“A Community Forum on Iraq”, was held at the Setauket Neighborhood House. The forum was a panel presentation with two opposing viewpoints: ... all » The peace demonstrators from Bennetts road, and the counter-pro-war-protestors who line up on the other side. The groups called themselves "The North Country Peace Group" and "The Patriots".
“A Community Forum on Iraq”, was held this evening at the Setauket Neighborhood House. It was an interesting and invigorating evening. For ... all » 5 years, the North Country Peace Group has stood vigil every Saturday on the corner of 25A and Bennetts Road to demonstrate against the war. For some of that time, a counter-demonstration has gathered across the street.
When a local resident, Bruce, wrote a letter to the paper, wishing that the two groups could dialogue, the seeds for this evening of p
Winner of the Green Party of Suffolk's 2007 End The War In Iraq/Bring Home Our Troops Poster Contest. Poster by David Komorowski. More information at ww.gpsuffolk.org. The Four Pillars of the Green Party are: Grassroots Democracy; Social and Economic Justice; Ecological Wisdom; Non-violence/Peace.
On 3/18/07 a Peace March and Rally was held in Huntington, LI, NY to comemorate the the 4th Anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. The Vigil included the reading of the names of US soldiers from Long Island who were killed in Iraq. The following people spoke: Janet Eagan, Drew Mealey of Military Families Speka Out; bill mcNulty of Long Island Veterans for Peace; Charlotte Koons of Code Pink; and Brian O'haire of the Suffolk peace network. The march was also supported by Pax Christi and the Green Part
Winner of the Green Party of Suffolk's 2007 End The War In Iraq/Bring Home Our Troops Poster Contest, Adult Division. Poster by Alberto C. Castro. More information at www.gpsuffolk.org.
The two pictures are examples from the Green Party of Suffolk "End The Iraq War - Bring Home Our Troops" poster contest. The entries were either in the the youth and adult categories. The winners will be awarded at the 3rd Annual Green Party of Suffolk St. Patrick's Day Fundraiser on 3/16/07 in Setauket, NY. The potluck fundraiser will feature "Blacklisted and the Banned" playing the political music of Sonny Meadows. More information about the fundraiser can be found at www.gpsuffolk.org