by Dorothy Day
2) "Slow Falling Bird"
Performances are Thursday, Friday
and Saturday through August 20th, at
the EXIT on Taylor, 277 Taylor Street,
San Francisco.
I encourage reservations, as the
first weekend sold out. Call: 415-351-0277 - the EXIT
3) As More Schools Open Earlier, Parents Seek
to Reclaim Summer
By MICHAEL JANOFSKY
Published: August 6, 2005
"It's crazy," said Vivian Jackson, a mother of two
school-age children in Marietta, Ga., where schools open
in mid-August. "There's no reason for it. I spent yesterday
in the allergist's office to get a note from the doctor
because my child cannot ride in a school bus when the
temperature is 90 degrees, and there's not a day in
August here when the temperature does not reach 90 degrees.
"We don't want to start school in August and get out in May,"
she added. "We want our summers back."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/education/
06calendar.html?ei=5094&en=519cbb2811265f95&hp=&ex=1123387200&adxnnl=
1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1123344110-Txb2x9qFXOuXCzsEmjgILg
4) Guantánamo Detention Site
Is Being Transformed, U.S. Says
By NEIL A. LEWIS
Published: August 6, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/politics/06gitmo.html?
5) Use of Espionage Law in Secrets Case Troubles Analysts
By ERIC LICHTBLAU and DAVID JOHNSTON
Published: August 6, 2005
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 - In early 2003, Steven J. Rosen, an
influential lobbyist on Israeli affairs, heard from "a
friend" at the Pentagon about a classified government
report on Middle East policy, federal prosecutors say,
and he thought others should know about it, too.
Within hours, Mr. Rosen was discussing details of the
secret material with Israeli officials as well as with
a senior fellow at a Washington policy institute,
prosecutors say. A few days after that, he contacted
several reporters in town to encourage them to pursue
what he considered a big story, related to the formulation
of American policy on Iran...
It has long been known that the United States and Israel
share, on an authorized basis, highly classified
intelligence about military and diplomatic matters
as well as about other issues like terrorism. Since
1996, the two countries have engaged in formal discussions
about Iran, a country that was the subject of several
conversations between the former pro-Israel lobbyists
and Mr. Franklin, the former Pentagon analyst.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/politics/06inquire.html
6) Some Bombs Used in Iraq Are Made in Iran, U.S. Says
By ERIC SCHMITT
Published: August 6, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/politics/
06bomb.html?hp&ex=1123387200&en=ad400d18fafde1a6&ei=5094&partner=home
page
7) Threat to Divest Is Church Tool in Israeli Fight
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: August 6, 2005
The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. announced Friday that it
would press four American corporations to stop providing
military equipment and technology to Israel for use in
the occupation of the Palestinian territories, and that
if the companies did not comply, the church would take
a vote to divest its stock in them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/national/
06church.html?hp&ex=1123387200&en=4dcd40cdf7b6de61&ei=5094&partner=ho
mepage
8) An Icy Vendor Is Put on Ice With a Wagonload of Legalese
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
August 6, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/nyregion/06icy.html
9) Military Out of Our Schools!
San Francisco Bay Area
Counter Recruitment Events Calendar
10) The Pain Deep Inside
By BOB HERBERT
Published: August 8, 2005
Washington
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/08/opinion/08herbert.html
11) Abuse Cases Open Command
Issues at Army Prison
By TIM GOLDEN
Published: August 8, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/08/national/nationalspecial3/08bagram.html
12) Of the Many Deaths in Iraq,
One Mother's Loss Becomes
a Problem for the President
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
August 8, 2005
CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 7 - President Bush draws antiwar
protesters just about wherever he goes, but few generate
the kind of attention that Cindy Sheehan has since she
drove down the winding road toward his ranch here this
weekend and sought to tell him face to face that he must
pull all Americans troops out of Iraq now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/08/politics/08crawford.html
13) The Canaries Had Their Coal Mines
By ANTHONY DePALMA
Published: August 8, 2005
Until recently, the mercury problem was thought to be limited to
water. The discovery of mercury in songbirds that never go into
the water may represent a serious new threat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/08/nyregion/08mercury.html
14) Dallas law cracks down on feeding
the homeless
Mobile units won't be parked outside
City Hall or they'll face fine
By THOMAS KOROSEC
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
Under a new ordinance, charities, churches and individuals will
be allowed to serve food only at approved locations. Violations
will be punishable by fines of $200 to $2,000.
