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Title: With Iraq Play, Students Act on Beliefs (Intimidation FAILED)
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/columnone/la-na-iraq
URL Source: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/22/2026/print/
Published: Jun 22, 2007
Author: Erika Hayasaki
Post Date: 2007-07-03 13:40:34 by Calamity
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Keywords: Iraq, Students
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With Iraq Play, Students Act on Beliefs Their war drama was halted before it could premiere. Old enough to fight in it, they were being silenced. It didn't seem fair. by Erika Hayasaki WILTON, Conn. - She could not look at her principal. The words coming out of his mouth infuriated her. There would be no play about the war in Iraq, he told the drama class at Wilton High School: The topic was too controversial, too complicated. Sitting in the front row of the campus theater on a March morning, Erin Clancy squeezed another drama student’s hand and tried to hold back tears. They had been preparing for the production of “Voices in Conflict” for two months. One student sitting onstage began to yell and curse. The performing arts department head ordered her to address the principal with respect. Erin didn’t want to offend him either. In her four years at Wilton High, she had grown to like the principal. But this play meant more to her than others she had acted in, like “West Side Story” and “Grease.” She had to say something. Her voice trembled. She was 18 - old enough to fight in the war, Erin told him, and old enough to vote for leaders who send people to war. So why couldn’t she perform in a play about it? It was not open for debate. Principal Timothy Canty told the students his mind was made up. He left, and the students swarmed their drama teacher. It had been Bonnie Dickinson’s idea for them to research the war and come up with monologues based on the words of U.S. soldiers culled from documentaries, books and articles. Dickinson had stayed quiet during the principal’s talk. The students asked her: What do we do now? Dickinson told them she didn’t think there was anything they could do: He was the principal, and he made the rules. The students talked of writing letters to the local newspaper or protesting the principal’s decision. There had to be something they could do to change his mind. It didn’t seem fair, Erin recalled telling her father in their family room later that evening. There was a war going on, and she wanted her classmates to care about it. – IT started as an end-of-the-year project. Dickinson, 53, a drama teacher at Wilton High School for 13 years, wanted her students to perform something with substance. She thought of a former Wilton High student, Nicholas Madaras, who had joined the Army after graduating in 2005. He was killed in September by a roadside bomb. Dickinson had not followed news about the war closely but figured she could learn about it, along with her students, by creating a play. She began collecting sources in which soldiers had talked about their experiences. The goal, she told the class, was to present different viewpoints. They would piece together a series of vignettes from real-life characters. One of several documentaries students watched for their research was called “The Ground Truth,” http://thegroundtruth.net/ in which veterans condemned the war and their treatment by the military after returning home from Iraq. Many supporters of the war consider it a biased film. To balance the students’ references, Dickinson found books and articles in which soldiers talked proudly of their job, and the importance of fighting for freedom. The veterans in “The Ground Truth” touched some of her students. James Presson, 16, could not get Navy veteran Charlie Anderson out of his mind. In the film, Petty Officer 2nd Class Anderson, 30, talked about suffering from post-traumatic stress, and how his life fell apart after fighting in Iraq. James was named after his uncle, who died fighting in the Vietnam War. He watched the news daily, and couldn’t understand why his teachers did not discuss the war in his social studies classes. He often noticed yellow ribbons, American flags, and “Support Our Troops” banners in Wilton, an affluent community of 18,000 about 50 miles northeast of New York City. But he seldom heard anyone talk about why the troops were fighting and dying. Watching the film, James wondered how Anderson must have felt to come home to a daughter who didn’t remember him and a marriage that fell apart. He thought about what it would be like to go from being a proud U.S. soldier to a lonely veteran who could not find a job. James wanted to act Anderson’s story. Erin, who loves wearing high heels and anything pink, was surprised she identified with soldiers who had shot people and lost limbs. She empathized with the young woman who joined the military to pay for college and ended up agonizing over starving children in Iraq. Something Anderson said in the documentary stuck with Erin too. He talked about coming home from the war and trying to relate to his friends: “It’s just that our priorities were different,” he said. “It was hard finding friends. People were boring to me, not that I was that interesting of a person. I just always thought they talked about stupid stuff.” Before working on this play, Erin used to listen to reports about Paris Hilton. Now she pays attention to news about soldiers killed in Iraq. Her friends outside of drama class didn’t understand her preoccupation. After her research, Erin