 |
Monday November 25, 2002 Portsmouth New Hampshire
South Church, State Street
Over 150 people turned
up for a wide ranging forum at the South Church in Portsmouth last night.The
forum, organized by Nancy Brown of Seacoast Alliance for Democracy and
Amy Antonucci of Seacoast Peace Response, was titled"Talk Before
We Attack-What Does It All Mean?" and was open to anyone who wanted
to speak, sing, or perform.
There were many takers
as one by one and sometimes in twos and threes over forty  people
came to the stage and spoke, sang, or performed their piece.
The forum started
off with a song by Susie Burke of South Berwick, Maine and Kent Allyn
of Kittery, Maine. Organizers Brown and Antonucci then introduced themselves
and explained how the process would go. All present were entitled to take
the stage for up to three minutes with rebuttle time later if time allowed.
Gary Langley, a Vietnam
veteran and photographer from Dover read a poem that included the lines
"Facism...now hangs in the hall". Guy Chichester put forth that
"All wars are cooked up", including WW2. Craig Henne, of Elliot,
Maine claimed that protesting only "aided the enemy". Joann
Lipshires read a poem called "My Birthday, February 24th" and
in it she talked about an "international turkey shoot....in the tanks
a more private death by cremation". Pat Morse of Barrington told
a story about an American flag that got wrapped around a car's driveshaft
and wore a hole in the gas tank. "Why not just drop flags?",
he asked.
There was also a group
of three women who performed on drums, and another group of women, Macy
Morse, Shannon Darr, and Cathy Wolff, who had a short skit about errosion
of civil liberties and how politicians should be held accountable.
The forum ended with
about two thirds of those attenting gathered in a circle holding hands
while Kent Allyn played his guitar and sang.
Submitted by Paul Pat Morse
For more pictures click here: More
Pictures
For more info go to: http://www.seacoastpeaceresponse.org
Contact:
info@seacoastpeaceresponse.org
|
