1) the wars and occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan are stopped;"The military uses slogans to make aggression sound less aggressive," Wright explains, warning us to "be on guard against slogans like 'Peace time engagement,' 'War on drugs,' 'War on terror,' 'Disaster assistance.'"
2) Guantanamo and all the other secret prisons around the globe are closed and torture stopped;
3) Plans Merida and Colombia are dismantled;
4) the new "Prosperity and Security Partnership" with Canada and Mexico, which are aimed at giving the US more say in the affairs of those countries is stopped
Ann Wright is a special person to me. She was Commander of Camp Casey in Crawford Texas, where I first met her, and has led many of us in peaceful protest against the war crimes committed by the US. Her presence at this event both inspired and comforted me at this time in my own history of activism and in the history of my country.
As the audience stretched before the event’s Q&A, the Grannies sang their anti-war songs. At the end, I left feeling grateful to them for their continued activism and committed to continuing my own against US aggression.
About the Author
Nancy Van Ness is the founder and director of the American Creative Dance group in New York City. A life-long modern dancer in her 60s, Nancy has studied with one of the greatest maestros of tango in Buenos Aires and was cast as the female lead in Tango Passion, a romantic comedy set in a tango salon.
Nancy innovated an avant garde system of dance and musical accompaniment for her company. The troupe's dance work requires performers to be creators, using their own bodies to make art; they do not perform dance classics. She has performed in numerous venues around the world.
Nancy is also very active in the international peace movement and hopes to see an end to global militarization in her lifetime.
Originally posted at The Women’s International Perspective.
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