WRMEA, August 2010, Page 66

Waging Peace

Kucinich Urges "Anti-War Teach-Ins Across the Country

REP. DENNIS J. Kucinich (D-OH) hosted a "Teach-In" at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 29, 2010 to examine what Congress must do to end the U.S. wars and secure a peaceful Middle East. Kucinich urged citizens to hold "teach-ins across the country," in order to wake-up the American people to the lethal and costly "consequences of the wars." Panelists included journalist Chris Hedges, senior fellow at The Nation Institute; Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army; David Swanson, author of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union; Col. (ret.) Ann Wright, co-author of Dissent: Voices of Conscience; and Josh Stieber, who became a conscientious objector after serving in Iraq for 14 months. All the panelists have spent years challenging the belief that wars are inevitable. For more details on this event and its sponsors, visit: <www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/5159> and watch the event on YouTube <http://vimeo.com/11357371>.

—William Hughes