We know all too well that our government values war above the health of our communities. It’s up to us to take these rotten apples and make apple pie by looking within, acting locally, and finding ways to feed our own communities with ripe opportunities for education, jobs and health-care while we continue to urge our government to nourish our people.
Speaking of rotten apples — the DC City Council is poised to fork over a hefty $25m bite to the war profiteers Northrop Grumman (who, according to their own creepy promotional video, receives $0.65 from every $1 spent on defense!) This is corporate welfare at its most bitter! As Gloria Steinem said over a decade ago, “We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.” This is true on both a personal and a cultural level.
Join us by protesting the war on the 7th anniversary, either in Washington, D.C. from March 18-20 (including an evening with Eve Ensler and Amy Goodman!) Together, we can walk our talk and bring money for war back to our neighborhoods! What’s happening in DC is just the beginning!
Eve Ensler, who will join us in DC to honor women creating peace writes “The Iraq war cost nearly $3 trillion/I can’t even count that high/but I know/that money could have/would have/ended poverty in general/which would have canceled terrorism/How come we have money to kill/but no money to feed or heal?”
