3105<br \/>New Haven, CT 06515-0205<a href=\"mailto:grnhpeacecouncil@gmail.com\"><br \/>grnhpeacecouncil@gmail.com<\/a><br \/>City of New Haven Peace Commission<\/p>\n<hr \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Why is\u00a0 &#8220;Nuclear Winter&#8221;\u00a0 Our Government\u2019s\u00a0 Preferred Solution to\u00a0 Global Warming?<\/h2>\n<p>There are clear strategies to dealing with the impact of global warming that can be implemented \u2013 such as renewable energy and efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, for the last three administrations (Bush, Obama and Trump) our government has embarked down the path of solving global warming with one final solution \u2013 nuclear winter.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nuclear winter may create a world where global warming is stopped and reversed, but may not be the most satisfying solution for the human race.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The world is facing the most serious nuclear threats since the first half of the 1980\u2019s. At that time President Ronald Reagan said: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201ca nuclear war cannot be won and must not be fought\u201d<\/span> and Reagan called for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of nuclear winter, published and supported by prominent scientists, generated extensive public alarm and put political pressure on the United States and Soviet Union to reverse a runaway nuclear arms race, which, by 1986, had created a global nuclear arsenal of more than 65,000 nuclear weapons. However, this public pressure created a backlash among powerful military and industrial interests, who began an extensive media campaign to brand nuclear winter as \u201cbad science\u201d and the scientists who discovered it as \u201cirresponsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-five years later, <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">the Trump administration is accelerating the $1.2 trillion nuclear weapons \u201cmodernization\u201d program begun under President Obama.<\/span> <\/strong>This program includes the complete refurbishment of existing nuclear warheads and the production of new designs; rebuilding the nuclear weapons production complex; and new missiles, subs and heavy bombers.<\/p>\n<h3>Withdrawal from the INF Treaty<\/h3>\n<p>The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signed by President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 defused a rapidly escalating Cold War crisis over the two countries\u2019 growing deployments of land-based, nuclear-capable missiles in Europe, with the U.S. stationing missiles in countries including then-West Germany, and the USSR deploying them within its own borders.<\/p>\n<p>Then, because their flight times could be as short as 10 minutes, the missiles were considered a possible hair-trigger for nuclear war.<\/p>\n<p>Now that NATO has moved its weapons to the Russian borders, the risk of a miscommunication is exponentially greater \u2013 leading ending global warming by triggering nuclear winter and massive depopulation.<\/p>\n<h3>Actions to Take<\/h3>\n<p>Do you support Nuclear Winter Our Government\u2019s Preferred Solution to Global Warming?<\/p>\n<p>If you want a different solution to global warming, demand Congress shift resource away from the Nuclear Winter path to a different path such as renewable energy. Begin by calling your members of Congress at the Capitol Switchboard, (202) 224 3121, and telling them you support:<\/p>\n<p>HR 1086\/ S 401: Hold the LYNE act (No Low-Yield Nuclear Warheads)<\/p>\n<p>HR 669\/ S 200: Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2019<\/p>\n<h3>Consequences of Militarization<\/h3>\n<p>It is imperative that we understand, as Martin Luther King did over 50 years ago, that the poverty in our own communities is directly related to the vast treasures spent on war every year. The Pentagon\u2019s budget for 2019 is $716 billion, 61% of federal discretionary spending. We must understand, as King did, that equality, security, civil rights are impossible to attain in a militarized society.<\/p>\n<p>At home, education, health care, preschool, public transportation, infrastructure, pensions, and more \u2013 all suffer from lack of funds. Even though the resources exist in this, the richest country in history. They ain re headed to make war.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Connecticut Peace and Solidarity Coalition in the March 30 &#8220;No to NATO&#8221; rally Washington D.C.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3874-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3874-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3874-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3874-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3874-1.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Connecticut Peace and Solidarity Coalition in Washington D.C. march<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-149\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3881-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3881-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3881-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3881-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3881-1.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-150\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3886-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3886-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3886-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3886-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3886-1.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>World Peace Council holds it first event on U.S. Soil in its 70 years of existence<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-151\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3906-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3906-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3906-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3906-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3906-1.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-152\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3909-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3909-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3909-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3909-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_3909-1.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Transportation to Washington DC and return (was available).<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/national-mobilization-to-oppose-nato-war-and-racism-bus-from-connecticut-tickets-56290964791\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-125 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/WashingtonBus.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/WashingtonBus.png 715w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/WashingtonBus-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Van transportation to Washington D.C. and return for this National Mobilization.\u00a0 Anticipated locations for getting on the van are: Storrs, Hartford and New Haven.