Monday, February 21, 2005

BAUAW NEWSLETTER-SUNDAY, FEB. 20, 2005

Resource:
MONEY FOR HUMAN NEEDS NOT WAR!
FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNDER THE KNIFE RIGHT NOW GO TO:
http://www.bauaw.org/2005/02/programs-eliminated-or-cut-in-2006.html

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

1) LAST CHANCE TO GET ON THE BD. OF ED. SPEAKERS LIST!
CALL 415-241-6427, 241-6493 or 241-6000 TUESDAY, FEB.22
BETWEEN 8:00 AM AND 3:00PM
(Holiday on Monday)
STOP MILITARY RECRUITMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS!
SPEAK OUT AT THE TUESDAY, FEB. 22, 7:00 p.m.
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING!
555 Franklin St., 2nd floor (near Golden Gate).

2) WE ALL STAND WITH LYNNE STEWART!
NO JAIL TIME FOR LYNNE!
PLEASE WRITE LETTERS TODAY

3) The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
Presents: Conscientious Objectors Discuss War
Sunday, February 27 at the Humanist Hall, 390
27th St. @ Broadway, Oakland 3pm-6:30pm
Join CCCO and Conscientious Objector panelists;
Aimee Allison, Dale Bartlett, David Harris, Rev.
Dr. Dorsey Blake and Jeff Paterson, in a
discussion on war, draft and conscience,
moderated by Steve Morse, CCCO GI Rights Program
Coordinator.
Also, film maker Mark Manning, independent
reporter Dahr Jamail and military mom Nadia
McCaffrey offer reports about their recent trips
to Iraq and Jordan.
Refreshments.

4) March 19, 2005 Global Day of Action
No to War Occupation ˆ Iraq, Palestine, Haiti,
Afghanistan, Cuba Everywhere!
Bring the Troops Home Now!
Money for People‚s Needs, Not War!
San Francisco: March Assembles: 11 a.m. Dolores Park
Rally: 1 p.m. Civic Center

5) Veteran of Dirty Wars Wins (link only)
Lead US Spy Role
Written off by many after his role in Central America,
John Negroponte's revived career hits a new high
Duncan Campbell
Guardian
Friday February 18, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1417055,00.html


6) PUBLIC LIVES [Lynne Stewart Case] (link only)
For Lawyer's Lawyer, Loss Is Just the Beginning
By JULIA PRESTON
NY TIMES, Published: February 18, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/18/nyregion/18profile.html?

7) Groups Preparing New Push (link only)
Against Iraq War
Invasion Anniversary Next Month
Is Date Of Campaign Kickoff
By Evelyn Nieves
Published on Friday, February 18, 2005 by the Washington Post
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0218-09.htm

8) Bush Tort Reform: Executive (link only)
Clemency For Executive Killers
Friday, February 18, 2005 By Greg Palast
http://www.gregpalast.com/

9) Burnt Offerings (link only)
By Andrew Meier
Published: February 19 2005 02:00 |
Last updated: February 19 2005 02:00
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/20de5fec-821b-11d9-9e19-
00000e2511c8,ft_acl=,s01=1.html

10) John Pilger finds our children learning lies
In our schools, children learn that the US fought the
Vietnam war against a "communist threat" to "us".
Is it any wonder that so many don't understand the
truth about Iraq?
John Pilger
Feb. 17, 2005 "New Statesman"
http://207.44.245.159/article8112.htm

11) LYNNE STEWART SPEAKS! (link only)
Excerpts from Lynne Stewart's Speech!
February 17, 2005
The Freedom Archives
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 863-9977
www.freedomarchives.org
Carlos Rovira - "Carlito"
From: Karen Lee Wald
http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=5335


12) Open Letter and Appeal To: President John Sweeney and (link only)
the General Executive Council of the AFL-CIO This message was
submitted today to the AFL-CIO for inclusion in the discussion
on the future of the Federation.
If you have not signed on yet, you may do so at http://
www.uslaboragainstwar.org/petition.php?pid=8
http://uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=7343 http://uslaboragainstwar.org/
article.php?id=7343

13) Papers reveal Bagram abuse (link only)
·Prisoners subjected to 'mock executions'
·Photographs of detainees being sexually humiliated
Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington and James Meek
Friday February 18, 2005
Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,1417396,00.html

14) [And Nothing Has Changed! (link only)
A contribution in honor of Black History Month...bw]
Genocide And The Reawakening
Of The African Mind
By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill
http://www.afgen.com/worrill.html

15) Fighting Words (link 0nly)
By MONICA DAVEY
February 20, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/arts/music/20dave.html?th

16) In Secretly Taped Conversations, Glimpses of the
Future President
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
February 20, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/politics/
20talk.html?hp&ex=1108962000&en=de99ea0739b1d129&ei=5094&partner=home
page

