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jonesborough400 RALLY and MARCH on AEROJET

The Jonesborough protest brought 400 anti-war/anti-DU rally goers, plus 10 speakers, including 2 which had not been planned but who were wonderful anyway.  Father John Rausch and a representative of America's Indigenous People blessed our gathering, which was peaceful and focused on exposing the scandal of uranium weapons, ending the Iraq War, and getting our troops out of DU-contaminated battlefields of Iraq & Afghanistan.

Most of the 400 rally attendees marched. The "Giant Preamble" was carried by Veterans for Peace. About 100 carpooled to Aerojet after the march.  Wes Rehberg (Chattanooga filmmaker) spoke and took photos.

Attendees were from all over -- IN, VA, CA, FL, SC, NC, KY, MI. Most of the students who participated came in from Appy State & University of Tennessee-Knoxville and many of them came with us to Aerojet after the march. Their vigorous chants -- hey, hey, ho, ho, Aerojet has got to go -- were much appreciated. Tennesseans who rallied included lots of locals -- including women with kids in strollers, and St. Mary's Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Ministry -- and other new friends of peace from Sevierville, Nashville, and Chattanooga.

The Christian Peacemaker Teams' Stop-DU delegation are spending the rest of the week in Jonesborough working to end DU production at Aerojet.


Nov 16 19:40

Photos from Jonesborough Rally

By: susan Tags:
A Million Every Minute
Tim Pluta, Veterans For Peace
Jonesborough Rally
Jonesborough Rally 2
Stop War on Iran

Photos courtesy of Cassia Holanda.


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Nov 13 18:36

Jonesborough Justice

By: davidswanson Tags:

Of the eleven major peace rallies organized around the country by United for Peace and Justice last Saturday the smallest and most unusual took place in Jonesborough, Tennessee.  Jonesborough is a town of about 4,000 people in the northeast corner of Tennessee, within a couple of dozen miles of both Virginia and

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Oct 29 16:35

Boston, MA and Jonesborough, TN - Oct 27 Fall Out Against The War

By: How2CreatePeace Tags:

Oct 27, 2007 - Boston, MA and Jonesborough, TN - Fall Out Against The War. United for Peace and Justice anti-war peace march. State troopers and local police in TN, and openness in MA. Quite a contrast between the two locations, but we are all one in this fight to END THE WAR and IMPEACH BUSH. There was additionally a protest against Depleted Uranium production at Aerojet in Jonesborough. There is yellow police crime scene tape all around the outside of Aerojet's property. We agree! AEROJET IS A CRIME SCENE!

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Oct 28 20:34

Photos from Jonesborough, TN, rally Oct. 27, 2007 against depleted uranium weapons and the Iraq war

By: wildclearing Tags:
Jonesborough rally

To view photos from Jonesborough, TN's, rally opposing the production, testing and battlefield use of depleted uranium munitions -- including those manufactured at Aeroject Ordnance in this city -- visit: http://www.wildclearing.com/jonesborough-rally-photos.html

Photos are from video clips by Wes Rehberg --


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Oct 27 17:39

Depleted Uranium and Depleted Democracy

By: susan Tags:

By David Swanson, www.afterdowningstreet.org

Remarks at October 27, 2007, rally in Jonesborough, Tenn., preceding march to Aerojet Ordnance, manufacturers of Depleted Uranium weapons.


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Oct 04 12:01

Why Jonesborough?

By: susan Tags:

Home of one of the largest storytelling festivals in the world, Jonesborough is used to handling thousands of visitors. Jonesborough is also home to Aerojet Ordnance Tennessee, one of the largest producers of Depleted Uranium (DU) weapons.


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