***6/1/2008: 1st Sunday vigil is on Sunday, June 1st, 7:00-8:00 at Douglass Loop: Show your commitment to peace & justice.  Please bring a candle.

***6/14/08: LPAC Archive Project, Saturday, June 14th, 10am- 2pm, Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall: gather your memorabilia and documentation of the Louisville Peace Communities actions from the build-up to the invasion to the present state of the Iraq War.  Directions:take Frankfort Ave, to Crescent Ave.,cross the RR tracks, go one block to Westminster. Turn left, park behind the church, off Westminster.  Coffee & refreshments provided. We have the opportunity to work with Sarah-Jane Poindexter, an archivist from the Filson Club, to collect, organize, and preserve pictures, news stories, videos, signs etc. from our five+ years of hard work to end the War & US Occupation of Iraq.  Please gather your stuff & stories about LPAC to bring on June 14th.  We will set up tables to organize items by year -- 2002-2008. We'll also be set up for video interviews so you can share your experiences. If you can't come on June 14th, email for information about dropping off your items.  Thanks for your help.  Hope to see you on June 14th.   

***6/21/08: PRESS CONFERENCE AND RALLY FOR PFC JAMES BURMEISTER, Saturday, June 21 at 11:00 AM, Radcliffe, KY outside of Ft. Knox. How to get there: From Louisville, go down Dixie Hwy to Ft. Knox. Go past the Bouillon Drive entrance to Ft. Knox until you come to Knox Blvd. Turn left on to Knox Blvd.  Go to Wilson Road.  The Press Conference and rally will be on the corner of Knox Blvd and Wilson Rd. Park in the parking lot of the empty shopping center near the corner.Please come and bring your friends and family. Bring you own signs and banners showing support for James. We especially hope veterans can attend. Please let Carol know if you plan to attend. Before you leave for Radcliff, check your email one last time just in case there have been any changes to the plan. 

***6/26/08: Scott Ritter at The Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., Thursday June 26th, 7:30pm, about how to deal with Iran.  Tickets are $10 in advance, and $15 at the door. For tickets & more info.  Join former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter and special guests Lizzie West & Baba Buffalo for a lively discussion about the "War on Terror" with Iran in the crosshairs.  In an interview with Amy Goodman on April 28, 2008, Ritter stated: "There is no doubt in my mind that the US is planning right now, as we speak, a military strike against Iran."  Ritter warns that such an attack is unnecessary, and if launched, could provoke a massive response with catastrophic consequences to millions of people, including Americans.  Ritter famously & accurately argued in 2002 that Iraq no longer had WMD.  He spoke in Louisville on Oct. 27, 2002.  He now recommends diplomatic engagement with Iran, and supports local and national efforts to pass resolutions urging President Bush to refrain from ordering any military attack against Iran without explicit Congressional authorization. 

***7/6/2008: 1st Sunday vigil is on Sunday, July 6th, 7:00-8:00 at Douglass Loop: Show your commitment to peace & justice.  Please bring a candle.

***7/17/2008: The July meeting of Louisville Peace Action Community is  Thursday, July 17th, 7:00-9:00pm at Douglass Blvd. Christian Church  (Douglass & Bardstown). Come and pitch in---tasks include developing projects, doing research and organizing task forces to continue the work.   Visit the community calendar (use tabs above if slow) & the organization pages (especially LPAC) to join the activity.  Look over the community organization list and plan to attend a meeting or event of another peace and justice group as a way to get in touch.

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***Check the Combined Peace & Justice Calendar for many other important meetings & events!

Town Meeting Against the War at Frazier Hall 8/28/07

***Press Conference re: James Burmeister Hillbilly Reports 6/21/08

***Silence over Thunder CJ 4/13/08

***3/19/08:  5 YEAR Commemoration CJ3/20;CJ; Hillbilly Reports

*** KENTUCKY AT WAR  IN THE NATION 10/1/2007 ISSUE

***State Fair "Fair is Fair---End the War" Protest August 2007 on Youtube.

***Fourth of July Protests: Protest at McConnell Luncheon in Buckner KY, 7/2/07; July 4th Protest at McConnell's house.

***Bush at St. Vincent---a local letter in the National Catholic Reporter; protest coverage 5/12/2007

***4th Anniversary of the Beginning of the Iraq War Memorial on the Great Lawn, Waterfront Park.  Youtube & Hillbilly Report Video; TV coverage: WAVE; WHAS; WLKY;  More photos!!

***Kentucky anti-war protestors in DC 3/17/07: youtube

***Bush Campaign Visit to Louisville 2/3/2007 Video link of protest

***Doug Johnson's Iraq Trip with Voices in the Wilderness

***2,000 Too Many! Friday 10/28, 2005. Pictures of the demonstration.

***DC protest 2005

***The People's Health Movement

***Locate your Legislators.  Also see our Contact Government page.

Protesting McConnell-led Filibuster of War Amendments 9/21/07

After the last tree has been cut down,
After the last river has been poisoned,
After the last fish has been caught
Only then will you find
That money cannot be eaten.

Cree Prophecy

'A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern.  It demands no social reforms. It does not haggle over expenditures on armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are  an abundant source of gain.' 

 ---Anatole France