concluded that she supported the war. She believed the government should finish what it started. She wanted other students to learn enough to form their own opinions too. The class had not finished putting together a script when the principal called the drama teacher into his office. Canty told Dickinson that parents were concerned about the play’s content, she later recalled. A student, whose brother was serving in Iraq, had expressed interest in performing in the play. But once the student got involved, she disagreed with its direction because she felt it was antiwar. Her mother complained to the school. Dickinson offered to revise the script, but Canty was not satisfied. When he visited the class, students asked whether they could perform the play for their parents. Canty said no. They could not perform the play at Wilton High, or anywhere else. – A few days later, someone tipped off the media. The drama students suspected it was a parent, angry that the play was canceled. Local and national television programs and newspapers did stories. Strangers from across the world encouraged the students, and soldiers stationed in Iraq sent words of support, including Anderson from “The Ground Truth.” Then came the backlash. Someone had started a Facebook Web page criticizing the drama class. One posting said the students should be “hanged for treason.” Others called them “worthless” and “unpatriotic” kids with “liberal pig parents.” At first, the drama students were scared and nervous to return to school. In hallways, kids tried to pick fights with them. Others talked behind their backs or shouted: “You take that play somewhere else!” The girl with a brother in Iraq had been friends with many on the cast, but she stopped speaking to them. “Our student body has very much rejected our play,” Erin said, “and everything we stand for.” James learned to shrug off the name-calling and glares. He tried instead to explain to people why he felt so strongly about the play. “Getting away from the body counts and images is OK,” he said. “You need to escape and watch ‘American Idol’ or ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’ But there are times when the real facts must be faced. We’ve got something huge going on.” Supt. Gary Richards issued a statement calling the script’s language “graphic and violent,” and said allowing students to act as soldiers “turns powerful material into a dramatic format that borders on being sensational and inappropriate.” Outraged by the censorship, professional theater directors contacted Dickinson. A Connecticut playhouse invited the students to perform there, and two New York venues asked to feature “Voices in Conflict” off-Broadway in June. A 1st Amendment attorney who had heard about the play contacted Dickinson. He offered to represent her pro bono. With the lawyer’s backing, the class made a decision that the school administration did not fight. The students were headed to New York. – GRADUATION and the play were a month away. Erin stayed busy preparing for the ceremony, taking final exams and practicing her lines at night. The days grew more hectic. For most of the students, their biggest audiences had been made up of friends and family. Now it would be theater-lovers and reporters. In June, they had three hourlong performances scheduled in Connecticut and three in New York. Dickinson coached the actors late into the night. They rewrote the script at the last minute, incorporating letters from soldiers and the students’ experiences after the principal banned the play. The teacher smiled and teased the students during rehearsal, but she had her own worries - the school had placed her under administrative review. Her attorney, Martin Garbus, said Dickinson had been accused of trying to present a biased play that violated copyrights, mobilizing the students to follow her political agenda and lying about what was in the script. It would be weeks before the administration concluded Dickinson’s job was safe. Until then, she tried not to let it discourage her. “This is high school with kids who could, at any minute, enlist,” she said. “We have recruiters in the cafeteria all the time. They wanted to learn about the war. Can’t they learn about it for God’s sake?” – IN 20 minutes, the final show in New York would begin. Inside the Public Theater, the cast gathered in a basement dressing room, littered with their McDonald’s bags and Starbucks cups. It was the same building where “Hair,” a play about hippies opposed to the Vietnam War, had premiered in 1967. Forty years later, the drama students from Wilton High were about to have their most important night in the spotlight. “I’m kind of freaking out a little bit,” said James, pacing in a corner. In less than two hours he would meet Anderson, the war veteran whose character he was playing. The students and their families had paid to fly Anderson from his home in Virginia to see the show. Erin applied foundation around her eyes in front of a mirror. She would graduate tomorrow, but she was more anxious about tonight. Erin could not believe she was going to act in front of such an imposing audience - most notably Anderson, and another character in the play, National Guard Lt. Paul Rieckhoff. Dickinson whisked through the dressing room: “Kids, listen up, put on your strongest voices!” “I’m nervous!” a student yelled. “Bonnie, do we have a full house?” “Oh yes,” she said. “There’s many people out there lined up. It’s totally booked.” As the lights dimmed, more than 225 people waited for the show to begin. The 16 teenagers stood onstage, forming