\u00a0 Subsidized round-trip ticketsare $10.00 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/national-mobilization-to-oppose-nato-war-and-racism-bus-from-connecticut-tickets-56290964791\">Eventbrite<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit our transportation link at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/national-mobilization-to-oppose-nato-war-and-racism-bus-from-connecticut-tickets-56290964791\">EventBrite<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you prefer to pay by check: Make payment of $10 to Greater New Haven Peace Council and mail to Greater New Haven Peace Council, PO Box 3105, New Haven, CT\u00a0 06515 in time to arrive by March 23. If a check is received after that date, we can\u2019t guarantee a bus seat.<\/p>\n<p>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Connecticut Pick-up locations:<\/strong><br \/>Storrs: (3 AM Saturday Morning) Main Commuter Parking lot across from parking garage (&#8220;X&#8221; lot)<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">East Hartford: (4 AM Saturday Morning) 500 Main St, East Hartford, CT 06118 (East Hartford Park and Ride &#8212; just east of Charter Oak Bridge on Route 15)<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">New Haven: (5 AM Saturday Morning )LongWharf is called Food Terminal Plaza. This is more or less 200 to 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT 06511. There is a Mobil Gas station on one side of the entrance and a La Quinta Inn on the other.<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If paying the full cost of the bus seat is a hardship, please contact one of the trip organizers, Henry, @ 203-389-9547. We want to make sure that you can join us if at all possible.<\/h6>\n<p>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>National Mobilization to Oppose<br \/>NATO, War, and Racism<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Security through Peace,&#8221; an anti-militarism, pro-people &#8220;handout&#8221; based on materials developed for the Women&#8217;s March on the Pentagon <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/MiscDocs\/CPSC_Woman-i-festo.pdf\">Women-I-Festo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/MiscDocs\/CPSC_Letter_No2NATO2019_Final.pdf\">Letter inviting support for Connecticut<\/a> and the National Mobilization in Washington.<\/li>\n<li>Flyers\n<ul>\n<li>Connecticut Peace and Solidarity Coalition (CPSC): <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/MiscDocs\/MLK_vs._NATO_Flier_CPSC.pdf\">Flyer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>National Organization No-to-NATO: <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/MiscDocs\/No2NATO2019Flyer_National.pdf\">Flyer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Letter from the Connecticut Peace and Solidarity Coalition<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Dear friends,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">April 4, 2019, is the 51st anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Disrespectfully ignoring Dr. King\u2019s lifelong dedication to peace, military leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have chosen to celebrate NATO\u2019s 70th anniversary \u2013 on that very day \u2013 by holding its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. This is not only an insult to Dr. King but conveys NATO\u2019s message that Black lives and indeed the lives of the vast majority really do not matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">We are calling for a peaceful mass mobilization against this year\u2019s NATO summit in Washington for Saturday, March 30. Additional actions will take place at the opening of the NATO meeting on April 4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">We invite you to add your, and\/or your organization\u2019s name to the list of supporters of the anti-NATO, antiwar and antiracism mass actions in Washington, D.C. against the NATO alliance and its celebration of war and militarism this spring. Because the NATO alliance, an extension of the Pentagon, is a relic of the Cold War that does not have a legitimate purpose, it is especially dangerous. This is because in order to justify its existence, NATO must find new enemies \u2013 and if NATO can\u2019t find any, then NATO must conjure-up new enemies. The recent coup attempt in Venezuela was undoubtedly facilitated by its neighbor, Colombia \u2013 NATO\u2019s newest \u201cGlobal Partner.\u201d We also object to NATO\u2019s dangerous build-up, right on the borders of Russia, along with NATO\u2019s past aggressive wars in the Middle East, Yugoslavia, and other places.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It is imperative that we understand, as Martin Luther King did over 50 years ago, that the poverty in our own communities is directly related to the vast treasures spent on war every year. The Pentagon\u2019s budget for 2019 is $716 billion, 61% of federal discretionary spending.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">We must understand, as King did, that equality, security, civil rights are impossible to attain in a militarized society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">At home, education, health care, preschool, public transportation, infrastructure, pensions, and more \u2013 all suffer from lack of funds. Even though the resources exist in this, the richest country in history, they are headed to make war. We must redirect those resources to peaceful needs. The level of inequality in the US is by far the highest of any developed country, as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Abroad and at home, women and children bear the brunt of war and war spending.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Globally, the environment suffers the damage of wars and actions of the world\u2019s greatest single polluter \u2013 the Pentagon. The many wars waged to control fossil fuels and ensure that corporations make profits on burning them must be stopped if we are to halt and reverse the impact of global warming and build a sustainable energy economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">LET US MARCH TO END THIS SCOURGE OF WAR! PLEASE JOIN OUR NATIONAL MOBILIZATION!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Endorse as an individual at:<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/no2nato2019.org\/individual-endorsers\/\">http:\/\/no2nato2019.org\/individual-endorsers\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Have your Organization endorse at:<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/no2nato2019.org\/organizational-endorsers\/\"> http:\/\/no2nato2019.org\/organizational-endorsers\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Contact us to help organize a Connecticut response to NATO and militarism at: <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"mailto:No2NATO2019CT@HopeOutLoud.org\"><br \/>No2NATO2019CT@HopeOutLoud.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Connecticut Peace &amp; Solidarity Coalition<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/\">www.Hopeoutloud.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>From the National Organizers: A Call for National Mobilization to Oppose NATO, War, and Racism<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">April 4, 2019, will mark the 51st anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the internationally revered leader in struggles against racism, poverty and war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">And yet, in a grotesque desecration of Rev. King\u2019s lifelong dedication to peace, this is the date that the military leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have chosen to celebrate NATO\u2019s 70th anniversary by holding its annual summit meeting in Washington, D.C. This is a deliberate insult to Rev. King and a clear message that Black lives and the lives of non-European humanity, and indeed the lives of the vast majority, really do not matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Since its founding, the U.S.