Plans Underway for Uniquely Waldo County Welcome!
Belfast, Me – Plans are underway for a uniquely Waldo County welcome to Medea Benjamin, cofounder of CODE PINK and author of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control. The gathering will begin at 4 pm on Saturday, July 14 at the Shrine Hall across from the Belfast City Park. All are welcome to this free event.
Ms. Benjamin’s book, Drone Warfare, will be on sale and she will be signing copies of it following her talk and a short question and answer period. The book provides a comprehensive look at the growing menace of robotic warfare, an analysis of who is producing the drones, where they are being used, who "pilots" them, the victims, and the legal and moral implications of their use. “In reality,” writes Benjamin, “the assassinations we are carrying out via drones will come back to haunt us when others start doing the same thing to us.”
Paintings, drawings, and sculpture with a peace or anti-war theme will be on display throughout the evening, beginning at 4 pm with appetizers by chef Eric Goodale and wine. At 6 pm a potluck supper with an emphasis on local food will be shared by all.
An original theater presentation directed by Larraine Brown at 7 pm will feature community performers. Following the performance, the Tri-Peace Trio of Jud Esty-Kendall, Leslie Latour, and Larry Latour will lead the group in celebrating Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday with a sing-a-long. If the weather is cooperative, the evening will end with a stroll through Belfast’s City Park.
Sponsors for this event include Outspoken Women, Peace & Justice Group of Waldo County, WERU-FM Community Radio, Old Professor’s Bookshop, Jim Harney Chapter of Veterans for Peace, Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast Social Action Committee, the Belfast Co-op Store, Whitman Graphics, Monroe Progressives, Larraine Brown, and the Maine Green Independent Party of Monroe.
For more information about submitting art to show at this event (sarcasm, humor, and other forms of protest against war are welcome), contact Gary Hinte and Carol Samuels at [email protected]; for information about joining the theater presentation, contact Larraine Brown at 338-2734 or [email protected]; for more information about sponsoring this event, contact Jennifer Hill at 930-5700 or [email protected]. The website with ongoing details about this memorable event can be found at benjamininbelfast.weebly.com.
Ms. Benjamin’s book, Drone Warfare, will be on sale and she will be signing copies of it following her talk and a short question and answer period. The book provides a comprehensive look at the growing menace of robotic warfare, an analysis of who is producing the drones, where they are being used, who "pilots" them, the victims, and the legal and moral implications of their use. “In reality,” writes Benjamin, “the assassinations we are carrying out via drones will come back to haunt us when others start doing the same thing to us.”
Paintings, drawings, and sculpture with a peace or anti-war theme will be on display throughout the evening, beginning at 4 pm with appetizers by chef Eric Goodale and wine. At 6 pm a potluck supper with an emphasis on local food will be shared by all.
An original theater presentation directed by Larraine Brown at 7 pm will feature community performers. Following the performance, the Tri-Peace Trio of Jud Esty-Kendall, Leslie Latour, and Larry Latour will lead the group in celebrating Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday with a sing-a-long. If the weather is cooperative, the evening will end with a stroll through Belfast’s City Park.
Sponsors for this event include Outspoken Women, Peace & Justice Group of Waldo County, WERU-FM Community Radio, Old Professor’s Bookshop, Jim Harney Chapter of Veterans for Peace, Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast Social Action Committee, the Belfast Co-op Store, Whitman Graphics, Monroe Progressives, Larraine Brown, and the Maine Green Independent Party of Monroe.
For more information about submitting art to show at this event (sarcasm, humor, and other forms of protest against war are welcome), contact Gary Hinte and Carol Samuels at [email protected]; for information about joining the theater presentation, contact Larraine Brown at 338-2734 or [email protected]; for more information about sponsoring this event, contact Jennifer Hill at 930-5700 or [email protected]. The website with ongoing details about this memorable event can be found at benjamininbelfast.weebly.com.