two parallel lines. They wore jeans, cargo pants, T-shirts, canvas sneakers, black flats. One wore a camouflage bandana. Together they said: “We choose to hear the voices of those who serve.” A harmonica played. Erin stepped to the front of the stage as the rest of the cast sat in chairs behind her. She recited a monologue from Army Reserve Sgt. Lisa Haynes: “So I go to Iraq. And on the road we saw a lot of Iraqi kids, poor kids, hungry, pretty kids. Malnourished with big stomachs. We were told not to give them anything. They would come up to your vehicles hungry and we weren’t allowed to give them anything.” Then it was James’ turn. He rubbed his hands together and brushed his fingers through his hair: “The doctors say I have post-traumatic stress disorder…. My symptoms didn’t show up right away. Then everything just caught up to me and hit me all at once.” “I have nightmares,” he continued. “Everybody says I didn’t do anything I should be ashamed of. So why can’t I sleep?” As the play went on, the characters talked of killing insurgents and killing innocent people, missing their families and missing Iraq, loving their country and feeling anger toward it. One spoke of praying for the opportunity to fight. After serving, he talked of witnessing life get better for the Iraqi people. Some of the words came from soldiers who had been killed in the war. The actors recited their names, ages and dates of death. “Voices in Conflict” ended with a standing ovation. Some audience members wiped tears from their eyes. Anderson walked up to James and gave him a hug. In a discussion afterward, Anderson rose from the audience: “The Navy’s core values are honor, courage and commitment,” he told the class, “and I can say beyond any doubt that you all exemplified all of them.” Anderson asked the students how this experience had changed them. Erin answered on behalf of her classmates: “We just have come away with the utmost respect for everything that you have done for our country,” she said. “Thank you.” 
Drama teacher Bonnie Dickinson, whose job was at risk over the play, greets the audience after the performance. “This is high school with kids who could, at any minute, enlist,” she said. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
Students from Connecticut’s Wilton High School perform their play about Iraq veterans at the Public Theater in New York. “There are times when the real facts must be faced,” one student said. “We’ve got something huge going on.” (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
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#7. To: christine, Lodwick (#2)
This is an upbeat story and a victory for the first Amendment. Kids who could well be wearing uniforms and fighting in this foul and criminal war have a responsibility to speak out and give their two cents on it. Life is more then high school versions of plays like South Pacific or mindless and empty 'reality' shows on TV.
Thesis: Official 9/11 story is an unproven conspiracy theory. http://911truth.org http://Justicefor911.org http://summeroftruth.org Probable-cause standards have been met for an unlimited investigation of unsolved crimes relating to the events of Sept. 11, including allegations of criminal negligence, cover-up, complicity or commission of the attacks by US officials and assets of intel services.
I agree with Christine, and yes, my monitor got a bit blurry...
==> Here's Kleenex Box <== :) What's the 4th of July anyway, if not to find any evidence of why it should still be celebrated?
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Born On the Bayou Now, when I was just a little boy, Standing to my Daddy's knee, My poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get you Do what he done to me." 'Cause he'll get you, 'Cause he'll get you now, now. And I can remember the fourth of July, Running through the backwood, bare. And I can still hear my old hound dog barking, Chasing down a hoodoo there. Chasing down a hoodoo there. CHORUS: Born On The Bayou; Born On The Bayou; Born On The Bayou. Wish I was back on the Bayou. Rolling with some Cajun Queen. Wishing I were a fast freight train, Just a choogling on down to New Orleans. CHORUS Do it, do it, do it, do it. Oh, Lord. Oh get back boy. I can remember the fourth of July, Running through the backwood bare. And I can still hear my old hound dog barking, Chasing down a hoodoo there. Chasing down a hoodoo there. CHORUS All right! Do, do, do, do. Mmmmmmm, oh.
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Now why didn't I do that? THANKS Lodwick. The website just gives me chills.
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Did you place your pointer on the students?
THANKS AGAIN LOD! Quite a number of video at YouTube on this. LISTEN: http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wshu/local-wshu- 594978.mp3 TO ALL FREE PEOPLE WHO STILL PROTEST, YOU'RE WELCOME, YOU'RE WELCOME. ==== Sorry I 'misrememberated' the chant in my initial post.
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Yes! Well done site! Great artwork.
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Thanks for the post. There is a TON of stuff on the ViC website - with lots of links and other information. This thread may be the only thing that I have to celebrate tomorrow. Kids! Thank you for having the courage of your conviction that we still have the right to speak out.
I feel exactly the same way. The actions of the school have done more to expose their complicity with the war machine and their masters. Guess it got a little bit of what Ron Paul calls, Blowback.