-led NATO has been the world&#8217;s deadliest military alliance, causing untold suffering and devastation throughout Northern Africa, the Middle East and beyond. Hundreds of thousands have died in U.S.\/NATO wars in Iraq, Libya, Somalia and Yugoslavia. Millions of refugees are now risking their lives trying to escape the carnage that these wars have brought to their homelands, while workers in the 29 NATO member-countries are told they must abandon hard-won social programs in order to meet U.S. demands for even more military spending.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dr. King&#8217;s words linking the three evils of American society: Militarism, Racism and Poverty, and his deeply profound remark that every bomb that falls on other countries is a bomb dropped on our inner cities, reveal the deep-rooted relationship between militarism and the social, racial, economic and environmental injustices that now impoverish whole cities and rural communities and have plagued our society and the world for a long time. It was exactly one year before he was murdered that Rev. King gave his famous speech opposing the U.S. war in Vietnam, calling the U.S. government \u201cthe greatest purveyor of violence in the world\u201d and declaring that he could not be silent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We cannot be silent either. As Rev. King taught us, &#8220;Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Every year NATO has held its summits, people around the world have organized massive protests against it: in Chicago (2012), Wales (2014), Warsaw (2016), Brussels (2017 &amp; 2018) \u2014 and 2019 will be no exception.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We are calling for a peaceful mass mobilization against this year\u2019s NATO Summit in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, March 30. Additional actions will take place at the opening of the NATO meeting on April 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We ask you to make every effort to join with us in Washington DC, or, if not possible, organize a rally or demonstration in your area. We need to show, in the strongest possible way, our opposition to NATO\u2019s destructive wars and its racist military policies around the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We also invite you to add your, and\/or your organization\u2019s name to the list of supporters of the anti-NATO, Anti-War and Anti-Racism mass actions in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">National Organizing Committee: <a href=\"http:\/\/no2nato2019.org\/\">http:\/\/no2nato2019.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Military Keynesianism:<br \/>The Peril that Eisenhower Warned us Against<\/h2>\n<p>Presented at the November 10, 2018 Peace Conference Organized by the Connecticut Peace and Solidarity Coalition<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hd6TRsa3LBs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Confronting the Empire&#8217;s War Agenda &#8211; The Struggle for Peace and Social Justice<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-134 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ConfrontingTheEmpiresWarAgenda_Small-300x186.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ConfrontingTheEmpiresWarAgenda_Small-300x186.png 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ConfrontingTheEmpiresWarAgenda_Small.png 563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ajamu Baraka, member of the US Peace Council Executive Committee and National Coordinator of Black Alliance for Peace, and<\/li>\n<li>Maurice Carney, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Friends of the Congo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Free. Public invited. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Flyer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Download a flyer =&gt;<a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ConfrontingTheEmpiresWarAgenda.jpg\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Co-sponsors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Greater New Haven Peace Council; Yale Democratic Socialists of America; Black Alliance for Peace; Popular Resistance; International Action Center; United Antiwar Coalition; Connecticut Peace &amp; Solidarity Coalition; Queens (NY) Peace Council; Veterans for Peace, Chapter 34, NYC; New Jersey Peace Council; New Jersey Peace Action; Veterans for Peace, Chapter 21, NJ; Green Party of New Jersey; New Jersey Revolution Radio; Pittsburgh Anti-Imperialist League<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date and Time:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 1, 2019<br \/>7:00 PM \u2013 9:00 PM EST<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First and Summerfield United Methodist Church<br \/>425 College Street<br \/>Corner Elm St.<br \/>New Haven, CT 06511<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong>US Hands off Venezuela Rally<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HandsOffVenezuela_Hartford_2019_Feb-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HandsOffVenezuela_Hartford_2019_Feb-300x157.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HandsOffVenezuela_Hartford_2019_Feb-768x402.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HandsOffVenezuela_Hartford_2019_Feb-1024x536.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/HandsOffVenezuela_Hartford_2019_Feb.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Hartford<\/h2>\n<p>Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 12 PM \u2013 2 PM<br \/>Federal Building, 450 Main St, Hartford, CT<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/658359504578704\/\">Hartford Facebook Event<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>New Haven<\/h2>\n<p>Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 12 PM \u2013 1 PM<br \/>New Haven Green, at Church St and Elm (across from Courthouse)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>US Hands Off Venezuela!<\/h2>\n<p>We cannot be silent in the face of the latest U.S. aggression against the Venezuelan people. We cannot sit idle while the Administration in Washington pushes for another resource war and uses sanctions to create a massive humanitarian crisis. History tells us that a US-backed coup will do little to improve the conditions for working people in Venezuela. Only the Venezuelan people should decide who rules. Self-determination for Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Washington\u2019s desire to increase US corporate control of Venezuela\u2019s oil reserves can only hasten climate warming, a catastrophe that, in turn, threatens human life on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Just as the powers in Washington were willing to lie to get us to go to war in Iraq so to are they willing to lie and manipulate the American people into supporting another unjust and immoral war. We cannot let ourselves be fooled again. Join us to show those in power that the American people are done with America\u2019s interventionist policy around the world.