Grandmothers against the war.New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Police arrested eighteen members of Grandmothers for Peace Grandmothers for Peace (a.k.a. Grandmothers for Peace International) is an organization started by Barbara Wiedner (1928-2001) in May 1982 in Sacramento, California in the USA, after the mass media became "captivated by the image of a grandmother Barbard Wiedner risking jail for disorderly conduct disorderly conduct Conduct likely to lead to a disturbance of the public peace or that offends public decency. It has been held to include the use of obscene language in public, fighting in a public place, blocking public ways, and making threats. after they tried to enlist at the Times Square military recruiting center on October 17. The women sat down in front of the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station and chanted, "We insist, we want to enlist." For more information, go to www.grandmothersforpeace.org |
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