BAUAW NEWSLETTER-TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2005

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URGENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
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BAY AREA UNITED AGAINST WAR PRESENTS
A PREMIERE FILM SHOWING OF:

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
One man, one camera. Two sides of a story
FRIDAY, MARCH 18TH, 6 P.M.
(There will be a short question and answer period
at 7:30 P.M. immediately following the film.)
FOUR STAR TWIN
220 CLEMENT ST. NEAR 23RD AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO
415-666-3488

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED is a gripping documentary by veteran
British journalist Sean Langan. Langan gets up close and
personal accounts of the war from U.S. and coalition soldiers,
Iraqi resistance fighters, and captures Abu Ghraib prison abuses
long before the torture reached the popular Press.

The most powerful statement of the film is the depiction
of the total devastation brought to Iraq by this war. It is the
constant backdrop to the interviews in the film as is the almost
universal hatred exhibited by the Iraqi people toward any U.S.
presence in Iraq-both from those interviewed and from those
included among the rubble in the background scenes. This film's
a must for anyone thinking of joining the military or who is
unsure of what our government is doing there in our name.

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Volunteers are needed for March 19th!
Show up March 19th at Dolores Park or Civic Center at 9:00 a.m.
and sign up at the A.N.S.W.E.R. volunteer table.
There is a meeting TONIGHT, TUESDAY, MARCH 15TH AT 7PM AT THE
A.N.S.W.E.R. OFFICE AT: 2489 Mission St. #24, 415-821-6545

Hello to members of United for Peace and Justice Bay Area,

On March 19 UPJ-Bay Area will be meeting at 10:30 a.m. on
18th Street in front of Mission High School before marching down
to Civic Center. We will be carrying panels of the faces of the
victims of the war-American soldiers and Iraqi civilians-and need
your help in carrying them to Civic Center where we will have
a table. Please send out this request to your listserv.
Also, we are updating our members' directory and need your
updated contact information.

Please send your email, phone number and website address to me
as soon as possible. A donation of $25 is also requested to
cover printing charges. Please send to:

United for Peace and Justice-Bay Area
c/o War Resisters League West
POB 410744
San Francisco, CA 94141

Thanks.

Jackie Barshak
for UPJ-Bay Area
415.308.9416
jackie barshak jbarshak@hotmail.com

Not in Our Name Bay Area

Help Not in Our Name build for the March 19 mass
mobilization in San Francisco to end war and occupation!

Community Outreach
Saturday, March 12

* Oakland ~ 10 AM
Meet at the Not in Our Name office. 3945 Opal Street,
Oakland CA 94609
* San Francisco ~ 11 AM to 2 PM
16th Street at Valencia

Work Party and Community Outreach
Sunday, March 13 ~ 11 AM
Meet at the Not in Our Name office. 3945 Opal Street,
Oakland CA 94609

Community postering for March 19 march and rally.
Also, help prepare for the March 18 anti-war
morning visiblity action.

Planning Meeting & Work Party
Wednesday, March 16 ~ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Not in Our Name office. 3945 Opal Street,
Oakland CA 94609

Morning Visibilty Action
Friday, March 18 ~ 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM
Call us to hook up and help get the message out
to tens of thousands of morning commuters --
"Out of Iraq now!"

U.S. Out of Iraq Now!
March 19: International Day of Action

On the second anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, let's
show Bush and Co. that the people of the world say
NO to war and occupation!

On Saturday, March 19 join the Not in Our Name Earth
Flag Contingent at the mass march and rally organized by
ANSWER Coalition -- 11 am, Dolores Park, San Francisco.
Join up with the Not in Our Name Earth Flag Contingent at
the corner of 18th Street and Dolores (map). March to Civic
Center for a 1 pm rally.

Not In Our Name will also be organizing acts of creative
resistance around this weekend. We encourage folks to
strategize and brainstorm with us about how to broaden
resistance and bring awareness to the millions in this country
that our message must reach; and to join us as we unite with
groups around the Bay to bring out all who oppose the deadly
course of this government. Come to a general meeting,
call our office, or check out the website.

Against Military Recruitment in our Schools?
On the second anniversary of the war, join the
Counter-Recruitment Contingent!

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Saturday, March 19
10AM at 16th and Mission St.
(the 16th Street BART station)
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AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, military recruiters were
forced to leave early without any recruits because of the hundreds
of students that came out to protest their presence at the school!

This is not an isolated incident. Seattle, Chicago, New York,
Madison, Connecticut, Minnesota. In community colleges,
high schools, and universities around the nation, students,
faculty, and campus workers have come out to protest the
BLACKMAILING of education. As billions are being diverted
from schools to the war, our students are being told that they
need to die before they see a dime of it.
THIS IS DEAD WRONG.
As recruiters are failing to meet quotas for the first time in
a decade, despite more than tripling signing bonuses, we need
to rebuild the anti-war movement by fighting against the war
where it is weakest.

Join students, parents, teachers, military families, veterans,
community members, and activists on the second anniversary
of the war at the 16th Street BART station at 10AM to march
up to Dolores Park together.

Sponsored by the Campus Anti-War Network and the College
Not Combat Committee.

Money for Jobs and Education! Not for War and Occupation!

