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Stamp Money Out of PoliticsBY Ilana Cramer, PJC Programming Intern

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From the Director

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Domestic Drone Regulation

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Let Cops Be CopsAllow police officers to be police officers andleave the military hardware for our NationalGuard who are specifically trained to handlethis gear.

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Support and Defend theConstitutionProtesters arrested at the drone base atHancock US Air Force Base, Dewitt, NY.

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Robin’s NestSpeaking Truth to Power at the UnitedNations. WILPF’s 100th anniversary.

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MindfullnessWhat do meditation and social justice activismhave to do with each other?

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VT Criminal Justice ReformWe Can Do It… but is there the political will?

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Most Dangerous WomenThroughout a century of struggle, coura-geous women were imprisoned, physicallyattacked, beaten, or had their lives threatenedfor their activism. But they persevered.

Mujeres De MaizThey publicly support the demands of theZapatista army, but are committed tononviolent principles.

very time you make a purchaseyou are voting. You are telling

whoever is selling that product that youbelieve in and support what they aredoing. The Stamp Stampede, led by BenCohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s IceCream, is encouraging tens of thousandsof people to rubber stamp messages oncurrency in order to support a Constitu-tional Amendment that requires allfederal elections to be funded exclu-sively through public money.

This 28th Amendment looks tooverturn Citizens United(1) and statesthat corporations are not peopleand money is not speech.Currently 16 stateshave passedresolutionscalling onCongressto proposean amend-ment and over150 members ofCongress supportthe amendmentstrategy.

Ben Cohen states, “Our democ-racy needs to nurture civic engagementand robust debate, not put a price tag onit”. This micro-activism movement is apetition on steroids aiming to reachpeople across the United States.

Today big corporations have a handdipped in every aspect of our lives. Fromthe food to we eat to the clothes we wearcorporations are everywhere. They areprofiting and gaining financial steam

and are using their influence – in theform of money – to sway politicians.Court rulings such as Citizens Unitedand McCutcheon(2) have made it legalto spend limitedlessly on the politicalprocess therefore “deregulating Ameri-can political campaigns.” Corporationsare not people and their funds should nottrump the will of the people.

Billionaires like the Koch Brothersare using money madef r o m oil refineries

to fund theTea Party,

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campaigns andlegislation that benefit

the minority upper class.Corporations and billionaires

shouldn’t be able to buy the House ofRepresentatives, the Senate, and the nextPresident of the United States. Bydonating big bucks politicians are nowincentivizing legislation in favor of bigdonor and not citizens. Our country wasfounded on the idea of “one man[sic],one vote,” but that isn’t how our systemis operating now. Money should notmean more than people. This is a hugeproblem for the 99% that can’t afford tospend billions on elections. For ourcountry to function properly we much let

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS(alphabetical order)

Linda AyerBeverly Little Thunder

Jake SchumannDavid ShimanNathan Suter

Paij Wadley-BaileyJudith Yarnall

STAFFWendy Coe

Kristen ConnersAmy Crosswhite

Rachel SiegelKyle Silliman-Smith

PJC MISSION

Our mission is to create ajust and peaceful world.To this end, we work on

the interconnected issuesof economic and racial

justice, peace, and humanrights through education,

advocacy, training and non-violent activisim, and

community organizing,since 1979.

It’s a great time to be at the Peace & Justice Center. Worth highlighting are two new dynamic staffmembers, upcoming Racial & Economic Awareness workshops, and The Cost of War: Focus on Dronescampaign which is picking up steam. Its purpose is to support legislative action on Town Meeting Day,2016 in as many locations as we can. The first step is to build awareness with two educational presenta-tions: Drones 101 and The Experience of Drone Pilots. The presentations are free. We would loveto bring one to your town or city.

Drones 101 presents an overview of US drone usage and the consequences thereof. It sheds lighton the reality of drone weaponry and its effects on innocent civilian lives. It’s filled with hard-hittingfacts that can be overwhelming and is followed with a discussion to process the information and discussaction steps. The Experience of Drone Pilots delves deeper into the psychological consequences ofdrones on those who operate them. It highlights the grave and unique effects on these men and womenwho sit in front of a screen watching people 1000s of miles away turn from red to blue.

Spring has arrived and with it we have new arrivals: Amy Crosswhite and KristenConnors! Amy is dedicated to helping others and has been involved in various churchministries to build strong community. Her love of social justice is fueled by a desire tohelp people in practical ways. That plus her experience in retail work, make her a

perfect fit as our Fair Trade Program and Store Manager. Herother interests include art and music. She is married and is themother of a goofy Doberman.

Kristen is joining us as our Volunteer Coordinator afterworking with us for two years as a Fair Trade intern and a storevolunteer. She is exited to start working with our current,dedicated volunteers as well as welcoming new folks. Kristen serves on one ofBurlington’s Restorative Justice Panels and finds this extremely rewarding. Inaddition, she’s a certified Zumba instructor and loves sharing her passion formovement.

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Privilege and Accountability:Becoming an AllyBy Francine Serwili-Ngunga M. Ed., Facilitator

My hope in leading this workshop is that participantsincrease their ability to act as allies to oppressed groups.There won’t be a check list to answer your questions andconcerns. One of the agreements of participating is tounderstand that experiencing discomfort is part thisprocess, that this is a journey, with no clear destination, andthere won’t be any closure. We will be building the skills tolive a more responsible life, and to be better members of alarger society.

While we are doing this work to help us in our interactionswith others, we must not forget that more importantly, itwill bene-fit us, the ones doing it. We will take the time todig deep and learn about our personal and socialidentities and the privileges or hardships that come withthem. We will leave with an under-standing of what ismeans to honor our responsibilities as a conscious memberof society. We will practice new vocabulary and developskills to be a better ally. Hopefully by the end of the lastsession, participants will have an understanding that realchange starts within, with one’s own awakening.

Tuesday, June 2 and Thursday June 4, 6-7:30pm.For details, please see Calendar on page 10.