17) F.D.A. Is Advised to Let Pain Pills Stay on Market
By GARDINER HARRIS
February 19, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/19/politics/19fda.html

18) NEW FRONT IN THE WAR ON TERROR (link only)
With controversial diplomat John Negroponte installed
as the all-powerful Director of National Intelligence,
is the US about to switch from invasions to covert
operations and dirty tricks? The assassination of the
former Lebanese PM has aroused suspicions
By Trevor Royle, Diplomatic Editor
Sunday Herald - 20 February 2005
http://www.sundayherald.com/47857

19) The Carbon Brokers (link only)
by Pratap Chatterjee , Special to CorpWatch
February 18th, 2005
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11883

20) CODEPINK Bay Area Bulletin
February 19, 2005
Next CODEPINK Bay Area Meeting:
Wednesday, February 23, 7-9 pm
In the East Bay!: at 1248 Solano, Albany

21) EPA MAKING ILLEGAL, SECRET AGREEMENTS WITH PESTICIDE (link only)
MAKERS, THREATENING PUBLIC HEALTH, LAWSUIT CHARGES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press contact: Aaron Colangelo, 202-289-2376;
Erik Olson, 202-289-2360; or Elliott Negin, 202-289-2405
If you are not a member of the press, please write to us at
nrdcinfo@nrdc.org or see our contact page .
Private Meetings with Chemical Companies Violate Federal Laws
Requiring an Open Process
http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressreleases/050217.asp

22) Talking with the Enemy (link only)
Inside the secret dialogue between the U.S. and insurgents
in Iraq-and what the rebels say they want
By MICHAEL WARE
Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1029805,00.html

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

1) LAST CHANCE TO GET ON THE BD. OF ED. SPEAKERS LIST!
CALL 415-241-6427, 241-6493 or 241-6000 TUESDAY, FEB.22
BETWEEN 8:00 AM AND 3:00PM
(Holiday on Monday)
STOP MILITARY RECRUITMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS!
SPEAK OUT AT THE TUESDAY, FEB. 22, 7:00 p.m.
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING!
555 Franklin St., 2nd floor (near Golden Gate).
Draft Resolution for San Francisco Board of Education
Cut Ties with the Military:

WHEREAS, the United States military is actively recruiting high school
students into the military to fight in Iraq; and
WHEREAS, many young San Francisco high school alumni are
presently serving in military units fighting in Iraq; and
WHEREAS, it is San Francisco City policy by virtue of Proposition N,
to bring all U.S. troops home from Iraq now; and
WHEREAS, over 1,448 U.S. soldiers and approximately 100,000 Iraqis
have been killed in this war and over 10,000 U.S. soldiers and
unknown thousands of Iraqis have been wounded; and
WHEREAS, the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on the war
have robbed our children of resources that should be spent on
education and other human needs; and
WHEREAS, military presence in our schools legitimizes the
message that violence is acceptable; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
It shall be the policy of the San Francisco Board of Education to
support cutting all ties with the United States military, including, but
not limited to: Ending military recruitment on campuses; ending the
Junior Reserved Officer Training Corps (JROTC); and guaranteeing
that all students and parents are informed of their right to deny
military recruiters access to their names, addresses and telephone
numbers.

Bay Area United Against War (BAUAW) • www.bauaw.org •
P.O. Box 318021, San Francisco, CA 94131-8021 • 414-824-8730
Next meeting: Saturday, Feb. 26, 11 a.m., 474 Valencia Street, SF

Bay Area United Against War (www.bauaw.org) (415) 824-8730
P.O. Box 318021, S. F., CA 94131-8021

Parar El reclutamiento military
En nuestras escuelas.

Vengan a la reunión de la meza directiva febrero 22, A las 7 p.m.
555 Franklin Street, Segundo Piso en San Francisco

Para hablar en la reunión de febrero 22 llame al (415) 241-6427 el
viernes febrero 18 entre las 8 a.m. y 4 p.m. el martes febrero 22 entre
8 a.m. y 3 p.m. Dígales que usted quiere hablar en la reunión y délas
su nombre. Al público se le permitirá hablar en la reunion: y llamaran
su nombre antes de las 8:30 p.m.

En Noviembre el 63 porciento de la población de San Francisco
votaron a favor de la proposición N, demandando que traigan
nuestras tropes a casa de Irak. A hora y sin embargo Los niños de
las escuelas de San Francisco están siendo reclutados.
Para prestar el servicio military en escuelas High Schools. Estos no
son las oportunidades de trabajo que queremos para nuestros hijos
ni nuestros hijos quieren ese tipo de oportunidades.

