On Oct 6, 2010, to mark the ninth anniversary of the US-led war in Afghanistan, speakers from a variety of political positions, all of whom oppose the war in Afghanistan, met at First Unitarian Universalist Church in San Francisco to discuss how to build a broadly-based political consensus to end the war.
The speakers were:
- Michael Eisenscher, US Labor Against the War Nat’l Coordinator
- Angela Keaton, Antiwar.com Developmental Director
- Karel, Green 960 AM Radio Talk Show Host
- John Dennis, Republican Candidate, 8th Congressional District
- Daniel Ellsberg, Author and Activist
Moderator: Jeff Johnson, PeacePundit.com
The program:
- Welcome: Unitarian Universalist Minister Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae
- Commemoration of Afghan and U.S. War Dead
- Introduction by Moderator
- Brief presentations by each speaker (see above)
- Q&A from audience to speakers (questions submitted on cards)
- Benediction: Father Louie Vitale
Follow-up:
- Members of audience pledged to call or visit House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and urge her to support Rep. Barbara Lee’s bill to repeal Congress’s 2001 Authorization to the President of the Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Members of audience signed a list offered by the Unitarian Universalists for Peace volunteering to help forge a broad political coalition to end the Afghanistan war.
Photos from the event (by Karen Ande, AndePhotos.com):
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- Welcome by Rev. Kalendae
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- Welcome by Rev. Kalendae
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- Boots of US Military Casualties in Afghanistan War
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- Boots of US Military Casualties in Afghanistan War
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- Boots of US Military Casualties in Afghanistan War
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- Dolores and Sandra read names of the dea
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- Introduction by Moderator
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- Michael Eisenscher speaks
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- Angela Keaton speaks
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- Karel speaks
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- Karel speaks
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- Karel speaks
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- Karel speaks
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- John Dennis speaks
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- Daniel Ellsberg speaks
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- Daniel Ellsberg speaks
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- Daniel Ellsberg speaks
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- Daniel Ellsberg speaks
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- Panel discussion and Q&A
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- Panel discussion and Q&A
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- John Dennis answers a question
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- Michael Eisenscher answers a question
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- Daniel Ellsberg answers a question
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- Fr. Louie Vitale gives benediction
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- Fr. Louie Vitale gives benediction
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- Fr. Louie Vitale gives benediction
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- Fr. Louie Vitale gives benediction
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- Dolores Priem and Fr. Vitale chat afterwards
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- Ellsberg and Moderator afterwards