<\/p>\n<p>We say No more war<br \/>US hands off Venezuela<\/p>\n<p>We must come together to oppose US intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers include<\/p>\n<p>Mitch Linck &#8211; Antiwar veteran &#8211; Member of Socialist Action<br \/>Melissa &#8211; International Women&#8217;s Strike<br \/>Joe Hutch &#8211; Unite here 217<br \/>Ben Martin &#8211; 350 CT<br \/>Kyle Spalding &#8211; QC DSA<br \/>Ruwan &#8211; Uconn Ysa<br \/>Peter Goselin &#8211; 2018 Green party candidate for attorney general<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to be added to the speakers list please email Mitch.linck@gmail.com<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>November 2018 Conference:<br \/>Why We Need Peace to Survive<br \/>Developing a Connecticut Strategy<br \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fund Peace, Not Wars:<\/strong> The United States is the richest country in the world. Yet over $717 billion tax dollars &#8211; 61%!! of our Federal Discretionary Budget &#8211; go to war. Connecticut is under water. Our cities are under water. How do we make sure our schools have everything they need so students can learn, so we all have affordable health care and housing, our air is clean to breathe, our water is safe to drink, we and our neighbors have good jobs and our country invests in clean, green energy?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Half-day Conference for jobs, peace, healthcare and education, social justice, economic equity and environmental sustainability.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-93 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/NukingTheDomestic-Budget-277x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/NukingTheDomestic-Budget-277x300.png 277w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/NukingTheDomestic-Budget.png 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/>Saturday, November 10th\u00a0 (10 to 3 pm, lunch provided)<\/p>\n<p>Chapman Hall Room 808<br \/>Middlesex Community College<br \/>100 Training Hill Road, Middletown, CT<br \/>Featured Speakers:<\/p>\n<p>For a flyer, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/AntiWarConference_2018_Nov_10_flyer_v1.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the results of the 2018 Congressional election cycle are tallied, the issue of developing a strategy for a peace agenda to move our state and our country forward will be discussed. Join us on Saturday, November 10th to discuss the challenges, Hear about how US \/ NATO militarism is changing the African continent with a case study on the Congo. This will be followed by an overview of the human cost of war with a case study of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The reasons for support of US militarism will be discussed in the context of \u201cMilitary Keynesianism \u2013 the Concept President Dwight Eisenhower Warned Us Against.\u201d This will be followed by a panel \u201cEngaging the Public: Panel on Media, Social Media and Outreach\u201d as we develop a Connecticut strategy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New priorities are needed now:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attacks on Medicaid, Food Stamps and other programs for America&#8217;s most vulnerable<\/li>\n<li>Libraries closing in Hartford<\/li>\n<li>Devastating changes to environmental protections in the face of severe environmental events<\/li>\n<li>Localities faced with cuts education support and even bankruptcy<\/li>\n<li>Unfunded deteriorating infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>The return to &#8216;Law and Order&#8217; mentality while militarizing law enforcement rather than improving the relationship of the police to their communities<\/li>\n<li>All these while increasing the huge amount of our resources to a war machine that long ago stopped serving national issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_29\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/discretionary_spending_pie_2015_enacted-300x274.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/discretionary_spending_pie_2015_enacted-300x274.png 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/discretionary_spending_pie_2015_enacted-768x701.png 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/discretionary_spending_pie_2015_enacted.png 1003w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">60 Percent of Discretionary Spending is Military and Veterans<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Visit the event on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2231063140254318\/\">Why We Need Peace to Survive; Developing a Connecticut Strategy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/\">Hope Out Loud<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice (CCPJ)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nonukes-nowar.org\/\">No Nukes\u00a0 &#8211; No War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uspeacecouncil.org\/?cat=7\">Greater New Haven Peace Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Congress of CT Community Colleges (4C\u2019s\/SEIU)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/worldbeyondwar.org\/\">World Beyond War<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Exhibit tables available:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you advocate for a peace, justice or social issue, contact us about a literature\u00a0 \/ outreach table at the November Conference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information: contact \u2013 skrevisky@mxcc.commnet.edu<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/images\/HiroshimaRemembrance_PeaceSign.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">2018 Hartford Area Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>A shared call for the abolition of nuclear weapons<br \/>Promoting a vision of a nuclear-free world<br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">6:30\u00a0&#8211;\u00a09:00 PM,\u00a0Sunday,\u00a0August\u00a06th<br \/><b>Unitarian Society of Hartford<br \/><\/b>50 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\">Door open at 6:00 pm<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Potluck begins at 6:30 pm &#8212; please bring food to share<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Program of music, speakers &amp; poetry begins at 7:00 pm<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Candle-Lighting Ceremony featuring creation of a large candlelit peace sign on the meeting house lawn(this will be outdoors, as weather permits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">Sponsored\u00a0by:<br \/>CT\u00a0Coalition\u00a0for\u00a0Peace\u00a0and\u00a0Justice<br \/>Hope Out Loud<br \/>No\u00a0Nukes\/No\u00a0War<br \/>Unitarian Society of Hartford<br \/>United Nations Association of Connecticut<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For more information, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonukes-nowar.org\/hiroshimaday_2018.htm\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For a flyer for Hartford, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonukes-nowar.org\/files\/Hiroshima2018_Hartford.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Visit us on =&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Hartford-Hiroshima-Day-Remembrance-716548525070469\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For\u00a0more\u00a0information:<br \/>(860)\u00a0561-1897<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\">2018 Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki related peace events in <a href=\"http:\/\/nonukes-nowar.org\/\">New Haven<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-57 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/wide-banner-for-Wayne.