Nosotros queremos que nuestros hijos tengan oportunidades de
aprender y de hacer lo mejor con su potencial. No de matar ni de
ser asesinados. Que se termine todo el reclutamiento military en
las escuelas públicas en Instituciones de alto aprendizaje que se
use nuestros dólares de impuestos para escuelas, programas de
salud, vivienda, trabajo y para todas las necesidades humanas.
¡No queremos guerra!

¡No vamos a estudiar la Guerra nunca más!

Padres de Familia: Vengan a la junta de la meza directiva de
educación de S.F. y díganle a ellos que queremos, que nuestros
hijos vivan aprendan y se preparen para un futuro. No para morir
o ser heridos en Irak, matar o herir a la gente de Irak.

Estudiantes: Vengan a la junta de la meza directiva de educación
de S.F. y díganle que no queremos guerra ni que nuestros
escuelas sean centros de reclutamiento para el ejército militar
de USA y sus guerras. Que las escuelas sean lugares de aprendizaje
que los preparen a una vida de adulto, que nosotros no somos
carne de cañon.

Miembros de la Comunidad: Vengan a la junta de la meza directiva
de educación para recordarles que los votantes de San Francisco
están en contra de la guerra y no queremos usar nuestras
escuelas como centros de reclutamiento para pelear en Irak.

El matar y el perder la vida no es un trabajo digno

La próxima reunion de Bay Área United Against War: Sábado
febrero 26, a las 11 a.m. 474 Valencia St., S.F.

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

2) WE ALL STAND WITH LYNNE STEWART!
NO JAIL TIME FOR LYNNE!
PLEASE WRITE LETTERS TODAY:

SUGGESTION AS TO FORMAT OF LETTERS
TO BE WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF LYNNE STEWART

MARGIN: Please leave at least a one-inch left-hand margin to
allow us to bind the letter into the appendix to the sentencing
memorandum that is being filed on
Lynne's behalf.

INSIDE ADDRESS: Honorable John G. Koeltl
United States District Judge
Southern District of New York
United States Courthouse
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007

GREETING: Honorable Sir or Dear Judge Koeltl:

BODY: Briefly introduce yourself and set forth your
relationship to Lynne.

Briefly discuss yourself - your position in work and
in society.

State that you are aware that Lynne is to be sentenced
following a jury verdict of guilty on serious charges:
The remainder of your letter should discuss whatever
you believe to weigh in favor of no jail time. If possible,
you should tell of an incident where she helped you out
or engaged in commendable community service. Do not
try to argue that she is not guilty or was unfairly
conviction. Focus on the unfairness of the government's
actions in bringing the charges; the way in which the
government portrayed her, etc.

* Typewritten letters if possible are preferred.
*
WHEN LETTER IS COMPLETED: Please mail the final product
to the following address:
Jill R. Shellow-Lavine, Esq.
2537 Post Road
Southport, CT 06890

Do not send your letters to the judge. We ask that you
forward your letter me so that the lawyers can present it
to Judge Koeltl with the other letters being written for this
purpose. This is the manner in which letters will have the
greatest impact. If they are sent directly to the Judge's
chambers, they may have less of an impact and could
cause the judge a substantial inconvenience (and annoyance).

Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any questions,
please do not hesitate to contact the defense committee
at www.lynnestewart.org.

Sincerely,
Jill R. Shellow-Lavine
Attorney for Lynne Stewart
For more information go to:
www.LynneStewart.org

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

3) The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
Presents: Conscientious Objectors Discuss War
Sunday, February 27 at the Humanist Hall, 390
27th St. @ Broadway, Oakland 3pm-6:30pm
Join CCCO and Conscientious Objector panelists;
Aimee Allison, Dale Bartlett, David Harris, Rev.
Dr. Dorsey Blake and Jeff Paterson, in a
discussion on war, draft and conscience,
moderated by Steve Morse, CCCO GI Rights Program
Coordinator.
Also, film maker Mark Manning, independent
reporter Dahr Jamail and military mom Nadia
McCaffrey offer reports about their recent trips
to Iraq and Jordan.
Refreshments.

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

4) March 19, 2005 Global Day of Action
No to War Occupation ? Iraq, Palestine, Haiti,
Afghanistan, Cuba Everywhere!
Bring the Troops Home Now!
Money for People?s Needs, Not War!
San Francisco: March Assembles: 11 a.m. Dolores Park
Rally: 1 p.m. Civic Center

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

5) Veteran of Dirty Wars Wins (link only)
Lead US Spy Role
Written off by many after his role in Central America,
John Negroponte's revived career hits a new high
Duncan Campbell
Guardian
Friday February 18, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1417055,00.html

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

6) PUBLIC LIVES [Lynne Stewart Case] (link only)
For Lawyer's Lawyer, Loss Is Just the Beginning
By JULIA PRESTON
NY TIMES, Published: February 18, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/18/nyregion/18profile.html?


