Joan Wile is a grandmother of 5 who founded Grandmothers Against the War over 6 years ago. Among their many activities, they were arrested and jailed when they tried to enlist at the Times Square recruiting center, in Oct., 2005, which became a world-wide story overnight. They've traveled to Europe and to Washington to speak, rally, lobby and perform. They hold vigils, demonstrations, protests, all sorts of actions, and do shows written mostly by Wile, who is an ASCAP lyricist and composer with a long career as a singer in cabarets, recording studios, on movie sound tracks, and on records. Wile has written at least a thousand jingles, songs, film songs, as well as a number of cabaret acts, and 8 musicals, 5 of which were produced off- and off-off Broadway. Wile's first book was published on April 29, 2008, by Citadel Press, entitled "Grandmothers Against the War: Getting off Our Fannies and Standing up for Peace."
We Need a Change of Policy, Not a Change of Generals
I have no expertise about politics, military matters, diplomacy, and all the other things that go into making informed decisions about war and peace. But, it really doesn't take a nuclear physicist to see that we are committing a huge blunder by continuing to fight in Afghanistan.I am quite disappointed ...
Brooklyn High School Seniors Energize the Grandmothers Against the War Vigil at Rockefeller Center
Don't despair, folks. All our young people are not indifferent to the fact that the United States is still engaged in reprehensible occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. We anti-war grandmothers had heartening proof of this yesterday, April 27, when 20 African-American and Latino Brooklyn high school seniors joined our Grandmothers ...
The Greening of the Gray Panthers
One had always thought of the Gray Panthers as an admirable organization advocating for the dignity and rights of older people, as so brilliantly represented by its founder, the magnetic Maggie Kuhn.But, one would have been not fully informed. On Saturday, April 17, the Panthers celebrated their 40 years of existence, ...
90 is the new 60 these days, it seems, as so impressively demonstrated by several nonagenarians of my acquaintance. In 2003, I founded a peace group in New York City, Grandmothers Against the War, and gradually grannies from all over the Big Apple started gravitating to the group, among them ...
If you know the Upper West Side of Manhattan, you know there are probably more progressives per square inch here than in all the 50 states. So, it's no surprise that a big bunch of people showed up this evening at my small one-bedroom apartment in this highly liberal neighborhood ...
New York City's Seven Years Too Many Coalition Protests the Iraq War on Its Seventh Anniversary
This piece was written by Edith Cresmer, Granny Peace Brigade, and Joan Wile, author: "Grandmothers Against the War" (Citadel Press 2008)On March 20, 2003, the United States invaded Iraq, a country that posed no threat and that had done us no wrong. The invasion was justified by then-President George W. ...
Rain-Drenched, Wind-Tossed NYC Peace Grannies Hold Memorial for 1,000 Dead G.I.s in Afghanistan
It seems as if most of our U.S. populace has forgotten that U.S. soldiers are dying in Afghanistan. Focused on Tiger Woods' sex life and, more understandably, the seemingly endless, unresolvable health reform and jobs battles in Washington, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan appear to be ignored. However, a ...
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August 15th, 2012
Peace Grannies, Moms and Vets Diss NBC's New Reality Rah Rah War Show, "Stars Earn Stripes"
In a remarkable display of unity, a number of New York peace groups joined together in just a few days to plan and carry out a protest ...
June 17th, 2012
We can feel the so-called "right to lifers" nipping at our heels. Legislators, mostly male, are trying to take us back to the days of deadly back alley ...
February 12th, 2012
Pillow Talk with Mitt and Anne ...a sketch by Joan Wile
SCENE: Hotel bedroom, on the campaign trail. MITT and his wife, ANNE, are talking. MITT: How in hell am I going to stop this infernal yapping ...
November 22nd, 2011
Zuccotti Park After the Police Raid
Zucotti Park is greatly changed from the bustling, overflowing, colorful encampment it was only a week ago when I was there. All the tarps, tents, ...
October 24th, 2011
Peace Granny Cautiously Optimistic at Iraq War's End
The news hit me like an electric shock. Was this for real? I stared at the words on the TV screen in disbelief -- PRESIDENT ...
October 19th, 2011
Police Back Off from Grandmothers as the Granny Peace Brigade Occupies Lincoln Center
Culture seekers streaming through Lincoln Center Tuesday evening, Oct. 18, were undoubtedly surprised to see a tableau not usually seen at the arts complex. Approximately ...
October 4th, 2011
The Truth About Congressman Rangel's Visit to 'Occupy Wall Street'
There are so many people at Zucotti Park, the locale for the New York City Occupy Wall Streeters, that it's hard for the many media ...
July 30th, 2011
Granny Has Already Been Screwed by the Government for Two Years
Don't kid yourselves, older people, that if there are to be no Social Security cuts resulting from the current debt crisis debacle, we can thank ...
August 6th, 2011
Wake Up, America! Your House Is on Fire!
What else do we need to make it clearThat Doomsday is getting perilously nearOur safety net is torn to shredsTax breaks are given to corporate ...
October 19th, 2011
Police Back Off from Grandmothers as the Granny Peace Brigade Occupies Lincoln Center
Culture seekers streaming through Lincoln Center Tuesday evening, Oct. 18, were undoubtedly surprised to see a tableau not usually seen at the arts complex. Approximately ...
February 22nd, 2011
Why Don't We Anti-War Protesters DO It?
The massive protest in Wisconsin got me thinking. Why can't we do the same to end the war in Afghanistan and the occupation of Iraq? ...
February 6th, 2011
Can We Peace Grandmothers Foment an Egypt-Style Revolution to End Our Wars
There we were, last Wednesday as usual, our little straggly group of elderly grandmothers and supporters standing on Fifth Avenue in front of Rockefeller Center ...
August 15th, 2012
Peace Grannies, Moms and Vets Diss NBC's New Reality Rah Rah War Show, "Stars Earn Stripes"
In a remarkable display of unity, a number of New York peace groups joined together in just a few days to plan and carry out a protest ...
September 18th, 2010
Dear Michael Moore:I applaud you for opposing the war back then when most people, including liberal big-leaguers, were so gullible and cowed that they actually ...
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Why have you started a comedy festival in northern Michigan in the middle of winter?
Because if you were here in the dead of winter in the middle of nowhere (which is actually somewhere to us), you'd need a few laughs too ... Continue Reading
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