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1261\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/wide-banner-for-Wayne.png 1261w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/wide-banner-for-Wayne-300x108.png 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/wide-banner-for-Wayne-768x278.png 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/wide-banner-for-Wayne-1024x370.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1261px) 100vw, 1261px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">United Day of Action Against U.S. Wars at Home and Abroad<\/h2>\n<p>The United States\u2019 policy of destructive endless wars and expensive military interventions has driven our country and the whole world into an increasingly dangerous crisis \u2014 politically, socially, economically and with catastrophic impact on the environment and health. To further deepen the crisis, the Defense Department\u2019s new \u201c2018 Defense Strategy\u201d calls for a \u201cmore lethal, resilient, and rapidly innovating Joint Force &#8230; that will sustain American influence and ensure favorable balance of power\u201d for the U.S. around the globe, and warns that the \u201ccosts of not implementing this strategy are &#8230; decreasing U.S. global influence &#8230; and reduced access to markets.\u201d In line with this intensified militaristic policy, Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, announced recently that the U.S. military will stay in Syria indefinitely, that the U.S. is planning to partition Syria by creating a 30,000-strong pro-U.S. force on Syria\u2019s northern territory (which has already led to a confrontation with Turkey), and that all units of the U.S. military are now going through military exercises in preparation for war!<\/p>\n<p>People in the U.S. and around the world are under ever increasing attack. Our tax dollars are used for more war, to build walls and jails as the voices of racism, sexism, Islamophobia and homophobia get louder, while human needs are ignored.<\/p>\n<p>This ever-increasing militarization of U.S. government policy at home and abroad calls for an urgent response by all of us.<\/p>\n<p>The time is now to return to the streets as a united movement to make our anti-war and social justice voices heard. As you may know, the recent well-attended and broadly sponsored Conference on U.S. Foreign Military Bases adopted a resolution calling for united spring actions against U.S. wars at home and abroad. You can see the full text of the resolution on our web site: <a href=\"http:\/\/noforeignbases.org\/\">NoForeignBases.org<\/a>. The Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases is proposing a united day of regional actions on the<strong> weekend of April 14 \u2013 15.<\/strong> That weekend is right before Tax Day, Earth Day, and May Day, which gives us the ability to draw attention to the increase in military spending and the unpopular new tax bill, to point out that the U.S. military is the largest polluter in the world and address the growing deportation and vilification of immigrants, as well as violation of labor rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Website:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For the National April 15, Spring Action website and other events nationwide, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.springaction2018.org\/list-of-actions.html\">here <\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Location:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>April 15, 2 P.M. rally at Herald Sq (34th &amp; 6th) with a march to Trump tower.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Directions to <strong>34 Street-Herald Sq Station<\/strong> served by subways B, D, F, M, N, Q, R W.<\/p>\n<h3>Facebook Spring Action Event Pages:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/259012254639190\/\">Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Solidarity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/406041149807174\/\">Spring Anti-War Action &#8211; Connecticut Northeast Corner<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Transportation:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Round Trip on Metro North; New Haven to Grand Central and Return<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Arrive inside Union Station, New Haven, at 10 AM. Give yourself time to find a parking spot. Group must travel together on single group ticket leaving from New Haven Union Station (With prior-arrangement, a space in the group can be picked up at West Haven train station (free parking). Train departs New Haven at 10:45 arriving NYC at 12:50. Those at West Haven will be picked up at 10:50 AM. We must return together from Grand Central on a train leaving Saturday at 7:04 PM. Note: when traveling in a group there are no individual Metro North tickets. We will identify you as a member of the group.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket must be purchased at the Metro North station.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">To make a donation, see the &#8220;Ticket Option&#8221; on the Eventbrite page =&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/national-day-of-action-against-war-at-home-and-abroad-new-yorkconnecticut-tickets-43912197565\"> here<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Downloadable Flyers:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For a flyer for the New York City event (4 per page double sided &#8211; pdf), click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/Flier_2018_April_15_v3.pdf\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Four flyers per page &#8211; jpg\n<ul>\n<li>For a flyer for the New York City event (4 per page double sided, side A &#8211; jpg), click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/4flier_p1_2018_april_15.jpg\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For a flyer for the New York City event (4 per page double sided, side B &#8211; jpg), click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/4flier_p2_2018_april_15.jpg\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Two flyers per page &#8211; jpg\n<ul>\n<li>For a flyer for the New York City event (2 per page double sided, print back-to-back &#8211; jpg), click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/2flier_2018_april_15.jpg\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Single vertical flyer &#8211; jpg\n<ul>\n<li>For a flyer for the New York City event (single vertical &#8211; jpg), click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/1flier_2018_april_15_vertical.jpg\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Spring Anti-War Action &#8211; Connecticut Northeast Corner (full page), click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/April_15_SpringAction_NECT.pdf\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Donations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Donate to support the April 15, 2018 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.springaction2018.org\/home.html\">Spring Action<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donations made through this button are made to the Spring Action via the <a href=\"http:\/\/uspeacecouncil.org\/\">US Peace Council<\/a>. Please feel free to add a note to the peace council when paying by PayPal.<\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/> <input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"JEM7KK4XQC3YQ\" \/> <input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DonateNowWithPayPal-300x115.png\" type=\"image\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<p>Thank You for your support.