BAUAW NEWSLETTER - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2005

LEARN MORE ABOUT JROTC go to:
http://www.jrotc.org/
Do you think they help enlistment?

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LYNNE STEWART WILL BE FEATURED SPEAKER
AT THE MASS RALLY FOR MUMIA ABU JAMAL,
2 P.M., SUNDAY APRIL 24
AT MISSION HIGH SCHOOL (18TH & DOLORES, SF)

Sunday, April 24: Lynne will be the featured speaker at a 2 pm
Mission High School mass rally (18th and Dolores) for Mumia
Abu-Jamal. The rally includes a concert by Michael Franti. Pam Africa
will also speak as well as Mumia's lead counsel, Robert R. Bryan and
Bay Area National Lawyers Guild Executive Director, Carlos
Villarreal. This will be the main event of Lynne's tour. Mumia will
record greeting for the rally.

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1) Justice for New Americans Fundraiser
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:00 p.m.
San Jose Repertory Theatre
"Making Tracks" is a rock muscial that tells stories
of seven generations of Asian Americans in America.
See www.makingtracks.com
J4na mailing list
J4na@justicefornewamericans.org
http://justicefornewamericans.org/mailman/listinfo/j4na

2) Benefit for Military Resisters
and Iraq Veterans Against the War
Old-Time Square Dance with LIVE Music! Saturday, April 30, 2005
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House
953 De Haro St., San Francisco
(at 22nd St. overlooking SF General Hospital)
Social & Introductions: 6 pm - 7:30 pm
Dance: 7:30 pm - 11 pm
$10-$30 sliding scale / $5 students
FEATURING
The Stairwell Sisters
http://www.stairwellsisters.com
with calling by Evie Ladin
"wild, hard dance music...infectious" - Oakland Tribune
AND
The Squirrelly Stringband
http://www.spectacularopticals.com/SQUIRRELLY.swf
The Bernal Hill Stringband and other special guests!

3) VOICES IN WARTIME
OPENS IN S.F. APRIL 15, 2005
Landmark Lumiere 3
1572 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

4) Caterpillar Free Zone
Please sign the online petition, Caterpillar:
Stop Bulldozing Palestinian
Lives no later than April 10 in time for Caterpillar
Inc.'s annual shareholders' meeting in Chicago on April

5) LOCAL UPCOMING ANTIWAR EVENTS:
*ANSWER Film Series on Vietnam
*Made in Palestine Art Exhibit
*Local 2 Hotel Worker Pickets
*Help organize for April 30 Rally
*ANSWER Activist Meeting
Call 415-821-6545 for more information on the following
upcoming events.

6) Wages Lagging Behind Prices
Inflation has outpaced the rise in salaries for the first
time in 14 years. And workers are paying a bigger share of
the cost of their healthcare.
By Nicholas Riccardi
Times Staff Writer
April 11, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-wages11apr11,0,5092199.story?coll=la-home-headlines

7) This in over the weekend from the Central Labor Council of
Alameda County, AFL-CIO:
Join workers, students and community members at nine
campuses around the state for this strike.
UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE STRIKE
WORKERS AT UC CAMPUSES
NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Picketing begins 6am, Thursday, April 14,
continues until 11:30 pm

8) Cardinal disgraced in sex-abuse scandal plays prominent
role in papal funeral rites
By Patrick Martin
11 April 2005
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/law-a11.shtml

9) Why We Fight What are the forces that shape and propel
American militarism?
This award-winning film provides an
inside look at the anatomy of the American war machine.
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of
military supremacy?
Has the military become too important in American life?
Click here to watch it now! Real Video.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8494.htm

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/03/1728970.php

mailto:lvpsf@labornet.org 415-282-1908
P.O. Box 720027, San Francisco, CA 94172

10) The War Against us All
By Mumia Abu-Jamal from death row
Published Mar 30, 2005 10:42 AM
The following commentary was played at
March 19 anti-war rallies in the United States:

11) E.P.A. Halts Florida
Test on Pesticides
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
"WASHINGTON, April 8 - Stephen L. Johnson, the acting
administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said on
Friday that he was canceling a study of the effects of
pesticides on infants and babies, a day after two Democratic
senators said they would block his confirmation if the
research continued."
April 9, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/09/politics/09pesticides.html?

12) University of California
Department of Ethnic Studies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
PROFESSORS PROTEST U.S. TORTURE POLICIES
Contact: Professor L. Ling-chi Wang
Tel: 510-642-7439/415-922-4380
e-mail: tortureteachin@bigfoot.com
www.tortureteachin.org

13) FBI questions student organizations
Arbiter Online April 7th, 2005 (Boise State)
http://www.arbiteronline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/07/4254a1aacc5dc

14) Defending the Defender: Chokwe Lumumba
Another attack on a movement defense attorney!
http://tbwt.org/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=434&pop=1&page=0

15) Amputees Begin Returning to Battlefield
WASHINGTON
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151759,00.html

16) STOP PEPPER SPRAY Q-TIP TORTURE ON PEACEFUL PROTESTERS!
CHECK OUT: http://www.NOPEPPERSPRAY.ORG

17) Stroke the rich
IRS has become a subsidy system for
super-wealthy Americans IRS winks at rich deadbeats
David Cay Johnston
Sunday, April 11, 2004
www.sfgate.com
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/04/11/INGV560VO41.DTL

