Veterans Day Parade Excludes Veterans for Peace

Members of Veterans for Peace (VFP) have again been barred from participation in Milwaukee’s Veterans Day parade. Although the parade’s Web site says the event is “Honoring all Americans who have served,” it has refused to allow Veterans for Peace members—many of whom are combat veterans with Purple Hearts—from taking part in the observance on Saturday, Nov. 7...

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Battle Looms Over Relaxing Nuclear Regulations

The Global Warming Task Force recommends weakening the state’s rules

By Bill Christofferson

As a quiet but concerted effort is under way to weaken state laws regulating nuclear power plant construction in Wisconsin, a battle is brewing. State utilities and the nuclear industry have zeroed in on Wisconsin as a key, symbolic target in their national campaign to reopen the door to...

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Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008

Activist Julie Enslow Earns a Lifetime Peacemaker Award

By Bill Christofferson

Twenty-five years ago, back in the heyday of antinuclear power and weapons activism, I spent several years as director of a Madison-based organization called Nukewatch. My primary Milwaukee contact was Julie Byrnes Enslow, with an organization called Mobilization for Survival.

Veterans Day Parade Excludes Veterans for Peace

Battle Looms Over Relaxing Nuclear Regulations

The Global Warming Task Force recommends weakening the state’s rules

Activist Julie Enslow Earns a Lifetime Peacemaker Award

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