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Older Events — 2018-2019

Events (before calendar) Wednesday, October 16, 2019 -- Stop pollution on school athletic field -- The school directors will consider covering the football field with plastic astroturf synthetic grass. This is no time to spend a million dollars covering the earth with glorified plastic pollution. It's a horrible thing to do, and it destroys the…

Strategy and Planning session

Meeting 16 Washington Street, Brattleboro, VT, United States

Thursday, January 2, 2020 -- Strategy and Planning session -- Trump is a cornered snake now, and more likely than ever to start a new war. Let's start a way to prevent it. First line of defense that we can use is the military itself. We must: • remind U.S. military officers that their oath…

CLIMATE RESCUE planning session

Meeting 16 Washington Street, Brattleboro, VT, United States

Friday, January 3, 2020 -- Legalize safe hitch-hiking / CLIMATE RESCUE planning session -- Safe licensed hitchhiking has been done in Europe, and we can do it here to SERIOUSLY reduce carbon emissions from automobiles, and provide a real community-based climate rescue measure. Now it can be safe in the U.S. with simple use of…

breaking the chain of command for war

Selectboard 230 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United States

Tuesday, January 7, 2020 -- EMERGENCY breaking the chain of command for war A proposal was announced this past Thursday for a way to interrupt the chain of command for illegal orders to start a war against Iran. It was widely predicted that Trump would start a new war in order to distract people from…

Breaking Trump’s Chain of Command

Meeting 16 Washington Street, Brattleboro, VT, United States

Saturday, January 25, 2020 -- Breaking Trump's Chain of Command – not a protest demonstration – establishing a town office of Justice Coordinator – legal defense fund for military heroes and whistle-blowers who resist orders for illegal war (Ordinance named for U.S. Army Major Hugh Thompson, who stopped the My Lai Massacre) If soldiers refuse…

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