18) Fed Worried About
U.S. Inflation Rising
By REUTERS
WASHINGTON (Reuters)
Filed at 4:19 p.m. ET
April 12, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-economy-fed.html?
19) Us 'Smuggles Wounded Troops Home'
Under Cover of Darkness
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
10 April 2005
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=627924

20) U.S.: Pay Gap Widens
Between CEOs and Workers
by Abid Aslam
WASHINGTON
Published on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 by OneWorld.net
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0412-10.htm

21) Antiwar Movement Debates Occupation in Brooklyn
April 6, 2005 - St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights
sponsored by Brooklyn Parents for Peace -
http://www.brooklynpeace.org/
In order of speaking: Carolyn Eisenberg (moderator),
Alex Ryabov, Anthony Arnove, and Erik Gustafson.
photos (c) 2005 Charles Jenks
Transcript of Presentations and Rebuttals (Q and A follows)
http://traprockpeace.org/iraq_debate_06april05.html

22) Fundraiser for Human Rights
Attorney Lynne Stewart
Friday, April 22
"Middle East Children's Alliance"

23) QUEER ART MEETS PALESTINIAN ART
" A Queer Afternoon" at Made In Palestine
SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2005
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
SomArts Gallery, 934 Brannan (at 8th), San Francisco

24) Bush and Blair,
If the moon could talk, what would it say?
By Maher Osseiran

25) "We Created
Terror Among the Arabs"
The Deir Yassin Massacre
By WILLIAM MARTIN
http://www.counterpunch.org/martin05132004.html

26) Who is Pushing Whom into the Sea?
Ben Gurion: "We Must Expel the
Arabs and Take Their Place"
By WILLIAM MARTIN
March 11, 2005
http://www.counterpunch.org/martin03112005.html

27) Afghanistan to Seek More
Ties With U.S., Karzai Says
By THOM SHANKER 12:13 PM ET
The proposal could include U.S. economic assistance
as well as security guarantees and military cooperation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/international/asia/13cnd-rumsfeld.html?hp&ex=1113451200&en=29dc5f06c0555945&ei=5094&partner=homepage

28) University of California Statewide Strike on April 14 & Part of 15!
In a message dated 4/13/05 9:20:12 AM, l
anfran@YORKU.CA writes:
For the first time ever, all service workers at all five UC Medical
Centers, two Community Hospitals, nine campuses, and Agricultural
Stations will be striking the UC system on Thursday, April 14th and
part of Friday, April 15th.

29) Zoellick Pays Surprise Visit to Fallujah
Deputy Secretary of State Is Greeted With Complaints
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 13, 2005; 10:27 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49091-2005Apr13.html

30) Rumsfeld's mission to Baghdad:
keeping Saddam's secret police in power
By Bill Van Auken
13 April 2005
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/rums-a13.shtml

31) Scientists Scramble to Destroy Flu Strain
By Emma Ross
The Associated Press
Wednesday 13 April 2005
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/041305Z.shtml

32) Iraq Violence Flares as
U.S.'s Zoellick Visits
By Carol Giacomo
Wed Apr 13, 2005 08:40 AM ET
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8168575&src=eDialog/GetContent

33) Dem pol rips planned hike in vet health costs
BY DONALD BERTRAND
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
http://www.nydailynews.com
Tuesday, April 12th, 2005
http://www.nydailynews.com/04-12-2005/boroughs/v-pfriendly/story/298803p-255837c.html

34) Useful Counter Recruitment Information:
Counter Recruitment Watch
April 12, 2005
http://www.PeaceNoWar.net
Parents Against Military Slavery
The Time to Oppose the Draft is Now!
http://counterpunch.com/zeese04122005.htm
March 4 Campus Antiwar Network Newsletter: they
published a very awesome CO newsletter
http://www.peacenowar.net/Military/CO/Information/CANNewsletter4.pdf
February 2005 Peace Zine
The Monthly Newsletter from Peace No war Network
Special Counter Recruitment Issue
http://www.peacenowar.net/PeaceZine/Feb05.pdf

35) "Mothers Against the Draft" (MAD)
dorindamoreno
wrote:to: mothers4peacenews@yahoogroups.com,
"activistparents@yahoogroups.com"
,
indyiraqaction@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 11:37:47 -0700
Subject: [activistparents] Mothers Against the Draft

36) Saddam, Bush, and Blair statues toppled
in Baghdad as hundreds of thousands demonstrate against
the occupation
By Rob Lyon
http://www.marxist.com/MiddleEast/baghdad_demo120405.htm

37) "Terrorism in the Hands of Justice"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26402-2005Apr4.html

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1) Justice for New Americans Fundraiser
Sunday, April 17, 2005 2:00 p.m.
San Jose Repertory Theatre
"Making Tracks" is a rock muscial that tells stories
of seven generations of Asian Americans in America.
See www.makingtracks.com
J4na mailing list
J4na@justicefornewamericans.org
http://justicefornewamericans.org/mailman/listinfo/j4na

