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Oklahoma Peace Strategy News publishing schedule adjusted for Summer 2013 issue

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March-April 2013 issue of Peace Strategy News now online

In this issue:

IRAN: The US Choice is Diplomacy or War P. 13 The Wisdom of Peace P. 2 Medicaid Expansion A Benefit to Oklahoma P. 4 VAWA and other Alerts P. 5 Sierra Club Climate Conversation P. 9 Why We Resist the KXL Pipeline P. 10 Cheyenne Peace Chief to be Honored P. 16

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Col. Lawrence Wilkerson visit to Oklahoma focuses on peaceful solutions to international issues

Lawrence Wilkerson with Hal Spake and Nathaniel Batchelder

Lawrence Wilkerson with Hal Spake and Nathaniel Batchelder

On Feb. 5 and 6, Col Wilkerson visited Central Oklahoma, speaking at several events.

On Feb. 5, he was the guest of the University of Central Oklahoma, and his speech at the Nigh University Center, attended by over 100 students and local residents, was entitled “We Need Not be Enemies: Iran the the U.S. in the 21st Century.”

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Rachel Maddow will examine the build up to the Iraq war in new documentary

Hubris: Selling the Iraq War, a documentary with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow will premiere on Monday, Feb. 18 at 8pm Central Time.

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Peace House contingent in OKC 2013 MLK Holiday Parade

Peace House volunteer John Walters helped make the Peace House “float” in this year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Parade, which wound through Oklahoma City spreading our messages through banners, signs and flyers. And, he provided these great pictures.

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John Walters and David Brinker.

John Walters, OKC Amnesty coordinator

John with the Peace House banner.

The big sign that graces our monthly streetside demonstrations.

Peace House Director Batch and David Brinker

The poster below the banner is from Americans Against the Next War.

January-February 2013 issue of Oklahoma Peace Strategy News now online

In this issue:

Amy Goodman: “Now The Work Begins” P. 3 Obama: Smallest Government Spender! P. 4 Israel & Iran: “A Love Story” P. 5 Human Rights Alliance Award Recipients P. 7 OK Center for Conscience EVENT, Jan 13th P. 8 Fracking linked to Earthquakes, Water Issues P. 9 Citizens Climate Lobby Forms in OKC P. 14

Israel & Iran: A Love Story – Tears For Peace

Please watch and share this 15-minute video of a TED presentation by an Israeli graphic artist who began posting “Israel Loves Iran” photos of himself on Facebook. He reports a whole movement of people-to-people Facebook diplomacy by Israeli and Iranian people guaranteed to move the hardest hearts.

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