Grace Paley 1922-2007: Acclaimed Poet and Writer Dies at 84

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The acclaimed American poet, short story writer, and anti-war activist Grace Paley has died. She was 84 years old and died Wednesday in her home in Vermont.

A native of the Bronx, Grace Paley was the former state poet laureate in both New York and Vermont. She also received numerous prizes for her work including the Lannan Literary Award, a National Book Award, and a Senior Fellowship recognizing her lifetime contribution to literature from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Since the 1960s Paley was very active in the anti-war, feminist, and anti-nuclear movements. She helped found the Greenwich Village Peace Center in 1961. Eight years later she went on a peace mission to Hanoi. In 1974 she attended the World Peace Conference in Moscow.

In 1980, she helped organize the Women's Pentagon Action. And in 1985 Paley visited Nicaragua and El Salvador, after having campaigned against the U.S. government's policies toward these countries. She was also one of "The White House Eleven," who were arrested in 1978 for unfurling an anti-nuclear banner on the White House lawn.
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1. Hooray for Mandela, hooray for Pilger. Yes, we can't support

oppressors - from Israel, Europe, or the U.S.

And aren't we at the one year anniversary of the umpteenth bombing of Lebanon? Did Saudi Arabia pay again for the rebuilding of the bridges and infratructure.

The United States, Europe, and Israel cannot control and own the world. Who the heck do we think we are.