<\/p>\n<h3>Articles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zcomm.org\/znetarticle\/the-spring-antiwar-actions-of-april-14-and-15\/\">The Spring Antiwar Actions of April 14 and 15<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.911tap.org\/557-news-releases\/731-united-day-of-action-against-u-s-wars-at-home-and-abroad\">United Day of Action Against U.S. Wars at Home and Abroad<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Connecticut Joins the Call To Global Action Against Illegal <\/strong><strong>U.S. Occupation Of Guant\u00e1namo<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>ACTIONS: February 23, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noon \u2013 1:00 PM: Rally at Abraham A. Ribicoff Federal Building, 450 Main Street Hartford, CT<\/li>\n<li>1:15 \u2013 1:45 PM: Peaceably Assemble and vigil at Old State House Square; deliver letter to Senator Blumenthal demanding closure of Guant\u00e1namo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases calls upon peace activists in the U.S. and around the world to organize actions, of whatever size and nature, on or around February 23rd, 2018, to protest the continuing occupation of Guant\u00e1namo in Cuba by the United States military. February 23rd, 2018 is the 115th Anniversary of the seizure of Guant\u00e1namo from the Cuban people. The United States forced the Cuban Constitutional Congress to cede the Bay of Guant\u00e1namo to United States control. With the success of the Cuban Revolution, the Cuban Government has insisted on the abrogation of the one-sided Treaty. The United States has refused, leaning on the original terms that BOTH countries must agree on the termination of the Treaty. Since 1959, Cuba has not recognized the imposed treaty and has refused to cash the United States\u2019 annual check for $4,085.00 in payment.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has now turned Guant\u00e1namo into a torture chamber, a prison where the prisoners do not have any legal protections or rights, a shameful disrespect by the United States of human rights and International Law.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the Resolution unanimously adopted at the Conference Against U.S. Military Bases we demand that the United States Government promptly withdraw all its forces and personnel from Guant\u00e1namo Bay and immediately declare ALL agreements ceding control of Guant\u00e1namo Bay to the United States to be null and void.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video \u2013 <em>All Guant\u00e1namo is Ours<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>All Guantanamo is Ours,<\/em> a 37 minute film with English subtitles, shows the perspective and sentiment of the Cuban people, in particular those living in the towns around Guantanamo, about the illegal occupation of the U.S. Naval Base. The film is unique in revealing what the occupation looked like before and after the revolution. The protagonists in this documentary are the people living there who with their voices denounce this injustice convinced that one day that territory will be returned to Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Josefina Vidal, Ministry of Foreign Relations General Director for the United States explained the significance of Guantanamo. <em>\u201cThe occupation of the Naval Base is illegal and it is occupied against the will of the government and the people of Cuba who since 1959 have been demanding its return. That is why until Cuba can recuperate Guantanamo\u2019s total sovereignty and control we will not be able to say that there are normal relations between Cuba and the United States.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XKEs4mE7INs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This documentary by filmmaker and journalist Hernando Calvo Ospina has been produced by Resumen Latinoamericano and the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Endorsers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Greater New Haven Peace Council<\/li>\n<li>Greater Hartford Cuba Coalition<\/li>\n<li>Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Solidarity<\/li>\n<li>Hope Out Loud<\/li>\n<li>Hartford Catholic Worker<\/li>\n<li>Veterans for Peace \u2013 CT<\/li>\n<li>Greater Hartford Coalition on Cuba<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Flyer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a flyer, click =&gt;<a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/ConnecticutCallCloseGuantanamo.pdf\"> here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t attend the rally, contact your members of Congress and ask that <em><strong>&#8220;Guantanamo be closed and returned to Cuba.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact information for the Connecticut congressional delegation can be seen =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/ContactGovernment.html\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The general Congressional switchboard number is 202-224-3121.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For more information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact: Steve 860-759-3699; SKrevisky@mxcc.commnet.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-51 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/NoForeignBasesLogoOnly.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/NoForeignBasesLogoOnly.png 840w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/NoForeignBasesLogoOnly-300x49.png 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/NoForeignBasesLogoOnly-768x124.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>No Foreign Bases: Challenging the Footprint of US Empire &#8211; Closing Guantanamo<br \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/popularresistance.org\/no-foreign-bases-challenging-the-footprint-of-us-empire\/\">No Foreign Bases: Challenging the Footprint of US Empire (By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance) <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The United States cannot be a moral or ethical country until it faces up to the realities of US empire and the destruction it causes around the world. The US undermines governments (including democracies), kills millions of people, causes mass migrations of people fleeing their homes, communities and countries and produces vast environmental damage.<\/p>\n<p>A new coalition, The Coalition Against US Foreign Military Bases, held its inaugural event January 12-14, 2018 at the University of Baltimore in Maryland. The meeting was framed by a Unity Statement that brought together numerous peace and justice organizations. The basis for unity was:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cU.S. foreign military bases are the principal instruments of imperial global domination and environmental damage through wars of aggression and occupation, and that the closure of U.S. foreign military bases is one of the first necessary steps toward a just, peaceful and sustainable world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/Map%20of%20Bases&amp;CounterTerrorism_WatsonInst.pdf\">map of numerous United States bases<\/a> was developed by <a href=\"http:\/\/watson.brown.edu\/\">The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Guantanamo<\/h2>\n<p>At the conference, a resolution was adopted and a call was issued to close the base at Guant\u00e1namo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call To Global Action Against Illegal U.S. Occupation Of Guant\u00e1namo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dear Advocates of Peace, Justice and Peoples\u2019 Sovereignty:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases calls upon peace activists in the U.S. and around the world to organize actions, of whatever size and nature, on or around February 23rd, 2018, to protest the continuing occupation of Guant\u00e1namo in Cuba by the United States military.