Building Empathy and Eliminat-ing Oppression: A Deep Look atRacism and Religious PrejudiceBy Andi Harrington, Facilitator and workshop designer

As we pass the 50th anniversary of the March on Selma, thestruggle for peace and coexistence remains as we struggleto speak freely about oppression within our society.

This three-part workshop strives to give people theopportunity to build skills and knowledge and to engage inconversations about oppression. The first session focuses onthe concept of white fragility, or the struggle for dominantcommunities to tolerate discussions on race without feelingshame and guilt. The second session dives into myths andstereotypes in order to identify subconscious bias. The finalsession gives us tools and guidelines for action in order toreaffirm our commitment to an anti-oppressive society.

I hope this series will help participants develop intentionaland well-informed decision-making abilities to move towardan equal and just society.

Tuesday, May 19, 5:30 -7pm; Thursday, May 21,5:30-7pm and Saturday, May 23, 10-11:30am.For details, please see Calendar on page 10.

Kristen

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BY Kenny Nguyen, PJC Intern

hen people hear about drones,many assume they are a technologi-

cal weapon used for reconnaissanceand warfare in distant lands. This is true.However, drones are also much closer tohome than that. In the US, drones areutilized for recreational use, search andrescue, and increasingly for surveillance.As of 2011, Customs and Border Protec-tion has eight drones in operation alongthe Mexican and Canadian borders. InTom Barry’s report, “America’s ProgramPolicy Report: Border Drones, a Finan-cial and Policy Bust,” he states thatPresident Obama and Homeland SecuritySecretary Jeh Johnson are committed tomore drone surveillance of US borders –despite mounting evidence from thegovern-ment’s own investigators that theborder drone program is a monumentalbust. They’ve made claims that dronespatrol the entire southwestern border;however, the report revealed that dronesurveillance has been limited to smallstretches of the nearly 2,000 mile borderand that the cost of its flights were fourtimes higher than drone officials hadreported.

In addition, more than a dozen reportshave lambasted the drone program for itsabsence of performance measures and its

Domestic Drones: Here, Far, Wherever You Are

failure to formulate operational plansand strategic directions. Even after thescathing Office of the Inspector General’sreport, there are no signs that the Cus-toms and Border Protection, the Depart-ment of Homeland Security, Congress orthe Whitehouse are backing away fromthe dysfunctional and massively expen-sive drone program. What will it take tochange their minds and move away fromdrones?

Here in Vermont, the American CivilLiberties Union of Vermont (ACLU),under the guidance of Executive DirectorAllen Gilbert, has been working hard toget a bill passed to enhance privacyprotection through regulating electroniccommunications, automated license platereaders, and the usage of drones, amongother things.

The proposed bill, S.18, would allowlaw enforcement agencies to use dronesunder two circumstances: (1) if the droneis operated under a warrant or (2) foremergency circumstances.

If the drone is operated under awarrant obtained pursuant to Rule 41 ofthe Vermont Rules of Criminal Proce-dure, “the drone shall be operated in amanner to collect data only on the targetof the surveillance and to avoid data

collection on any other person, home, orarea.” In the case that a drone doescollect information on any property orperson not pertaining to the target, theinformation “shall be deleted as soon aspossible and in no event later than 24hours after the data were collected.”

If an emergency situation, character-ized by the “imminent threat of death orserious bodily injury to any person”according to section 4623 of the bill, thelaw enforcement agency must obtain awarrant within 48 hours of the use of thedrone.

The Senate Committee on Judiciary,comprised of Senators Dick Sears, JoeBenning, Tim Ashe, Jeanette K. White,and Alice W. Nitka, will hopefully takeup this bill. A great way to encourageconversations among Vermont officialsand communities is to contact theseindividuals with your support for thebill, and regulations on drones inparticular. Go to www.legislature.vermont.gov for more information.

There is still much work that needs tobe done regarding drone usage here inVermont. We at the Peace & JusticeCenter would like to see towns through-out the state taking initiative andownership over the use of drones in ourbackyards by starting conversations andpassing legislation. There are manyexamples nationally of localities andstates that have successfully passedlegislation and resolutions regardingdrones.

We need to join our voices together inopposition to the use of drones – both forwar and surveillance – and in support ofour fourth amendment right guardingagainst the government’s capability toexecute unreasonable searches andseizures. The Peace & Justice Center ishappy to visit your town with an educa-tional presentation on drones as well asoffer resources and guidance on creatingTown Meeting legislation. If you wouldlike to get involved in passing a resolu-tion in your town, contact Kyle Silliman-Smith at program@pjcvt.org or (802)-863-2345 x6.

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New Jim Crow Book DiscussionBy Infinite Culcleasure, Facilitator

I feared that reading this book would be a waste of mytime as it’s an issue I am so familiar with. What I learned isthat this contribution by Michelle Alexander bringsattention to one of America’s most chronic generationalsocial/political/economic problems, by relating it to theperfect metaphor. Legalized discrimination, politicaldisenfranchisement, exclusion from juries, racialsegregation – can all be linked to some of the greatestmyths of our time. The New Jim Crow discussion groupprovides us with another tool to make sense of how someof these myths contribute to social problems that we allhave the power to resolve.

April 12, Sunday, 3-5pm and April 14, Tuesday, 6-8pm.For details, please see Calendar on page 10.

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Let Cops be Cops

WBY J.M. Turner

hen I think of Vermont, the firstthought that comes to mind are the

winding rivers beneath the moun-tains alongside Route 100 betweenKillington and Warren, where at anygiven time, a song bird or raptor can beseen perched on an overhanging limb andthen lift itself gently beyond the tree lineand into the thick forest. I think of theeclectic groups of people who gatherthroughout the year to celebrate a dayjust to celebrate, and am reminded of thesaying, “In Vermont, we have a festivalfor that.” This is of course the appeal thatbrought me to live in this state someeight years ago after having served threedeployments in the Marines between2003 and 2007, two in Iraq as an infan-tryman.

