The End of America’s Longest War
Statement by Mark Weber, President, Cleveland Peace Action One month ago, the last United States soldiers left Afghanistan ending our nation’s longest war. This week, amid partisan finger-pointing, we are subjected to the spectacle of Congressional hearings over how but not why the U.S. mission to this war-torn nation ignominiously failed just like our military presence in Vietnam collapsed 46 years ago. In both cases, our country lavished hundreds of billions of dollars to prop up corrupt local elites that preyed on the people who lived amid repression and poverty. In Afghanistan, successive U.S. administrations lied about why we…
War, Peace, and Propaganda: the U.S. in the Middle East – Peace@ThePUBlicLibrary, with Oliver Boyd-Barrett
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 – view program on YouTube This hybrid program, on Zoom and at Parma Public Library, should not be missed. It powerfully deconstructs the seemingly unwitting way the U.S. keeps waging wars. Mainstream media narratives of Middle East conflicts are often false or incomplete. Even as the U.S. “withdraws” from the region, the extent and depth of its Middle East presence and influence is profound. Our presenter Oliver Boyd-Barrett will discuss how U.S. military and covert presence in the region (with particular reference to Syria and Iran) continues to seriously damage both the region and U.S…
Never Again: A Solemn Remembrance on the 76th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
video on facebook live On Friday, August 6th, as the Tokyo Olympics come to a close, we will gather at the Rockefeller Lagoon, Rev. M.L. King Drive, near E. 105th St. Speakers include Karen Jiobu, who was confined in a Japanese-American internment camp during WWII. Music by Charlie Mosbrook, poetry by Clarissa Jakobsons and the late Daniel Thompson. Paper crane folding, Japanese lantern decoration, and a lantern float at sunset. 7:00 pm – Gathering to decorate lanterns and fold paper cranes 7:30 pm – Program 8:40 pm – Sunset lantern float on the lagoon Please bring your own chair…
Russia Against the World: Understanding the Russian Worldview
Peace@ThePub HOMETuesday, July 13th, 2021Speaker: Todd Nelson, PhD View on YouTube Russia Against the World: Understanding the Russian Worldview will look at the Putin government’s perception of Russia’s role in the world. This includes Russian military interventionism, cyber interference and why Putin is willing to engage in such practices when he knows that Russian participation will be obvious. His discussion will also focus more broadly on Russian aggression in Ukraine and the history which ties this together since World War II, which still plays such an important role in Russian society. Todd Nelson is an assistant professor in the…
Al-Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine
Join CAIR-Cleveland and Cleveland Peace Action for a panel discussion about the documentary Al-Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine, a Clarity Films production Saturday, May 22 ⋅ 6:00 – 7:00 pm On Zoom – REGISTER HERE PANELISTS: Connie Field, Director of Al-Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine and Fadi Quran, Palestinian Activist View the film: On Friday, May 21, registered attendees will receive a code to access the film on Vimeo. Please watch the film before attending the panel discussion on Saturday, May 22, 2021. Synopsis An African American gospel choir is the Greek chorus for a Palestinian play…
Cleveland Peace Action stands with Sheikh Jarrah Families in Palestine
By Mark Weber Cleveland Peace Action unequivocally condemns the evictions of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah and the accompanying violence by Israeli soldiers, police, and settlers, as well as Israel’s latest bombardment of Gaza. We stand in full solidarity with the Palestinian struggle against apartheid, colonialism, and military occupation; and for equality, human rights, and self-determination. At least 36 Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and in two other neighborhoods in East Jerusalem are facing abrupt and brutal evictions from their homes as part of Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. In addition, armed Israelis have raided…
Downsizing the Military-Industrial Complex
Annual Membership MeetingCleveland Peace Action and Cleveland Peace Action Education FundFriday, May 14, 2021 View video of the Annual Meeting and Sen. Nina Turner’s keynote – passcode AnnMtg@2021 7:00 – Annual Meeting: Board Member/Officer Elections and Volunteer Recognition 7:30 – Keynote speaker: Nina Turner“Downsizing the Military-Industrial Complex” All Cleveland Peace Action members are entitled to vote in Board Elections. A member is anyone who has made a contribution of time and/or money to Peace Action (local or national) in the last two years.2021 Board Member Election Two-year term beginning 5/7/21: Francis Chiappa, Meghan Donovan, Dena Magoulias, *Mary Ober, *Stephanie Riccobene Officers:…
Cleveland is Breaking the Silence, April 5th at 7pm
We invite you to join us in an intersectional local event to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Time to Break the Silence” speech of April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City. This historic speech condemned US militarism, racism and poverty, and represented a significant expansion of Dr. King’s thinking on the root causes of the challenges U.S. society faced. We will read excerpts from Dr. King’s speech and discuss its relevance for today in NE Ohio. View our reading of the speech on YouTube Cleveland co-sponsoring organizations include: A Greater Buckeye, Black Lives Matter Cleveland, Black…