CALENDAR: Counter-Inaugural Bawl Ball in Tacoma - Sat., Jan. 21 @ 7pm
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- Written by Mark Jensen
Together with several other groups UFPPC is co-sponsoring a Counter-Inaugural Bawl Ball on the evening of Sat., Jan. 21.[1] -- A $10 cover fee includes memorable party favors! -- The event will be held at the Asia Pacific Cultural Center starting at 7:00 p.m. -- Music will be provided by a local dance band, The Derivatives -- descended from The Disclaimers, who graced similar events 2005 and 2009. -- No-host bar & all attire welcome. -- If funds raised exceed costs, the balance will be donated to several local groups (to be announced). -- RSVP appreciated (but not required) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the number of people in the subject line....
ESSAY: Reflections on 10 years of marching for peace (Kristi Nebel)
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- Written by Kristi Nebel
The 2016 Veterans Day parade in Auburn is the largest west of the Mississippi. -- After marching for the tenth straight year with the Tacoma Chapter of Veterans for Peace on Saturday, Kristi Nebel wrote up her reflections for the UFPPC website.[1] -- "I think a parade is a very curious event," she said. -- "I consider it to be a very elemental thing, an almost primitive display of people just walking in front of other people. -- Yet it evokes such a powerful response. -- A quiet little thunderbolt erupts in some of them as their eyes alight on the words 'Veterans for Peace.'" ...
LECTURE: The political rhetoric of perpetual war
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- Written by Bill Bridges