For more info please contact: ragina@mac.com / 415.412.4540

sue sandlin design | srsndln@pacbell.net


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National Teach-in on Iraq: How Can We End this War?
Thursday, March 24 ~ 7 PM to 10 PM
Mission High School, 3750 18th Street (at Dolores), San Francisco

On the 40th Anniversary of the first teach-ins on the Vietnam War.
With presentations by Iraq veteran Rahul Mahajan, Cindy Sheehan,
Fernando Suarez, Aimee Allison, Howard Wallace, Sean O'Neil,
and Medea Benjamin. Sponsored by Global Exchange and
CODEPINK. $5 donation requested. (more info)

Resistance Cinema Presents "Hidden in Plain Sight"
Sunday, April 10 ~ 3 PM to 5 PM
Parkway Pizza/Pub Theater, 1834 Park Blvd., Oakland

A short history, a spirited debate, a personal story, and a call
for accountability, "Hidden in Plain Sight" is a bold, unflinching
look at the nature and consequences of U.S. policy in Latin
America. Brief presentation by Laura Slattery, Pace e Bene
Nonviolence. A free event sponsored by Not in Our Name.

The Not in Our Name Project needs your support!

Donate online: donate.notinourname.net

Or send your tax-deductible contribution today to:

Not in Our Name
3945 Opal Street, Oakland CA 94609
www.notinourname.net

phone: 510-601-8000
email: bayarea@notinourname.net
local: bayarea.notinourname.net
Another World Is Possible!
http://www.notinourname.net

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PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release

College Not Combat Press Conference and
Picket in Front of Military
Recruiting Office
Where: U.S. Military Recruiting Office,
670 Davis Street,
San Francisco
When: Today, Tuesday, March 15 at 5pm
From:

On Tuesday, March 15th, the College Not Combat coalition will
initiate its campaign to kick the military out of Bay Area schools
with a picket and press conference at the military recruiting station
at 670 Davis Street in San Francisco. Parents, teachers, students,
and veterans will discuss the deceptive practices used by military
recruiters to entice young students into to the armed services.

As the war in Iraq approaches its two-year mark, communities across
the U.S. are suffering from its consequences: thousands of soldiers
killed or wounded, and schools and hospitals robbed of resources to
pay for a war for oil. Even worse, the military systematically
targets for recruitment those most harmed by the misplaced priorities
of the political establishment: working class children and people of
color. The military plays on the hopes of youth for a good education
by promising them money for college if they enlist-a promise made
only more insidious by the fact that more often than not, enlistees
will not see any financial assistance at all. Students should not
have to risk their lives to afford a college education. We demand
that the military leave our schools.

Speakers will include Aimee Allison, candidate for District 2 City
Council in Oakland and military veteran; Katrina Yeaw of the Campus
Anti-War Network (CAN); and Marcia Thorndike, a military family
member.

Contact: Todd Chretien, (510) 395-6417, chretientodd@aol.com,
College Not Combat Coalition

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Dear Friends Please read the following request from Families for
Peaceful Tomorrows one of the many co-sponsors of the Eyes Wide
Open exhibit. They have committed to trying to collecting the
16,000 additional pairs of shoes. Please think about becoming
a collection point. In my opinion donating a pair of shoes is a
great way to challenge people to think about the human cost of
war. It is a way to involve people before the exhibit arrives and
encourage them to come. Some ideas for dealing with the collection
include; put out a barrel or box asking for the donation in your
school, church, neighborhood center or place of work. Put a flyer
on the box explaining why we are collecting the shoes. Thanks.
Sandra Schwartz

Peace Education Coordinator, AFSC
Dear Friends,

Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
exhibit that reminds us of the human cost of war is coming to San
Francisco March 25-27. The exhibit features over 1,500 pairs of
combat boots tagged with the names of U.S. soldiers who have
died in the Iraq war. It also memorializes the Iraqi civilians killed
in the war.

In San Francisco, we are adding a new element to this powerful
exhibit: instead of just 1,000 shoes to represent all the Iraqi civilian
deaths, we have set a goal of collecting 16,000[1] pairs of shoes
to more accurately demonstrate the scale of Iraqi deaths as a result
of the war. The shoe memorial has been initiated by September
11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and it will not happen
without your support.

We need your help to meet the goal of collecting 16,000 pairs
of shoes!

What you can do:

1. Collect shoes for the exhibit

* Please gather usable shoes from your family and friends
or set up a shoe collection site in your community, school,
workplace or place of worship.
* Tie each pair together, or, if no laces, securely attach them
together.
* Count the pairs of shoes and place in heavy-duty garbage
bags. Attach a tag with the count on it.
* Shoes will be donated at the end of the exhibit. Children's
and men's shoes are especially needed.
* Call Nabil at 415-565-0201 ext. 14 or email
shoes@peacefultomorrows.org
* Drop off shoes 9 am to 5 pm at AFSC, 65 Ninth St.
(between Mission and Market) until Thursday, March 24.
Last minute shoes may be brought to Civic Center Plaza
Friday, March 25. No shoes accepted after Friday.

2. Collect phone cards for military personnel
We are also collecting telephone calling cards to donate to
military personnel and to returning Iraq war veterans in
a Bay Area hospital and the USOs at local airports. Please
purchase phone cards to donate with your shoes or bring
to the exhibit.

3. Volunteer
Volunteers are needed for the shoe project as well as the
overall exhibit.

* To volunteer with the shoe project, call Nabil at
415-565-0201 ext. 14 or email shoes@peacefultomorrows.org
* To volunteer to help with the exhibit call AFSC at
415-565-0201 ext. 15 or email sleeds@afsc.org

4. Spread the word! Please forward this information to your networks.

5. Come to the exhibit, encourage others to come, and bring last minute shoe donations and help us honor all those who have died in Iraq.

[1] The number 16,000 is the approximate minimum number
of Iraqi civilians reported killed by military intervention in
Iraq by www.iraqbodycount.net.

Eyes Wide Open

"An exhibit that speaks directly to our hearts and reminds
us of the human cost of war."
Over 1,500 pairs of empty combat boots - tagged with the
names of U.S. soldiers who died in the Iraq war - will be
displayed, together with thousands of shoes and wall of
names to memorialize the Iraqis killed.

