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Philadelphia Says: On War and Peace

November 17, 2019 @ 2:00 pm

This Anthology centers its focus on the aspects of War and Peace, and how it has evolved alongside technology and ideology. Contributors will be reading their poems.The anthology will be for sale to the public.

In Tandem With:

Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans who Opposed the War

Featuring: Kenneth Campbell, Marine combat veteran; VVAW Activist, Associate Professor Emeritus, U of Delaware; Ron Carver and Barbara Doherty, Co-editors, Waging Peace in Vietnam; David Connolly, Member, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Poet, Author of Lost in America; Judith Chomsky, Co-Founder, Philadelphia Resistance; International Human Rights Attorney; W. D. Ehrhart, Vietnam Veteran, Poet Author, Thank You for Your Service: Collected Poems; Lamont B. Steptoe, Vietnam Veteran; Poet; winner of an American Book Award and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts; Author of Uncle’s South Sea China Blue Nightmare


“No one did more to bring an end to America’s cruel and unjust war in Vietnam than the patriotic GIs and veterans who turned against it. This extraordinary history of their struggle should inspire all of us who seek to end the ongoing and interrelated threats of war, nuclear doomsday, and environmental catastrophe.”

–Daniel Ellsberg, The Pentagon Papers

Larry Robin, Host, Open Reading follows

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Date:
November 17, 2019
Time:
2:00 pm
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Organizer

Moonstone Arts Center
Phone
215-735-9600
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Venue

The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104 United States
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