I was 22 years old when I moved north,having just endured many life changingexperiences throughout my time inservice. Vermont was, and is to this day, agreat place of solitude where in a matterof minutes, you can be at a place wherethe only others surrounding you are thenatural beings that tourists migrateto year round to admire. It is difficult tobelieve that the state that has becomesuch a large part of my life, and helpsme understand the virtues of peace, isnow at threat of being armed withextensive military hardware. For as longas I have lived in these green mountains,it has become clear that this tucked awaygem takes pride to maintain the quintes-sential beauty that exists in old villagesand the communities residing there.

The people of Vermont are back-to-the-landers, self-reliant within theircommunities to police themselves toensure healthy relationships and todisplay exemplary models for risinggenerations. It is a wonderful feeling towalk into a country store and watch shopowners talk closely with old timers, out-of-towners and police officers who makeit a ritual each morning to start their daywith a cup of coffee and conversation.What sort of message do we send to ourchildren when rather than investingmoney in their education, federal funds

are being spent on large pieces ofmachinery capable of suppressing riotsand police officers, who they know bytheir first names, are now being donnedwith SWAT gear and automatic machineguns.

I ask, why is it we are choosing to takethis course? To state that this gear is toprotect us from terrorism I feel is inaccu-rate. There are plenty of Vermonters withstockpiles of weapons who would bewilling to stand and protect theirbeloved hillsides should we be invaded,not to mention the Air National Guardand Army National Guard that can be atany place within the state quickly shouldthey be called to do so. Who are webeing protected from with the militariza-tion of our police forces? Who thenbecomes the threat should they beequipped with this gear? Place yourselfin the shoes of someone confronted by alarge masked man, decked out in bulletproof gear – what is your first reaction?Automatic weapons andarmored vehicles are not objects toconfront, and with the majority of theoccupants within this state being smallbusiness owners, farmers and politicians,I ask once more, who is the threat?

Each person living here, whether animplant flatlander or 6th generationfarmer, have been and will continue tobe, collaborative in nature, offeringrespect to the other knowing that there ismuch knowledge to be shared regardlessof political perspective, 2nd Amendmentrights, or religious belief. Unlike manyplaces in this country, we see each otheras being equal, truly equal, and that isyet another reason our state is so strongand capable of creating change that webelieve in.

My thought is this, allow policeofficers to be police officers and leavethe military hardware for our NationalGuard who are specifically trained tohandle this gear. We are a small enoughstate that should something happen, be itan attack or some other catastrophe, thatwe as a people will join together andunify our years of experience and

materials to sustain our thriving commu-nities, and support those in uniform tokeep us safe from harm, whether they aredressed in camouflage or in blue. Wemust be willing to trust ourselves tomake the right decisions should we beconfronted with inappropriateness, butthose within the political systems,should have faith that we will make theappropriate decisions, and continue towork to create a healthy environment forour children to grow in, without theimplementation of tools designed todestroy.

We are living in an interesting periodof time where our people need to assisteach other in transitioning from a fear-based mentality, and move more toward adirection that instills courage to teachour children methods of non-violentcommunication, ways to care for othersand the land that we love and appreciate,and to make the right decisions tosustain good health and happiness.

Jon Turner is a member of the FarmerVeteran Coalition and is building aneducational landscape to assist veteranswith re-integration after returning homefrom war. He is currently working withthe VA to facilitate writing workshopsfor those willing to look at their experi-ence from a different perspective. Jonlives in Addison County with his familyand is a student of sustainability andecological design.

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hen I was commissioned a Navalofficer, I swore “to support and

defend the Constitution of theUnited States against all enemies foreignand domestic.” That is exactly what I wasdoing two years ago when I was arrestedfor protesting outside Hancock Air ForceBase in Dewitt, NY.

On September 14, 2001, Congressauthorized President George W. Bush touse ”all necessary and appropriate force”against those whom he determined“planned, authorized, committed oraided” the September 11th attacks, or whoharbored said persons or groups.The strategy was simple: locate al-Qaeda terrorists and kill them.Accordingly, in October of thatyear, US military forces invadedAfghanistan on a mission tocapture or kill the perpetrators ofthe 9/11 tragedies and to punishthe Taliban government that harbored them.

On paper, it looked easy, butthe al-Qaeda terrorists slippedacross the border into Pakistan orscattered throughout the MiddleEast and North Africa; the Talibanregrouped into an ongoing insurgency.The simplistic military strategy became adilemma. How was it possible to kill al-Qaeda terrorists when they were incountries that the US was not at war with?The answer lay in the self-proclaimedpower of the US to kill any alleged terrorist in any nation in the world.

The first use of this unique poweroccurred in 2002 when those responsiblefor the bombing of the Navy destroyer,USS Cole, in the harbor at Aden, Yemen,were tracked down and killed by a Hellfiremissile fired from a CIA Predatordrone. Since then, the targeted killing ofalleged terrorists by drone strikeshas become the weapon of choice. Byusing sophisticated electronic technologythat tracks cell phone use and otherinternet activity, US intelligence services can not only identify, locate andtarget a specific terrorist but canalso connect that target with other alleged

Support and Defend the ConstitutionBY Andy Schoerke, Will Miller Green Mtn Chapter, Veterans for Peace

terrorists. Using this information,a drone flying in the Middle East canpick up a designated target and track itusing visual and/or electronic sensors.These images are instantly relayed tothe drone pilot and sensor operatorlocated at one of the dozens of Air Forcebases in the United States. To date,according to the UK based Bureauof Investigative Journalism, as many as3,902 people have been killed inPakistan, Somalia and Yemen by USdrones including as many as 959civilians. Other reputable agencies report

that for every alleged terrorist killed asmany as 27 civilians die.