SAN FRANCISCO DATES:
March 25 (Friday), 11:00 am with all night vigil
Civic Center between Polk and Larkin
March 26 (Saturday), 10:00 am to 5 pm
Civic Center Voices and Requiem - 2 pm
March 27 (Easter Sunday), 10:00 am to dusk
Union Square (Powell and Geary)

American Friends Service Committee
We Need Good Shoes (Especially for Men and Children) and
Telephone Cards!
Call 415-565-0201 x14 or shoes@peacefultomorrows.org
See www.afsc.org/eyes
Until Thursday March 24, drop off shoes at 65 Ninth St.
(betw. Mission and Market) from 9-5 weekdays
Donate phone cards for military families Donate shoes to
memorialize the Iraqi casualties

Co-Sponsors (partial list) Agape Fdn; American Muslim Voice;
Archdiocese of SF: Comm. Of Public Policy and Social Concern;
Bay Area Pax Christi; Bay Area United for Peace and Justice;
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; Berkeley Friends
Church; Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Grace Cathedral: Diocese
of CA of the Episcopal Church; Los Altos Voices for Peace; Military
Families Speak Out; Pacifica Peace People; Pacifica Women in
Black; SFUSD School Board; Strawberry Creek Friends Meeting;
Veterans for Peace; 9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows,
San Francisco Friends Meeting, Code Pink

Our postal address is
P.O. Box 1818
Peter Stuyvesant Station
New York, New York 10009
United States

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1) BAN THE MILITARY FROM OUR SCHOOLS!
Thursday, March 17th, 7 P.M.:
555 Franklin St.
To get on the speakers list call:
415-241-6427, 241-6493 or 241-6000,
Wednesday, March 16th from 8-4 p.m. and
Thursday, March 17th from 8-3 p.m.

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

3) 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

4) COMING TO THE BAY AREA SOON-POWERFUL ANTIWAR MOVIES

5) Senate OKs Tougher Bankruptcy Rules (LINK ONLY)
By Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters)
Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:45 PM ET
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7872774&src=eDialog/GetConten

6) BUSH ANNOUNCES IRAQ EXIT STRATEGY: (LINK ONLY)
'WE'LL GO THROUGH IRAN' !
The Onion
March 9, 2005
http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4110

7) Activists protest military on campus (LINK ONLY)
Group opposes recruiters at S.F. State University career fair
By Erin Pursell - CORRESPONDENT
Inside Bay Area
Article Last Updated: 3/10/2005 07:57 AM
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_2603424

8) Justice for New Americans
First annual fundraiser
Tickets: $100 (includes admission to the rock
musical "Making Tracks"
www.makingtracks.com
Where: San Jose Repertory Theatre
When: immediately after the 2 p.m. matinee show of "Making Tracks"
What: actors stage reading of two pieces of transcripts
-FBI's interrogation of Wen Ho Lee
-Judge Parker's apology to Wen Ho Lee
reception will follow

9) NO MESSAGE-NUMBERING ERROR

10) Why We Should Be in the Streets on March 19

11) Counter-Recruitment Calendar for the San Francisco Bay Area
Compiled by MOOS-Bay

12) Suicides in Marine Corps Rise by 29 Percent (LINK ONLY)
Fast Pace of Operations Are Believed to Contribute
By Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 25, 2005; Page A19
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51933-2005Feb24.html

13) Evict PG&E from Hunters Point
Shut Down PG&E's Hunters Point Power Plant now
COMMUNITY PROTEST on environmental justice
Wednesday March 23, 2005, 12 Noon
PG&E Corporate Headquarters
77Beale Street, San Francisco
at Market Street near Embarcadero BART
Sponsored by the Coalition to Shut Down the PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant,
Huntersview Tenants Association, All Hallows Garden Residents Association
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, Code Blue, Community First Coalition
For more information contact Greenaction (415) 248-5010
www.greenaction.org

14) Can Papers End the Free Ride Online? (LINK ONLY)
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
March 14, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/14/business/media/14paper.html

15) Extreme Cinema Verite (LINK ONLY)
GIs shoot Iraq battle footage and edit it into music videos
filled with death and destruction. And they display their
work as entertainment.
By Louise Roug
Times Staff Writer
March 14, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-fg-videos14mar14,0,2298678.story?coll=la-home-headlines

16) Pentagon plans rendition (LINK ONLY)
of Guantánamo prisoners
Detainees face torture in
Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Yemen
By Kate Randall
World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org
14 March 2005
https://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/guan-14m.shtml

17) Marketers of Death
Source: Advertising Age, February 28, 2005
"The U.S. Army is adjusting its marketing pitch to minorities as the war in Iraq hurts recruiting efforts among Hispanics and, especially, African-Americans," reports Advertising Age .Leo Burnett is the Army's lead marketing agency, with Cartel Creativo doing Hispanic, and Muse Cordero Chen & Partners and Vital Marketing Group doing African-American, outreach. The Army will "maintain a minority presence in general-market advertising, craft minority-specific messages," and "focus Spanish-language messages at parents and ' influencers .'" Political science professor Peter Feaver expressed skepticism, saying, "If the problem is Iraq, there's not much in the short run that the Army recruiters can do."
http://www.prwatch.org/node/3319

18) U.S. Military Anti-Recruitment Efforts (LINK ONLY)
Needed Now More Than Ever
By Jack Dalton
From AxisofLogic.com
Feb 25, 2005, 19:00
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_15954.shtml

19) Bush Seeks to Ban Some Nations From (LINK ONLY)
All Nuclear Technology
By DAVID E. SANGER
WASHINGTON
March 15, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/15/politics/15treaty.html?hp&ex=1110949200&en=afa5e227075aa8ed&ei=5094&partner=homepage

20) Judge Delays Trial of Student (LINK ONLY)
Accused of Plot to Kill Bush
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
March 15, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/15/national/15ali.html

