Women’s History Month: Granny Peace Brigade
In honor of Women’s History Month 2011, I’ve selected one woman to profile every day from March 1st - March 31st, 2011.
Granny Peace Brigade: Awesome radical anti-war grannies.
Before us, Raging Grannies of Tucson, AZ tried to enlist in the US military and were arrested for trespassing. Media coverage of that effort inspired New York women to make a stand as well.
A group of women went to the Times Square recruitment center on October 17th, 2005 to enlist. We asked to enlist in place of grandchildren who had been deployed in Iraq unnecessarily. We were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. After the arrest, we could have just accepted an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal (an ACD), but decided, with our lawyer’s help, to go to court to defend our civil right to speak out.
We were determined to work together to end the war in Iraq. To do this, we needed an identity and a name; we became the Granny Peace Brigade. It was as members of the newly formed Granny Peace Brigade that we were tried in NYC Criminal Court and acquitted. — About the GPB
Speaking of “elderly people who are more radical than young people.” Just sayin’.
Links: Website
Website (Philadelphia chapter)
Blog
Wikipedia page
Youtube
What Did You Do in the War, Grandma? (note: the tone on this one bugs the crap outta me)
‘I’m Already Against the Next War’
Thoughts at the White House Fence
The Granny Peace Brigade Wants You!
The Granny Peace Brigade Campaigns to Close All US Military Bases - in Latin America and Around the World
‘Grannies’ Charged in Peace Protest Are Acquitted
Street Theatre: Granny Peace Brigade Stops Traffic
Wednesday in the Park with Norman Siegel
Joan Wile: 60’s freedom rider now protests war with the Granny Peace Brigade
