I just wanted you to know about it: Philanthropic Travel

War is the antithesis of Philanthropic Travel -David Chamberlain

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." -Thomas Paine.

"In the counsels of Government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the Military Industrial Complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together." - President Eisenhower - January 1961

You shall not murder. -Ten Commandments

"Raw and unadorned! A live hand grenade brought home from a distant battlefield."
- David M. Halbfinger, New York Times

'That Is Not What I Meant At All': Negotiation Project researchers ease difficult everyday conversations -HARVARD GAZETTE



The Seattle Times came out with an editorial calling for Watada's conviction. Lt. Watada faces not only charges of missing movement but also several "Conduct Unbecoming" charges stemming from speeches he gave. It has been a while in America since somebody went to jail for giving a speech, but that is the situation with Lt. Watada. Give a speech, go to jail. One of the "criminal" speeches he is charged with giving was to a veterans convention. We start off with that speech. You be the judge; hear the speech and decide if a crime was committed. I sincerely doubt if the editors at the Seattle Times who called for Watada's conviction had even heard the speech, or seen it in print. Yet there they were--aping, chanting for a conviction like a Greek chorus of harpies. We present the speech, uncut. Be inspired, we were. http://www.thankyoult.org http://www.couragetoresist.org

We follow this up with footage from the FTA tours that occurred in the early 70s. Donald Sutherland, Jane Fonda, Holly Near, Country Jo McDonald, and others who I can't think of right now toured throughout the Pacific, performing for thousands of soldiers at each stop. I helped organize one of these shows, and it was truly a high point in my life to be in an auditorium, filled with thousands of American GIs all singing "We love Ho Chi Minh." It was sort of like GIs today singing we love Saddam, except there WAS something to love in Ho Chi Minh. Nonetheless, it was a rare moment in human history, to have so many soldiers clearly identify with the so-called "enemy." There was a different song from those shows, sung by Rita Martinson that we are including on "Indymedia Presents #235," called "Soldier We Love You." I hear that the song can be found on the new version of the "Sir! No Sir!" DVD. I didn't take it from there, but rather from a tape one of the producers gave me for safe-keeping years ago. For many years this material was not available at all except from copies of the tape this producer had surreptitiously made to preserve the legacy of the FTA Show. The soldiers of the Viet Nam generation DID stop the war. If the soldiers of Watada's generation can do the same, it might as Lt. Watada says in his speech, a really long time before the US will be able to do another frivolous invasion of somebody else's country. This song, "Soldier, We Love You," is for Lt. Watada.
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