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Sept. 8th, Thursday, 7 PM
Meet S. Brian Willson
$10 donation at the door
 Join
us for a presentation by Brian and a book signing of his new memoir,
"Blood on the Tracks". Brian is a Viet Nam veteran who gained renown as a
participant in a prominent 1986 veterans fast on the steps of the U.S.
Capitol in Washington, D.C. The fast was in response to funding of Reagan's Contra wars in Central America. One year later, on September 1, 1987, he was again thrust into
the public eye when he was run over and nearly killed by a U.S. Navy
Munitions train while engaging in a nonviolent blockade in protest of
weapons shipments to Central America. Since the 1980s he has continued
efforts to speak out about the crimes of U.S. imperialism while striving
to "walk his talk" (on two prosthetic legs and a three-wheeled
handcycle) and live by his motto "We are not worth more, they are not worth less."
"I
believed, as so many people now believe, that if we just had better
politicans, or better laws, we would never have to fight a war like Viet
Nam again...Viet Nam was not a mistake any more than the Iraq War is a mistake...They are part of a pattern of brutality written into our country's DNA." (from Blood on the Tracks)
"Brian
Willson's courage, compassion, and commitment to fighting for freedom,
and justice, and human rights is an inspiration to the rest of us and a
lesson in how to handle Adjustments in our Plans." - Kris Kristofferson, actor, songwriter
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