21) LINKS TO ARTICLES POINTING TO JROTC RECRUITMENT TACTICS, ETC.
Forwarded Message from Jon Previtali
I couldn't find the number of people joining the military from the general population, but it's surely less than 40% which is the number of JROTC graduates who enlisted in some form in 1995-96. Take a look at the report linked below for more details. I couldn't find more recent information, but I believe it is contained in military publications called "Disposition of Candidate" reports that should be available to the public.
School Year 95-96 - 40% JROTC Grads enlisted (active, nat'l guard, reserves, mil commission/college),
SY 96-97 - 43% enlisted
From the "Final Report of the CSIS Political-Military Studies Project on the JROTC" (pro-JROTC, but good info) collected from Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps JROTC Programs' Disposition of Cadets reports.
http://www.csis.org/polmil/jrotc/jrotcfinal.pdf
Also, according to an article I read, some schools (maybe all, I don't know) actually pay half the cost of the JROTC program to be on campus. The rest of the cost is paid by the military. If SFUSD is indeed funding JROTC, cutting the budget would be a great place to end it.
Applicable quotes:
"Almost 50 percent of the folks who go into [Air Force] Junior ROTC go on to one of our services, ... either by enlisting, or going through ROTC, or going to one of the academies."
-- Gen. Michael E. Ryan, Chief of Staff, US Air Force, February 2000
http://www.afa.org/magazine/april2000/0400rotc.asp
JROTC is "one of the best recruiting devices that we could have."
-- Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, 2000
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3861/is_200109/ai_n8962746
http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=258

22) Alerting Humanitarians to Emergencies (LINK ONLY)
Montana call for Iraq troop return sparks debate
12 Mar 2005 00:59:16 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Laura Zuckerman
SULA, Mont., March 11 (Reuters)
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N11460046.htm

23) Bankruptcy Bill Said to Hit (LINK ONLY)
Poorest Americans Hardest
By Abid Aslam
Saturday 12 March 2005
Also see:
Congress Eyes Slashing Food Aid for Poor •
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/031405B.shtml

24) U.S. UNAWARE OF REALITIES OF
IRAQ WAR, VET SAYS
By Stu Woo
Brown Daily Herald
Published: Friday, March 11, 20
http://www.browndailyherald.com/main.cfm?include=displaystaffbio&authorid=1492245
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1) BAN THE MILITARY FROM OUR SCHOOLS!
Thursday, March 17th, 7 P.M.:
555 Franklin St.
To get on the speakers list call:
415-241-6427, 241-6493 or 241-6000,
Wednesday, March 16th from 8-4 p.m. and
Thursday, March 17th from 8-3 p.m.

To all school board members,

As you know we have been working on the issue of getting the military out of our schools. It has come to our attention that the meeting scheduled for March 17th that was supposed to be devoted to this issue will be taking up the issue of "School Consolidation" (closings) for Fall 2005.

We feel this is exactly the same issue. We don't want our schools to be wasting funds on military recruiters (JROTC matching funds from the district is slightly over a million dollars. The "matching funds" from the military -a million dollars-is just a gift to themselves. It's a win-win situation for them and a lose-lose situation for our schools and our kids.)

We are completely opposed to any closing of schools in San Francisco and will to speak on this issue as well at the School Board meeting on March 17.

Our government spends over $780 billion a year on defense and the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan while they drastically cut back on education, healthcare, housing programs, food programs for the poor and even on veterans benefits!

We will keep speaking up about these issues. They will not go away. And we will not be silent until the Board acts on the mandate of the voters of San Francisco to stop the war and bring our troops home where they and their families want them to be.

Allowing the continued presence of the military on our school grounds for any purpose at all goes against the mandate of the people of San Francisco and we will not be silenced about it.

Yours in peace and solidarity against the war,

Sincerely,

Bonnie Weinstein, Bay Area United Against War
415-824-8730

The following are statements that were cut off at the board
Meeting due to running over the 1-minute time limit:

FROM: "Elizabeth Milos" emilos@yahoo.com

At the BofEd meeting on Tuesday, I only had one minute so I wasn't able to say everything but I was able to state the first five concrete demands that I believe the Board of Education should adopt as a district-wide policy. It would be a good idea if we were to hammer it home a second time regardless of their intent to table it into a "community advisory board".

As parents, we should stress that we do NOTconsider the military a "career option" for our youth. KILLING IS NOT A CAREER OPTION. The resources that are being spent for war (with our tax money) should be spent on providing financial aid to low-income youth that want to go to college.

The fact that young men from poor communities must register in the selective service in order to be eligible for financial aid converts the registration process into a de-facto draft for lower income youth which, during these times of recruitment shortages and stop loss orders, practically guarantees that these young men will be called to "serve their country".

Instead, we need these young men to go to college and contribute to the economic development of their neighborhoods and families. There are many legitimate ways to serve our country: working with homeless families, in soup kitchens, with the elderly, etc. ways that do not put our childrens' lives in danger or require them to kill and become psychologically wounded for life in order to get a college education.

The Board of Education has an obligation to create and sustain a life-affirming environment for our children in our public education system and, in partnership with the parents, to prepare our children to realize their potential and to contribute to our society in positive ways. If the Board continues to allow military recruitment on our campuses, the Board is becoming an accomplice to the crime that is being committed against our low income youth by our government.
It's not only an issue of being permitted to carry out counter-recruitment activities: We should ask the Board to keep the military out of our public schools.

I am aware that the "No Child Left Behind Act" requires school districts to allow military recruiters the "same level of access" to school campuses that colleges have or else face serious cuts in federal funding.

Our children are minors and until they turn 18, we, as parents, are ultimately responsible for their well being.