In October 2012, I attended a presen-tation at St. Michaels College by LeahBolger, then president of the nationalVeterans For Peace (VFP). As a memberof a delegation that had just returnedfrom Pakistan, Leah recounted theinterviews she had with villagers whohad witnessed drone strikes. Accompany-ing her presentation were picturesshowing the results of the Hellfiremissiles fired from Predator dronesincluding pictures of the dismemberedbodies of children. I decided then toresearch the targeted killing policy ofour government with the purposeof informing other members of my VFPchapter. I soon learned that world-renowned international peace and justiceorganizations such as AmnestyInternational, Human Rights Watch andthe International Committee of the RedCross had all condemned US drone

killings. Three separate investigations bythe UN High Commission on HumanRights concluded that US drone strikesin Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia wereextra-judicial killings and the US couldbe held accountable for its violations ofinternational law.

The murder of civilians by dronestrikes, the mistreatment and torture ofprisoners, and the gross surveillance ofour electronic correspondence constituteevidence of how the Global War OnTerror is being secretly carried out inviolation of domestic and internationallaws and covenants. One victim of thissecret war has been the Constitution ofthe United States. Article VI of theConstitution states: “This Constitution,

and the Laws of the UnitedStates which shall be made inpursuance thereof; and allTreaties made, or which shallbe made, under the authorityof the United States, shall bethe supreme Law of theLand.”

The drone killing of acitizen in a country withwhich we are not at war isan egregious violation of theUN Charter which the UnitedStates ratified in 1945. Article

1 of the UN Charter states: “All Membersshall refrain in their internationalrelations from the threat or use offorce against the territorial integrity orpolitical independence of any state.”Further, Article 103 of the Charter statesthat “Obligations to the United NationsCharter [shall] prevail over all othertreaty obligations.”

On April 28, 2013, I joined with thirtyother Americans to protest U.S.drone killing by engaging in an act ofnon-violent civil resistance at themain gate to the drone base at HancockField, US Air Force Base, Dewitt, NY.I was arrested, charged with one misde-meanor and two violations, and issued anOrder Of Protection for the base com-mander. I am currently waiting my trialdate.

My oath to the Navy was to defendour country against “enemies foreign anddomestic.” I was acting in congruencewith this oath on April 28, 2013 and willcontinue to do so.

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Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch

and the International Red Cross condemned

US drone killings. Three separate investigations

by the UN High Commission on Human Rights

concluded that US drone strikes in Pakistan,

Yemen, and Somalia were extra-judicial killings

and the US could be held accountable for

its violations of international law.

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Robin’s Nest

he UN has become a citadel ofnations, ruled over by five nuclear

potentates with veto power in theSecurity Council. Periodically thefortress is besieged by civil societyorganizations knocking on the door forentry, raising their banners for peace andjustice. This is most observable at themeeting of the Commission on the Statusof Women during the first twoweeks of March. Women floodthe Church Center across thestreet from the UN, overflowinginto the Armenian ConventionCenter down Second Avenue,sharing issues, strategies andconcerns. Members of eachwomen’s NGO share a limitednumber of passes to the UNbuilding itself.

This year, in a different UNbody, on InternationalWomen’s Day, somethingunprecedented happened. Itwas a David and Goliathmoment. It’s been a long timecoming – and, though largelysymbolic, it made me proudthat my organization, the Women’sInternational League for Peace andFreedom, took a stand in an environmentthat has become painfully oppressive.

More precisely we resigned frommonitoring and engaging with theConference on Disarmament.

We, who are proud of being the firstNGO to be affiliated with the UN throughthe Economic and Social Council backwhen the UN was getting started in 1946;we who see – or saw – the UN as afeminist organization dedicated tosaving ‘succeeding generations from thescourge of war;’ we who recognized it as

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Speaking Truth to Power at the United NationsBY Robin Lloyd

“…this may be the last time our voice is heard here……”— excerpt from Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom(WILPF) Statement to the UN‘s Conference on Disarmament on InternationalWomen’s Day 2015, prepared and delivered by Reaching Critical Will, a program of WILPF

one of the few places where small nationscould have a voice; in short, we whohave tried to engage with this body thathas been hijacked by corporate andnuclear powers, we said enough isenough.

Didn’t read about it in the NY Times?OK here’s the story, with a bit of back-ground. The Conference on Disarmament

is the forum that has been used by itsmember states, currently numbering 65,to negotiate the Biological WeaponsConvention and the Chemical WeaponsConvention. Since 1996, it has notnegotiated any treaties or even agreed onwhich treaty to next negotiate, and it hasput roadblocks in the way of anysubstantive conversation with civilsociety.

Reaching Critical Will (RCW) is aWILPF program that monitors the UN ondisarmament issues. Mia Gandenberger,staff person for RCW, delivered astatement this year that said these

roadblocks, termed indignities, are notexperienced at other disarmamentforums—not, RCW said, “at the FirstCommittee, not at meetings of theConvention on Certain ConventionalWeapons, not at meetings of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.”

For the last few years, WILPF has beenpermitted to deliver a statement to the

Conference on Disarma-ment (CD) to markInternational Women’sDay. This is the onlytime of year that anyvoice from civil societyis allowed inside the CDchamber.

Gandenberger wenton to say, “This may bethe last time our voice isheard here…This is abody that has firmlyestablished that itoperates in a vacuum.That it is disconnectedfrom the outside world.That it has lost perspec-tive of the bigger picture

of human suffering and global injustice.Maintaining the structures that rein-force deadlock has become moreimportant than fulfilling the objectivefor which it was created: negotiatingdisarmament treaties.”

We can no longer invest effort intosuch a body. Instead we will continueour work elsewhere. There is much workto be done….”

Indeed. WILPF is celebrating its 100th

anniversary this year. It was founded in1915 at a conference at The Haguededicated to stopping WW1, by women

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Militarism as a way of thought, and the militarization of societies, suchthat perceived –threats are likely to be met with weaponry rather thanwords;

The capitalist economic system, involving the exploitation of the laborand resources of the many by the few, wantonly harming people and theenvironment, generating conglomerates of global reach and unaccountablepower;

The nation-state system as it is today, involving dominant states,imperialist projects, inter-state rivalry, contested borders, and inside thoseborders, all too often, failure of democracy, resulting in political repressionand intolerance of diversity;

Social systems of racist supremacy, cultural domination and religioushierarchy;

Patriarchy, the subordination of women by men, in state, communityand family, perpetuated by the social shaping of men and women intocontrasted, unequal and limiting gender identities, favoring violentmasculinities and compliant femininities.

