CALENDAR: Elliott Adams of VFP to speak in Tacoma -- Wed., Oct. 30 @ 7pm
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- Written by Abe DeJamminen
CALENDAR: Back from Russia & meeting Snowden, Ray McGovern to speak in Tacoma -- Sun., Oct. 20 @ 7pm
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- Written by Abe DeJamminen
On Sun., Oct. 20, on the eve of the trial of a group of nuclear resisters that includes Father Bill Bichsel, Ray McGovern will speak at a Festival of Hope held at St. Leo's in Tacoma.[1] -- Ray McGovern. a 73-year-old former CIA officer who has spoken before in Tacoma at a talk co-sponsored by UFPPC that won a standing ovation, is just back from Russia where he participated in an award ceremony for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. -- McGovern worked for the CIA for 27 years, won the Intelligence Commendation Medal, and prepared the president’s daily intel briefing in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. -- A Roman Catholic, McGovern has been an active opponent of U.S. policies, including torture, since the U.S. invasion of Iraq. -- He will be joined by David Price, an anthropologist teaching at St. Martin's in Lacey, who has also been a UFPPC speaker in the past. -- This event is free and open to the public....
ACTIVISM: All-day training session for anti-KXL activists in Tacoma -- Sat., Oct. 26
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- Written by Marilyn Kimmerling