The program of speakers and music for peace planned for the New York City indoor peace rally and concert, Saturday, Oct. 26, at 2 pm (EDT) is unprecedented in its scope. Designed to have a powerful impact internationally as well as for the United States, the event is titled, “Build a Peace Chorus Against the Ghouls of War.” The program will be livestreamed from the Manhattan concert hall, with simultaneous interpretation into multiple languages.
The sponsor of the event is the Jose Vega & Diane Sare Peace Fund. These two political leaders are independent candidates on the November ballot for Senate and Congress from New York: Diane Sare for Senate, and Jose Vega for Congress, 15th CD in the Bronx. In-person attendance is through advance registration at the website in English or in https://www.vegasarepeacefund.org/espanol">Spanish of the special-purpose joint fundraising committee created for the event.
Below is a partial list of speakers and performers, and partial specifics on music. The section titles are provided only for pre-event information. They are not the final order of the program. The Chorus referred to throughout is the Friends of Sare-Vega Chorus. Additional contributions of music and presentations are invited for this and future events, including for sister events internationally.
Opening—'Because All Men Are Brothers’
Sare Brass Quintet
•Little Fugue, J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
•Piece for Brass Quintet, Victor Ewald (1860-1935, Russia)
“Because All Men Are Brothers”
(text, Tom Glazer; music, Bach’s Passion Chorale, Hassler) Friends of Sare-Vega Chorus
•Welcome:
Diane Sare, Candidate for U.S. Senate, New York
Jose Vega, Candidate for Congress, 15th CD, the Bronx, New York
Call to Action—'Go Down, Moses’
•Dennis Fritz, Director of the Eisenhower Media Network; Command Chief Master Sergeant (ret. U.S. Air Force)
•"Go Down, Moses,” Chorus
•Russ Dobular, from Due Dissidence, platform for political commentary
•Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder of the Schiller Institute; convenor of the International Peace Coalition
“O, Freedom,” Chorus
Stop the Nuclear War Madness—‘Hold On’