We understand these as intersected and mutually reinforcing systems ofpower, all founded on violence and together productive of war.

I encourage you to read our Manifesto (which will be made public on April 29th) athttp://www.womenstopwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Draft-6-edited_1.pdfto find our creative 100 year plan. It ends with this challenge to the next generation:

Violence is not inevitable. It is a choice.We will implement peace, which we believe to be a human right.

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democracy triumph over this corruption.What can we do to fight this? How canour voices counteract those of multi-billion dollar corporations?

By stamping the message to getmoney out of politics people are speak-ing with their dollars. The average dollarexchanges hands 875 times. If 1,000people stamped one dollar a day, themessage would reach three millionpeople. Stamping money is totally legaland ironically is rigging the corporatesystem to get out a message out offairness and equality.

Politicians are jumping through hoopsto please big donors, as citizens it is ourduty to insist democracy and strive tocreate a more just and equal world. Nowis the time to demand change to getmoney out of politics and restate thatpeople are people and corporations donot deserve the same rights as people.#GETMONEYOUT

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The Stamp Mobile is like a Dr. Suess invention created in a reinvented box truck. This whimsicalcontraption is inventive but forceful in its message that $ and politics hurts our democracy.

The Burlington Branch of WILPF meets the 2nd Thursday of the month at the PJC at 5pm.

Footnotes:(1) McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, (2014), a US Supreme Court landmark case which allows forunlimited spending on candidates for federal office, political parties, and political action committees.

(2)Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, (2010), a US Supreme Court case that de-regulated ofcampaign spending by organizations. The PJC’s “Corporations are Not People” campaign supporteddozens of Vermont towns to pass Town Meeting Day resolutions opposing Citizens United.

who were global activists even beforethey had the vote. Before any super-national organizations such as theLeague of Nations or the UN existed,they used grassroots diplomacy to reachthe men in charge: travelling frombelligerent to neutral governments andknocking on the doors of power. We arestill knocking on doors. Despite a UNresolution that mandates women’s role atthe table when peace settlements arenegotiated, Syrian women (the latestexample) were denied a seat at the failedtalks in 2013.

Women are frustrated. We are impa-tient at watching wars metastasizearound the planet, watching the elementsof our sacred earth mined and meltedinto bullets and missiles.

We will be bringing our energytogether at our 100th anniversary confer-ence Women Stop War from April 27-29.

We women from the USA, the largestexporter of bullets and missiles in theworld, will be meeting together withwomen from the front lines of violence,women living in communities that havebeen decimated by war and rape anddislocation. We will be inspired by our

Manifesto, the result of three years of work and editing by women from the 36 countrysections we have around the world, which reads:

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BY Judith Yarnall

hat do meditation and socialjustice activism have to do with

each other? The one appears to bejust sitting, indulging perhaps inpassivity, while the other evokes visionsof proudly marching behind banners,speaking out from the high porch of CityHall, perhaps even submitting to arrest atHancock Air Force Base, where dronesare kept. Last fall when PJC staff andboard members were planning the seriesof educational workshops currentlybeing piloted, we asked ourselves thisquestion. We had a hunch, but not aprecise sense, that the connection wasimportant, and so we kept on with ourplan to develop two workshops focusingon the skill of Mindfulness, which isvery much based on meditation.

Co-presented by Judy Yarnall, Boardmember, and Carmen Solari, staffmember, they took place on the eveningsof March 2nd and 4th. The first, “Mindful-ness and Self-Compassion” led naturallyto the second, “Mindfulness in Interper-sonal and Difficult Relationships,”considering that it’s difficult to give toanother what you can’t give to yourself.

Shortly after our eleven participantsarrived at the first session, Carmen wroteJon Kabat-Zinn’s definition of mindful-ness on the whiteboard: “Non-judgmen-tal awareness of the present moment thatemphasizes being rather than doing, andresponding rather than reacting.” Laterwe added words from Joanna Macy, alongtime social activist: “The mostradical thing any of us can do at this timeis to be fully present to what is happen-ing in the world.”

After introductory discussion and verysimple instruction, we began a ten-minute silent meditation – a short timefor those already experienced, but morelike an eternity for new practitioners.Afterward, we talked about how thatwent, and about how recent improve-ments in brain imaging have shown thatmeditation strengthens electrical activityin the prefrontal cortex (involved inmaking decisions and integratingthought and emotion) and weakens it in

the amygdala, the fear center deep in themidbrain. We talked about the inverserelationship between breathing deeplyand fear. We ended with a short Metta(Loving Kindness) meditation, repeatingsilently over and over again the follow-ing phrases: “May I be safe and free fromfear. May I be happy and peaceful atheart. May I find ease of being.”

Just as we ended, the band next doorat Skinny Pancake began warming up.

Our second workshop, focusing on

Mindfulness in Interpersonal andDifficult Relationships, was moresubstantive and also more relaxed, nowthat we knew each other. This time thewords on the whiteboard came fromThich Nhat Hanh “We cannot makepeace with someone we refuse to listento;” and Leah Green, founder of theListening Project which brings togetherPalestinians and Israelis, “At the heart ofevery act of violence is an unhealedwound.”

The quotes were inspiration for aCompassionate Listening exercise inwhich the group paired off, with eachpartner narrating and then listening –nonjudgmentally and without interrup-tion – to a story about some event whichhad made a strong emotional impact onthe Teller. This exercise worked so well

that it could have easily taken up all ourremaining time. For some, it was arevelation that both the act of deeplistening and of being heard are inthemselves healing.