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Here is a front page story locally about a kid who died way too soon in Iraq. Veneta soldier honored Spc. Joseph Kenny is remembered for his work ethic and sense of humor
Thesis: Official 9/11 story is an unproven conspiracy theory. http://911truth.org http://Justicefor911.org http://summeroftruth.org Probable-cause standards have been met for an unlimited investigation of unsolved crimes relating to the events of Sept. 11, including allegations of criminal negligence, cover-up, complicity or commission of the attacks by US officials and assets of intel services.
What a story. Damn. "They say that making sense of death is hard," Brown said. "But they say that making sense of senseless death is even harder." Yep. Thanks for the post Mike. What a loss for us all.
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
*ain't that the truth bump*
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Here's a link to an NPR audio report on this. You can hear the cadences, the insane response by some fascist Bushbots, etc. These kids (and their wonderful, courageous teacher) give me hope that this country indeed does have a future and, somehow, despite all of our endemic, systemic problems, will, one day, be free again. Happy 4th everyone!
Check out my blog, America, the Bushieful.
And here's a mainstream media report on the play from ABC News.
Check out my blog, America, the Bushieful.
Here's an incredible two part Democracy Now interview of the teacher, cast and one of the soldiers given a voice in the play: It turns out that Wilton, CT was the town that inspired Ira Levin to write "The Stepford Wives". LOL.
Check out my blog, America, the Bushieful.
Thanks for that nugget. Seems like their kids have broken the pattern.
These kids (and their wonderful, courageous teacher) give me hope that this country indeed does have a future and, somehow, despite all of our endemic, systemic problems, will, one day, be free again. Wow! Thanks for finding that Arator! It has to be the same show I heard yesterday. I can not stress enough what a powerful interview this is. Really just chokes you up. The student really express themselves very very well, as does the drama teacher. It's a story that should float everyones boat! Happy 4th everyone! Same to you!
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Thanks again. It's worth the time.
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Amen.
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Smedley Butler on Interventionism http://www.fas.org/man/smedley.htm -- Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC. War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses. I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag. I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket. There isn't a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its "finger men" to point out enemies, its "muscle men" to destroy enemies, its "brain men" to plan war preparations, and a "Big Boss" Super- Nationalistic-Capitalism. It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major- General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service. I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested. During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Thanks for the links and pings. I totally missed this story until I caught it here on 4um. It sort of gives new meaning to 'No Child Left Behind', at least in my mind it does. Happy Independents (sic) Day!
these kids and their teacher are so cool. unreal how the schools don't permit discussion of the war. it's particularly outrageous when it so profoundly affects their lives.
This situation reminds me of how Ron Paul turned a snub into a tremendous victory as he gets his message out - if the dopey principal had let the play go on, we would never have heard of it. Now, the kids' message, "Voices in Conflict," is getting world-wide attention, coverage, and love.
Perhaps for the sake of honesty all of the high schools should be folded into the Department of Defense and renamed "Conditioning and Recruitment Station Alpha" (or Bravo, Charlie...etc.). That appears to be their true function these days.
Check out my blog, America, the Bushieful.
Now, the kids' message, "Voices in Conflict," is getting world-wide attention, coverage, and love. So true. Even when the fascists "win", they lose.
Check out my blog, America, the Bushieful.
As in no child shall be left unrecruited by the military? See my post to chrissy above for additional commentary on this. Happy Independents (sic) Day! Nice pun (since we have no real national independence to celebrate anymore).
Check out my blog, America, the Bushieful.
thanks for the article - happy 4'th everyone!
Galatians 3:29 And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
I read something recently where schools are already pre-screening high school students for military service. I think it was in New York. DOE. Department of Eugenics. I can't remember the name of the first DOE Cabinet appointee, Ron ?, who IIRC, was forced out when he said the Teachers Union was a terrorist organization.. !!! Ouch.
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
YW Red! Happy 4th 2u2! :)
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Saw this quote, and thought of this bump! Thanks. "Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore "The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Whenever we lose our truthfulness, and our on-going desire to seek the truth, we've pretty much lost it all. imo
Yes, this is one I heard. I'm going to listen to the other two parts linked in another post. The show I heard was much longer, and went on with interviews.. Since I heard that show, I have to make a confession. I can't believe this myself. I am listening to NPR. There are some really good discussions there, but on politics, they are as hosed up as I thought they would be. ;) In a discussion with Bob Shrum this morning, they were discussing the Gore Presidential campaign, and what went 'wrong'. After 7 years, knowing what we know now about the war, and the one party fraud, I felt like I had dialed into some other universe........ it was strange. But I listened anyway, the callers sure buy into the schpeil. Still a nice break from the WWF sounding 'right' side of the tuner. What a contrast in high v low production. They need some help with their music selection too. Blue Skies used to be one of my favorite songs. I've heard it so much in the last few days, I'm expecting a nurse to bring me some medication. ;)
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
Part 1 Part 2 It turns out YES! They played both of those pieces, and part 2 is killer. They played this piece too.
