Nation Cruise Passengers and Howard Zinn visit Peace Center
Author and historian Howard Zinn visited Peace Action Maine to participate in a discussion of the role of the peace movement in the current crisis.
On October 24, Peace Action Maine hosted travelers from the Nation magazine's "Fall Colors" cruise that was sailing from New York to Halifax .
The cruise ship Rotterdam docked in Portland, and 30 passengers walked over to our offices for lunch and a discussion of the role of the peace movement in this current crisis.
A happy addition was historian and author Howard Zinn, who joined the cruise in Portland and who seemed to have a capital time with all of us!
There were nearly as many locals as visitors so our space was very full and the discussion, led by Greg Field, very lively.
Passengers hailed from many states and brought with them a clear and united voice: we must find ways to enlist more of our brothers and sisters from the mainstream and from minority groups and from every walk of life into activism. Perhaps an action as simple as sharing this copy of PeaceTalk with a friend can be a way of working toward that goal. At the suggestion of one of the passengers, many of us walked back to the ship carrying signs that said "Don't Invade Iraq!" making quite a parade and drawing interested comments from people on the streets.
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