Dec 142012
 
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"Don't buy war toys" chant scares clerks, resonates with shoppers.

by Danielle Silva

Clamors for peace inside the mammoth Toys “R” Us emporium in Times Square might not be unusual coming from parents and directed at their toddlers demanding yet another Barbie doll or another ride on the store’s Ferris wheel.

But on Wednesday, the exhortations for peace were coming from an unexpected source – older women who belong to the Granny Peace Brigade and the Raging Grannies, two groups that have gained widespread attention for their demonstrations against the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars…

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