In the Media
Chelsea Neighbors United to End the War has been featured in the local media. Below are article snippets and highlights, with links to read the full articles online.

Postal union joins Chelsea anti-war action
March 9 - 15, 2007
Chuck Zlatkin is a man of his word. An organizer of Chelsea Neighbors United to End the War, Zlatkin has said on more than one occasion that “we’ll be out here every Tuesday night until the war is over and the troops are home.”

This past Tuesday marked the group’s 95th consecutive gathering from 6 to 7pm—rain or shine—at Eighth Ave. and 24th St. It was also unique in another way: Members of the 8,000-strong NY Metro Area Postal Union participated in the vigil and endorsed the goals of the Chelsea group.

Clarice Torrence, president of the union, came down from the union’s Chelsea headquarters on W. 31t St. with several executive officers to stand-up with Zlatkin and other local residents.

Keeping hopes for peace alight at weekly protest on Eighth Ave. · January 5 - 11, 2007
“...At this point, with the billions upon billions that have been spent on the war, enough is enough,” declared Chuck Zlatkin, a co-founder of the group. Members of Chelsea Neighbors United gather every Tuesday at 6 p.m. on the corner of 24th St. and Eighth Ave. Like the motto on the General Post Office several blocks north, neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night keeps these dedicated peace activists from their mission. Some pass out leaflets, some spread a banner across a parking lane on Eighth Ave. while others sit in wheelchairs and engage passersby in debate..."

Photo from Chelsea Now · by Jefferson Siegel

Give Peace a Chance · September 29 - October 5, 2006
"On Sept. 26, for the 72nd consecutive Tuesday evening, Chelsea Neighbors United to End the War manned their familiar post at the northwest corner of 24th St. and Eighth Ave. for their weekly antiwar vigil. The group, formed in the wake of the August 2004 Republican National Convention, feels they are the conscience of the neighborhood, reminding residents and passersby alike that a local antiwar effort is alive and well. Participation by any and all is welcome. Organizer Chuck Zlatkin said the same thing last Tuesday that he has been saying all along: 'We’ll be out here every Tuesday night until the war is over and the troops are home.'"

Buring for Peace in Chelsea · March 16 - 22, 2005
"This past weekend saw worldwide protests marking the second anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. One of the first of these weekend gatherings stepped off Friday night, when the newly formed Chelsea Neighbors United to End the War held a candlelight march.

As people slowly began arriving Friday evening by the subway entrance at 24th St. and Eighth Ave., Chuck Zlatkin, co-organizer of Chelsea Neighbors United and a Chelsea resident for 34 years, discussed the group’s origins.

It was late last summer when a small group of neighbors mobilized to plan a protest against the war, timed to coincide with the Republican Convention. The turnout stunned organizers, and a community group was born."

Photo from The Villager · by Jefferson Siegel

They're in Cindy's camp in Chelsea · August 24 - 30, 2005
"Joining protests across the country called by MoveOn.org, Chelsea residents held a silent candlelight vigil against the war in Iraq last week and called for President Bush to meet with Cindy Sheehan. The mother of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq, Sheehan has reenergized the antiwar effort by camping outside Bush’s Crawford, Tex., ranch where the president has been vacationing, demanding to talk to him about the war. Kate Abell, a member of MoveOn and Chelsea Neighbors United Against The War, put out a call for the vigil on Eighth Ave. between 17th and 18th Sts. One hundred fifty people turned out, some from as far as Staten Island and New Jersey, while 500 were reportedly at another vigil nearby in Union Square. People from across the country have been going to Crawford to join Sheehan’s campout."

Chelsea group taking a stand each week · June 8 - 14, 2005
"A year after the start of the Iraq war, a mounting insurgency spurred coalition forces to seek out and destroy what they thought was its base of operations. On Nov. 8, 2004, after weeks of air assaults to “soften up” resistance, an unprecedented attack on the city of Fallujah began. Government planning had always feared a house-to-house battle in the close quarters of local streets, so U.S. forces chose instead to virtually demolish large portions of the city.

Outrage against this wholesale destruction was immediate. Two ministers from St. Mark’s Church-in-The-Bowery “made the call,” in activist lingo, to “attempt to bring out the faithful.” They wrote an appeal proclaiming their rejection of the city’s leveling. That night, almost 30 people gathered under the arch in Washington Sq. Park, and the Fallujah Witness Vigil started. Since then, every night from 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., anywhere from two to a dozen people stand silently, holding protest signs and the occasional candle. Their intent, said James Klicker, one of the co-organizers, is to assemble nightly until the end of the war."