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Join BFP for an evening of storytelling, offering a fresh way to grapple with our relationships to Israel/Palestine.
Location: Park Slope United Methodist Church, 410 Sixth Ave at 8th St

Produced by Jewish Voice For Peace

Sponsored by Brooklyn For Peace and Park Slope United Methodist Social Action Committee

Join us in this new decade to build the movement for peace with justice! Basic membership is $30 and student/low income membership is $10 or whatever you can afford. See more online or print and return this form to Brooklyn For Peace, 388 Atlantic Ave, Brookyln NY 11217. Already a 2020 member? Please consider making an additional donation to strengthen our programs. 

To see photos and a video from the evening go HERE

Jan 28, 2020—

Brooklyn For Peace held its first event of 2020 at the Brooklyn Commons last night with a forum on “What Is Happening In Bolivia.”
There were a hundred people in attendance and the room was packed with some folks having to stand in the hallway! It was a mixed-age audience with a good number of Bolivians and people who identified themselves as
first -timers at a BFP event.

The evening began with wonderful live Bolivian music presented by three members of the group Klandestino Roots and Culture (lead musician Pablo Pantoja on bass and zampoña), and his invited guest Freddy Larrosa (lead vocalist as well as on guitar and quena).

Charlotte Phillips, Chairperson of Brooklyn For Peace, began the evening’s discussion with an introduction of BFP’s new Program Coordinator, Natasha Santos. Natasha welcomed the audience and talked about BFP’s current activities and then introduced moderator Ann Fawcett Ambia, who advised the crowd that there would be differing points of view expressed throughout the evening and asked everyone present to maintain a conversational and respectful tone, especially as there were people present who are personally affected by the still-unfolding coup in Bolivia.

Invited speakers Zeeshan Aleem (freelance journalist) and Pamela Calla (Clinical Associate Professor at the NYU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies) then each gave their presentations, followed by additional commentary from Ann addressing the role of the U.S. in the coup. 　

The audience then participated in lively commentary and questions until we were advised by Natasha that it was past time to end the program, but that folks could continue their discussion informally while event sponsor BFP’s Peace and Economic Justice Committee members cleaned up the room.

The discussion brought to the complexities involved in understanding what is happening in Bolivia as well as an alternate view to what has been presented to us in the U.S. by mass corporate media.

Hopefully, we also achieved our goal of emphasizing that while the U.S. is not the only country involved in interference in the internal affairs of Bolivia, as North Americans it is our responsibility to educate ourselves as to what our own government is doing and what we can do about it.

Besides Brooklyn For Peace, the event was also sponsored by the Center for Cuban Studies, The North American Congress on Latin America, Peace Action Bay Ridge, Peace Action NY State, U.S. Labor Against the War NYC Chapter and Veterans For Peace – NYC Chapter 034.

To see photos and a video from the evening go HERE

Jan 24, 2020—

To see all the photos from today’s celebration just click HERE.

A group of BFPers had lunch yesterday at the Bedouin Tent on Atlantic Avenue.

But it wasn’t just any old get-together. We were there to say welcome and hello to our new Program Coordinator, Natasha Santos.

But often, when you say hello you also say goodbye. In this case, we were losing our current Program Coordinator. Yes, we also gathered to say ‘farewell’ to Emilie Beck who served with steadiness and skill.

Emilie kept our office in perfect condition, made and maintained contact with many organizations and individuals and helped organize and prepare for a multitude of BFP events in her time as PC.

Emilie is leaving to continue her education and we’re confident she’ll be doing some great things as she moves forward. But we will miss her at the same time we look forward to working with Natasha.

To see photos from today’s celebration just click HERE.

Call your Congress Member and ask them to co-sponsor this anti-war legislation:

No War With Iran Act (Bill no. H.R.5543)

Links to the text and full list of cosponsors

Barbara Lee’s bill to repeal the AUMF (Bill no. H.R.2456)

Links to the text and full list of cosponsors

Find your rep here. DSA Anti-War Working Group put together these great talking points. Get in touch with them for more info at antiwar@socialists.nyc

Then call your Senator and ask them to co-sponsor the No War Against Iran Act.

Iran talking points

• It’s urgent. We may avoid all-out war but things could still re-escalate at any moment
• The status quo of crippling sanctions is unsustainable; if left unchecked, things will keep getting worse for Iranians

AUMF talking points

• It’s the Authorization for Use of Military Force (on Iraq, 2002)
• It authorizes the President to use the military against anyone associated with the 9/11 hijackers. It is a legal cornerstone of the war on terror.
• In practice it functions as a blank check for endless war. Trump used it to justify arming the Saudis in Yemen & assassinating Soleimani
• We want a repeal without reauthorization. No more war on terror, no more racial/religious profiling—no new AUMF!

 We will be at Columbus Circle at 12 noon. Join us. Let us know if you are planning to attend so we know how many signs to bring.

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