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DESCRIPTION:Peace Action of San Mateo County's next guest speaker has a storied history 
 as a former United States Senator from the state of Alaska. Sen. Mike 
 Gravel settled in the Peninsula some years ago, and has lately been 
 appearing around the Bay Area to share his thoughts on such topics as the 
 current U.S. wars, the Wikileaks documents, their "predecessor" the 
 Pentagon Papers (in whose release Gravel had a major hand), and possible 
 new people-based methods of governance. On February 20, we will present 
 Sen. Gravel in a free public presentation, which he has titled 
 "Recollections on Peace Work".\n\nSen. Gravel's recollections are likely to 
 be many. As a Democratic Senator from Alaska from 1969-1981, he defied the 
 Nixon Administration by reading more than half of the Pentagon Papers 
 (released by Daniel Ellsberg) on the Senate floor - a gesture reflective of 
 his fierce opposition to the Vietnam War whose inside story the leaked 
 documents revealed. Gravel also used a filibuster to bring about a deal 
 with the Nixon Administration ending the military draft in 1971.\n\nSen. 
 Gravel ran for the Presidential nomination in 2008, first as a Democrat and 
 again after switching his party affiliation to Libertarian. His platform 
 featured opposition to the Iraq war, including a troop pullout in 120 days 
 as well as a withdrawal of U.S. corporations that would allow Iraq to 
 determine its own process for post-war reconstruction.\n\nOne of Gravel's 
 current objectives is for what he calls a National Initiative for 
 Democracy, encouraging a system of voting by the American people on 
 specific issues rather than leaving national matters only up to Congress 
 and the President. The National Initiative for Democracy is, according to 
 Gravel, "a proposed law that empowers (people) as lawmakers."\n\nSen. 
 Gravel has written two books: Jobs and More Jobs, and Citizen Power. He 
 lectures and writes about governance, foreign affairs, economics, Social 
 Security, energy, environmental issues and democracy.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/02/04/18671195.php
SUMMARY:Senator Mike Gravel: 'Recollections on Peace Work'
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez\nSan Mateo, CA 
 94401\n\nhttp://www.uusanmateo.org/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/02/04/18671195.php
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