We are calling on the Board to stand together with us, to use our imagination and develop ways to circumvent this law and to make it clear to our youth what are the true effects of war.

Some of the ways that come to mind is the following:

1.Organize College and Vocational Training Fairs off-campus in community centers and encourage attendance by high school juniors and seniors by making it part of the regular curriculum.

2.Support Mike Honda's bill in Congress. Presently, parents that do NOT want their children's names to be given to the military for recruitment purposes must sign an opt-out form. Representative Mike Honda's Bill would convert our present opt-out system into an opt-in system. Only parents that WANT their children to be contacted or recruited into the military would thereby give their authorization for the military to contact their children OFF-CAMPUS.

3.Dedicate a significant portion of the Health curriculum to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Invite veterans from the peace movement to share their personal experiences.

4.Develop curriculum that exposes the effects of war on the environment, on the health of troops and civilians and on the economy.

5.Instruct school faculty and counselors to inform students about their right to register as conscientious objectors and support them in the registration process, if they decide to do so.

6.Connect youth with counter-recruitment groups that can train them as peer counselors as part of their required 100 hours of community service that they are required to complete as part of graduation.

Yes, we are asking the Board of Education to take a stand, to "choose sides", so to speak. But where war is concerned, all sides lose and our children most of all. Stand on the side of our youth and get those recruiters off of our campuses.
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FROM: Bonnie Weinstein giobon@sbcglobal.net

First the good news: According to Tom Philpott of the Fleet Reserve Association, Black Army recruits are down 41 percent since 2000.

The bad news is, the San Francisco Unified School District is subsidizing military recruitment in our schools.

The School district and the military each pay a million towards a Physical Education teacher-but that teacher is a JROTC teacher-appointed by the military.

And, since this person is counted as a Physical Education teacher, and JROTC is counted as a Physical Education class, the public is told that the Military is contributing a million dollars to the schools to support the cost of a Physical Education teacher.

We are further told that without the money from the Army, the schools would not have enough Physical Education classes to go around and some kids would not earn the necessary graduation credits to earn their diploma without JROTC.

Well, that tells me we need Physical Education teachers-not military recruiters. The district must come up with the money to have the required number of physical education classes to allow students to graduate without forcing some of them into the military.

What I think needs to happen is that the Board of Education has to give us a full accounting of how much money we have for our children's needs and how our dollars are being spent.

I do know, if the District is paying a million dollars to have military recruiters at our schools the million the Military puts up is not a "gift" to anyone but themselves.

As a parent and grandparent I feel it puts our kids in harms way and gets them involved in an immoral and illegal war that is ruining tens of thousands of lives every day. We want them out of our schools.

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From: Carole Seligman caroseligman@aol.com

Dear All,
The main purpose of the Jr. ROTC presentation at the March 8 Board of Ed.
meeting was to convince the public that the Jr. ROTC program has nothing
whatsoever to do with war, preparation for war, or military recruitment. In other
words it was the Big Lie in full operation. Our job must continue to show how
military recruitment and programs in the schools are intimately connected to the
war in Iraq and future wars and occupations the U.S. is planning now.
Ending public school ties with the military will be a long, uphill fight. and
it will not be lead by the Bd. of Education or other politicians. In my
opinion, the only reason to speak out at the Bd. of Ed. meetings is to keep this
struggle before the public and to help open the door for parent and student
organizing to keep the hands of the military off our children and out of our
communities' schools.
Again there was a broad coalition of anti-war organizations speaking out at
the meeting. And this time there were some young people and some more parents
speaking out too. Most of the 1 minute speeches were very educational and
effective I thought. There was a young military veteran (who had gotten in touch
with Bonnie before the meeting) and a high school student whose school was
trying to put him into a ROTC "class" against his will.

BAUAW has submitted the following resolution to the board:

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 cut all ties
with the United States military,
including, but not limited to: Ending military
recruitment on campuses; ending the
Junior Reserve 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.

MILITARY SPENDING IN THE SCHOOLS:
To: CodePinkCounterRecruitGroup@yahoogroups.com
From: "iampohet"

Subject: Which schools have jrotc?

I don't know specifically if military science is jrotc. I didn't find the
right person to ask. But, if it isn't, then what the hell is it? Oh, heck, just for fun, here are the athletics funds listed in the profile:

School: Amt: FTE's:Mil.Sci. FTE's:

Balboa: $6,000 2.0
Burton: $6,000 2.0
Galileo: $6,000 2.0
Lincoln: $7,000 3.0
Mission: $6,000 2.0
Lowell: $7,000 2.0
Washington: $7,000 2.0

The money, just over 2 mil, is all the funds... 1mil+ from the Feds
and 1mil + in matching funds from the sfusd.

In CodePinkCounterRecruitGroup@yahoogroups.com, Ms sam joi wrote:
question - mil sci is jrotc? and this $$ was alotted by the feds to the individual schools?

iampohet wrote:

School Money alotted to Mil Sci as per fiscal profile Apr. 2004

Balboa: $261,335
Burton: $258,177
Galileo: $343,913
Lincoln: $429,106
Mission: $265,303
Lowell: $276,877
Wash: $344,093

Total: $2,178,804


I found this info by digging in the individual school's profiles on
the sfusd website. Hope it's helpful.
erin

Bay Area United Against War (BAUAW)
www.bauaw.org
414-824-8730

Donations are urgently needed to carry
out this important work. We have no
paid staff but need money for posters,
buttons, flyers and informational material
to hand out to students and parents.