Next came some self-analysis and anexercise in empathy, during whichparticipants wrote brief accounts of somerecent incident that had troubled them,asked themselves which of their ownneeds had gone unmet during this time,and then tried to jump into the otherperson’s point of view and to imaginewhich of his or her needs had not beenmet. We discussed what we had written,though without any pressure to share.

We ended with a short Metta medita-tion directed towards another. This timethe silent, repeated phrases were: “Mayyou be safe and free from fear. May yoube happy and peaceful at heart. May youfind ease of being.”

At the end of each evening, partici-pants filled out evaluation forms.Response was entirely positive. Here’sone from Fabiola: “I really appreciatelistening and hearing stories of otherpeople. I felt that I can relate them backto my own life. This workshop broughtmy attention to what I need to work on interms of listening and finding space tomeditate. This is definitely something toalso bring back to my community. Yes.”

Almost all the suggestions about waysto improve the workshops echoed eachother: “We would have liked more time,especially for meditation and for pairwork.” Judy and Carmen agree, and whenwe offer Mindfulness workshops againwe plan a series of three two-hour ones,each a week apart.

As for the question of what Mindful-ness has to do with Activism, thepresenters are now clear about that: It canstrengthen activists’ basic equilibrium,help to prevent burnout, and – perhapsmost importantly – go a long waytowards preventing self-righteousnessand Us vs. Them thinking.

“The most radical thing anyof us can do at this time isto be fully present to whatis happening in the world.”

—Joanna Macy

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BY Suzi Wizowaty

ecently a surprising, even shock-ing, bit of criminal justice news

got national attention. Not likewhen journalist Bill Keller left the NewYork Times to join the Marshall Projectand focus solely on criminal justice, orwhen California’s Prop 47 transformedsome felonies into misdemeanorsovernight. These were greeted with theequivalent of a fist-pumping “Yes!”

The collective reaction to this morerecent news was more like, “Wait.What?” The ACLU and the SentencingProject joining the Tea Party-inspiredFreedom Works, Right on Crime, and theCharles Koch Institute? This newCoalition for Public Safety was anunprecedented collaboration, raisingsuspicions on all sides. The pressdescribed it as a “sea change,” a “180-degree shift,” and finally, once the dustsettled, simple evidence of a nationalconsensus: We have “gone overboard”on incarceration. As a panelist in theVera Institute webinar on March 10th

said, “The country is embarrassed. We’renot a nation of criminals, so why are somany people locked up?”

The Coalition for Public Safety isaptly named, because reducing thenumber of people in prison – which isthe coalition’s goal – will in fact increasepublic safety. The evidence for this isclear. On the other hand, bipartisanlegislation may not go anywhere in theU.S. Congress, because of the oppositionof Senator Grassley who replaced ourown Patrick Leahy as chair of the SenateJudiciary Committee. It has beenpointed out that there is a generationaldivide here. Some older politicians likeGrassley, who came of age in the 80swhen the dominant mood was “lock ‘emup and throw away the key,” seem to bestuck in that mindset, whereas a youngergroup of leaders (in addition to stalwartslike Leahy) are willing to craft legisla-tion that reflects the current reality – hatcrime is at its lowest levels in 20 years,that incarceration bears virtually norelationship to crime, and that ourcurrent incarceration rate is, in fact, an

We Can Do It… but is there the political will?

embarrassment.But what about here in Vermont?

What are we doing to end mass incar-ceration? We can be proud of somethings – community justice centers inevery county, pre-trial services beingexpanded statewide, few mandatoryminimums, a growing awareness thatpeople with substance abuse and mentalhealth issues need community-basedsupports, not jail. But in other ways welag behind. Vermont’s own JusticeCoalition, convened by Vermonters forCriminal Justice Reform (VCJR),includes nearly 30 organizations anddepartments of state governmentworking for change in some way. At thesame time, some of our most progressiveorganizations and leaders have beenslow to recognize the criminal justicesystem’s assault on poor people, theracial disparities in the system, and theway that collateral consequences ofconviction virtually ensure a perma-nently unemployable underclass.

There is good news. Last fall VCJRdeveloped a set of mostly quite moderatereforms that would address some of theseissues and significantly reduce theprison population. It was introduced lastmonth as H.221 by Rep. Mollie Burke(P/D-Brattleboro) and had the strongsupport of the Women’s LegislativeCaucus. In the case of theft convictions,it raises the amount that triggers a felonyfrom $900 to $3,000 and eliminates theftmonetary bail except for those deter-mined to be a flight risk. It sends non-violent offenders to administrativeprobation (i.e. not jail) unless there’s agood reason otherwise and says condi-tions of release can’t restrict otherwiselegal behavior—again, without demon-

strable necessity. It keeps juvenilescharged with drug offenses in FamilyCourt, expands parole eligibility, andremoves from DOC the ability to denyhousing to inmates otherwise eligible forrelease – and more.

Although it did not get taken up intime to make the “crossover” deadline,the bill is being taken up by the HouseJudiciary Committee. It is still possiblethat some pieces of the bill could beattached to other bills – and pass – if thelegislature chooses. On the other hand,Vermont’s own Chuck Grassley-typerepresentatives and senators, longtimelegislators opposed on principle toreforms that have been shown elsewhereto work, could stymie any changes. Butthe bill would save tax dollars, lessenhuman suffering, and increase publicsafety. The public in general may nothave had enough exposure to the failingsof the criminal justice system, but weknow from our own organizing that manyVermonters care intensely about thisissue. H.221 is not the only solution andit’s not nearly enough, but it’s a start.

You can help by calling your legisla-tor or leaving a message for him/her withthe sgt.-at-arms, 800-322-5616 to pleasepass meaningful criminal justice reformthis year. Join VCJR’s mailing list to getupdates with links to send messages, andsign our petition to reduce the prisonpopulation and stop sending men out ofstate to for-profit prisons:www.VermontersforCriminalJusticeReform.org.

Surely we can do as well as thenational Coalition for Public Safety.

Suzi served three terms in the VermontLegislature. In 2013 she foundedVermonters for Criminal Justice.