Aug. 7, 2005, 10:06AM
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3299402
15) 60th ANNIVERSARY OF HIROSHIMA
SUNDANCE CHANNEL REMEMBERS HIROSHIMA WITH A TRIO
OF DOCUMENTARIES STARTING SUNDAY, AUG. 6, 5:30PM
http://www.sundancechannel.com/on_air_event/?ixContent=8104
16) Man Kills Another in Dispute Over War
-- Press Calls It a First
By E&P Staff
Published: August 06, 2005 6:30 PM ET
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/
article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001010741
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1) Dorothy Day on the Atom Bomb at Hiroshima
by Dorothy Day
Mr. Truman was jubilant. President
Truman. True man; what a strange name,
come to think of it. We refer to
Jesus Christ as true God and true Man.
Truman is a true man of his time
in that he was jubilant. He was not a
son of God, brother of Christ,
brother of the Japanese, jubilating as he
did. He went from table to table
on the cruiser which was bringing him
home from the Big Three conference,
telling the great news; "jubilant"
the newspapers said. Jubilate Deo.
We have killed 318,000 Japanese.
That is, we hope we have killed them,
the Associated Press, on page one,
column one of the Herald Tribune
says. The effect is hoped for, not
known. It is to be hoped they are
vaporized, our Japanese brothers,
scattered, men, women and babies,
to the four winds, over the seven seas.
Perhaps we will breathe their dust
into our nostrils, feel them in the
fog of New York on our faces, feel
them in the rain on the hills of
Eaton.
Jubilate Deo. President Truman was
jubilant. We have created. We have
created destruction. We have created
a new element, called Pluto. Nature
had nothing to do with it.
The papers list the scientists
(the murderers) who are credited with
perfecting this new weapon.
Scientists, army officers, great
universities, and captains of
industry-all are given credit lines in the
press for their work of preparing
the bomb-and other bombs, the President
assures us, are in production now.
Everyone says, "I wonder what the
Pope thinks of it?" How everyone turns
to the Vatican for judgment, even
though they do not seem to listen to
the voice there! But our Lord Himself
has already pronounced judgment on
the atomic bomb. When James and John
(John the beloved) wished to call
down fire from heaven on their enemies,
Jesus said:
"You know not of what spirit you are.
The Son of Man came not to destroy
souls but to save." He said also,
"What you do unto the least of these my
brethren, you do unto me.
Reprinted from The Catholic Worker, September 1945
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2) "Slow Falling Bird"
Performances are Thursday, Friday
and Saturday through August 20th, at
the EXIT on Taylor, 277 Taylor Street,
San Francisco.
I encourage reservations, as the
first weekend sold out. Call: 415-351-0277 - the EXIT
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3) As More Schools Open Earlier, Parents Seek
to Reclaim Summer
By MICHAEL JANOFSKY
Published: August 6, 2005
"It's crazy," said Vivian Jackson, a mother of two
school-age children in Marietta, Ga., where schools open
in mid-August. "There's no reason for it. I spent yesterday
in the allergist's office to get a note from the doctor
because my child cannot ride in a school bus when the
temperature is 90 degrees, and there's not a day in
August here when the temperature does not reach 90 degrees.
"We don't want to start school in August and get out in May,"
she added. "We want our summers back."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/education/
06calendar.html?ei=5094&en=519cbb2811265f95&hp=&ex=1123387200&adxnnl=
1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1123344110-Txb2x9qFXOuXCzsEmjgILg
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4) Guantánamo Detention Site
Is Being Transformed, U.S. Says
By NEIL A. LEWIS
Published: August 6, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/politics/06gitmo.html?