Make a tax-deductible donation to:

Bay Area United Against War/NVM
P.O. Box 318021
San Francisco, CA 94131-8021

Coming Up:

Global Day of Action
March 19, 2005
No to War and Occupation in 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

THE NEXT BAUAW MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE:
SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 11:30AM
474 VALENCIA STREET, SF
(FIRST FLOOR, TO THE LEFT AND ALL THE WAY BACK
TO THE COMPANEROS DEL BARRIO CHILDREN'S CENTER)

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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

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3) 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
· Urgent appeal for volunteers on March 19
· Volunteer opportunities this weekend.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
March 19, 2005: Global Day of Action - San Francisco - Volunteers Needed!
No to War Occupation ˜ Iraq, Palestine, Haiti, Afghanistan, Cuba Everywhere! Bring the Troops Home Now! Money for People's Needs, Not War!

March Assembles: 11 a.m. Dolores Park
Rally: 1 p.m. Civic Center

Send this email to as many friends as you can.

March 19, 2005, will be an International Day of Protest on the second anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. As on the first anniversary of the invasion last year, millions of people around the world will march to say „No to War and Occupation from Iraq to Palestine to Haiti and Everywhere.‰

Volunteers are urgently needed in San Francisco on March 19 to help with set-up, distributing placards to spread the anti-war message, carrying banners for the march, selling buttons and t-shirts to pay for the march, leafleting to let people know how to get involved, take down, monitoring, clean up and more.

Friends, families, and work groups can volunteer in teams! Take a stand on March 19 against war and occupation!

Come to the next Volunteer Orientation at the ANSWER Activist Meeting on Tuesday March 15th at 7pm, 2489 Mission Street Room #30. Also with:
· Political update
· Volunteer sessions: banner painting, postering teams, alert calls
· March 19 volunteer orientation discussion session.

No experience necessary! Whether you have volunteered before or this is your first time your help is urgently needed. Call 415-821-6545 for more information and directions to this meeting.

If you cannot make the orientation, you can still volunteer to help make March 19 Day of Global Action protest happen:

Come to Dolores Park at 9 a.m. the morning of March 19 and sign in at the Volunteer ANSWER table to get the latest orientation and take on an area of work for the protest. Dolores Park is located at 18th and Dolores St. near the 16th St. BART station.

OR

Come to the Civic Center at 9 a.m. the morning of March 19 for a volunteer orientation and to get plugged in. Take BART to Civic Center. Look for the sign-in table under the ANSWER Volunteer banner.

Volunteers are needed ALL DAY. Any amount of time you have to help is greatly appreciated.

Together we‚re building a powerful new movement against war and racism. You‚re needed in the struggle to win money for peoples‚ needs, not war and corporate greed. Email, call or come to the volunteer orientation. Get involved today.
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Don‚t miss this weekend‚s volunteer opportunity!

Sat. Mar. 12 ˆ 11 am in San Francisco at our office 2489 Mission St. Rm. 24. Get out in the sun or spend time painting while you contribute your time to the anti-war movement. Volunteer banner painting session and postering teams going out around town.

Sat. Mar 12 ˆ 12 ˆ 12:30 pm in Oakland meet others in the MacArthur BART parking lot to join a postering team to spread the word about the protest. Organizer‚s cell phone number: 925-917-1039, call for location details.

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4) BAY AREA UNITED AGAINST WAR PRESENTS:
"Mission Accomplished" a brutally vivid documentary
filmed entirely on the ground in Iraq. The reality of this
war for American troops is contrasted to the
overwhelming reality of the devastation felt and experienced
by the people of Iraq.
"Mission Accomplished" will open March 18th, 6pm:
The Four Star Twin
2200 Clement St. (near 23rd Ave.)
San Francisco, CA 94121
415.666.3488

"Voices In Wartime" is a compelling portrayal of human
experience with war through poetry, both from the point
of view of those who were in combat and those who are left
behind.
"Voices In Wartime" will play in S.F. on April 15th at:
Landmark Lumiere 3
1572 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

[This poem by fourth-grader Cameron Penny was read
by Marie Howe in this very beautiful film
directed by Rick King.

"If you are lucky in this life
A window will appear on a battlefield between two armies
And when the soldiers look into the window
They don't see their enemies
They see themselves as children
And they stop fighting
And go home and go to sleep
When they wake up, the land is well again."
By Cameron Penny]

To learn more about these film visit
Cinema Libre Studio
http://www.cinemalibrestudio.com/

Also: check out, GUNNER PALACE |
Some war stories will never make the nightly news.

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5) Senate OKs Tougher Bankruptcy Rules (LINK ONLY)
By Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters)
Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:45 PM ET
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7872774&src=eDialog/GetConten

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6) BUSH ANNOUNCES IRAQ EXIT STRATEGY: (LINK ONLY)
'WE'LL GO THROUGH IRAN' !
The Onion
March 9, 2005
http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4110

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7) Activists protest military on campus (LINK ONLY)
Group opposes recruiters at S.F. State University career fair
By Erin Pursell - CORRESPONDENT
Inside Bay Area
Article Last Updated: 3/10/2005 07:57 AM
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_2603424

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8) Justice for New Americans
First annual fundraiser
Tickets: $100 (includes admission to the rock
musical "Making Tracks"
www.makingtracks.com
Where: San Jose Repertory Theatre
When: immediately after the 2 p.m. matinee show of "Making Tracks"
What: actors stage reading of two pieces of transcripts

— FBI's interrogation of Wen Ho Lee

—Judge Parker's apology to Wen Ho Lee

reception will follow

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9) NO MESSAGE-NUMBERING ERROR

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10) Why We Should Be in the Streets on March 19

As we approach the second anniversary of the illegal invasion and
occupation of Iraq, a new report is blasting the U.S. and UK governments'
Iraqi casualty counts. The independent British Medical Journal is now
supporting the Lancet Journal Report that over 100,000 Iraqi civilians
have been killed since the beginning of the war. (see story below).

