Latest statewide anti-war vigil in Skowhegan, Maine

 

 

 

 

On Saturday 18 folks from across the state gathered on a bridge in Skowhegan in Central Maine in the rain. These monthly vigils have been organized all over the state for the past nine months. We go to heavily traffic spots each time and by doing so have taken our messages ('No war with Russia or China', 'Bring our war $$$ Home' and now 'Stop genocide in Gaza') to thousands of Mainers and out-of-state tourists.

Saturday was one of the very best responses we've had yet. Could it be that the public (in this case Skowhegan is a rural working class part of the state) is fed up Washington's war mongering? Are they watching the mass killing of children in Gaza and are angry about it? Do they want their hard-earned tax dollars to be used for the many problems here at home rather than funding war in Ukraine and Palestine?

One headline this morning reads: Hamas Says All Hospitals in Gaza Strip Run Out of Fuel. In one hospital I had earlier read that 130 babies are inside of incubators and would die when the hospital ran out of fuel that kept the generators running due to electricity being turned off by Israel.

Bakeries throughout Gaza have been bombed so that even the bread that has been helping to sustain the population is now hard to come by. Water is virtually gone. These are all signs of genocide.

When will the world indict Israel and their bomb suppliers in Washington with war crimes?

Upcoming protests:

• Protest vigil at the 'Maine Space Conference' on Monday, November 6 at 11:30 am outside the Holiday Inn by the Bay (88 Spring St) in Portland. Our message will be 'Don't build rocket launch site just off the Acadia National Park' and 'No testing of Hypersonic missiles in Maine'.
  
• Regular monthly statewide anti-war vigil on Saturday, November 18 in Topsham (Hwy 196 & 201 intersection) at 1:30 pm. 'Solidarity with Palestine', 'No war with Russia & China' and 'Bring our war $$$ Home'. 

We hope that you will join us with these calls for sanity and true peace.

Bruce