Santa Fe, capital city of the state of New Mexico

NO SURRENDER SATURDAY - A HANDS OFF! Protest

~~Noon-1:30pm at Santa Fe Roundhouse~~

ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ 250 ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ, ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀxᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʀᴇᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴏɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴀɴɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴀʀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ ʀᴇᴠᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴ, ʟᴇᴛ ᴜꜱ ʀᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴅᴇᴀʟꜱ ᴏɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅᴇᴅ: ɪɴᴅᴇᴘᴇɴᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ, ʟɪʙᴇʀᴛʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴊᴜꜱᴛɪᴄᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀʟʟ. ᴡᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ꜱᴜʀʀᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴋɪɴɢ, ᴏʀ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ-ʙᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ.

HANDS OFF 2025 brings us another day of mass mobilization, with all 50 states and D.C. participating, to send a message to the world that we the people stand united against oligarchy, fascism, and white supremacy.

A social ride for Super Heroes, Super Hero Apprentices, Super Hero Adjacent Folx, and YOU! Light up your Bike and ride with us. Route and pace determined by whoever is in attendance. No Drop Ride Always happens proximate to the Full Moon. This time we're celebrating Fire Fighters everywhere, because they are Quite Obviously SUPER HEROES!! Also 4/11 is one particular Fire Fighter Super Hero's Birthday!!

It's time to ride friends, and the weather is looking Springy! This is a social paced bike ride that will end up at a tap room, less than 10 miles. There's a raffle, too, with prizes and everything! Come out to join us, and we'll have a grand time of it!!

Qi Gong - methods for exercising the Breath/ Qi. Taught by Jaime Cobb, D.C., D.O.M. Class Fee: $10 pay via https://www.paypal.me/warpjack

Hello Folks,

We’re doing a hybrid Local and 'on Jitsi' version of this class. If you are local, please feel free to come masked, to the Railyard Performance Center (1611 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501).

If you are at a distance, or would prefer to attend from the convenience of your home, then please direct message me well in advance of the class so that I can get the class login credentials. And make sure that you are familiar with Jitsi Meet, as I cannot simultaneously teach the class and provide technical support. I hope you will understand.

Let's learn methods to maintain our health and vitality, together.

KEN MAYERS, affectionately known as "the Major," who always represented the very best of a Marine officer and a gentleman, and was a dedicated and active member of Veterans For Peace for several decades, died on January 27, 2025.

Ken’s activism for peace included participation in the 2009 Gaza Freedom March; December 2010 mass arrests at the White House and subsequent March 2011 mass arrests at the Capitol (VFP and IVAW), and at the Free Bradley Manning protest at Quantico. He was arrested in Athens, Greece while hunger striking at the U.S. Embassy to protest the arrest of the captain of the U.S. Boat to Gaza. Ken participated in two solidarity delegations to Palestine, two solidarity delegations to Okinawa, and one to Jeju Island, and he was present at Standing Rock.

Ken spent nine months in Ireland after being arrested for entering Shannon Airport and attempting to search U.S. military planes for weapons. He was held 13 days in Limerick Prison with his passport taken for the next 8-1/2 months. During that period he spoke at many venues about the dangers of U.S. wars and militarism, dropped multiple large banners from bridges demanding Respect Irish Neutrality: U.S. War Machine Out of Shannon. Ken is a member of the VFP Nuclear Abolition Working Group and was the co-author of the excellent VFP Nuclear Posture Review. In 2023 he was arrested protesting drone warfare at Holloman AFB in New Mexico. He has been a dedicated editor of and contributor to Peace & Planet News since the paper was launched. He participated for several years with VFP's Be the Change book club.

When asked why, after all these years, he kept so very active (he was 88 when he passed away), Ken replied, "I get asked this question a lot, and I have several answers. I do it in part simply because I can. I do it in hope of helping create a better world for my children and grandchildren to inhabit. I do it because, as a former instrument of terrible national policies, I need to make amends. But when asked how I can keep doing it after 58 years of frustrating inability to make much of a difference, I fall back on two factors: (1) I love the work and I love the people I’m working with; and (2) the world is a little less depressing when you are trying to make things a little better.”

What has always been outstanding about Ken Mayers is the example he has set for many in VFP of dedication to our mission, his dedication to nonviolence, and the kindness and respect with which he treats everyone. His efforts and his attitude have attracted admiration, love and mutual respect from many people in VFP and in the greater peace movement.

Loops: Santa Fe the longest rolling social bike ride in the World, er, the Western World, er, North America, er, The American SouthWest! Prove me wrong! What: No Drop Social Bike Ride. Where: The Plaza. Ok, but which one. Ah the touristy one down that no longer has a racist, colonialist obelisk. When: EVERY MONDAY NIGHT. Why: Because you need it! Who: Us, all of us, well maybe not all. But you, are certainly invited. How: ON BIKES, tho' we're not offended by trikes and unicycles.

Hey Santa Fe from down south. Testing federation from Sopuli.

Meet Up 7pm, Roll Out 7:30ish - No drop ride, usually less than 10 miles, plenty of time for socializing, and amusement