As evidenced by the conscious targeting of Iraqi cities, especially
through aerial bombings, the real number of deaths may never be
known. The Pentagon has kept what we all know hidden and has
even said that counting civilian deaths is not part of military policy.

With ever-growing numbers opposed to the war in Iraq as well as
Bush's attempts to dismantle Social Security and other social programs,
there has never been a better time to be in the streets than on March 19.

There are over 1000 cities around the world that will be holding
demonstrations on March 19-20. In San Francisco we will gather at
11am at Dolores Park followed by a march and rally at the Civic Center.

Volunteers Needed!
Come to the final organizational meeting for the San Francisco
demonstration, Tuesday March 16, 7pm at 2489 Mission St., Rm. 30,
San Francisco, or call 415-821-6545 to get involved.

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11) Counter-Recruitment Calendar for the San Francisco Bay Area
Compiled by MOOS-Bay

This calendar will be updated weekly. Please submit your entries each
week by Wednesday noon. Also, please notify us at awe@objector.org
if you do not want to receive this calendar.

Our apologies, due to a series of technological problems, this calendar
is not as complete as we would like it to be. Please let us know if there
are important facts to be added for next week or if there is inaccuracy
in your listing.

March 15, Tuesday, 5 pm - San Francisco - Picket and Press conference
in front of 670 Davis St. recruitment office to publicize the March 19
protest and the anti-recruitment contingent. Chretien Todd@aol,com
for more information.

March 15, Tuesday, 7 pm, San Francisco - First meeting to organize
for the MOOS-Bay Regional Counter Recruitment Conference, at the
American Friends Service Committee, 65 9th Street, between Market
and Mission, near Civic Center BART. For more information,
awe@objector.org or 510-456-1617, x4.

March 16, Wednesday, 7 pm - San Francisco - From Vietnam To Iraq,
When Soldiers Say "No to War", International Socialist organization.
Public meeting and discussion on resistance in the military.
110 Capp St. (between 16th and 17th - buzz 202). For more
information: 415-336-5034, email: missioniso@yahoo.com

March 17, Thursday 7 pm (revised date) - San Francisco Board
of Education "meeting of the whole". 555 Franklin St. The meeting
will be devoted school closures and to the issue of military recruitment
at our schools and the ROTC. caroseligman@aol.com or Bonnie
Weinstein at: giobon@sbcglobal.net for more information or go to:
www.bauaw.org.

March 18, Friday - Albany High School Students for Peace Rally
Against Military Recruitment and Against the War in Iraq.
Students, parents, and teachers will march in a contingent at
the March 19th San Francisco March Against the War. Dr. Carlos
Munoz, Jr., 510-642-9134.
http://socrates.berkely.edu/~ethnicst/munoz.html

March 19, Saturday, 10:30 am - San Francisco - Campus Antiwar
Network - Military Out of Our Schools! The San Francisco group
College Not Combat Committee will join with other students to
demand an end to war and demand money for education not war
and occupation. Meet at 16th and Mission BART Station at 10:30 am.
There will be a banner "Military Out of our Schools". Then the
contingent will march up to Dolores Park to meet up with the
rest of the demonstration at 11:00. SAWSFSU@yahoo.com

March 19, Saturday - Downtown Los Altos- Raging Grannies sing
anti-war and anti-military recruitment songs at a peace rally.
We will also distribute counter military recruitment literature.
Enjoy refreshments, speakers, and war toy sculpture display.
Rally from 11:00 - 3:00 pm, Grannies Perform at 11:45 and
12:45 pm. Springer Plaza, intersection of Main and State Streets.
Sponsored by Los Altos Voices for Peace/Peninsula Paging Grannies.
Contact: Ruth Robertson, 650- 322-9001 or
www.PeninsulaRagingGrannies.org

March 24, Thursday, 7 pm - San Francisco - National Teach-In On
Iraq, Mission High School, 3750 18th St. (at Dolores), $5 requested;
Free for students; No one turned away for lack of funds. Teach-ins
also going on in Washington, DC, and Ann Arbor, marking the
40th anniversary of the first Vietnam War teach-in in 1965.
Is the US troop presence in Iraq helping stabilize the country, or
is it at the root of Iraq's deadly violence? What are the true costs
of the war? Many guest speakers. Sponsored by Global Exchange
& Code Pink: Women For Peace. For more information
http://www.globalexchange.org or call 415-255-7296.

March 26 and 27 - San Francisco Civic Center and Union Square
(27th) EYES WIDE OPEN outdoor exhibition presented by AFSC.
The exhibit highlights the human cost of war. More information
about the exhibit at http://www.afsc.org/eyes/default.htm
Volunteers to publicize the event and to set it up are needed:
Steve Leeds, Volunteer Coordinator at 415-565-0201 ext. 15 or
sleeds@afsc.org

March 27, Sunday (Easter), 2-4 pm - Berkeley - Town Hall Forum,
Counter-Recruitment & Conscientious Objection, Sponsored by
the Social Justice Committee Berkeley Fellowship Unitarian
Universalists, 1924 Cedar @ Bonita. Join with Students, Veterans
of Iraq & Vietnam Wars, Gold Star Mothers for Peace, Central
Committee of Conscientious Objectors, Alternatives to War & others.
There will be a panel on the issues and concerns surrounding military
service and recruitment. Come find out: What life in the military is
really like; what will happen if there is a draft; options, rights and
alternatives to the military. Young people, parents, all citizens are
encouraged to attend. Information tables & dialogue after panel.
Press Conference at 1 pm. Morning service at 10:30 an is
"Evolution of a Decision". Info: Hal Carlstad @ 510-524-6064

April 2, Saturday, 11:30 am - San Francisco - Bay Area United
Against War (BAUAW)
Military out of our schools,
474 Valencia St., (First floor, to the left and all the way
back to the Companeros del Barrio Children's Center).
carolseligman@aol.com or Bonnie Weinstein 415-824-8730
for more information.

