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Items tagged benson scotch (13) Democracy News:Speakers announced for Who Decides About War? conferenceDate: August 10, 2009Coverage of Wisconsin's Guard Home Launch EventsDate: April 2-4, 2009BADGER HERALD: Supporters march for troopsDate: April 5, 2009CAPITAL TIMES: Campaign aims to 'Bring the Guard Home!'Date: April 1, 2009WASHINGTON POST: Bill Would Restrict Federal Deployment of Md. National GuardDate: February 23, 2009Events:5 Events to Launch Wisconsin's Guard Home Campaign!(April 2, 2009 - April 4, 2009)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. RECEPTION: Meet and Greet with Benson Scotch(April 4, 2009)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! MARCH & RALLY: Wisconsinites say "Bring the Guard Home!"(April 4, 2009)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. MILWAUKEE TEACH-IN: You are the Commander in Chief(April 3, 2009)With Benson Scotch and Ben Manski: A Teach-In on the National Guard, War Powers, and what Wisconsin can do to end illegal wars. MADISON TEACH-IN: You are the Commander in Chief(April 2, 2009)With Benson Scotch and John Nichols: A Teach-In on the National Guard, War Powers, and what Wisconsin can do to end illegal wars. UW LAW SCHOOL: Restoring the Rule of Law Where It Matters Most(April 2, 2009)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. |