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">February 23rd, 2018 is the 115th Anniversary of the seizure of Guant\u00e1namo from the Cuban people as a result of the provoked Spanish-American War. The United States forced the Cuban Constitutional Congress to cede the Bay of Guant\u00e1namo to United States control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">With the success of the Cuban Revolution, the Cuban Government has insisted on the abrogation of the Treaty. The United States has refused, leaning on the original terms that BOTH countries must agree on the termination of the Treaty. Since 1959, Cuba has not recognized the imposed treaty and has refused to cash the United States\u2019 annual check for $4,085.00 in payment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The United States has now turned Guant\u00e1namo into a torture chamber, a prison where the prisoners do not have any legal protections or rights, a shameful disrespect by the United States of human rights and international law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Based on the Resolution unanimously adopted at our Conference Against U.S. Military Bases (full text of the Resolution follows), we call upon on our Brothers and Sisters around the world to organize actions against U.S. illegal occupation of Guant\u00e1namo and demand that the United States Government promptly withdraw all its forces and personnel from Guant\u00e1namo Bay and immediately declare ALL agreements ceding control of Guant\u00e1namo Bay to the United States to be null and void.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Please send us the information about your planned events so we can publicize them for you on our web site.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases<br \/>January 26, 2018<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/noforeignbases.org\/\">www.NoForeignBases.org<\/a><br \/>info@NoForeignBases.org<\/p>\n<p>Full text of the resolution: <strong>Resolution On Global Day Of Actions Against Guantanamo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">WHEREAS, February 23, 2018 is the 115th Anniversary of the seizure of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the United States to create a foreign Military Base, a result of the U.S. provoked Spanish-American War, and further<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">WHEREAS, the United States used its military power to force the Cuban Constitutional Convention to accept the seizure in its Constitution, and further<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">WHEREAS, upon the success of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 Cuba demanded the repudiation of the Treaty, ceased cashing the annual U.S. Payment of $4,085 and called for the complete sovereignty of the Bay by the Cuban Government, and further<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">WHEREAS, the United States has refused to return Guantanamo Bay to the Cuban people, citing the forcibly imposed Clause in the Treaty that BOTH parties must agree to the cancellation of the Treaty, and further<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">WHEREAS, U.S. occupation of Guantanamo Bay provides United States military dominance in the Caribbean and South America and is a threat to the independence and sovereignty of the peoples in that vast area, and further<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">WHEREAS, under U.S. control, Guantanamo Bay has become a center of torture and abrogation of human rights, violations of elementary U.S. and international standards that are condemned by the civilized world,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Bases unanimously calls upon the global peace movement to organize, on or around February 23, 2018, Actions<\/p>\n<p>For a flyer, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/Guantanamo%20Call.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Local contacts for a <em>tentative<\/em> Friday afternoon, February 23, 2018 event in Hartford<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hartford:\u00a0 Alex Koskinas, koskinasa175@gmail.com<\/li>\n<li>New Haven: Henry Lowendorf, grnhpeacecouncil2@gmail.com<\/li>\n<li>Middletown: Stephen Krevisky,\u00a0 SKrevisky@mxcc.commnet.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Organizing for Peace &amp;<br \/>Resisting the Politics of Fear:<br \/>A Call to Action<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Article in The Chronicle, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/Nov2017_PeaceConf_MiddltownChronicle.pdf\">MxCC Holds Peace &amp; Justice Conference,<\/a> by Dortha Cool Willetts<\/p>\n<p>We have the money to create good jobs, pay for health care and education, clean the environment and pursue a life of liberty and happiness<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Half-day Conference for jobs, peace, healthcare and education, social justice, economic equity and environmental sustainability.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/Hiroshima2015_Hartford.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/images\/Sadako_PeaceSign.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"251\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Saturday, November 18th\u00a0 (11 to 4 pm, lunch provided)<\/p>\n<p>Chapman Hall Room 808<br \/>Middlesex Community College<br \/>100 Training Hill Road, Middletown, CT<br \/>Featured Speakers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bruce Gagnon,<\/strong> Secretary\/Coordinator Global Network Against Weapons &amp; Nuclear Power in Space; 2006 recipient of the Dr. Benjamin Spock Peacemaker Award; Vietnam-era veteran.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bill Curry,<\/strong> former head of nuclear Freeze Voter;candidate for Governor of CT; Presidential advisor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rev. Henry Brown &amp; Henrietta Beckman,<\/strong> Mothers United Against Violence, Hartford<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a flyer, click =&gt; <a href=\"flyers\/2018_PeaceConferenceFlier.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit the event on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2027918164109546\/\">Organizing For Peace &amp; Resisting the Politics of Fear<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>New priorities are needed now:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attacks on Medicaid, Food Stamps and other programs for America&#8217;s most vulnerable<\/li>\n<li>Libraries closing in Hartford<\/li>\n<li>Devastating changes to environmental protections in the face of severe environmental events<\/li>\n<li>Localities faced with cuts education support and even bankruptcy<\/li>\n<li>Unfunded deteriorating infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>The return to &#8216;Law and Order&#8217; mentality while militarizing law enforcement rather than improving the relationship of the police to their communities<\/li>\n<li>All these while increasing the huge amount of our resources to a war machine that long ago stopped serving national issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_29\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/discretionary_spending_pie_2015_enacted-300x274.