[MCN] Paying the Price for Peace: One Activist’s Story of Commitment and Courage

[Jeannette Rankin Peace Center]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


*Paying the Price for Peace:  One Activist’s Story of Commitment and
Courage*


CONTACT: Betsy Mulligan-Dague, peace at jrpc,org or 406-543-3955



The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center and the Missoula Chapter of the Veterans
For Peace welcome Brian Willson, Vietnam veteran, peace activist,
and attorney-at-law, to Missoula to screen the acclaimed film about his
life: *“Paying the Price for Peace”** on Sunday, May 21, 7 pm, The Public
House in Missoula**. *The film is open to the public and donations to help
with expenses are appreciated.



S. Brian Willson is a Viet Nam veteran and trained lawyer whose wartime
experiences transformed him into a revolutionary nonviolent pacifist. He
gained renown as a participant in a prominent 1986 veterans fast on the
steps of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. The fast was in response to
funding of Reagan’s Contra wars in Central America. One year later, on
September 1, 1987, he was again thrust into the public eye when he was run
over and nearly killed by a US Navy Munitions train while engaging in a
nonviolent blockade in protest of weapons shipments to El Salvador. Since
the 1980s he has continued efforts to educate the public about the
diabolical nature of US imperialism while striving to “walk his talk” (on
two prosthetic legs and a three-wheeled handcycle) by creating a model of
right livelihood.  As an educator and activist, he has participated in
lengthy fasts, actions of nonviolent civil disobedience, and tax refusal
along with voluntary simplicity. He continues to write and has published
two books, including, “Blood On The Tracks” and “My Country Is The World.”
Brian will also be reading from his book,* "Blood on the Tracks" on Friday,
7 pm at Shakespeare **and Co.*



Willson served in the US Air Force from 1966 to 1970, including several
months as a combat security officer in Vietnam
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War>. He left the Air Force as a
Captain <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_%28United_States%29>.  Brian
grew up as a "Commie-hating, baseball-loving Baptist," who moved through
life-changing experiences in Viet Nam, Nicaragua and elsewhere, and
culminates with his commitment to a localized, sustainable lifestyle.



"If you stand up for what you believe then you must see: "Paying The Price
For Peace", a powerful film that packed the house and created a most
inspiring discussion on the importance of activism."

Nick Angotti, Co-Founder & Executive Director of ‘The Peace On Earth Film
Festival’ in Chicago



"PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE is as powerful as it is important, as inspiring
as it is shocking and throws a strong light on an incredible man who
suffered so much yet continued to stand when almost anyone else would have
crumbled." It is quite literally awe inspiring.

Paul Haggis, Academy Award Winning Writer & Director


For more information, visit https://payingthepriceforpeace.com/ or
http://www.brianwillson.com/


Betsy Mulligan-Dague, Executive Director
Jeannette Rankin Peace Center
...working to build a world that is nonviolent, socially just and
environmentally sustainable...
519 S. Higgins
Missoula, MT 59801
Phone: 406-543-3955
Fax:  406-541-3997
peace at jrpc.org
www.jrpc.org
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