"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
As in none before 1959. "The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world government." -- Rear Admiral Chester Ward Rear Admiral US Navy (retired), CFR member for 16 years, Judge Advocate General of the Navy 1956-60
#8. To: Calamity (#6)
goosebump bump
#9. To: lodwick (#8)
I agree with Christine, and yes, my monitor got a bit blurry...
#10. To: All (#9)
CCR
#11. To: Calamity, christine, FM, everyone here (#9)
The Voices in Conflict website -
#12. To: lodwick (#11)
The Voices in Conflict website - http://www.voicesinconflict.com/
#13. To: Calamity (#12)
#14. To: lodwick (#11)
http://www.voicesinconflict.com/
#15. To: lodwick (#13)
To: CalamityDid you place your pointer on the students?
#16. To: Calamity. Everyone here (#14)
Dang - my monitor messed up again.
#17. To: lodwick (#16)
This thread may be the only thing that I have to celebrate tomorrow.
#18. To: All (#17)
This (short) piece grabs much of what I heard this morning. Afton Flemming was one of the students who spoke on the radio this morning.
#19. To: Calamity (#18)
#20. To: Ferret Mike (#19)
#21. To: Ferret Mike (#19)
In this criminal invasion, ALL deaths are way too soon.
#22. To: lodwick (#21)
In this criminal invasion, ALL deaths are way too soon.
#23. To: Calamity, christine, Red Jones, Ferret Mike, aristeides, Mekons4, Fred Mertz, Zipporah, robin, lodwick, Jethro Tull, Burkeman1, Brian S, all (#1)
#24. To: All (#23)
#25. To: Arator. everyone (#24)
"It's not a war issue, it's a truth issue." bump
#26. To: lodwick (#25)
#27. To: Arator (#26)
It turns out that Wilton, CT was the town that inspired Ira Levin to write "The Stepford Wives".
#28. To: Arator (#23)
Here's a link to an NPR audio report on this. You can hear the cadences, the insane response by some fascist Bushbots, etc.
#29. To: Arator (#24)
And here's a mainstream media report on the play from ABC News.
#30. To: lodwick (#25)
"It's not a war issue, it's a truth issue." bump
#31. To: All (#30)
Shameless Smedley Butler plug.
#32. To: Calamity. Everyone here (#31)
#33. To: lodwick, Arator (#27)
#34. To: Arator (#26)
#35. To: Fred Mertz. everyone here (#33)
#36. To: christine (#34)
unreal how the schools don't permit discussion of the war. it's particularly outrageous when it so profoundly affects their lives.
#37. To: lodwick (#35)
This situation reminds me of how Ron Paul turned a snub into a tremendous victory as he gets his message out - if the dopey principal had let the play go on, we would never have heard of it.
#38. To: Fred Mertz (#33)
It sort of gives new meaning to 'No Child Left Behind', at least in my mind it does.
#39. To: Calamity (#0)
#40. To: Arator (#36)
Perhaps for the sake of honesty all of the high schools should be folded into the Department of Defense and renamed "Conditioning and Recruitment Station Alpha" (or Bravo, Charlie...etc.). That appears to be their true function these days.
#41. To: Red Jones (#39)
thanks for the article - happy 4'th everyone!
#42. To: lodwick (#25)
"It's not a war issue, it's a truth issue." bump
independence of all social, political or religious prejudice...
It loves one thing only... truth."
(1821-1881)
Source: Journal, 1873-84
http://quotes.liberty- tree.ca/quote_blog/Henri.Amiel.Quote.8191
#43. To: Calamity. Everyone here (#42)
Excellent quote - thank you.
#44. To: Arator (#23)
Here's a link to an NPR audio report on this. You can hear the cadences, the insane response by some fascist Bushbots, etc.
#45. To: Arator (#26)
Here's an incredible two part Democracy Now interview of the teacher, cast and one of the soldiers given a voice in the play:
#46. To: Arator (#38)
As in no child shall be left unrecruited by the military?
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