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/discretionary_spending_pie_2015_enacted-300x274.png 300w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/discretionary_spending_pie_2015_enacted-768x701.png 768w, http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/discretionary_spending_pie_2015_enacted.png 1003w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">60 Percent of Discretionary Spending is Military and Veterans<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Visit the event on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2027918164109546\/\">Organizing For Peace &amp; Resisting the Politics of Fear<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hope Out Loud<\/li>\n<li>Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice (CCPJ)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nonukes-nowar.org\/\">No Nukes\u00a0 &#8211; No War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uspeacecouncil.org\/?cat=7\">Greater New Haven Peace Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Congress of CT Community Colleges (4C\u2019s\/SEIU)<\/li>\n<li>Good Morning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information: contact \u2013 skrevisky@mxcc.commnet.edu<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\">Just how many <b><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/US_Military_Interventions.html\">military interventions<\/a><\/b> has the United States had in its history?<br \/>Click to see ==&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/US_Military_Interventions.html\">here<\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Town \/ City level Resolutions putting human needs before military expenditures\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">US Peace Council Initiative: Click to see the <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/CityNeedsInitiative.pdf\">Resolution<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">US Peace Council-National People&#8217;s Campaign: to download, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/US%20Peace%20Council-National%20People's%20Campaign.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Peace Commission Resolution 2017 PASSED BY ALDERS Calling for Hearing on Funding Human Services in New Haven: to download, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/Peace%20Commission%20Resolution%202017%20PASSED%20BY%20ALDERS%20Calling%20for%20Hearing%20on%20Funding%20Human%20Services%20in%20New%20Haven.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Model Resolution for US cities: to download, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/Model%20Resolution%20for%20US%20cities.pdf\">here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/images\/HiroshimaRemembrance_PeaceSign.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">2017 Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><b>Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance<br \/>A\u00a0Call\u00a0to\u00a0Abolish\u00a0Nuclear\u00a0Weapons<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>6:00\u00a0&#8211;\u00a09:00 PM,\u00a0Sunday,\u00a0August\u00a06th<br \/><b>Unitarian Society of Hartford<br \/><\/b>50 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\">Door open at 6:00 pm<br \/>Potluck begins at 6 pm &#8212; please bring food to share<br \/>Program of music, speakers &amp; poetry begins at 6:30 pm<br \/>Candle-lighting Ceremony at 8 pm (this will be outdoors, as weather permits)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Sponsored\u00a0by:<br \/>CT\u00a0Coalition\u00a0for\u00a0Peace\u00a0and\u00a0Justice<br \/>Hope Out Loud<br \/>No\u00a0Nukes\/No\u00a0War<br \/>Unitarian Society of Hartford<br \/>United Nations Association of Connecticut<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">For more information, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonukes-nowar.org\/hiroshimaday_2017.htm\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">For a flyer for Hartford, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/Hiroshima2017_Hartford.pdf\">here<\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Visit us on =&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1319750878132574\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">For\u00a0more\u00a0information:<br \/>(860)\u00a0561-1897<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Vigils in New Haven for Nuclear Abolition<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">2017 New Haven Remembrance<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE INHUMANE<\/b>.<br \/>Poetry and Candle Ceremony<br \/>August 6th 7:00 p.m. -\u00ad 8:30 p.m.<br \/>New Haven Green, Flagpole<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">2017 Vigils\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Silent Vigil for Hiroshima<br \/>Saturday, August 6th<br \/>8:15 a.m.<br \/>New Haven Green, Flagpole<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>\u2022<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Silent Vigil for Nagasaki<br \/>Tuesday, August 9th<br \/>11:00 a.m.<br \/>New Haven Green, Flagpole<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\">For More Info:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Web Site: <a href=\"http:\/\/uspeacecouncil.org\/?cat=7\">Greater New Haven Peace Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">or<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Greater New Haven Peace Council<br \/>PO Box 3105<br \/>New Haven, CT 06515-0205<a href=\"mailto:grnhpeacecouncil@gmail.com\"><br \/>grnhpeacecouncil@gmail.com<\/a><br \/>City of New Haven Peace Commission<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">For a flyer, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonukes-nowar.org\/files\/NewHaven2017.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Town \/ City level Resolutions putting human needs before military expenditures\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">US Peace Council-National People&#8217;s Campaign: to download, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/US%20Peace%20Council-National%20People's%20Campaign.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Peace Commission Resolution 2017 PASSED BY ALDERS Calling for Hearing on Funding Human Services in New Haven: to download, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/Peace%20Commission%20Resolution%202017%20PASSED%20BY%20ALDERS%20Calling%20for%20Hearing%20on%20Funding%20Human%20Services%20in%20New%20Haven.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Model Resolution for US cities: to download, click =&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/flyers\/Model%20Resolution%20for%20US%20cities.pdf\">here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/towncost.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/images\/TownCostOfWar.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"207\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hopeoutloud.org\/towncost.html\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Connecticut<br \/>Town Specific<br \/>Cost of Wars on Terror<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">(Updated through Fiscal Year 2017<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>)<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 Hartford Area Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki Remembrance Hiroshima \/ Nagasaki RemembranceA Shared Call for Nuclear Weapon Abolition On Wednesday August 6th Back from the Brink CT will hold a vigil from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at Main Street in &hellip; 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