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Daniel Ellsberg Week:
June 10 - June 16
You’re invited to join us in celebrating Daniel Ellsberg week!! Hero, whistle-blower, and stellar activist Daniel Ellsberg, who passed away just a year ago, revealed to the U.S. public the truth about Vietnam and US Nuclear Weapons. Learn more about Daniel Ellsberg here.
During Daniel Ellsberg Week:
· Weds, June 12, 1pm. Join us when we notify Northrop Grumman (at 1740 Wehrle Drive, Buffalo [Amherst area] NY 14221) of their illegal activities, tell them to stop breaking 6 U.S. laws forbidding the arming of a country credibly accused of war crimes, and urge them to move to producing life-sustaining items rather than instruments of war and violence. See details below. (If your group wants to cosponsor, please contact victoryross9@gmail.com;716-931-3520). Attached is a flyer we hope you’ll share!!
· Sunday June 16, 4pm. Come to Riverside Salem UCC/DC (3449 West River Rd, Grand Island NY 14072) for a conversation about Daniel Ellsberg and the Doomsday Machine. We’ll discuss whistle-blowers, the nuclear weapons systems aka the Doomsday Machine, the nuclear existential threat(s) and the need to pursue Truth and Love. Followed by a potluck. All are welcome!!
Last but not least:
· Hear (or watch) our Talking Peace on Daniel Ellsberg week and the Northrup Grumman Accountability Rally. Airing on WBNY 91.3FM on Monday June 3 at Noon; and Monday June 10 at 1pm. Video permanently housed at the WNY YouTube channel. With Derek Seidman (with Truthout and Little Sis), and Prof. Joe Hall, both researchers, writers, and members of Jewish Voice for Peace Buffalo; India Walton, Senior Strategist at RootsAction/Progressive Hub, political activist and nurse; and Victory Ross, daughter of a German Jewish Holocaust Survivor (who fled to then-Palestine), with WNYPC’s Resist Militarism Taskforce. Topics: values; Daniel Ellsberg Week; Merchants of Death tribunal; war profiteering including in WNY by Northrop Grumman; WNYPC members & community will visit Northrop Grumman Weds 6/12, 1pm at its 1740 Wehrle Drive facility to notify the company of the 6 U.S. laws it is breaking by arming a country credibly accused of war crimes (rsvp encouraged to victoryross9@gmail.com or 716-931-3520); ways people can get more involved.