Peace and Justice

On Saturday, Oct. 17, Fayetteville's Quaker House celebrated "40 years of frontline peace witness--and just getting started." Fayetteville (aka FayetteNam and FayetteStan) is also the major launching pad for US imperial misadventures.

Retired Us Army Ranger officer Stan Goff spoke about the catastrophic prospects of US escalation of the war in Afghanistan.

10 year veterans of the GI Rights Hotline, Steve Woolford and Lenore Yarger spoke about the varieties of miltary experiences that persuade service members to inquire about conscientious objection to war.

Winston-Salem attorney Hoppy Elliot spoke about defending Guantanamo detainees who had confessions tortured out of them.

Finally, War Resistor League organizers Coleman Smith and Clare Hanrahan spoke about their recent travels from Tennessee to Alabama, Georgia, Viginia, and the Carolinas, working to galvanize the peace movement in the South.