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GRAY PANTHERS URGE AN END TO TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH

The Panthers are dedicated to creating a humane society where the needs of people are put over profit. As the tax-cut debate rages through the Senate, the House, and among the prospective candidates...

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NEW YORK CITY SUPER ELDERLY TAKE A LEAD IN PROTESTING IRAQ AND AFGHAN WARS:...

Just because one is 80, 90 or older, don't think for one moment one doesn't still retain the power to effectively protest the wrongs committed by our Government. Many old people wished to go to...

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MESSAGE FOR OBAMA

President Obama often expressed during his campaign that if he became President he wanted we, the people, to let him know when we thought he needed a reality check. Accordingly, New York City's Granny...

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The Miracle Operation That Enabled Me to Become an Anti-war Activist

When I was 72 years old, I felt like 100. Now that I am 79, I feel like 35 (well, most of the time). What caused this turnaround? The scuttling of an arthritic old left hip and its replacement with one...

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GRAY PANTHERS TO GLENN BECK: "BACK OFF!"

Glenn Beck recently attacked the National Gray Panthers in his Fox TV broadcast Sept. 28, implying they, along with other organizations supporting the One Nation Working Together March in Washington DC...

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AFGHAN PEACE KIDS TELL U.S. PEACE GRANDMOTHERS DURING SKYPE CONFERENCE: "TELL...

A remarkable Skype conference was held Tuesday, Nov. 9, at which three New York City peace grannies and a California high school peace class spoke at length with seven members of the Afghan Youth Peace...

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GRAY PANTHERS TELL DEFICIT COMMISSION: "WE WON'T LET YOU WEAKEN SOCIAL SECURITY"

Representatives of the National Gray Panthers went to Capitol Hill in November to present their position regarding Social Security. They spoke with members of the Deficit Commission and presented their...

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"PLEASE STOP YOUR NIGHT RAIDS," PLEAD AFGHAN PEACE YOUNGSTERS TO OBAMA,...

My group, New York City's Grandmothers Against the War, recently "adopted" the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers, to provide moral and material support for their efforts to end our war in their homeland....

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PRESIDENT PALIN'S FIRST CABINET MEETING

PRES. P: Good morning, everyone. Sorry I'm late...it took me a little longer than usual to carve up the moose I slaughtered yesterday. May I hear from each of you as to what programs you've...

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11 PEOPLE ARRESTED AT TIMES SQUARE RALLY DEC. 16 IN SYMPATHY WITH D.C. WHITE...

Approximately 75 people braved the freezing temperatures on the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 16 to rally against the war in Afghanistan. They gathered on Military Island, the small traffic island...

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CAN WE PEACE GRANDMOTHERS FOMENT AN EGYPT-STYLE REVOLT TO END OUR WARS?

There we were, last Wednesday as usual, our little straggly group of elderly grandmothers and supporters standing on Fifth Avenue in front of Rockefeller Center chanting, "BRING THEM BACK...FROM...

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PLEASE SIGN MY PETITION TO END THE WAR/OCCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ

Like me, are you asking yourselves why we can't stop the war in Afghanistan and the occupation of Iraq by doing as they did in Egypt and as they are doing in Wisconsin? If they can do it, we can do it....

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JOIN THE END THE WAR PROTEST IN NEW YORK CITY MARCH 19

It's encouraging to see the people uprisings abroad and in our own country. The Egypt revolt really sparked something, and, on its revolutionary heels, the workers of Wisconsin came to life and fought...

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Third Estate Sunday Review: Roundtable

Third Estate Sunday Review: Roundtable

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THREE MEMBERS OF THE GRANNY PEACE BRIGADE GIVEN THE FIRST CLARA LEMLICH AWARD...

As part of the week-long commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirt Factory fire of March 25, 2011, the first Clara Lemlich Award was presented to thirty older women on March 21 in a...

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SURPRISE! THERE IS, TOO, A PEACE MOVEMENT. IT'S JUST THAT THE TEA PARTY GETS...

You'd think there is a huge Tea Party group in the U.S. and virtually no opposition. But, that is strictly a myth created and perpetuated by the media. To the contrary, there is an alive and well...

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BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS STATE IRAQ WAR A CRIME

It was a well-used music room in a slightly beat-up ancient school--the Brooklyn Collaborative School. Approximately 20 kids piled in. They appeared to be all Latino and African-American. They were...

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JOAN'S DAILY DOGGEREL RE CURRENT EVENTS

Joan Wile, founder of Grandmothers Against the War, and author, "Grandmothers Against the War: Getting Off Our Fannies and Standing Up for Peace" (Citadel Press, '08), as well as an award-winning ASCAP...

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JOAN'S DAILY DOGGEREL TWEETS

I'm continuing my Daily Doggerel TWeets, commenting on the headlines of each day. Here's my latest batch through June 13.WEINER RESIGN?/NOT BOEHNER/CANTER & RYAN/& EACH TAX CUT CONDONER/&...

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WAKE UP, AMERICA! YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE!

WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO MAKE IT CLEARTHAT DOOMSDAY IS GETTING PERILOUSLY NEAROUR SAFETY NET IS TORN TO SHREDSTAX BREAKS ARE GIVEN TO CORPORATE HEADSWHILE WE ON THE BOTTOM AND IN THE MIDDLELOSE MORE...

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AFGHAN PEACE YOUTHS FEEL HOPELESS: SAY CONDITIONS WORSENING

On Sunday, Aug. 21, I had the privilege of speaking via conference call with several young people from the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers. It was the occasion of what they have termed the "Global Day of...

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POLICE BACK OFF AFTER THE GRANNY PEACE BRIGADE OCCUPIES LINCOLN CENTER

Culture seekers streaming through Lincoln Center Tuesday evening, Oct. 18, were undoubtedly surprised to see a tableau not usually seen at the arts complex. Approximately 60 members of the Granny Peace...

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DISCOURAGED ABOUT TODAY'S YOUTH? FUGGEDDABOUDIT!

If you, like me, have concluded that today's kids are practically a throwback to the Neanderthals, with their faces buried in video games instead of books or their fingers texting i-phone messages...

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DOWN BUT FAR FROM OUT: ZUCOTTI PARK AFTER THE POLICE RAID

Zucotti Park is greatly changed from the bustling, overflowing, colorful encampment it was only a week ago when I was there. All the tarps, tents, flags, banners, food tables, various outreach tents...

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PILLOW TALK WITH MITT AND ANNE

SCENE: Hotel bedroom, on the campaign trail. MITT and his wife, ANNE, are talking.MITT: How in hell am I going to stop this infernal yapping about our dog riding on top of the car?ANNE: Mitt, you...

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