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5 Events to Launch Wisconsin's Guard Home Campaign! Date:April 2, 2009 -April 4, 2009Location:Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin Full Description:
Wisconsin is launching its campaign to "Bring the Guard Home! It's the Law.," and you are invited! For this special three-day series of events, we are bringing Benson Scotch to Wisconsin from his home state of Vermont.
Benson Scotch is senior legal counsel to the national Bring the Guard Home! campaign, and this will be your best opportunity to learn more about the legal, political, and moral issues involved in this exciting effort. Please join him, Rep. Black, John Nichols, and us, April 2nd to April 4th, in Madison and Milwaukee.
UW LAW SCHOOL: Restoring the Rule of Law Where It Matters Most
Noon, Thursday, April 2, 2009 UW Law School, Lubar Commons Join a lively discussion with Attorney Benson Scotch on "The new debate over war powers, defense policy, and the National Guard," with special guest, State Representative Spencer Black, the lead sponsor of WI National Guard federalization review legislation. Click here for more info.
MADISON TEACH-IN: You are the Commander in Chief
7:00pm, Thursday, April 2, 2009 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Room 121 The Gale VandeBerg Auditorium With Benson Scotch and John Nichols: A Teach-In on the National Guard, War Powers, and what Wisconsin can do to end illegal wars. Click here for more info. MILWAUKEE TEACH-IN: You are the Commander in Chief
7:00pm, Friday, April 3, 2009 Peace Action Meeting Hall With Benson Scotch and Ben Manski: A Teach-In on the National Guard, War Powers, and what Wisconsin can do to end illegal wars. Click here for more info.
MARCH & RALLY: Wisconsinites say "Bring the Guard Home!"
12:30pm, Saturday, April 4, 2009 March from UW Library Mall to Wisconsin State Capitol Peace groups and organizations across the country and abroad have called for demonstrations on April 4, the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's famed 1967 Riverside Church address that openly declared his opposition to the Vietnam War. That day also is the 60th anniversary of the founding of NATO, the supposed defensive military alliance now currently waging the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. Click here for more info.
RECEPTION: Meet and Greet with Benson Scotch
3:00pm, Saturday, April 4, 2009 Cafe Montmartre, 127 E. Mifflin St, Madison, Wisconsin Immediately following the April 4th March and Rally, please join Wisconsin: Bring the Guard Home! at Cafe Montmartre for a chance to meet Benson Scotch and other national and local leaders of this exciting campaign! Click here for more info.
Additional Information:
For a study guide specially prepared by Benson Scotch for his Wisconsin tour: http://www.bringtheguardhome.org/resources/scotch_sources
These events sponsored individually and/or collectively by:
WI Network for Peace and Justice, Liberty Tree, Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Madison Pledge of Resistance, National Lawyers Guild, Institute for Legal Studies, Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change, P.E.A.C.E., Madison Area Peace Coalition, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Kickapoo Peace Circle, Fox Valley Peace Coalition, WI United Methodist Federation for Social Action, Wisconsin Green Party, Progressive Democrats of America, Libertarian Party of Wisconsin, Democratic Party of Dane County, Iraq Moratorium-Wisconsin, Peace Action, and Progressive Students of Milwaukee.
Please contact us if you would like to co-sponsor!
Areas of Focus:Defense Reform (Bring The Guard Home), Afghanistan (Bring The Guard Home), Democratizing Defense, Iraq (Bring The Guard Home), Law of DemocracyTags:Ben ManskiBenson ScotchJohn NicholsMadison Area Peace CoalitionNational Lawyers GuildRep. Spencer BlackSen. John ErpenbachWisconsin Network for Peace and Justice User CommentsNo Comments.Please login at the top of the page or register as a Democracy Square member if you would like to comment. |
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