Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center
and Veterans for Peace – Oakland
presented
STOP the War Machine, SAVE the Planet!
on Saturday, March 17, 2018
At the half-day conference, internationally renowned speakers discussed US militarism and its consequences.
TOPICS AND SPEAKERS
Click on the name below for a link to a short video of each presentation
OVERVIEW OF THE WAR MACHINE
Gerry Condon, Veterans for Peace President
Mnar Muhawesh, Mint Press Publisher (via remote)
MILITARY VS SOCIAL NEEDS
Gayle McLaughlin, former Mayor of Richmond
Katy Roemer, California Nurses Association
AGAINST STATE VIOLENCE AT HOME
Cephus Johnson, uncle of Oscar Grant, Love Not Blood Campaign
John Lindsay-Poland, Stop Urban Shield, American Friends Service Committee
RISING RISK OF CATASTROPHE
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs Director
Fred Norman, Veterans For Peace and former B-47 navigator/bombardier
Gar Smith, author, “The War and Environment Reader”
WAR VS PEACE IN KOREA
Paul Liem, Korea Policy Institute Chair
Ann Wright, retired US military and State Dept. (via remote)
COUNTERING DISINFORMATION
Mickey Huff, Project Censored Director
Dan Kovalik, civil/human rights lawyer, author, “The Plot to Scapegoat Russia” (via remote)
WAR vs PEACE in the MIDDLE EAST
Zeyad El Omari, Palestine Youth Movement
Professor Hisham Ahmed, St. Mary’s College
CHALLENGING US MILITARISM
Ron Paul, former US Congressman (via remote)
Eleanor Levine, CodePink
Cindy Sheehan, author and peace activist