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5) Use of Espionage Law in Secrets Case Troubles Analysts
By ERIC LICHTBLAU and DAVID JOHNSTON
Published: August 6, 2005
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 - In early 2003, Steven J. Rosen, an
influential lobbyist on Israeli affairs, heard from "a
friend" at the Pentagon about a classified government
report on Middle East policy, federal prosecutors say,
and he thought others should know about it, too.
Within hours, Mr. Rosen was discussing details of the
secret material with Israeli officials as well as with
a senior fellow at a Washington policy institute,
prosecutors say. A few days after that, he contacted
several reporters in town to encourage them to pursue
what he considered a big story, related to the formulation
of American policy on Iran...
It has long been known that the United States and Israel
share, on an authorized basis, highly classified
intelligence about military and diplomatic matters
as well as about other issues like terrorism. Since
1996, the two countries have engaged in formal discussions
about Iran, a country that was the subject of several
conversations between the former pro-Israel lobbyists
and Mr. Franklin, the former Pentagon analyst.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/politics/06inquire.html
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6) Some Bombs Used in Iraq Are Made in Iran, U.S. Says
By ERIC SCHMITT
Published: August 6, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/politics/
06bomb.html?hp&ex=1123387200&en=ad400d18fafde1a6&ei=5094&partner=home
page
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7) Threat to Divest Is Church Tool in Israeli Fight
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: August 6, 2005
The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. announced Friday that it
would press four American corporations to stop providing
military equipment and technology to Israel for use in
the occupation of the Palestinian territories, and that
if the companies did not comply, the church would take
a vote to divest its stock in them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/national/
06church.html?hp&ex=1123387200&en=4dcd40cdf7b6de61&ei=5094&partner=ho
mepage
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8) An Icy Vendor Is Put on Ice With a Wagonload of Legalese
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
August 6, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/06/nyregion/06icy.html
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9) Military Out of Our Schools!
San Francisco Bay Area
Counter Recruitment Events Calendar
Please submit updated information for this calendar to
awe@objector.org
Mon. 8/8---On the Frontlines Conference Planning
Meeting - San Francisco
Tues. 8/9--KMEL/NAVY Press Conference - San Francisco
Sat. 8/13---College Not Combat Planning Meeting –
San Francisco
Sun. 8/14---Plan for Opt Out flyering at OUSD
registration - Oakland
Sun. 8/21---KMEL Summer Jams Action - Mountain View
Sat. 8/27---Dave Lippman Concert/Benefit - San Francisco
Oct. 1-2--- MOOS-Bay Regional CR Conference
(Date Changed to 10/21-3)
Sat-Sun 10/21-23---On the Frontlines: Options for
Youth in Times of War, CR Conference - UC Berkeley
Monday, August 8th - San Francisco
Conference Planning Meeting, 6:00pm
AFSC, 65 9th St. between Mission and Market (Civic
Center BART)
MOOS-Bay and the Campus Antiwr Network have joined
forces to organize the conference On The Frontlines:
Options for Youth in Times of War, now scheduled for
October 21-23 at UC Berkeley. Please join us in
making this conference a success for everyone
affected by military recruiting and/or involved in
the counter recruitment movement--youth, college
students, parents and educators and community activists.
At this meeting we will review proposals for the joint
conference schedule, plenary speakers and outreach
plans. Come get involved!
For info (510) 465-1617 x 4, or MOOS-Bay@riseup.net
Tuesday, August 9th - San Francisco
KMEL/Clear Channel Press Conference, Noon
340 Townsend Street, SF
The 2005 KMEL Summer Jam will include
the US Navy as a primary sponsor. We
feel that the US Navy is an inappropriate
sponsor for this event and are
concerned that KMEL is using hip-hop
to promote the military to young people
of color. Neither our public airwaves
nor our music should be used to market
war. Join us on Tuesday, August 9th at
noon to deliver our letter to the
Clear Channel Headquarters/KMEL Station
(340 Townsend Street, SF). The press
will be invited to cover the support of
the local community that demands the
demilitarization of our youth and our
airwaves. Please let me know if your
representatives and members would like
to attend this event.