Then followed by a fundraiser with reading of transcripts of the case that
highlights FBI's interrogation of Wen Ho Lee and Judge Parker's apology,
followed by an award ceremony and a reception.
Ticket available for sale at www.j4na.org

Cecilia L. Chang
Justice for New Americans
P.O. Box 120
Fremont, CA 94537
510 537-2929
510 537-3340 fax
www.j4na.org

J4na mailing list
J4na@justicefornewamericans.org
http://justicefornewamericans.org/mailman/listinfo/j4na

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2) Benefit for Military Resisters
and Iraq Veterans Against the War
Old-Time Square Dance with LIVE Music! Saturday, April 30, 2005
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House
953 De Haro St., San Francisco
(at 22nd St. overlooking SF General Hospital)
Social & Introductions: 6 pm - 7:30 pm
Dance: 7:30 pm - 11 pm
$10-$30 sliding scale / $5 students
FEATURING
The Stairwell Sisters
http://www.stairwellsisters.com
with calling by Evie Ladin
"wild, hard dance music...infectious" - Oakland Tribune
AND
The Squirrelly Stringband
http://www.spectacularopticals.com/SQUIRRELLY.swf
The Bernal Hill Stringband and other special guests!

ANTI WAR EVENT TO SUPPORT A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR:
All dances taught! Beginners welcome!
The most fun you could have for the best cause!
All proceeds to benefit the defense of Pablo Paredes
(swiftsmartveterans.com) and Iraq Veterans Against the War
(ivaw.net). To protest the Iraq War, Petty Officer Third Class
Pablo Paredes publicly refused to deploy to the Middle East and
is now facing military courts martial. IVAW is a newly formed
organization of recent Iraq veterans opposed to the ongoing war
and occupation.

Benefit hosted by Not in Our Name, Code Pink, Iraq Veterans
Against the War, International Socialist Organization, College
Not Combat, Courage to Resist, Freedom Socialist Party, Queers
for Peace and Justice/SF, Radical Women, and Bay Area United
Against War.

Public transit: Muni 19 bus from Civic Center BART (8th Street) -
outbound toward Hunters Point.

"Combine this band's vocal prowess with skilled
multi-instrumental chops and a hellbent-for-leather attitude, and
you have a wild funky recording... Brittle, hard-edged, exciting
ensemble singing... in which the Stairwell Sisters rocket into
the high lonesome stratosphere." - Old-Time Herald

For more information and leaflets:
http://bayarea.notinourname.net
510-601-8000

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3) VOICES IN WARTIME
OPENS IN S.F. APRIL 15, 2005
Landmark Lumiere 3
1572 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
* * * * MEDIA ALERT * * * *
VOICES IN WARTIME, A DOCUMENTARY FILM
OPENS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND BERKELEY
ON APRIL 15, 2005
Filmmakers and Soldier/Poet Available for Interviews

"Voices in Wartime", a documentary film that explores
through images and poetry the psychological and emotional
trauma of war, opens this Friday, April 15 at two
San Francisco Bay Area theatres.

The film explores the history, heroism, terror and
emotional impact of war - from ancient Babylonia to
the current conflict in Iraq. The stirring work of
poets of the past such as Wilfred Owen, Emily Dickinson
and Langston Hughes are combined with more recent
voices: a Vietnam vet, a U.S. mother, writers in
war-torn Baghdad and a poet whose family experienced
the devastating war in Biafra, Nigeria.

The film poignantly addresses not only the horrors
of war, but the honor of soldiers and the need to
understand and address issues facing them upon their
return to normal life. From the mouths of veteran
poets and historical observers, the film also
addresses the effects of combat on the families
of soldiers, and the societies to which they return.

WHO: Director Rick King ("Hard Choices," "Off the Wall")
Executive producer Andy Himes (co-founder of non profit
www.voicesinwartime.org) Brian Turner (Poet, Former
US Soldier in Iraq)

WHEN: Spokespeople are available for interviews in
studio and by phone on April 14-15

CONTACT: To schedule interviews please contact:

Beth Portello, bportello@cinemalibrestudio.com,
w:818-349-8822, c:310-780-4008

DETAILS: Film opens April 15at:

San Francisco - Landmark Lumiere 3
1572 California Street, 415-267-4893


Q& A with Medea Benjamin - Co-Founder,
Global Exchange/Founder, CodePINK - following 7:30pm show

Berkeley - Landmark Shattuck Cinemas -
2230 Shattuck Ave., 510-644-2992

Clips available on Beta.

www.voicesinwartime.org


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4) Caterpillar Free Zone
Please sign the online petition, Caterpillar:
Stop Bulldozing Palestinian
Lives no later than April 10 in time for Caterpillar
Inc.'s annual shareholders' meeting in Chicago on April 13.
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/stopcat/
Caterpillar Free Zone
loumorgan2003@yahoo.com

Tomorrow morning, Tuesday 29th March, party leaders on Limerick City
Council will consider a motion put forward by the Ireland Palestine
Solidarity Campaign to declare Limerick City the worlds first
Caterpillar
Free Zone.

The motion calls on the City Council to ban the use of all
Caterpillar plant and machinery on Council worksites from
January 1st 2006, and calls on all traders in Limerick City
to implement a voluntary ban on the sale of
Caterpillar merchandise.

