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Charlottesville Marked the International Day of Peace
Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice held a rally at the Downtown Mall on Monday, marking the International Day of Peace. The rally was moved under the Charlottesville pavillion due to rain. A focus was CCPJโs petition urging the City Council of Charlottesville to pass a resolution opposing current wars. Devon Sproule led the rally in song. Speakers included Lena Seville, Virginia Rovnyak, Alexandra Kedrock, David Swanson, and Jeff Fogel. Following the rally, participants attended a City Council meeting. Among those who spoke to the City Council in support of a resolution were David Swanson, Lena Seville, and Joanie Freeman. Videos here. David Swansonโs remarks at the rally were as follows: We recently learned that some months ago the U.S. military came within moments of so-called intercepting a Chinese ship. The U.S. military had used so-called artificial intelligence to determine that the ship was carrying some sort of nuclear technology, but at the last minute found the modicum of natural intelligence to realize its robot had got it wrong. If AI is a threat to life on Earth, it needs to take a number and get in line behind existing threats bizarrely erased by claims that an omnicidal threat is...