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April-June 2015April 5, Sunday 12 noon Vets for PeaceVets for PeaceVets for PeaceVets for PeaceVets for Peace live call-in show on Channel 15. First Sunday

each month.

April 6 & 20, Mondays 6:30pm Save Open Space-BurlingtonSave Open Space-BurlingtonSave Open Space-BurlingtonSave Open Space-BurlingtonSave Open Space-Burlington works to protect the land

around Burlington College and beyond. Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays at PJC.

April 9, Thursday 11-12 PJC has bi-monthly New Volunteer OrientationsNew Volunteer OrientationsNew Volunteer OrientationsNew Volunteer OrientationsNew Volunteer Orientations every

second Thursday at 11:00am and every fourth Saturday at 3:00pm forapproximately 45 minutes. Potential volunteers will learn about the historyand mission of the PJC as well as the roles volunteers play to sustain ourretail store and support our larger goals. More info: Kristen atvolunteer@pjcvt.org or 802-863-2345 ext. 9.

5pm Women’s International League of Peace and FreedomWomen’s International League of Peace and FreedomWomen’s International League of Peace and FreedomWomen’s International League of Peace and FreedomWomen’s International League of Peace and Freedommeeting at PJC. Also May 14 & June 11.

April 11, Saturday 6pm Green Mountain Derby DamesGreen Mountain Derby DamesGreen Mountain Derby DamesGreen Mountain Derby DamesGreen Mountain Derby Dames (roller derby) are competing

against the Rainy City Roller Girls from the UK benefiting PJC, ChamplainValley Expo, Essex Jct. More info: Ilana at intern@pjcvt.org.

April 12& 14, Sunday & Tuesday The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age ofThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age ofThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age ofThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age ofThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of

ColorblindnessColorblindnessColorblindnessColorblindnessColorblindness. Two-part facilitated discussion group focused onMichelle Alexander’s book. The program is free for PJC members and $30for others. A copy of the book is included in registration. No one turnedaway for lack of funds. Participants are expected to read the book inadvance and attend both sessions. Please contact program@pjcvt.org formore info or to sign up. 3-5pm on Sunday and 6-8pm on Tuesday.Pre-registration required. At PJC. See page 3 article.

April 13, Monday 6-8pm Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/IsraelVermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/IsraelVermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/IsraelVermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/IsraelVermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel meeting

at PJC. More info: vtjp@vtjp.org. Also May 11 and June 8.

April 15, Wednesday Day of Action Against Military Spending!Day of Action Against Military Spending!Day of Action Against Military Spending!Day of Action Against Military Spending!Day of Action Against Military Spending! The PJC will be tabling

on Church St, Burlington starting at 11am, to raise awareness about howmuch of our income tax dollars go to the military and how little goes toother important government programs. Stop by our table and participatein our penny poll to share where you want your tax dollars to go and beentered in a raffle to win a fabulous prize!

April 18, Saturday 10am Vets for PeaceVets for PeaceVets for PeaceVets for PeaceVets for Peace monthly meeting in Montpelier’s Kellogg-

Hubbard Library. Usually the third Saturday, but check with PresidentAdrienne Knapp at adriennej@hotmail.com. Also May 16 and June 20.

April 25, Saturday 7pm TTTTTelling Our Telling Our Telling Our Telling Our Telling Our Truths: Dance, Pruths: Dance, Pruths: Dance, Pruths: Dance, Pruths: Dance, Poetry and Music for Socialoetry and Music for Socialoetry and Music for Socialoetry and Music for Socialoetry and Music for Social

Justice. Justice. Justice. Justice. Justice. Artists from around the world host this event to benefit thePJC. Advanced tickets $8; day of $12. Kids free. Location TBA.

May 7, Thursday 7pm Banana Land: Blood, Bullets and Poison.Banana Land: Blood, Bullets and Poison.Banana Land: Blood, Bullets and Poison.Banana Land: Blood, Bullets and Poison.Banana Land: Blood, Bullets and Poison. Ever wonder why

a banana from Central America costs a third of what an apple fromMichigan costs? This documentary attempts to answer that question byexamining the supply chain between Central America and the US, anduncovering the practices that have sustained this industry for over acentury. Panel includies a representative from Equal Exchange. Sponsoredby City Market. Roxy Theater, Burlington. Suggested donation $10.

May 8, Friday Time TBA. Liberty in North Korea.Liberty in North Korea.Liberty in North Korea.Liberty in North Korea.Liberty in North Korea. Learn about life inside North

Korea and what we can do to help. More info: libertyinnorthkorea.org orcontact kyle@pjcvt.org or (802) 863-2345 x6. By donation. At PJC.

May 9, Saturday 10am-2pm WWWWWorld Forld Forld Forld Forld Fair Tair Tair Tair Tair Trade Dayrade Dayrade Dayrade Dayrade Day in City Hall Park, Burlington.

Jeh Kulu Dance & Drum Theater, Fairtrade banana smoothies, multiplevendors, Fair Trade chocolate samples.

May 9 & 10, Saturday & Sunday Most Dangerous WomenMost Dangerous WomenMost Dangerous WomenMost Dangerous WomenMost Dangerous Women. See article on page 11. May 9, 7 pm

and May 10, 2 pm at North End Studio A, 294 N. Winooski Ave.,Burlington, VT. Tickets are $5 at the Peace & Justice Center or online atBrown Paper Tickets. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1364812

May 19, 21, 23, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Building Empathy and Eliminating Oppression: A DeepBuilding Empathy and Eliminating Oppression: A DeepBuilding Empathy and Eliminating Oppression: A DeepBuilding Empathy and Eliminating Oppression: A DeepBuilding Empathy and Eliminating Oppression: A Deep

Look at Racism and Religious PrejudiceLook at Racism and Religious PrejudiceLook at Racism and Religious PrejudiceLook at Racism and Religious PrejudiceLook at Racism and Religious Prejudice workshop at PJC. Seearticle on p. 3 for details. Cost for workshop: $150 for public and $115for current PJC members and volunteers. Contact us if cost is prohibitive– no one turned away for lack of funds. 802-863-2345 x6 orprogram@pjcvt.org.

