Story Archives of 'Anti-war'

Our 25 in 25 series continues with Arnie Alpert, Program Coordinator for the last twenty-six years at the American Friends Service Committee of New Hampshire, an organization that promotes peace and justice. We'll talk with Arnie about his long career in the peace movement, from his early days protesting the Nuclear Power Plant in Seabrook to modern rallies and lessons in bird-dogging the Presidential candidates when they come to the Granite State. In celebration of NHPR's twenty-fifth birthday, we'll also look at how "Live Free or Die" New Hampshire has changed over the past quarter century in terms of the peace movement and political activism and where it's headed in the future.

Guests

• Arnie Alpert, Program Director for the New Hampshire chapter of the American Friends Service Committee

New Hampshire Public Radio notes the passing of long-time peace activist Ruth McKay who died over the weekend.

Most people in the state have probably never heard of McKay.

But friends and critics alike agree, the woman exemplified strength integrity and devotion to her cause: world peace.

Dan Gorenstein produced this rememberance.

In wartime, we often hear the names of the fallen without any real connection to who they were as people. But as long as there have been wars, there have been very personal implications for soldiers and their loved ones. Carol Noonan explores war, loss and remembrance with her new CD, Somebody?s Darling.

Students from Keene High School and Keene State College joined their peers across the New Hampshire and around the country today/yesterday for a one day national student strike.

They left classes to protest a possible war with Iraq.

The Keene Sentinel?s Carolyn Martin the story from Keene.

Protests against possible war with Iraq have erupted all over the world, including in the United States. We'll talk about what peace activists are doing to get their message out in an age of competing mass media. Laura talks with Arnie Alpert, New Hampshire program coordinator of the American Friends Service Committee and Joshua Meyrowitz, professor of communications at the University of New Hampshire.