April 9, Saturday - San Francisco - West Coast Campus Anti-War
Network Conference For student activists and anti-war groups in
the West coast region. The general theme is CR and campus
demilitarization. Suggestions for workshops and questions are
welcome. We hope to gain a better understanding of how the
military operates within our schools and contribute to a stronger
network of students who can fuel the advancement of the anti-
war movement. Location tentatively set for City College.
To register for the conference or if you want your school to
host a workshop, please contact: Ellie Houston (Students
Against War - SFSU) Campus Anti-War Network.
elliehou@hotmail.com

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12) Suicides in Marine Corps Rise by 29 Percent (LINK ONLY)
Fast Pace of Operations Are Believed to Contribute
By Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 25, 2005; Page A19
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51933-2005Feb24.html

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13) Evict PG&E from Hunters Point
Shut Down PG&E's Hunters Point Power Plant now
COMMUNITY PROTEST on environmental justice
Wednesday March 23, 2005, 12 Noon
PG&E Corporate Headquarters
77Beale Street, San Francisco
at Market Street near Embarcadero BART
Sponsored by the Coalition to Shut Down the PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant,
Huntersview Tenants Association, All Hallows Garden Residents Association
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, Code Blue, Community First Coalition
For more information contact Greenaction (415) 248-5010
www.greenaction.org

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14) Can Papers End the Free Ride Online? (LINK ONLY)
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
March 14, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/14/business/media/14paper.html

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15) Extreme Cinema Verite (LINK ONLY)
GIs shoot Iraq battle footage and edit it into music videos
filled with death and destruction. And they display their
work as entertainment.
By Louise Roug
Times Staff Writer
March 14, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-fg-videos14mar14,0,2298678.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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16) Pentagon plans rendition (LINK ONLY)
of Guantánamo prisoners
Detainees face torture in
Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Yemen
By Kate Randall
World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org
14 March 2005
https://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/guan-14m.shtml

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17) Marketers of Death
Source: Advertising Age, February 28, 2005
"The U.S. Army is adjusting its marketing pitch to minorities as the
war in Iraq hurts recruiting efforts among Hispanics and, especially,
African-Americans," reports Advertising Age .Leo Burnett is the
Army's lead marketing agency, with Cartel Creativo doing Hispanic,
and Muse Cordero Chen & Partners and Vital Marketing Group
doing African-American, outreach. The Army will "maintain
a minority presence in general-market advertising, craft minority
-specific messages," and "focus Spanish-language messages at
parents and ' influencers .'" Political science professor Peter
Feaver expressed skepticism, saying, "If the problem is Iraq,
there's not much in the short run that the Army recruiters can do."
http://www.prwatch.org/node/3319

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18) U.S. Military Anti-Recruitment Efforts (LINK ONLY)
Needed Now More Than Ever
By Jack Dalton
From AxisofLogic.com
Feb 25, 2005, 19:00
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_15954.shtml

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19) Bush Seeks to Ban Some Nations From (LINK ONLY)
All Nuclear Technology
By DAVID E. SANGER
WASHINGTON
March 15, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/15/politics/15treaty.html?hp&ex=1110949200&en=afa5e227075aa8ed&ei=5094&partner=homepage

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20) Judge Delays Trial of Student (LINK ONLY)
Accused of Plot to Kill Bush
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
March 15, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/15/national/15ali.html

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21) LINKS TO ARTICLES POINTING TO JROTC RECRUITMENT TACTICS, ETC.
Forwarded Message from Jon Previtali
I couldn't find the number of people joining the military from the
general population, but it's surely less than 40% which is the number
of JROTC graduates who enlisted in some form in 1995-96. Take
a look at the report linked below for more details. I couldn't find
more recent information, but I believe it is contained in military
publications called "Disposition of Candidate" reports that should
be available to the public.
School Year 95-96 - 40% JROTC Grads enlisted (active, nat'l guard,
reserves, mil commission/college),
SY 96-97 - 43% enlisted
From the "Final Report of the CSIS Political-Military Studies Project
on the JROTC" (pro-JROTC, but good info) collected from Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps JROTC Programs' Disposition
of Cadets reports.
http://www.csis.org/polmil/jrotc/jrotcfinal.pdf
Also, according to an article I read, some schools (maybe all,
I don't know) actually pay half the cost of the JROTC program
to be on campus. The rest of the cost is paid by the military.
If SFUSD is indeed funding JROTC, cutting the budget would be
a great place to end it.
Applicable quotes:
"Almost 50 percent of the folks who go into [Air Force] Junior
ROTC go on to one of our services, ... either by enlisting, or going
through ROTC, or going to one of the academies."
-- Gen. Michael E. Ryan, Chief of Staff, US Air Force, February 2000
http://www.afa.org/magazine/april2000/0400rotc.asp
JROTC is "one of the best recruiting devices that we could have."
-- Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, 2000
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3861/is_200109/ai_n8962746
http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=258

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22) Alerting Humanitarians to Emergencies (LINK ONLY)
Montana call for Iraq troop return sparks debate
12 Mar 2005 00:59:16 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Laura Zuckerman
SULA, Mont., March 11 (Reuters)
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N11460046.htm

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23) Bankruptcy Bill Said to Hit (LINK ONLY)
Poorest Americans Hardest
By Abid Aslam
Saturday 12 March 2005
Also see:
Congress Eyes Slashing Food Aid for Poor •
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/031405B.shtml

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24) U.S. UNAWARE OF REALITIES OF
IRAQ WAR, VET SAYS
By Stu Woo
Brown Daily Herald
Published: Friday, March 11, 20
http://www.browndailyherald.com/main.cfm?include=displaystaffbio&authorid=1492245

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