June 2 & 4, Tuesday & Thursday 6-7:30pm Privilege and Accountability: Becoming an AllyPrivilege and Accountability: Becoming an AllyPrivilege and Accountability: Becoming an AllyPrivilege and Accountability: Becoming an AllyPrivilege and Accountability: Becoming an Ally

workshop at PJC..... See article on p. 2. Cost for workshop: $150 for publicand $115 for current PJC members and volunteers. Contact us if cost isprohibitive – no one turned away for lack of funds. 802-863-2345 x6 orprogram@pjcvt.org.

June 6 & 27, Saturdays 2-4pm PJC Kids Club: Learning about Nonviolence. PJC Kids Club: Learning about Nonviolence. PJC Kids Club: Learning about Nonviolence. PJC Kids Club: Learning about Nonviolence. PJC Kids Club: Learning about Nonviolence. Learn

through games and play about needs and feelings we all have. Discoversome really cool ways kids have contributed to movements for socialjustice. Best suited for kids ages 7-11. More info: (802) 863-2345 x6 orprogram@pjcvt.org. Free.

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The World’s MostDangerous WomenThis Mother’s Day weekend, the Burlington Branch of theWomen’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)presents Most Dangerous Women -– celebrating a century of theinternational women’s peace movement. Under the direction ofauthor Jan Maher, with music direction by Matthew LaRocca,Most Dangerous Women is a staged reading weaving togetherheadlines, speeches, memoirs, poems, and plenty of songs to tellits story.

In 1915, 1500 women from a dozen countries trekkedthrough the war zones of Europe to meet at The Hague. Somecame from neutral countries, some from countries already at warwith one another. They came with a common purpose: to bringthat war to an end. This April, 100 years later, women fromaround the world will gather again at The Hague, renewing theirdetermination and dedication to a world without war, a world inwhich social and environmental justice thrive.

Most Dangerous Women includes words from womenfamiliar to us such as Jane Addams, founder of Hull House andfirst American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize; JeannetteM. Rankin, first woman to be elected to the US Congress; andCoretta Scott King, peace activist and widow of Dr. MartinLuther King, Jr. Others may be less familiar: Gro HarlemBrundtland, prime minister of Norway and later DirectorGeneral of the World Health Organization; Toyomi Hashimoto,a young mother caught in the bombing of Nagasaki; WangariMaathai, Nobel Peace Prize winning environmental activist ofKenya; and many more.

Vermont’s own Jody Williams, whose Nobel Peace Prizeacceptance speech is excerpted in the play, notes, “If we want amore peaceful world, we have to teach people that such a worldis possible and that it is both their right and their responsibilityto take action to make it happen. Most Dangerous Womencontributes to those efforts.”

Throughout a century of struggle, these courageous womenwere labeled “dangerous,” “foolish,” “misguided,” and worse.Some were imprisoned, physically attacked, beaten, or had theirlives threatened for their activism. Despite this, they havepersevered. They educate and inspire us.

More info: Marguerite Adelman at madel51353@aol.com or(802) 655-4606. To schedule an interview with writer/directorJan Maher email localaccess@aol.com or call 802-448-2411.

Mujeres De MaizBY Carmen Solari

he Peace & Justice Store is working with Mujeres De Maiz,a collective comprised of 70 women from seven different

cooperatives across the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Theyweave backpacks, vests, waist packs, change purses, and pencilcases created from the wool of sheep from their own flock.

The women come from many different backgrounds, and areall of indigenous heritage. The Government has stolen land,refused to recognize languages in the region, denies inclusion ingovernmental infrastructure such as jobs, medical care, andeducation and has even carried out forced sterilizations. Amongthe women of Mujeres De Maiz, 90% cannot read or write, and70% do not speak Spanish. Of all the challenges these womenface, their self-prescribed biggest obstacle is: “Being able tocompete with the great monster of the neoliberal market, inwhich the collective work doesn’t matter and which is continu-ally fomenting individualism.”

The neoliberal market they refer to, heavily based in free-market capitalism, is one of the great oppressors of the Mexicanpeople. There have been many creative responses from indig-enous communities to protect their heritage, livelihood, anddignity. One part is tapping into fair trade markets that provide ajust alternative to free trade. Another is the Zapatista movementthat emerged from the growing repression perpetrated by theMexican government.

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) is amilitant group mostly comprised of indigenous Maya who firstwent public with their demands for autonomy and respect onJanuary 1, 1994, the very day that the North American FreeTrade Agreement, NAFTA, came into effect. The free tradeagenda is not the only problem; the indigenous people ofMexico have struggled against marginalization and oppressionfor over 500 years. The Zapatista movement arose from thefrustration of unsuccessfully trying to improve this situationthrough conventional means. The government responded bysending one third of the Mexican army into Chiapas, a stateabout the size of South Carolina that makes up 3.7% of the landmass of Mexico, and creating alliances with local paramilitarytroops. There are currently over 100 military encampments in thestate.

I had a chance to witness this militarization when I visited thewomen of Las Abejas, one of the 7 cooperatives that comprisesMujeres De Maiz. Las Abejas publicly support the demands ofthe Zapatista army, but are committed to nonviolent principles.The government launched a crusade against them claiming theywere aiding the Zapatistas. The violence reached a climax inDecember 1997 when 47 people were murdered in a church inActeal. 17 years later, I visited the town of Acteal to meet thewomen and hear their testimony. Our delegation was followedby a truck of men in uniform, weapons slung over their shoul-ders. Their presence was a warning to the community that theyare being watched and are under the control of the State. Thefight for autonomy for the Zapatistas, Las Abejas, and indig-

enous communities of Mexico is still very real. The free tradeagreements that we continue to draft and sign only exacerbatethe struggle.

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