Jennifer Low, CODE PINK, at
jlow@ucsc.edu, or at (415) 575-5555
Saturday, August 13th - San Francisco
College Not Combat Planning Meeting, 3:00pm
110 Capp Street (Buzz #202)
Come to our planning meeting on Saturday,
August 13, where we will figure
out our strategy going forward. We
will also be voting on a steering
committee to guide the direction of
the campaign. The degree to which our
campaign is successful will depend
on the number of people that are involved
- so come out and help us kick the
military out of our schools.
For more information:
college_not_combat@yahoo.com (415) 248-1701
http://www.collegenotcombat.org/
Sunday, August 14th - Oakland
Planning Meeting to flyer OUSD registration
Join Global Women's Strike to organize"Opt Out"
outreach to students and parents
during Oakland Unified School District's
registration period, Aug 15-26.
For info, call (510) 434-0190, or
email nellmyhand@mindspring.com
Sunday, August 21st - Mountain View
KMEL Summer Jams
KMEL Summer Jams concert will be
on August 21st at the Shoreline
Amphitheatre and we will be planning
to have a presence there to provide
concert participants with information
on alternatives to the military. Your
input is greatly appreciated. Please
also let me know if you and your
organization would like to be
involved in the planning process for this
action.
Jennifer Low, CODE PINK, at
jlow@ucsc.edu, or at (415) 575-5555
Saturday, August 27th - San Francisco
Dave Lippman Concert/Benefit, 8:00pm
"The Kitchen" 225 Potrero (between 15th
& 16th Sts. San Francsco
A WRL-West presents Dave Lippman, aka
George Shrub, the "world's only known
singing CIA Agent." Come out for
a night of hilarious political satire
to benefit the On the Frontlines conference.
For info: http://wrlwest.org
Friday-Sunday, October 21-3 - Berkeley
On the Frontlines: Options for Youth in Times of War
U.C. Berkeley
A Counter Recruitment Conference for Youth
and their Allies, co-sponsored by the
Campus Anti-War Network and Military Out
of Our Schools-Bay Area. (Moved from
October 1-2.) Mark your calendar, sign
on as a participating organization,
propose a workshop or performance,
and get involved now!
For info: MOOS-Bay@riseup.net,
http://www.objector.org/moos-bay.html
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
Visit your group
"MOOS-BAY
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10) The Pain Deep Inside
By BOB HERBERT
Published: August 8, 2005
Washington
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/08/opinion/08herbert.html
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11) Abuse Cases Open Command
Issues at Army Prison
By TIM GOLDEN
Published: August 8, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/08/national/nationalspecial3/08bagram.html
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12) Of the Many Deaths in Iraq,
One Mother's Loss Becomes
a Problem for the President
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
August 8, 2005
CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 7 - President Bush draws antiwar
protesters just about wherever he goes, but few generate
the kind of attention that Cindy Sheehan has since she
drove down the winding road toward his ranch here this
weekend and sought to tell him face to face that he must
pull all Americans troops out of Iraq now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/08/politics/08crawford.html
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13) The Canaries Had Their Coal Mines
By ANTHONY DePALMA
Published: August 8, 2005
Until recently, the mercury problem was thought to be limited to
water. The discovery of mercury in songbirds that never go into
the water may represent a serious new threat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/08/nyregion/08mercury.html
---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*--------
14) Dallas law cracks down on feeding
the homeless
Mobile units won't be parked outside
City Hall or they'll face fine
By THOMAS KOROSEC
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
Under a new ordinance, charities, churches and individuals will
be allowed to serve food only at approved locations. Violations
will be punishable by fines of $200 to $2,000.
Aug. 7, 2005, 10:06AM
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3299402
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15) 60th ANNIVERSARY OF HIROSHIMA
SUNDANCE CHANNEL REMEMBERS HIROSHIMA WITH A TRIO
OF DOCUMENTARIES STARTING SUNDAY, AUG. 6, 5:30PM
http://www.sundancechannel.com/on_air_event/?ixContent=8104
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16) Man Kills Another in Dispute Over War
-- Press Calls It a First
By E&P Staff
Published: August 06, 2005 6:30 PM ET
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/
article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001010741
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