On April 13th Caterpillar shareholders meet in Chicago and will
discuss a resolution on the sale of bulldozers to Israel.
The potential domino effect of a City declaring itself
a Caterpillar Free Zone will not go unnoticed by the
shareholders.

We need your help - please email the City Council
info@limerickcity.ie or better still phone the Mayors
office (353) 61 415799 and encourage the councilors to
support the motion and congratulate them for being the
first city in the world to consider such a motion.

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5) LOCAL UPCOMING ANTIWAR EVENTS:
*ANSWER Film Series on Vietnam
*Made in Palestine Art Exhibit
*Local 2 Hotel Worker Pickets
*Help organize for April 30 Rally
*ANSWER Activist Meeting
Call 415-821-6545 for more information on the following
upcoming events.

Hanoi Tuesday the 13th
Filmed in Hanoi on December 13, 1966, this documentary records
the lives of people in the Vietnam capital and surrounding
countryside at the height of U.S. bombing. Their daily
activities are presented in a collage of images: building
irrigation ditches, planting rice, fishing, weaving...life
continued despite the shower of U.S. bombs. During these
air raids, the people formed armed self-defense units so
efficient that the life of the nation was not
interrupted. 40min. 1967, Spanish w/ English subtitles.

79 Springtimes of Ho Chi Minh
This film memorializes the leader of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh,
on the occasion of his death. It narrates the story of
a life which is also the story of a nation recounting
his important accomplishments in the struggle against
colonialism and imperialism.The simplicity of his ascetic
life of study, work, and struggle is contrasted to the
pomp of his official funeral, where the film documents
the immense outpouring of grief by the Vietnamese people
on the death of their leader. The film's most impacting
sequence is its outcry against the Vietnam War, with scenes
of anti-war protests in the U.S. and battle scenes give
way to disturbing images of mutilated Vietnamese
children. 24min. 1969, Spanish w/ English subtitles.

Made in Palestine exhibition April 7-21
SomArts 934 Brannan St., San Francisco
Made In Palestine on view at SomArts,
San Francisco, April 7 through
April 21, 2005.

The exhibition showcases
a collection of contemporary
art made by 23 Palestinian
artists and refugees, who live in the
occupied territories and the
Diaspora. The works on display cover a
wide range of media and present
individual reflections on the
Palestinian contemporary experience
and the political situation in
Palestine. The Station Museum,
Houston, where the show originated,
described Made In Palestine as
"the first exhibit of contemporary
Palestinian art ever displayed
in the United States."
For more information, visit
http://www.justiceinpalestine.net
or call 510-548-0542.

Support Local 2 Hotel Workers
on the Picket Line

Join the picket lines and
support the 4300 members of
Local 2 who have been fighting
for respect on the job, decent
healthcare, fair wages and the
right for non-union workers to
choose union representation in
an environment free of coercion
and intimidation.

Fri. 4/8 Grand Hyatt,
345 Stockton at Post, 2pm-6pm
Tues. 4/12 Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero Center
at Sacramento & Fremont, 2pm-6pm
Thurs. 4/14 St. Francis,
335 Powell at Geary, 11am-1pm

Sat. April 9
Poster and petition for April 30 Rally
and Defend Social Security Campaign
Bush and Schwarzenegger intend to slash
virtually all remaining social services
to fund unlimited war and occupation,
while giving tax breaks to the rich.
While more than $200 million is spent
every day on war in Iraq, more than
150 vital health, housing, education
and other programs are targeted for
complete elimination. It must be stopped.

Help build for the exciting April 30 Mass
Regional Rally to say "Defend Social
Security! Money for People's Needs - Not
War & Occupation!" Join a team with others
for an hour or two and get out in the sun
to poster for the upcoming rally or collect
signatures for the Defend Social Security -
Stop the Budget Cuts Campaign. Time to
hit the streets and organize!

San Francisco: Meet 11am at
2489 Mission St. Room 24 (at 21st St.)
East Bay: Meet 12noon 12:30 at the
MacArthur BART Parking Lot

Tues. April 12, 7pm
ANSWER Activist Meeting
2489 Mission St. Room 30 (at 21st St.),
San Francisco

Join us for a political update,
a report back and discussion of recent
protests against the budget cuts and
social security "reform". Also, a report
on April 30 organizing and how you can help.

A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
Act Now to Stop War & End Racism
http://www.ANSWERcoalition.org
http://www.actionsf.org
National Office in Washington DC: 202-544-3389
New York City: 212-533-0417
Los Angeles: 323-464-1636
San Francisco: 415-821-6545
For media inquiries, call 415-821-6545.

Help the movement continue to grow strong.
You can make a tax-deductible contribution
to A.N.S.W.E.R. through a secure server by
clicking here, where you can also find
information on how to contribute by check.

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6) Wages Lagging Behind Prices
Inflation has outpaced the rise in salaries for the first
time in 14 years. And workers are paying a bigger share of
the cost of their healthcare.
By Nicholas Riccardi
Times Staff Writer
April 11, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-wages11apr11,0,5092199.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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7) This in over the weekend from the Central Labor Council of
Alameda County, AFL-CIO:
Join workers, students and community members at nine
campuses around the state for this strike.
UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE STRIKE
WORKERS AT UC CAMPUSES
NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Picketing begins 6am, Thursday, April 14,
continues until 11:30 pm

California Legislators call the University of California
"the worst employer in the state."

UC refuses to bargain in good faith with AFSCME 3299
members, the people who keep the campus running!

· 93% of UC service workers earn wages that do not
meet basic needs for a single adult with a child.

· 46% earn wages that do not meet basic needs for a
two wage-earner, two child family (if both adults earned
the same amount).

· UC food service workers earn wages so low that
they are eligible for nine major publicly-funded welfare
programs.

Join workers, students and community members at nine
campuses around the state for this strike.

THURSDAY, APRIL 14 ? BERKELEY CAMPUS

6am - Picket lines up at Sproul Plaza (just inside campus,
near the intersection of Bancroft & Telegraph)

Noon - Rally at Sproul Plaza

4pm - Rally at International House, 2299 Piedmont Av.,
Berkeley

?til 11:30 pm - Picketing continues at many locations

If you can help picket before 6am, call (510) 774-4048 to
ask for a gate assignment.

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8) Cardinal disgraced in sex-abuse scandal plays prominent
role in papal funeral rites
By Patrick Martin
11 April 2005
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/law-a11.shtml

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9) Why We Fight What are the forces that shape and propel
American militarism?
This award-winning film provides an
inside look at the anatomy of the American war machine.
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of
military supremacy?
Has the military become too important in American life?
Click here to watch it now! Real Video.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article8494.htm

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/03/1728970.php

mailto:lvpsf@labornet.org 415-282-1908
P.O. Box 720027, San Francisco, CA 94172

On March 19, 2005, hundreds of Bay Area trade unionists and workers
joined together in a rally and march against the war. They speak
about the connection of the war and the attack on workers at home.

QuickTime movie at 48.1 mebibytes 16 minutes
< http://www.indybay.org/uploads/labor_speaks_out.mov>

You can order a DVD copy or VHS copy of the video
for $10.00 plus $2.00 shipping.
[Mention you were referred by
USLAW for a $2.00 discount.]
Mail check or money order to
Labor Video Project
P.O. Box 720027
San Francisco, CA 94172

The Labor Video Project produces labor video documentaries
and also produces the cable show "Labor On The Job" It has
been programmed since 1983 in San Francisco. It is also
programmed in Philadelphia and St. Louis. The Labor Video
Project is also part of the Union Producers and Programmers
Network (UPPNET) http://www.laborbeat.org/3/uppnetnl.htm
http://www.laborbeat.org/3/uppnetnl.htm
Labor Video Project
P.O.Box 720027
San Francisco,CA 94172
Phone (415)282-1908
lvpsf@labornet.org
http://www.laboronthejob.com
http://www.laboronthejob.com/
U.S. Labor Against War (USLAW)
www.uslaboragainstwar.org
http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/
Email: info@uslaboragainstwar.org
PMB 153
1718 "M" Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
Co-convenors: Gene Bruskin, Maria Guillen, Fred Mason,
Bob Muehlenkamp, and Nancy Wohlforth Michael Eisenscher,
National Organizer & Website Coordinator Adrienne Nicosia,
Administrative Staff

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10) The War Against us All
By Mumia Abu-Jamal from death row
Published Mar 30, 2005 10:42 AM
The following commentary was played at
March 19 anti-war rallies in the United States:

This war in Iraq isn't the end; it‚s the beginning of wars to
come all around the world at the whim of the neo-cons in
the White House.

This is the Bush Doctrine come to life: war, war, and more
war. War brought to you by the big corporate masters who
run the show.

This isn't just a war on Iraqis or Afghanis or even Arabs
or Muslims. It is ultimately a war on us all. That‚s because
the billions and billions of dollars that are being spent
on this war-the cost of tanks, rocketry, bullets, and yes,
even salaries for the 125,000-plus troops-is money that
will never be spent on education, on health care, on the
reconstruction of crumbling public housing, or to train
and place the millions of workers who have lost
manufacturing jobs in the past three years alone.

The war in Iraq is, in reality, a war against the nation's
workers and the poor who are getting less and less while
the big defense industries are making a killing-literally.
What's next? Iran? Syria? North Korea? Venezuela?
We've already seen the corporate media play megaphone to
the White House to build and promote a war based on lies.

It's been a long time ago, but that great Russian revolutionary,
Leon Trotsky, said, "War is utilized by the imperialists, first
and foremost, to crush internal enemies." We‚re seeing the truth
of his insight when we see the sad state of American education,
the rush of seniors to buy affordable medication from the Canadians
because American drugs are just too expensive, the threatened
privatization of Social Security, and the wave of repression
that comes with an increasingly militarized police. Does the
Homeland Security Department make you feel any safer?

In Black America things get grimmer every day as resources that
are already scarce begin to shrink even further. Young people
feel that prisons are a rite of passage, an inevitable place
to visit. And a decent job seems like a distant dream.

This is a war on all of us, and the struggle against war is
really a struggle for a better life for the millions of folks
who are in need here in this country. The fight against the war
is really to fight for your own interests, not the false
interests of the defense industries, or the corporate media,
or the White House.

Down with the wars for empire!

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11) E.P.A. Halts Florida
Test on Pesticides
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
"WASHINGTON, April 8 - Stephen L. Johnson, the acting
administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said on
Friday that he was canceling a study of the effects of
pesticides on infants and babies, a day after two Democratic
senators said they would block his confirmation if the
research continued."
April 9, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/09/politics/09pesticides.html?

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12) University of California
Department of Ethnic Studies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
PROFESSORS PROTEST U.S. TORTURE POLICIES
Contact: Professor L. Ling-chi Wang
Tel: 510-642-7439/415-922-4380
e-mail: tortureteachin@bigfoot.com
www.tortureteachin.org

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13) FBI questions student organizations
Arbiter Online April 7th, 2005 (Boise State)
http://www.arbiteronline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/07/4254a1aacc5dc

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14) Defending the Defender: Chokwe Lumumba
Another attack on a movement defense attorney!
http://tbwt.org/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=434&pop=1&page=0

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15) Amputees Begin Returning to Battlefield
WASHINGTON
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151759,00.html

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16) STOP PEPPER SPRAY Q-TIP TORTURE ON PEACEFUL PROTESTERS!
CHECK OUT: http://www.NOPEPPERSPRAY.ORG

You're ALL invited to the Pepper Spray Trial!
Come witness the trial that will decide the fate of protest and
chemical weapons in these times!
We need a presence in the courtroom to show support!

(****laptop owners needed on TUES. April 12. Please reply if you can
help with a very special task using your laptop for justice.)

Trial starts April 12th, 2005 until the end of April!
San Francisco Federal Building, Judge Susan Ilston's Courtroom 450
Golden Gate Ave. at Polk (Civic Center BART stop) 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM
M-Th starting April 12
**Must bring photo ID to get in**
Call 510-835-6303 for more info

Support rally
April 18 1:30 - 3 PM
Civic Center
Speakers will include the plaintiffs and attorneys in the case, and
music by Joanne Rand, Mokai, and one of the plaintiffs, Spring
Lundberg. Humboldt tree-sitter Remedy will speak and Casey and Lila
will join other musicians to be confirmed for this showing of support
for the "Pepper Spray 8" and for an end to the torture.

plus, 2 BENEFIT CONCERTS:

SUN, APRIL 17
Musical Benefit, San Francisco CA
Sunday, April 17, 2005, 7 pm, Twelve Galaxies Nightclub

David Nelson with the Flying Other Brothers featuring

Pete Sears (played with Rod Stewart, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship)
Barry Sless (Phil And Friends) and
Jimmy Sanchez (recorded with Santana)

Melvin Seals - Keyboardist and special guest

Tony Serra - Attorney for the Pepperspray Eight

Spring Lundberg - folk singer & guitarist, Pepper Spray Eight
plaintiff

Noel Hewitt Tendick - poet and Pepper Spray Eight plaintiff

Mokai - folk guitarist and forest activist

Very Special Guests TBA

Chet Helms and Wavy Gravy - Masters of Ceremony

Randy Merton - Lights

Twelve Galaxies Nightclub
2565 Mission (Between 21st And 22nd), San Francisco CA
Venue Info: 415-970-9777

Doors open at 6 PM, Show at 7 PM

TICKETS: www.virtuous.com or at the door night of show $16 general
admission, $60 benefactor package including poster autographed by
artists, Wavy Gravy and Chet Helms

Monday, April 18
Sunset Promotions Presents:
CC's Acoustic Underground Showcase (CAUSE)
www.CAUSE-music.com
Elbo Room
647 Valencia, SF, CA
Show: 8:00PM til 12:30 AM
$5-20 Sliding Scale
This month is a benefit for the "Pepper Spray 8" ancient forest
defenders. Also performing: Joanne Rand, essence and Spring Lundberg
(one of the plaintiffs in the
pepper spray trial).
www.mokaiMusic.com
www.joannerand.com
www.essencemusic.com

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17) Stroke the rich
IRS has become a subsidy system for
super-wealthy Americans IRS winks at rich deadbeats
David Cay Johnston
Sunday, April 11, 2004
www.sfgate.com
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/04/11/INGV560VO41.DTL


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18) Fed Worried About
U.S. Inflation Rising
By REUTERS
WASHINGTON (Reuters)
Filed at 4:19 p.m. ET
April 12, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-economy-fed.html?
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19) Us 'Smuggles Wounded Troops Home'
Under Cover of Darkness
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
10 April 2005
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=627924

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20) U.S.: Pay Gap Widens
Between CEOs and Workers
by Abid Aslam
WASHINGTON
Published on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 by OneWorld.net
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0412-10.htm

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21) Antiwar Movement Debates Occupation in Brooklyn
April 6, 2005 - St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights
sponsored by Brooklyn Parents for Peace -
http://www.brooklynpeace.org/
In order of speaking: Carolyn Eisenberg (moderator),
Alex Ryabov, Anthony Arnove, and Erik Gustafson.
photos (c) 2005 Charles Jenks
Transcript of Presentations and Rebuttals (Q and A follows)
http://traprockpeace.org/iraq_debate_06april05.html

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22) Fundraiser for Human Rights
Attorney Lynne Stewart
Friday, April 22
"Middle East Children's Alliance"

Civil and human rights attorney Lynne Stewart was recently
convicted on all five counts of conspiring to aid terrorists and
lying to the government. She faces up to 35 years in prison.
Lynne will speak at an event MECA will be holding to raise
money for her appeal.

Friday, April 22, 2005 - MECA office, 901 Parker Street (at 7th),
Berkeley - 7:30 to 9:30 - $15 or more
For more info (510) 548-0542, meca@mecaforpeace.org or www.mecaforpeace.org

Lynne Stewart was convicted of smuggling out messages from
her jailed client, Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, who is serving a life
sentence on terror- related charges. Lynne's co-defendants Ahmed
Sattar, a postal worker and paralegal, and Mohammed Yousry,
an Arabic translator, were also convicted of all charges against them.

The verdict was a major victory for the Bush Justice Department.
It was the first time that the federal government has prosecuted
a defense attorney in a terrorism case. Defense lawyers around
the country fear the government's aim is to discourage them from
representing unpopular clients.

The jury deliberated for 13 days before delivering the guilty
verdict. Judge, John Koeltl, set her sentencing for July 15.
Because she was convicted of a felony, she will be immediately
disbarred. She remains free on bail, but cannot travel outside
New York State.

After a verdict was read out, Lynne Stewart emerged from the
courthouse with her husband and spoke to reporters gathered
outside. She said, "I'm still very shook up and surprised and
disappointed that the jury didn't see what we saw. But I think,
as one my counsel put it, when you put Osama bin Laden in
a courtroom and ask the jury to ignore it, that's asking a lot.
We are not giving up, obviously. We are going to fight on.
This is the beginning of a longer struggle. I think everyone
who has a sense that the United States needs to protect the
Constitution at this time understands that struggle. And this
case could be, I hope it will be, a wakeup call to all of the
citizens of this country and all of the people who live here
that you can't lock up the lawyers. You can't tell the lawyers
how to do their job. You've got to let them operate. And I will
fight on. I'm not giving up. I know I committed no crime.
I know what I did was right. Thank you."

Additional information and opportunities to get involved
can be found at: www.lynnestewart.org

email: meca@mecaforpeace.org
phone: 510-548-0542
web: http://www.mecaforpeace.org

Middle East Children's Alliance | 901 Parker Street | Berkeley | CA | 94710

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23) QUEER ART MEETS PALESTINIAN ART
" A Queer Afternoon" at Made In Palestine
SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2005
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
SomArts Gallery, 934 Brannan (at 8th), San Francisco
Featuring performance and spoken word with:
L.A. Happy Hyder, Tommi Avicolli-Mecca, Larry Bob Roberts,
Lady Monster,
Carla Schick, and Jaime Cader
PLUS “Estee Slaughter: The Videoâ€ the true story of the
fake cosmetics giant
Food, drink, schmoozing and a chance to see the amazing Made
In Pales tine
Art Show
Sponsored by QUIT! 510-434-1304 www.quitpalestine.org
The Made In Palestine Art Exhibit will be at Somarts until April 21.
Gallery hours are as follows: Tuesday & Wednesday 12pm -
4pm;Â Thursday -
Saturday 12pm - 7pm; Sunday 12pm - 6pm
For more information about the Made In Palestine exhibit, visit
http://www.justiceinpalestine.net/MIP/

SUNDAY APRIL 17, 7:30pm
Longhaul in Berkeley
3124 Shattuck Ave.
reading from Resisting Assimilation, the anthology that really rocks.
With local authors including yours truly and Matilda of Gay Shame...

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24) Bush and Blair,
If the moon could talk, what would it say?
By Maher Osseiran
Investigative article that sheds new light on the confessions (plural)
of Osama Bin Laden on video to 9/11 and supports the possibility that
it was produced by western intelligence. It also vindicates those who
coined the term "Synthetic Terrorism".

The article does not defend Bin Laden and in no way condones the
terrorist attacks of 9/11, it was written in search for the truth and
how the lack of it affects our lives.

The article is laid out in the same manner that a court summation
usually is. It shows that there are two tapes of Bin Laden confessing
to 9/11 and that mysteriously one of them, the "British video" has
vanished.

It raises the possibility, through timeline analysis and public
statements by Tony Blair, that the missing British video is the
same as the American video that most have seen and asks about
the implications.

It also analysis the timeline of the American video and proves
with a high degree of accuracy that it was taped prior to the start
of Operations in Afghanistan and strengthens the possibility that
it is a product of western intelligence.

The article also raises the possibility that Osama Bin Laden could
have been caught prior to the start of Operation in Afghanistan and was intentionally let go.

In order to walk the reader logically through the timeline analysis
and lay out all pertinent information, the article might seem long
but makes for easy reading.
http://www.thedemocracyworkshop.com/article01.htm

http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/147632/index.php


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25) "We Created
Terror Among the Arabs"
The Deir Yassin Massacre
By WILLIAM MARTIN
http://www.counterpunch.org/martin05132004.html

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26) Who is Pushing Whom into the Sea?
Ben Gurion: "We Must Expel the
Arabs and Take Their Place"
By WILLIAM MARTIN
March 11, 2005
http://www.counterpunch.org/martin03112005.html

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27) Afghanistan to Seek More
Ties With U.S., Karzai Says
By THOM SHANKER 12:13 PM ET
The proposal could include U.S. economic assistance
as well as security guarantees and military cooperation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/international/asia/13cnd-rumsfeld.html?hp&ex=1113451200&en=29dc5f06c0555945&ei=5094&partner=homepage

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28) University of California Statewide Strike on April 14 & Part of 15!
In a message dated 4/13/05 9:20:12 AM, l
anfran@YORKU.CA writes:
For the first time ever, all service workers at all five UC Medical
Centers, two Community Hospitals, nine campuses, and Agricultural
Stations will be striking the UC system on Thursday, April 14th and
part of Friday, April 15th.

The strike takes place due to the University's Unfair Labor
Practices, its refusal to guarantee pay raises, lack of pay increases
for the last two years, lack of career ladders, and lack of respect
for the work force as a whole.

Recent reports show that low-pay workers at UC are so low paid, they
qualify for government assistance.

To find out where and how you can help call 1-888-856-3299.

In San Diego you can join a rally for justice at Noon time April 14th
in Front of the UCSD Medical Center at 200 Arbor Dr. or at 3 Pm at
the Intersection of Gilman and La Jolla Village Dr. in La Jolla.

For more information call (619) 540-4901.

In San Francisco you can join a similar rally at Noon or at 3:30 PM
in front of the UCSF Main Hospital at 513 Parnassus Ave.

For more information call (415) 747-2328.

http://listserv.yorku.ca

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29) Zoellick Pays Surprise Visit to Fallujah
Deputy Secretary of State Is Greeted With Complaints
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 13, 2005; 10:27 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49091-2005Apr13.html

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30) Rumsfeld's mission to Baghdad:
keeping Saddam's secret police in power
By Bill Van Auken
13 April 2005
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/rums-a13.shtml

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31) Scientists Scramble to Destroy Flu Strain
By Emma Ross
The Associated Press
Wednesday 13 April 2005
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/041305Z.shtml

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32) Iraq Violence Flares as
U.S.'s Zoellick Visits
By Carol Giacomo
Wed Apr 13, 2005 08:40 AM ET
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8168575&src=eDialog/GetContent

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33) Dem pol rips planned hike in vet health costs
BY DONALD BERTRAND
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
http://www.nydailynews.com
Tuesday, April 12th, 2005
http://www.nydailynews.com/04-12-2005/boroughs/v-pfriendly/story/298803p-255837c.html

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34) Useful Counter Recruitment Information:
Counter Recruitment Watch
April 12, 2005
http://www.PeaceNoWar.net
Parents Against Military Slavery
The Time to Oppose the Draft is Now!
http://counterpunch.com/zeese04122005.htm
March 4 Campus Antiwar Network Newsletter: they
published a very awesome CO newsletter
http://www.peacenowar.net/Military/CO/Information/CANNewsletter4.pdf
February 2005 Peace Zine
The Monthly Newsletter from Peace No war Network
Special Counter Recruitment Issue
http://www.peacenowar.net/PeaceZine/Feb05.pdf

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35) "Mothers Against the Draft" (MAD)
dorindamoreno
wrote:to: mothers4peacenews@yahoogroups.com,
"activistparents@yahoogroups.com"
,
indyiraqaction@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 11:37:47 -0700
Subject: [activistparents] Mothers Against the Draft

"Mothers Against the Draft" (MAD) is looking for women in all
50 states to volunteer for the following positions: State
Leadership Committee, Congressional District Leadership
Committee, and MAD Community Leaders. If you are
concerned about the possible reinstatement of the draft
(and after reading the material presented on the MAD
website, I think you will be!), why not help spread the
word and fight the fight by donating your time. To learn
more, visit the website at:
http://www.mothersagainstthedraft.org/

BTW, this is a non-partisan organization.
I have volunteered to serve on the Illinois Leadership Committee -
anyone else game?
Jan
Founder ~ Mothers for Liberty
"Because the best time to stop the draft is BEFORE it starts!"
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"Where is it written in the Constitution, in what article or section
is it contained, that you may take children from their parents
and parents from their children, and compel them to fight the battles
of any war in which the folly and wickedness of the government may
engage itself? Under what concealment has this power lain hidden,
which now for the first time comes forth, with a tremendous and
baleful aspect, to trample down and destroy the dearest right of
personal liberty? Who will show me any Constitutional injunction
which makes it the duty of the American people to surrender
everything valuable in life, and even life, itself, whenever the
purposes of an ambitious and mischievous government may require
it? ... A free government with an uncontrolled power of military
conscription is the most ridiculous and abominable contradiction and
nonsense that ever entered into the heads of men."
-- Daniel Webster
(1782-1852), US Senator
Source: Speech in the House of Representatives, January 14, 1814
http://liberty-tree.ca/qb/Daniel.Webster.Quote.D4ED
Yahoo! Groups Links
* To visit your group on the web, go to:
* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/activistparents/
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36) Saddam, Bush, and Blair statues toppled
in Baghdad as hundreds of thousands demonstrate against
the occupation
By Rob Lyon
http://www.marxist.com/MiddleEast/baghdad_demo120405.htm

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37) "Terrorism in the Hands of Justice"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26402-2005Apr4.html

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