---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

7) Groups Preparing New Push (link only)
Against Iraq War
Invasion Anniversary Next Month
Is Date Of Campaign Kickoff
By Evelyn Nieves
Published on Friday, February 18, 2005 by the Washington Post
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0218-09.htm

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

8) Bush Tort Reform: Executive (link only)
Clemency For Executive Killers
Friday, February 18, 2005 By Greg Palast
http://www.gregpalast.com/

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

9) Burnt Offerings (link only)
By Andrew Meier
Published: February 19 2005 02:00 |
Last updated: February 19 2005 02:00
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/20de5fec-821b-11d9-9e19-
00000e2511c8,ft_acl=,s01=1.html

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

10) John Pilger finds our children learning lies
In our schools, children learn that the US fought the
Vietnam war against a "communist threat" to "us".
Is it any wonder that so many don't understand the
truth about Iraq?
John Pilger
Feb. 17, 2005 "New Statesman"
http://207.44.245.159/article8112.htm

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

11) LYNNE STEWART SPEAKS! (link only)
Excerpts from Lynne Stewart's Speech!
February 17, 2005
From: Karen Lee Wald kwald@california.com
The Freedom Archives
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 863-9977
www.freedomarchives.org
Carlos Rovira - "Carlito"
http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=5335

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

12) Open Letter and Appeal To: President John Sweeney and (link only)
the General Executive Council of the AFL-CIO This message was
submitted today to the AFL-CIO for inclusion in the discussion
on the future of the Federation.
If you have not signed on yet, you may do so at
http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/petition.php?pid=8
http://uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=7343 http://uslaboragainstwar.org/
article.php?id=7343

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

13) Papers reveal Bagram abuse (link only)
·Prisoners subjected to 'mock executions'
·Photographs of detainees being sexually humiliated
Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington and James Meek
Friday February 18, 2005
Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,1417396,00.html

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

14) [And Nothing Has Changed! (link only)
A contribution in honor of Black History Month...bw]
Genocide And The Reawakening
Of The African Mind
By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill
http://www.afgen.com/worrill.html

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

15) Fighting Words (link 0nly)
By MONICA DAVEY
February 20, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/arts/music/20dave.html?th

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

16) In Secretly Taped Conversations, Glimpses of the
Future President
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
February 20, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/politics/
20talk.html?hp&ex=1108962000&en=de99ea0739b1d129&ei=5094&partner=home
page

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

17) F.D.A. Is Advised to Let Pain Pills Stay on Market
By GARDINER HARRIS
February 19, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/19/politics/19fda.html

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

18) NEW FRONT IN THE WAR ON TERROR (link only)
With controversial diplomat John Negroponte installed
as the all-powerful Director of National Intelligence,
is the US about to switch from invasions to covert
operations and dirty tricks? The assassination of the
former Lebanese PM has aroused suspicions
By Trevor Royle, Diplomatic Editor
Sunday Herald - 20 February 2005
http://www.sundayherald.com/47857

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

19) The Carbon Brokers (link only)
by Pratap Chatterjee , Special to CorpWatch
February 18th, 2005
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11883

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

20) CODEPINK Bay Area Bulletin
February 19, 2005
Next CODEPINK Bay Area Meeting:
Wednesday, February 23, 7-9 pm
In the East Bay!: at 1248 Solano, Albany

* To discuss via email local CODEPINK actions and campaigns, join
the CODEPINK Bay Area discussion by going to
http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/codepinkdiscussion and
self-subscribing.
* To contact us, send a request for a CodePink Bay Area endorsement,
or submit an action alert idea, email: tara@tschubert.net
* Visit our web page on national's site and while you're there,
check out what your CodePink sisters are doing across the nation, or
sign up for national alerts: www.codepinkalert.org.
* For public transportation information to events, go to:
http://www.transitinfo.org/cgi-bin/taketransit. And for a map, go to:
www.mapquest.com.

Thank you. Peace.

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

21) EPA MAKING ILLEGAL, SECRET AGREEMENTS WITH PESTICIDE (link only)
MAKERS, THREATENING PUBLIC HEALTH, LAWSUIT CHARGES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press contact: Aaron Colangelo, 202-289-2376;
Erik Olson, 202-289-2360; or Elliott Negin, 202-289-2405
If you are not a member of the press, please write to us at
nrdcinfo@nrdc.org or see our contact page .
Private Meetings with Chemical Companies Violate Federal Laws
Requiring an Open Process
http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressreleases/050217.asp

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*

22) Talking with the Enemy (link only)
Inside the secret dialogue between the U.S. and insurgents
in Iraq-and what the rebels say they want
By MICHAEL WARE
Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1029805,00.html

No comments: