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1) Nonviolent protesters move on Univ. of Hawaii administration
building, demand end to secret military research center Press
Advisory FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Honolulu, Hawaii Contact: Kyle Kajihiro 808-542-3668;
Ikaika Hussey 808-221-2843 Thursday, April 28 2005 10:30 am
Nonviolent protesters move on Univ. of Hawaii administration
building, demand end to secret military research center
http://www.hawaiiankingdom.info/
2) PRESS CONFERENCE TO DENOUNCE GOVERNOR
SCHWARZENEGGER'S SUPPORT FOR THE BORDER VIGILANTES!
NO BORDER VIGILANTES IN CALIFORNIA!
Please come to a press conference
on Thursday, May 5, 11:00 am,
California State Building, 455 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco,
to express outrage over the Governor's comments praising the Arizona
"Minutemen" and welcoming the vigilantes' plans to be present at the
California border with México this August.
WHAT: Immigrant communities and allies speak out against Governor
Schwarzenegger's support for the Arizona border vigilantes and their
intent to come to California this August.
WHEN: Thursday, May 5, 11 am.
WHERE: California State Building, 455 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco.
For more information, call Renee Saucedo, (415) 553-3404.
3) Nat'l Organizers Call for Support for GI Resisters on May 10
"Jeff Paterson"
Mon, 2 May 2005 16:46:14 -0700
Please Forward
4) Call for a GENERAL CONGRESS of WOMEN
SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2005, 4:00 P.M.
Start: 4:00 p.m. at Vietnam War Memorial,
Capitol Grounds, Sacramento State Capitol
Finish: 6:00p.m. with Circles for Peace
5) Pentagon Says Iraq Effort
Limits Ability to Fight
Other Conflicts
By THOM SHANKER
"The annual 'Chairman's Risk Assessment,' which is
required by Congress, warned that additional major
combat operations "may result in significantly extended
campaign timelines, and achieving campaign objectives
may result in higher casualties and collateral damage....
General Myers noted that the American military does not
face 'extreme risk,' the highest level, in any of the
categories analyzed in the report. Among the steps he
listed as being in progress were substantial improvements
in coordinating military efforts with civil authorities,
who are 'playing a critical role in disrupting potential
terrorist attacks against the United States,' he wrote."
May 3, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/politics/03military.html?hp&ex=1115179200&en=8e61d2b8d4bd2e4b&ei=5094&partner=homepage
6) Army Recruiters Say
They Feel Pressure to Bend Rules
By DAMIEN CAVE
May 3, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/national/03recruit.html?
7) Working People Across the Globe March on
International Workers Day
New York March Unites Labor, Community, Youth,
Antiwar and Immigrant Rights Activists
In this email:
a) May Day: Hundreds of thousands of workers take to the streets
around the globe
b) May Day in NYC
c) How you can get involved
8) Widow of soldier says Prime Minister
to blame for his death
By Danielle Demetriou
03 May 2005
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=635214
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1) Nonviolent protesters move on Univ. of Hawaii
administration building, demand end to secret military
research center Press Advisory FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Honolulu, Hawaii Contact: Kyle Kajihiro 808-542-3668;
Ikaika Hussey 808-221-2843 Thursday, April 28 2005 10:30 am
Nonviolent protesters move on Univ. of Hawaii administration
building, demand end to secret military research center
http://www.hawaiiankingdom.info/
Honolulu, HI ˆ A group of nonviolent protesters have entered
Bachmaan Hall, the University of Hawaii administration building,
and have demanded an end to the University Affiliated Research
Center (UARC) project, which would establish a secret military
research facility to conduct Navy weapons development. The group
-- consisting of students, faculty, and concerned community
members -- has prepared a formal statement of legal, moral, health,
cultural, and political reasons why UARC should be dropped. They
have prepared a formal letter to the US Navy for Interim President
David McClain to sign stating that UH is withdrawing its UARC
application, because of the substantial public concern over
increased secret military research. The nonviolent protesters
have stated that they will not leave Bachman Hall until Mr. McClain
publicly declares the end of UARC.
*** MORE Full text of student/faculty/community demands follows:
28 April 2005 University of Hawaii at Manoa Oâ'ahu, Hawaiâ'i
To: The people of Hawaiâ'i Cc: University of Hawaii Interim
President David McClain
Aloha â'aina kakou:
We, the students, faculty, and community are the â˘ohana of the
University of Hawaii. The health and security of our public
institution of higher learning, and the community it serves, is
our chief concern.
We are assembled here with a simple demand: that the highest
authority of our University of Hawaii, Interim President David
McClain, formally end the University Affiliated Research Center
(UARC) project, which threatens the soul of our university and
endangers the health and welfare of our community with secret
military weapons research.
Frustrated by the UH Manoa Chancellor's lack of transparency
and honesty about the UARC, and concerned that the Administration
is already determined to establish the UARC over the serious
concerns and overwhelming opposition from all sectors of the
campus and community, we are compelled to resort to nonviolent
civil resistance to save our university. We remain steadfast in
our opposition to the UARC project for the following reasons:
1. UARC would be involved in military weapons related
research that is incompatible with the strategic plan, core
values and educational mission of UH. 2. UARC compounds the
historical injustices committed by US forces against Native
Hawaiians and fuels military expansion and its negative impacts
on the land and people of Hawaiâ'i. The Kualiâ'i Council, the
body representing the interests of Native Hawaiians on the
UH Manoa campus, testified before the Board of Regents: Since
the American military has done more to damage our ancestral
lands than any other entity, we cannot support the establishment
of a UARC at the University of Hawaiâ'i.ˇ 3. Military secrecy
subverts academic freedom and public accountability. Research
programs need not be classified to be deemed privileged, and
thus secret. The tragic history of secret military research
programs does not permit us to trust that the UARC will be
safe or beneficial, as proponents argue. 4. UARC is bad
business for UH; it diverts resources from other research
opportunities, imposes restrictions on the types of research
pursuable, and places constraints on publishing. UARC may be
in violation of Federal Acquisition Regulations that require
full and open competition for major federal contracts.
5. UARC is implicated in and tainted by the Navy criminal
investigation of alleged mismanagement of classified research
contracts. The military "pork barrel," coupled with secrecy and
possibly dangerous technologies makes UH more susceptible to
ethical lapses. 6. Recent audit reports indicate that the
UH Administration is currently unable to adequately handle
existing research contracts. 7. UARC would be a major shift
in direction for UH and the beginning of UH's demise ˆ
a mark on UH's reputation forever. 8. UARC is substantially
different from existing faculty driven research. UARC would
be like a marriage between UH and the Navy to provide the
Navy with research on demand: 'problem solving' vs. true
research that expands human knowledge. 9. The process has
been flawed, with the UH Administration pursuing secretive
discussions for more than two years and failing to inform or
involve the public until after significant decisions had been
made and provisional board approval had been given.
For these reasons, and for others which may exist in the
consciences of the people, we resolve to remain in Bachman
Hall until such time as Interim President David McClain declares
an end to the UARC proposal. Such a declaration is essential
to the survival and prosperity of our community's institution
of higher learning. Until Mr. McClain makes that declaration,
we will occupy and demilitarize Bachman Hall. We call out
to all members of the UH community, the people of Hawaiâ'i
and people of the world to join us in demanding that
UH President McClain stop the UARC now. Make education
the priority, not war.
Aloha ╢Ã∑ina,
Save UH/Stop UARC Coalition
www.stopuarc.info
http://www.stopuarc.info/
UARC Protest Day 6: McClain will
respond this morning; Int'l media
impact
The Advertiser reports : "David McClain, University of Hawai'i
interim president, has promised to reply today to a pared-down
list of demands from the coalition of students, faculty and
community activists occupying his office in opposition to
establishing a Navy research center at the university."
The Star-Bulletin also has a story , as does UH Ka Leo .
http://www.hawaiiankingdom.info/
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2) PRESS CONFERENCE TO DENOUNCE GOVERNOR
SCHWARZENEGGER'S SUPPORT FOR THE BORDER VIGILANTES!
NO BORDER VIGILANTES IN CALIFORNIA!
Please come to a press conference
on Thursday, May 5, 11:00 am,
California State Building, 455 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco,
to express outrage over the Governor's comments praising the Arizona
"Minutemen" and welcoming the vigilantes' plans to be present at the
California border with México this August.
WHAT: Immigrant communities and allies speak out against Governor
Schwarzenegger's support for the Arizona border vigilantes and their
intent to come to California this August.
WHEN: Thursday, May 5, 11 am.
WHERE: California State Building,
455 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco.
For more information, call Renee Saucedo, (415) 553-3404.
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3) Nat'l Organizers Call for Support for GI Resisters on May 10
"Jeff Paterson"
Mon, 2 May 2005 16:46:14 -0700
Please Forward
CALL FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR GI RESISTERS ON MAY 10, 2005
May 2, 2005
We urge you to join us in a "National Day of Action for GI Resisters"
on Tuesday May 10, 2005. This is the day before the US military is
planning to bring sailor Pablo Paredes and soldier Kevin Benderman
before military court martial tribunals for their opposition to the
Iraq War. They face forfeiture of pay and benefits, and military
jail time.
On December 6, 2004, Navy Petty Officer Pablo Paredes refused to
board his ship as it left the San Diego Naval Station in support
of the Iraq War and occupation. At the time of his refusal, Pablo
said he hoped his protest might inspire other GI's to refuse to
take part in the war.
On January 5, 2005, Kevin Benderman refused to deploy for a second
tour of duty in Iraq with the Army's Third Infantry Division.
At the same time seventeen other soldiers from his unit went AWOL,
two tried to kill themselves and one had a relative shoot him
in the leg to avoid deploying.
Both men applied for discharge from the US military as conscientious
objectors. The military has wrongly rejected both claims.
It's time for us to escalate public pressure and action in support
of Pablo, Kevin and the thousands of other courageous men and women
who have followed their conscience to uphold international law and
to take a principled stand against the unjust, illegal war and
occupation of Iraq. It's time we had their backs.
Objection and resistance by military servicepersons is a healthy
and important assertion of Democracy in a country where the
decisions to invade Iraq, to maintain an occupation, and
engage in widespread human right violations and torture were
made undemocratically in violation of international law and
based on continuing lies and disinformation.
Please join us by organizing a public demonstration, vigil
or rally of support on May 10. Every action, no matter how
large or small is important.
Also,
* Send letters of support and donations to cover legal fees
* to Pablo and Kevin via their websites listed below.
* Come to San Diego, California (Pablo) or Fort Stewart, Georgia
* (Kevin) to show your support during their trials.
* Write letters to the editor, and help educate your
* organization, church, union, school, co-workers and community.
Resisting illegal occupation and war is not a crime! The right
to conscientious objection is being systematically violated by
the military. Those objectors who are publicly asserting their
rights are being singled out for punishment. We demand that
military personnel retain their right to follow their
conscience, publicly dissent and that their basic democratic
rights be respected.
A better world is possible,
* Monica Benderman - spouse of Kevin Benderman
* * Victor Paredes - brother of Pablo Paredes
* * Aimee Allison - Gulf War CO; Oakland City
* Council Candidate
* * Medea Benjamin - CodePink, Co-Founder;
* Global Exchange, Founding Director
* * Andrea Buffa - CodePink; Global Exchange,
* Peace Campaign Coor
* * Leslie Cagan - United for Peace and Justice,
* Nat'l Steering Cmte
* * Stephen Funk - former Marine and first public
* Iraq War resister
* * Susan Galleymore - MotherSpeak; military mother;
* Courage to Resist
* * Lynn Gonzalez - San Diego Military Counseling Project
* * Jack Heyman - Int'l Longshore and Warehouse Union
* Local 10, Exec Board
* * George Johnson - Veterans for Peace, Nat'l Exec Board
* * Ragina Johnson - College Not Combat
* * Naomi Klein - activist; writer
* * Sharon Lee Kufeldt - Veterans for Peace,
* Nat'l Exec Board VP
* * Barbara Lubin - Middle East Children's Alliance,
* Director; ANSWER, Nat'l Steering Cmte
* * Efia Nwangaza - Afrikan Am Institute for Policy Studies
* * Siri Margerin - United for Peace and Justice,
* Nat'l Steering Cmte; Iraq Peace Panel Project
* * Steve Morse - GI Rights Program Coor,
* Central Cmte for Conscientious Objectors
* * Jeff Paterson - Not in Our Name; former Marine and
* 1991 Gulf War resister * David Solnit - People Powered
* Strategy Project; Courage to Resist
* * Vida Shahamat and Brain Barry - South Bay Mobilization
* Against the War
* * Aryeh Shell - Courage to Resist; Popular Education and
* Action CollectivE
* * Samina Faheem Sundas - American Muslim Voice
* * Fernando Suarez del Solar - Gold Star Families for
* Peace, father of Marine Jesus Suarez killed in Iraq
* * Fr. Louie Vitale, O.F.M., St Boniface Church;
* Korea War veteran
* * Liat Weingart - Jewish Voice for Peace, Co-Director
* * Bob Wing - War Times * Howard Zinn - historian; author
* (organizations listed for identification purposes only)
More info about Pablo Paredes:
http://www.SwiftSmartVeterans.com
More info about Kevin Benderman:
http://www.BendermanDefense.org
For May 10 actions, leaflets, and more:
http://www.CourageToResist.org Contact:
courage@riseup.net
Call initiated by Courage to Resist, a new group of concerned
community members, veterans and military families organizing
support for military objectors to illegal war and occupation
and the underlying policies of empire. We have adopted a people
power strategy to weaken the pillars that support the Iraq war
and occupation by supporting GI resistance, which together with
counter-recruitment and draft resistance work can remove the
supply of obedient troops.
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4) Call for a GENERAL CONGRESS of WOMEN
SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2005, 4:00 P.M.
Start: 4:00 p.m. at Vietnam War Memorial,
Capitol Grounds, Sacramento State Capitol
Finish: 6:00p.m. with Circles for Peace
As many of you know, Mother's Day was proclaimed by Julia Ward
Howe in 1870 as a call for women to promote "the great and
general interests of peace". I've copied her proclamation
at the end of this email.
This Mother's Day- Sunday May 8 --we are responding to her call
for a "General Congress of Women" with an event at the state
capitol in Sacramento. I hope that you will be there to
reclaim this day and share your thoughts about how we can move
forward toward Peace.
We continue to honor the origins of Mother's Day as we gather
in front of the Vietnam War Memorial on the capitol grounds in
Sacramento Sunday May 8th to declare "All we want for Mother's
Day is the troops home from Iraq NOW". We know that all too soon
there will be yet another war memorial - we need to make this
our very final one!
We're calling on mothers, daughters, grandmothers to join
CODE PINK : Women for Peace, Gold Star Families for Peace,
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, Mother Speak,
and other groups and individuals as we embrace Julia Ward
Howe's direction to first "bewail & commemorate the dead"
and then call for a "General Congress of Women without limit
of nationality" to promote the "great & general interests
of peace".
We ask women to bring our ideas for future actions for peace
and to end war - such as the call to return our National Guard
- and share with each other as we continue to build a strong,
active women's movement for peace & justice.
www.bayareacodepink.org
WEAR YOUR PINK, BRING YOUR MUSIC MAKER!
Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation - 1870
Arise then...women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts!
Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!
Say firmly:
"We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage,
For caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity,
mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country,
Will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."
From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with
Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm!
The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."
Blood does not wipe our dishonor,
Nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil
At the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home
For a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace...
Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
But of God -
In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask
That a general congress of women without limit of nationality,
May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient
And the earliest period consistent with its objects,
To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
The amicable settlement of international questions,
The great and general interests of peace.
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5) Pentagon Says Iraq Effort
Limits Ability to Fight
Other Conflicts
By THOM SHANKER
"The annual 'Chairman's Risk Assessment,' which is required by
Congress, warned that additional major combat operations "may
result in significantly extended campaign timelines, and
achieving campaign objectives may result in higher casualties
and collateral damage....General Myers noted that the
American military does not face 'extreme risk,' the highest
level, in any of the categories analyzed in the report.
Among the steps he listed as being in progress were substantial
improvements in coordinating military efforts with civil
authorities, who are 'playing a critical role in disrupting
potential terrorist attacks against the United States,' he wrote."
May 3, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/politics/03military.html?hp&ex=1115179200&en=8e61d2b8d4bd2e4b&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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6) Army Recruiters Say
They Feel Pressure to Bend Rules
By DAMIEN CAVE
May 3, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/national/03recruit.html?
It was late September when the 21-year-old man, fresh from
a three-week commitment in a psychiatric ward, showed up at
an Army recruiting station in southern Ohio. The two recruiters
there wasted no time signing him up, and even after the man's
parents told them he had bipolar disorder - a diagnosis that
would disqualify him - he was all set to be shipped to boot
camp, and perhaps Iraq after that, before senior officers found
out and canceled the enlistment.
Despite an Army investigation, the recruiters were not punished
and were still working in the area late last month.
Two hundred miles away, in northern Ohio, another recruiter said
the incident hardly surprised him. He has been bending or breaking
enlistment rules for months, he said, hiding police records and
medical histories of potential recruits. His commanders have
encouraged such deception, he said, because they know there is
no other way to meet the Army's stiff recruitment quotas.
"The problem is that no one wants to join," the recruiter said.
"We have to play fast and loose with the rules just to get by."
These two cases in a single state - one centered on a recruit,
the other on a recruiter - may lie at the outer limits of the
fudging and finagling that are occurring in enlistment offices
as the Army tries to maintain its all-volunteer force in
a time of war. But that cheating, evidenced by Army statistics
that show an increase in cases against recruiters, is disturbing
many of the men and women charged with the uphill task of
refilling the ranks.
Interviews with more than two dozen recruiters in 10 states
hint at the extent of their concern, if not the exact scope
of the transgressions. Several spoke of concealing mental-health
histories and police records. They described falsified documents,
wallet-size cheat sheets slipped to applicants before the
military's aptitude test and commanding officers who look the
other way. And they voiced doubts about the quality of some
troops destined for the front lines.
The recruiters insisted on anonymity to avoid being disciplined,
but their accounts were consistent, and the specifics were
verified in several cases by documents and interviews with
military officials and applicants' families.
Yesterday, the issue drew national attention as CBS News reported
that a high-school student outside Denver recorded two recruiters
as they advised him how to cheat. The student, David McSwane,
said one recruiter had told him how to create a diploma from
a nonexistent school, while the other had helped him buy
a product to cleanse traces of marijuana and psychedelic
mushrooms from his body. The Army said the recruiters had
been suspended while it investigated.
By the Army's own count, there were 320 substantiated cases
of what it calls recruitment improprieties in 2004, up from
199 in 1999, the last year it missed its active-duty recruitment
goal, and 213 in 2002, the year before the war in Iraq started.
The offenses varied from threats and coercion to false promises
that applicants would not be sent to Iraq. Many incidents
involved more than one recruiter, and the number of those
investigated rose to 1,118 last year, or nearly one in five
of all recruiters, up from 913 in 2002, or one in eight.
Maj. Gen. Michael D. Rochelle, the Army's commander of recruiting,
said the increases reflected a renewed resolve to find and prevent
improprieties, rather than any significant rise in cheating.
Recruiters and some senior Army officials, however, said that for
every impropriety that is found, at least two more are never
discovered. And the Army's figures show that it is not punishing
serious offenses as it once did. In 2002, roughly 5 of every
10 recruiters who were found to have committed improprieties
intentionally or through gross negligence were relieved of duty;
last year, that number slipped to 3 in 10.
General Rochelle said that decline could be explained, in part,
by his decision two years ago to end a policy that nearly always
dismissed serious offenders from recruiting.
"My shift in thinking was that if an individual was accused of
doctoring a high-school diploma, it was an open-and-shut case,"
he said. "It may still be, but now I look at person's value to
the command first."
Recruiting has always been a difficult job, and some say the
scandals that have periodically surfaced are inevitable. But the
temptation to cut corners is particularly strong today, some
experts on the military say, as deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan
have created a desperate need for new soldiers, and as the Army
has fallen short of its recruitment goals in recent months,
including April.
"The more pressure you put on recruiters, the more likely you'll
be to find people seeking ways to beat the system," said David Segal,
a military sociologist at the University of Maryland.
Over the last six months, the Army has relaxed its requirements
on age and education - a move that Mr. Segal says may lead
recruiters to go easier on applicants, with the expectation that
those who are unqualified now may be deemed eligible later on.
Recruiters, who typically work far from commanders in storefront
offices, are the Army's primary gatekeepers. They are required to
press applicants to disclose any police record or medical problems,
from asthma to knee injuries, that could disqualify them.
But applicants can lie, or withhold damaging information.
So recruiters are expected to check court, educational and
criminal records to confirm details and search for others that
have not been disclosed. The records are checked by senior
officers and then sent to a regional processing office that
arranges aptitude and medical tests; it may check into problems
revealed in the files but largely depends on the digging done
by recruiters.
The two cases in Ohio show just how badly the system can veer
off track. In the case of the 21-year-old who had just left
a psychiatric ward, it is not clear what he revealed when he
approached recruiters in September. He could not be reached
for comment through court-appointed lawyers and his parents,
who asked that he not be identified.
But details of the young man's troubled past could have been
easily found on the Web sites of local courts. County court
records show that he was arrested in July and charged with
assault; though the charge was dismissed after his accuser
failed to appear in court, the records could have raised
a red flag.
Probate court records show that in a case later last summer,
a judge committed the man, finding him a danger to himself
and others after he showed up at his parents' door bloodied
and disoriented. He was released in late September under
the guidance of a treatment program.
Recruiters are not required to check probate court records
unless they are made aware of a specific case. But the
man's parents said they did just that.
After hearing that he had enlisted, they said, they wanted
to make sure the Army understood his condition. They said
they went to the recruiting station with the probate court
record, gave recruiters the court's Internet address and
even showed photos of their son. The recruiters, they said,
claimed they had never seen him. "They acted sympathetic,"
the father said.
The parents say they went back twice more after the
recruiters failed to return their calls. At their urging,
their congressmen in early October finally learned that
the recruiters had indeed enlisted their son. Days before
he was scheduled to ship out, the young man was disqualified
only after the father told the commander of the regional
processing station about his illness.
In an interview, the commander confirmed the general outlines
of the case. The Army would say only that at least two
recruiters had been investigated in the case, which is
closed. But the man's father said Army officials told him
they had found no wrongdoing. "The fact that they would
recruit someone straight out of a psychiatric hospitalization
give me a break," he said. "They were willing to put my son
and other recruits at risk. It's beyond my comprehension,
and appalling."
Co-workers in the stations where the recruiters worked said
last month in interviews that the two were still on the job.
One of the two declined to comment when reached on his
recruiting-command cellphone; the other did not return
a half-dozen phone messages.
Recruiters in Ohio, New York, Washington, Texas and New
England said that as long as an offending recruiter met
his enlistment quota of roughly two recruits a month,
punishment was unlikely.
"The saying here is, 'Production is power,' " the
recruiter in northern Ohio said. "Produce, and all is good."
He said that in the last year, he had seen recruiters
falsify documents so that applicants could earn ranks
they were not qualified to hold. When enlistees tested
positive for marijuana, he said, recruiters coached them
to drink gallons of water before visiting military doctors.
Occasionally, the recruiter said, he has been ordered to
conceal police records and minor medical conditions like
attention deficit disorder, which usually disqualifies
a candidate. When he and others resisted such orders,
he said, superiors threatened to ruin their careers.
The recruiter, who has fought in several conflicts including
the current war in Iraq, said one in every three people he
had enlisted had a problem that needed concealing, or a waiver.
"The only people who want to join the Army now have issues,"
he said. "They're troubled, with health, police or drug problems."
The recruiter said he believed in the Army and his job, often
working 80-hour weeks. But he sometimes worries about the
mental capabilities of those who are enlisted, he said,
especially as they move up the ranks.
"If they are in a leadership position and they're sending
10 or 11 people all over the place because they can't focus
on the job at hand," he said, "we're in trouble."
Copyright 2005 The New York Times
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7) Working People Across the Globe March on
International Workers Day
New York March Unites Labor, Community, Youth,
Antiwar and Immigrant Rights Activists
In this email:
a) May Day: Hundreds of thousands of workers take to the streets
around the globe
b) May Day in NYC
c) How you can get involved
May Day: Hundreds of thousands of workers take to the streets
around the globe
Millions of workers, all around the globe from Mozambique to
Manila marched on Sunday in May Day rallies and marches demanding
a living wage, the right to organize, and immigrant rights and in
opposition to U.S. aggression..
In Germany, more than half a million workers rallied against
layoffs and demanding an increase in wages.
In Bangladesh, thousands of workers rallied in Dhaka to demand
a living wage and better safety standards, just weeks after
a garment factory collapsed, killing 73 workers.
In Nepal, thousands attended two peaceful marches in the capital
city Kathmandu, calling for the U.S.-backed King Gyanendra to end
to martial law.
In Japan, hundreds of thousands marched calling for a global ban
on nuclear weapons, as the 60th anniversary of the U.S. bombing
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki approaches this year.
In the Philippines, more than 10,000 marched through the streets
of Manila against the puppet government President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo.
In Cuba, more than a million rallied in Havana, where they
celebrated the role of working people and condemned
U.S. aggression.
In Russia, twenty thousand trade unionists marched down
Tverskaya Street, one of Moscow's main boulevards, demanding
a living wage.
In Turkey, workers organized three different rallies in
Istanbul, despite a government ban on May Day events.
In Mozambique, at least 30,000 marched through the streets
of Maputo, under the slogan, "Mozambican workers in the struggle
against HIV/AIDS." Marchers also demanded an increase in the
minimum wage and back wages for factory workers, some of whom
haven't been paid for months.
May Day in NYC
In New York City, a unique and historic May Day march and rally
was called by a coalition of labor, antiwar, community, and
immigrant rights activists.
The Million Worker March Movement
and the Troops Out Now Coalition
organizers of the event, were initially told by the NYPD that the
city would not issue a permit for any May Day march, to any
location, on any route. The two coalitions, determined to
march, organized a campaign, involving thousands of phone
calls, emails, faxes, and letters to the Mayor and the NYPD,
as well as the threat of a law suit, that forced the city
to back down.
More than a thousand turned out for the rally, with the
march swelling to 1,500 as passers by stopped and joined in.
The lineup of speakers at the rally points to the political
significance of this event, a first effort to revive May Day
in the U.S., as progressive labor leaders joined with immigrant
rights activists, antiwar activists, and international solidarity
organizers to proclaim solidarity with the struggles of working
and oppressed people across the globe.
The program began with a recorded message
Speakers included:
Clarence Thomas, ILWU, Million Worker March co-convener
Brenda Stokely, President of DC 1707 AFSCME, Million
WorkerMarch co-convener
Gerardo Cajamarca, SINALTRAINAL - exiled Colombian unionist
Samia Halaby, Defend Palestine
Chris Silvera, Chair of the Teamsters National Black Caucus
Charles Barron and Margarita Lopez, members of the New York
CityCouncil
Narciso Castillo, Accion 21 Immigrant Rights NJ
Teresa Gutierrez, NY Committee to Free the Cuban Five
Larry Holmes, Troops Out Now Coalition
Carl Webb, member of the National Guard who refused to
deployto Iraq
Nana Soul, Blackwaxx Recordings, Artists & Activists
United for Peace
Bernier Achilles, Haiti Support Network
Jesse Heiwa, Queers for Peace and Justice
LeiLani Dowell, FIST (Fight Imperialism- Stand Together)
Sara Flounders, International Action Center
Dustin Langley, No Draft, No Way
Tylon Usavior, Blackwaxx Recordings
Erik Anders-Nilsson, Jersey City Peace Movement
representatives from Casa Freehold, an immigrants rights
organization in Freehold, NJ
and other labor and community organizers.
Cultural performances by Spiritchild, Foundation,
Catherine Moon,& Billionaires for Bush
The highlight of the day was a spirited march down busy
14th St., which stopped at several non-union retail outlets,
including Dwayne Reade and Whole Foods. The march also
stopped in front of Beth Israel, a major medical complex
that is facing budget cuts, layoffs, and potential closing.
Marchers chanted ,"Healthcare, Not Warfare!"
The march ended with a short closing rally in Union Square.
Police demonstrated their frustration at being forced to
grant a permit by storming the stage at the very minute the
sound permit expired at 5:00 pm.
The Revive May Day March was called for last October at the
Million Worker March in Washington DC more than 6 months ago.
When organizers of Troops Out Now Coalition and United For Peace
and Justice met just prior to May Day, the Troops Out Now
Coalition proposed that messages of unity in opposition
to U.S. war be exchanged. Leslie Cagan, on behalf of UFPJ,
sent a message defending the right to march to the Bloomberg
Administration, when NYC Police Department originally denied
Troops Out Now and Million Worker March the right to hold
a march on May Day.
The Troops Out Now Coalition offered a unity statement in support o
f the thousands who marched from the UN to Central Park that
read, in part, "Even though our movement will be gathering in
different parts of NYC, let no one be mistaken, our messages
overlap, and our arms are locked in solidarity with each other."
How you can get involved:
a) Contact us to find out how you can help & to receive
important updates:
http://www.troopsoutnow.org/comments.html
b) Form a local organizing center:
http://www.troopsoutnow.org/may1orgcentsignup.html
c) Donate to help with organizing expenses:
http://www.troopsoutnow.org/donate.html
Anyone can subscribe.
Send an email request to
Action.News-subscribe@organizerweb.com
Subscribing and unsubscribing can also be done on the Web at
http://www.organizerweb.com/mailman/listinfo/action.news
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8) Widow of soldier says Prime Minister
to blame for his death
By Danielle Demetriou
03 May 2005
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=635214
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BAUAW NEWSLETTER - MONDAY, MAY 2, 2005
1) May 7th Mother's Day Peace Walk
2) Supreme Court to Review Recruiting Law
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 10:21 a.m. ET
May 2, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Scotus-Colleges-
Military.html?hp&ex=1115092800&en=866e748c4c561f09&ei=5094&partner=home
page
3) How Far Will The Army Go?
CBS4 Denver | news4colorado.com
How far will U.S. Army recruiters go to bring young men
and women into their ranks? An Arvada West High School
senior recently decided to find out. The following is
CBS4 Investigator Rick Sallinger's report. .
Apr 28, 2005 9:59 pm US/Mountain
http://news4colorado.com/localnews/local_story_118125046.html
4) From 'Gook' to 'Raghead'
By BOB HERBERT
OP-ED COLUMNIST
May 2, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/opinion/02herbert.html?hp
5) Join Howard Zinn and Lynne Steward and sign onto to the
text for a full page ad we are running the San Francisco
State University newspaper in defense of anti-military
recruiter student protesters.
From: chretientodd@aol.com
To: counter-recruitment@yahoogroups.com ;moos-bay@yahoogroups.com
6) US Wants to Sell Israel 'Bunker-Buster' Bombs
by Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington
Published on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 by the Financial Times
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0427-05.htm
7) Many Deaths Still Expected With
Earth-Penetrating Nuclear Weapons
Date: April 27, 2005
Contacts: Patrice Pages, Media Relations Officer
Megan Petty, Media Relations Assistant
Office of News and Public Information
202-334-2138; e-mail
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309096731?OpenDocument
8) This is our Guernica
Ruined, cordoned Falluja is emerging
as the decade's monument to brutality
Jonathan Steele and Dahr Jamail
The Guardian
Wednesday April 27, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1471011,00.html
9) CAMILO MEJIA TO SPEAK IN OAKLAND ON MAY 2
Monday, May 2, 2005
7:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Oakland
2501 Harrison Street (at 27th Street)
Oakland, CA
10) March and Rally for Local 2 Hotel Workers
Tues. May 3, 4:15pm
Union Square at Powell and Geary, San Francisco
11) Socialism, the Only Alternative to Capitalism, Says Chavez
Prensa Latina, Havana
http://www.plenglish.com
12) Memorial for Sakia Gunn, a black lesbian who was murdered
in a hate crime two years ago. The memorial will take place
on May 22, 2pm, at Harvey Milk Plaza. Please put it on your
calendars now. There will a few community speakers and some
poetry.
BADLANDS BAR, IN THE CASTRO, S.F.,
FOUND GUILTY OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
thanks.
Tommi
13) House Passes Bill Tightening
Parental Rule for Abortions
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: April 28, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/politics/28abort.html?
14) ACTION ALERT: MAY 3
ORGANIZE A VIGIL TO MORN
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES OF WAR
15) StoptheDrugWar.org: the Drug Reform Coordination Network
Dear DRCNet reader:
As you may already be aware, on May 4 in Washington, DC,
and May 9 in Santa Monica, California, the Marijuana Policy
Project will be holding a star-studded pair of 10th Anniversary
Gala fundraisers. Seats are still available, but should be
reserved soon because the events are coming up.
Visit http://www.mpp.org/galas/ for further information or
to purchase your tax-deductible tickets online.
16) Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches
http://dahrjamailiraq.com
New Video Tells Dahr's Story
Testimonies From Falluja
*Eyewitness in Iraq: Dahr Jamail, an Unembedded Report*
A Pepperspray Production, 28 minutes
17) NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR GI RESISTERS
MAY 10, 2005
SUPPORT NAVY REFUSER PABLO PAREDES
& ARMY OBJECTOR KEVIN BENDERMAN
On the day before their scheduled court martial for refusing to
participate in the Iraq war and occupation, tell the U.S. military:
* RESISTING ILLEGAL WAR & OCCUPATION IS NOT A CRIME
* RESPECT CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION
San Francisco Bay Area Support Rally
TUES MAY 10, 12 NOON
War Memorial Veterans Building in SF
401 Van Ness, between Hayes and McAllister, San Francisco
(2 blocks from Civic Center BART)
http://www.CourageToResist.org
18) Palestinian Heritage Committee
4th Annual Palestinian Day
Join us for the raising of the Palestinian flag,
a keynote speech, and performances
featuring children, traditional Palestinian dress and
folklore, and candle lighting.
The day will also include informational displays, Palestinian
olive oil tasting and desserts.
3:30 to 5 PM
Tuesday, May 10 th
Santa Clara County Government Center ,
Isaac Newton Senter Auditorium, 70 W. Hedding Street , in San Jose .
Admission Free
For information call (408) 279-2722.
Senan Khairie
Manufacturing Quality Engineer
408-525-4876
Cisco Systems Inc
http://al-awda.org
19) Outside View: Labor's unfinished business
By Greg Guma
Outside View Commentator
Burlington, VT, Apr. 27 (UPI)
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050426-114358-2257r.htm
20) Military recruiting center attacked
By John Aguilar, the Rocky Mountain News
April 29, 2005
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/news/article/
0,1299,DRMN_3_3739782,00.html
21) ANTI-ZIONIST ORTHODOX JEWS PROTEST THE STATE OF ISRAEL
New York City, NY April 29, 2005.
http://al-awda.org/antizionistorthodoxjewsprotestthestateofisrael/
22) Social Security: Help for the Poor or Help for All?
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
and EDUARDO PORTER
May 1, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/politics/
01social.html?hp&ex=1115006400&en=a7440b2d68da0981&ei=5094&partner=ho
mepage
23) 'Soccer Mom' Education Chief Plays Hardball
By SAM DILLON
Published: April 28, 2005
"Facing a challenge to the law [No Child Left Behind] from
Connecticut, she accused educators there of being "un-American."
Seeking to beat back a Utah bill that protests the federal law,
Ms. Spellings cold-shouldered the Utah superintendent of schools
for months and threatened to slash federal money for Utah... the
White House is determined to avoid any legislative reconsideration
until the scheduled reauthorization of the law in 2007. That
position is requiring states to live with what many view as
unrealistic provisions, like one requiring that newly arrived
immigrant students take annual tests in English, and it has
fallen to Ms. Spellings to keep the lid on."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/education/28spellings.html
24) While Devils Get a Home,
Newark's Poor Keep Looking
By DAMIEN CAVE
May 1, 2005
"NEWARK, April 29 - Shereef Cheatham, a single mother of four,
had been waiting five years for a rent assistance voucher when
the Newark Housing Authority diverted $3.9 million in federal
funds from the program in 2003 to pay for property near
a proposed hockey arena downtown. She is still waiting."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/nyregion/01newark.html
25) Vietnam War's Painful Legacy
By Ben Stocking
Mercury News
Friday 29 April 2005
Mines, other explosives still kill and maim.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/043005D.shtml
26) Pablo Paredes faces
Court Martial on May 11th
All,
Defend Pablo Paredes, GI Resister! Learn about his case at
www.defendpablo.org
widely. Put the US Government and its warmongers on trial, not
Pablo. He and all other soldiers who resist deserve our support.
27) Prisons grew by 900 inmates
per week in 2004
Government report says 2.1 million behind bars in U.S.
The Associated Press
Updated: 7:15 p.m. ET April 24, 2005
MSNBC.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7622824/
28) Secretly, tiny nations hold much wealth
By David R. Francis
from the April 25, 2005 edition
"Although they have only 1 percent of the world's inhabitants, they hold a quarter of
United States stocks and nearly a third of all the globe's assets.
They're tax havens: 70 mostly tiny nations that offer no-tax or low-tax status to the
wealthy so they can stash their money."
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0425/p17s01-cogn.html
29) Exxon Mobil notches huge profit for quarter
Figure is fifth-largest for U.S. companies
By DAVID KOENIG
Associated Press
HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com |
Section: Energy
April 28, 2005, 9:11PM
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/energy/3159349
30) The War We Could Have Won
By STEPHEN J. MORRIS
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Washington
May 1, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/opinion/01morris.html?th&emc=th
31) Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do!
32) G.I. in Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Scandal Pleads Guilty
By CHRISTINE HAUSER
and NATHAN LEVY
Published: May 2, 2005
"Two people close to the prosecution have said Private England
can expect to receive no more than 30 months in prison."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/national/02cnd-
abuse.html?hp&ex=1115092800&en=edf1ccd7857b9aaf&ei=5094&partner=homepa
ge
33) Republican Chairman Exerts
Pressure on PBS, Alleging Biases
By STEPHEN LABATON, LORNE MANLY
and ELIZABETH JENSEN
Published: May 2, 2005
"WASHINGTON, May 1 - The Republican chairman of the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting is aggressively pressing public television
to correct what he and other conservatives consider liberal bias,
prompting some public broadcasting leaders - including the chief
executive of PBS - to object that his actions pose a threat to
editorial independence."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/arts/television/02public.html
34) Thousands Protest on Eve
of a U.N. Nuclear Conference
By KIRK SEMPLE
"In a merger of the nuclear disarmament and antiwar movements,
several thousand protesters, including a group of survivors of
the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, marched
through Midtown yesterday and rallied in Central Park to call
for the end of nuclear proliferation and the withdrawal of
United States troops from Iraq. "
Published: May 2, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/nyregion/02protest.html
35) A Parasite Devastates Bees,
and Farmers Are Worried
By IVER PETERSON
Published: May 2, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/nyregion/02hives.html
36) Blair hit by new leak of secret war plan
Michael Smith
A SECRET document from the heart of government reveals today
that Tony Blair privately committed Britain to war with Iraq
and then set out to lure Saddam Hussein into providing the legal
justification.
May 01, 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-523-1592904-523,00.html
37) WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF HATE HAPPENS
IN YOUR TOWN?
Free public showing of a new documentary
"Not In Our Town Northern California:
When Hate Happens Here"
followed by a community conversation
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Doors open 6:45, program 7:00-9:30
Centre Concord, 5298 Clayton Road, Concord
ACLU-Mt. Diablo is cosponsoring this great event!
Hope you can come!
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1) May 7th Mother's Day Peace Walk
Hello Everyone!
The May 7th Mother's Day Peace Walk
and Rally is just around the corner
--- I've included the march route and
speaker line up --- Speakers will speak
for 3-5 min. (This schedule of speakers
could be revised.) --- We'll, of course
end at the U. S. Military Recruiting
office on Davis Street which is scheduled
to close at 4pm --- Please pass information
--- If there are any questions, concerns
suggestions e-mail me directly ---
Thanks for all your help and support,
In Peace,
Nancy
Walk Route:
Rally CBS-5 855 Battery (@ Broadway) 1pm
Leave Battery Street and turn Right onto Vallejo
Left onto Front Street
Rally at ABC
From Front Street turn Right onto Green Street
Right on The Embarcadero
Right on Washington Street
Right on Davis Street
Rally at the U.S. Military Recruiting Office
670 Davis Street
Speakers:
CBS-5 / 1pm - Rally
Medea Benjamin
Blessing by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
ABC / - Rally
Vicki Leidner
Elizabeth Creely/Playwright
U.S. Military Recruiting Office / Rally
Representative/Haiti Action Committee
Mark Sanchez/SF Board of Ed.
Eduardo Cohen/Veterans for Peace
Bonnie Weinstein/Bay Area United Against War
Cristina Gutierrez/Companeros del Barrio
Aimee Allison/Military Conscientious Objector
Close with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Toodles
Nancy
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2) Supreme Court to Review Recruiting Law
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 10:21 a.m. ET
May 2, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Scotus-Colleges-
Military.html?hp&ex=1115092800&en=866e748c4c561f09&ei=5094&partner=home
page
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3) How Far Will The Army Go?
CBS4 Denver | news4colorado.com
How far will U.S. Army recruiters go to bring young men
and women into their ranks? An Arvada West High School
senior recently decided to find out. The following is
CBS4 Investigator Rick Sallinger's report. .
Apr 28, 2005 9:59 pm US/Mountain
http://news4colorado.com/localnews/local_story_118125046.html
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4) From 'Gook' to 'Raghead'
By BOB HERBERT
OP-ED COLUMNIST
May 2, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/opinion/02herbert.html?hp
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5) Join Howard Zinn and Lynne Steward and sign onto to the
text for a full page ad we are running the San Francisco
State University newspaper in defense of anti-military
recruiter student protesters.
From: chretientodd@aol.com
To: counter-recruitment@yahoogroups.com ;moos-bay@yahoogroups.com
Dear Friends,
Please join Howard Zinn and Lynne Steward and sign onto to the
text for a full page ad we are running the San Francisco State
University newspaper in defense of anti-military recruiter
student protesters. The text is pretty self-explanatory.
I'd really appreciate it if you could endorse the ad and
forward it to any lists or individuals you know for endorsement.
If you endorse, please include your name, title,
organization/school/union/church for ID purposes. We need to
raise $800 for the ad as well as more money for legal defense
so if you can make any contribution, that would be greatly
appreciated. We'd also like to thank the 6 Bay Area NLG lawyers
who are conducting a vigorous defense of the students pro bono.
Send checks to: ISO, 110 Capp Street, Suite 202,
San Francisco, CA 94110. Please make the check out to
"ISO" and put "SFSU student defense" in the memo section.
Endorsements must be returned by Wednesday, May 4
(this coming Wednesday!)
Thanks for your solidarity,
Todd Chretien
California organizer, ISO
510-395-6417
Defend Students Rights at SFSU [text of ad for
May 12 edition of The Golden Gator Xpress campus newspaper]
1st Amendment from the Bill of Rights:
I - Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion and Petition
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the
right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the Government for a redress of grievances.
On March 9th, 2005, about two hundred
students at San Francisco State
University protested the presence of
military recruiters from the Army Corps
of Engineers and the Air force in the
Cesar Chavez Student Center. They were
protesting the US occupation of Iraq,
which has led to the deaths of over 1500
American soldiers and 100,000 Iraqis,
the diversion of funding away from
education and into military spending,
and the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell"
policy, which is blatantly discriminatory
against gays and lesbians. The military's
openly homophobic policy violates the spirit
and the letter of the California State
University and SFSU anti-discrimination
policy. Instead of enforcing their own
anti-discrimination policy against the
military recruiters, the administration
has targeted three student activists,
Pardis Esmaeili, Katrina Yeaw and Michael
Hoffman, and two student organizations,
Students Against War and the International
Socialist Organization, among all of those
who participated, for possible discipline
and sanctions. Students, who staged
a nonviolent sit-in, were exercising their
First Amendment right to peaceably assemble
and petition the Government for
a redress of grievances.
The administration has stated that
they must allow military recruiters on
campus because of the Solomon Amendment,
a 1996 law which has been used to coerce
universities with threats of federal
funding cuts. But the Solomon Amendment
has been successfully challenged by both
Yale and Harvard. Regarding allowing
discriminatory employers on campuses, the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
has ruled that "under the free speech
protections in the First Amendment, the
government may not force higher education
institutions to endorse a message that
violates their own policies." There is
no reason why San Francisco State
University cannot challenge the Solomon
Amendment and uphold its
anti-discrimination policy.
The administration's threats may have
already had a chilling effect on student
activism on campus. Students on many
California campuses participated in an
April 20 walkout to protest budget cuts
in education and support the faculty
union. In the SF State campus newspaper,
The Golden Gate Xpress, California Faculty
Association office manager Laurie Owen
stated that "many student groups feel
too reluctant to risk incurring yet more
wrath from the gods of SFSU to engage in
yet more civil disobedience. Because so
many groups pulled out of the walkout,
it essentially fell apart."
(http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/news/003565.html)
The whole history of San Francisco
State University is based on a legacy
of students fighting for progressive
political change. Honoring protest is
literally built into SFSU. The students
began their March 9 protest on Malcolm X
Plaza, marched into Cesar Chavez Student
Center, past the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Conference Rooms, Rigoberta Menchu Hall
and Richard Oakes Multicultural Center and
into the Jack Adams Hall to protest the
military recruiters.
Although less widely known than the others,
Jack Adams Hall was dedicated to a campus
worker who was a pioneer in the fight against
AIDS and eventually died of that disease.
Shouldn't the administration respect the
rights of students who dare to protest
against an unjust war and a homophobic
military by standing in the legacy of the
very civil rights heroes the university honors?
We the undersigned join San Francisco State
students in demanding:
1 - No disciplinary action should be taken
against individual students or student groups
for involvement in, or endorsement of, the
March 9th 2005 protest in Jack Adams Hall
2 - The University should seek to uphold
its own anti-discrimination policy and pursue
a legal challenge to the Solomon Amendment.
3 - The University should provide a forum for
debating the issue of military recruitment on
campus. This debate should include military
recruiters, SFSU President Robert Corrigan,
and a speaker chosen by Students Against War.
4 - The administration will uphold the right
to free speech on the SFSU campus and not
limit it to unconstitutional "free speech zones."
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6) US Wants to Sell Israel 'Bunker-Buster' Bombs
by Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington
Published on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 by the Financial Times
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0427-05.htm
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7) Many Deaths Still Expected With
Earth-Penetrating Nuclear Weapons
Date: April 27, 2005
Contacts: Patrice Pages, Media Relations Officer
Megan Petty, Media Relations Assistant
Office of News and Public Information
202-334-2138; e-mail
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309096731?OpenDocument
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8) This is our Guernica
Ruined, cordoned Falluja is emerging
as the decade's monument to brutality
Jonathan Steele and Dahr Jamail
The Guardian
Wednesday April 27, 2005
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1471011,00.html
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9) CAMILO MEJIA TO SPEAK IN OAKLAND ON MAY 2
Monday, May 2, 2005
7:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Oakland
2501 Harrison Street (at 27th Street)
Oakland, CA
Please spread the word far and wide - this is Camilo's first
appearance in the Bay Area since he was released.
Iraq war veteran and resister Camilo Mejia will speak on
May 2nd in Oakland. Mejia was the first Iraq war veteran
to file for discharge from the army as a conscientious
objector and spent a year in the stockade for his courageous
stance. He had seen the suffering of the Iraqi people,
whose country was in ruin and who were further humiliated by
the raids, patrols and curfews of an occupying army.
"By putting my weapon down, I chose to reassert myself
as a human being," he says.
Also appearing will be Brian Wilson and other notable
resisters, with music by Annie and the Vets.
Tickets $5 - $15 sliding scale, no one turned away for
lack of funds. Benefits Veterans for Peace.
Wheelchair accessible.
Co-sponsored by: Veterans for Peace, Global Exchange,
KPFA, CCCO, AFSC, Not in Our Name, Code Pink,
International ANSWER, and Courage to Resist, Penninsula
Peace and Justice Center, South Bay Mobilization,
Resource Center for Non-Violence,
VFW Bill Motto Post 5888, and
American Legion Robert Basker Post 315.
Camilo Mejia will also be appearing in
San Jose & Palo Alto on May 1st, and in
Santa Cruz on May 4th.
FOR MORE INFORMATION : call Veterans for
Peace at 415-255-7331 or see www.veteransforpeace.org
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* To visit your group on the web, go to:
* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MOOS-BAY/
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10) March and Rally for Local 2 Hotel Workers
Tues. May 3, 4:15pm
Union Square at Powell and Geary, San Francisco
The employees of San Francisco's 14 Multi-Employer Group hotels
are taking it to the streets for a huge March and Rally. For
the better part of a year, the hotel workers have been
struggling for a decent contract. We have been victorious
in ending the lockout, but the hotels still want to cut our
healthcare and offer us disrespectful wage increases, as well
as disallow us to work with our brothers and sisters in cities
across North America.
The Lockout in the fall ended because of strong picket lines
and community support. Local 2 workers need continued support
securing a decent contract.
Join the ANSWER Coalition contingent on May 3 in solidarity
with the Local 2 workers.
Tues. May 3, 7pm
ANSWER Activist Meeting
2489 Mission St. Room 30 (at 21st St.)
Join us for a political update and discussion, a report back
from the April 30 Rally, and an update on the campaign
against anti-Cuban terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.
Thurs. May 5, 7:30pm
ANSWER Film Series: "Harlan County, USA"
in celebration of May Day
ATA 992 Valencia at 21st, SF
$5 donation (no one turned away for lack on funds)
This film documents the coal miners' strike against the
Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan
County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to
sign a contract-when the miners joined with the United
Mine Workers of America-led to the strike, which lasted
more than a year and included violent battles between
gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners
and their supporters. Director Barbara Kopple puts the
strike into perspective-giving some background on the
historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA.
1976, 103 min.
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11) Socialism, the Only Alternative to Capitalism, Says Chavez
Prensa Latina, Havana
http://www.plenglish.com
Caracas, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez stated his country has
developed an economic model to live honourably,
to fairly distribute wealth among
all people and to demonstrate there
is a new spirit of solidarity and cooperation.
"There is a new logical alternative
to capitalism, which is no other
than Socialism, and we are building
our own socialist model without
emulating the ones from the past,"
Chavez noted.
The Venezuelan leader made the remark
at an act where property
belonging to the National Industrial
Valve Assembling Company was
expropriated.
The firm, located at the Carrizales
zone in the neighboring state of
Miranda, employed 400 workers and
assembled valves for the oil
industry for 35 years.
In December 2002, the company
closed to support the oil strike that
caused millions in losses to Caracas.
The entity will be jointly managed
by the state through the People´s
Economy Ministry (51 percent) and
workers organized into a cooperative
(49 percent).
The joint venture, called INDEVAL,
stems from Venezuelan efforts to
revive and industrialize the country
under a new model.
"This business is born under another
option: that of sharing the
property between the workers and the
state, a different social
property to the logic of capitalism,
a system that lacks a human
face", Hugo Chavez emphasized
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12) Memorial for Sakia Gunn, a black lesbian who was murdered
in a hate crime two years ago. The memorial will take place
on May 22, 2pm, at Harvey Milk Plaza. Please put it on your
calendars now. There will a few community speakers and some
poetry.
BADLANDS BAR, IN THE CASTRO, S.F.,
FOUND GUILTY OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
thanks.
Tommi
Hi
As I'm sure you know, Badlands was just found guilty of
racial discrimination by the Human Rights Commission
(complete report available on www.andcastroforall.org
folks going in and out of the bar know that discrimination
is not acceptable within any community, let alone our
community...we will be chanting, carrying signs, giving
out info on the HRC findings and talking with folks.
We will also have copies of the HRC report on hand.
I am recruiting ten folks to picket Badlands Bar next
weekend on Friday and Saturday nights, from 10pm-midnight.
Please let me know which night(s) you're available.
The only way to stop discrimination is to confront it
head-on and never be silent.
thanks. See you on the picket line!
Tommi
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13) House Passes Bill Tightening
Parental Rule for Abortions
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: April 28, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/politics/28abort.html?
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14) ACTION ALERT: MAY 3
ORGANIZE A VIGIL TO MORN
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES OF WAR
Dear friends,
As you know, our colleague and friend Marla Ruzicka and her
Iraqi colleague Faiz Ali Salim were killed in Iraq a week and
a half ago, while working to document civilian casualties
resulting from the Iraq war and occupation, and get
compensation for Iraqi families. Marla's organization,
CIVIC, is trying to bring more attention to the issue of
civilian casualties by asking communities to hold vigils
next Tuesday, May 3. Please forward this to people who might
be interested or people who already do ongoing vigils and
might want to use next week's vigil to highlight the issue
of civilian deaths and injuries caused by war.
Thanks for your help in spreading the word. As you know,
our groups always have a difficult time drawing attention
to the issue of civilian casualties, and this might be
a good opportunity for us to do just that.
Best,
Andrea Buffa
Global Exchange
ACTION ALERT: MAY 3 ORGANIZE A VIGIL TO MORN CIVILIAN
CASUALTIES OF WAR
The Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC),
the organization founded by Marla Ruzicka, the 28-year-old
aid worker who was killed in a suicide bombing in Iraq
last week, is calling on people throughout the United
States to honor and promote Marla and her Iraqi colleague
Faiz Ali Salim's work by taking action on behalf of
civilian casualties of war.
CIVIC is asking people in communities throughout the
United States - and the world - to hold vigils on
Tuesday, May 3, to bring attention to civilian deaths
and injuries caused by war. Please create the most
beautiful vigils possible, including candles, flowers,
and photos in an effort to bring attention to the
immense scale of human suffering that war brings.
For more information about how to organize a vigil, go to http://
www.civicworldwide.org/content.jsp?content_KEY=513
Please visit CIVIC's website,
http://www.civicworldwide.org, to host or
participate in a vigil on May 3 in your community.
Honoring Marla Ruzicka and Faiz Ali Salim
means carrying on the heartfelt work they began.
UFPJ mailing list
Post: UFPJ@lists.mayfirst.org
List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/ufpj
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15) StoptheDrugWar.org: the Drug Reform Coordination Network
Dear DRCNet reader:
As you may already be aware, on May 4 in Washington, DC,
and May 9 in Santa Monica, California, the Marijuana Policy
Project will be holding a star-studded pair of 10th Anniversary
Gala fundraisers. Seats are still available, but should be
reserved soon because the events are coming up.
Visit http://www.mpp.org/galas/ for further information or
to purchase your tax-deductible tickets online.
In Washington, DC, US Rep. Linda Sanchez will present the Public
Face of Reform Award to Montel Williams, and former Surgeon
General Joycelyn Elders will present the Legislative Leadership
Award to US Rep. Sam Farr. Acclaimed comic, actor, and Emmy
Award-winning writer Rick Overton will serve as master of
ceremonies. Also attending will be US Reps. John Conyers,
Barney Frank, and Dennis Kucinich.
In Los Angeles, actor Tommy Chong will accept the Courage
Under Fire Award, and Supreme Court plaintiffs Angel Raich
and Diane Monson will receive the Marijuana Policy Reform
Activist of the Year Award. Cast members Christian Campbell,
John Kassir, and Amy Spanger from Showtime's musical remake
of "Reefer Madness" will perform songs from the show.
Comedian Tom Rhodes will emcee, with music by Ray Benson,
Inara George, Lily Holbrook, and dj John Kelley.
Both events will feature clips from the new films "Waiting
to Inhale" from Jed Riffe and "Chong's Not Here!" from
Josh Gilbert.
Again, visit http://www.mpp.org/galas/ to support the
cause and be part of these exciting events!
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16) Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches
http://dahrjamailiraq.com
New Video Tells Dahr's Story
Testimonies From Falluja
*Eyewitness in Iraq: Dahr Jamail, an Unembedded Report*
A Pepperspray Production, 28 minutes
Dahr Jamail recognized that Americans were being misled about the US
occupation of Iraq, so he went to Iraq to find the truth. After being
*un*embedded in Iraq totaling over 8 months, he returned to the States
to tell what he discovered. In this video Dahr Jamail speaks of the
horrors of occupation, the use of illegal weapons by American forces,
the rip-off of American taxpayers by Bechtel and other US corporations,
the shabby and biased media coverage of the situation by US media, and
of the resilient determination of the Iraqi people to be free from
foreign occupation.
A portion of the price of this video goes to support Dahr in his ongoing
efforts.
See the preview!
Buy the video from the PepperSpray Productions website
More writing, photos and commentary at http://dahrjamailiraq.com
You are subscribed to the Dahr Jamail's email Iraq Dispatches because you requested
a subscription at some point.
You can visit
http://dahrjamailiraq.com/email_list/
to subscribe or unsubscribe to the email list.
Iraq_Dispatches mailing list
http://lists.dahrjamailiraq.com/mailman/listinfo/iraq_dispatches
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17) NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR GI RESISTERS
MAY 10, 2005
SUPPORT NAVY REFUSER PABLO PAREDES
& ARMY OBJECTOR KEVIN BENDERMAN
On the day before their scheduled court martial for refusing to
participate in the Iraq war and occupation, tell the U.S. military:
* RESISTING ILLEGAL WAR & OCCUPATION IS NOT A CRIME
* RESPECT CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION
San Francisco Bay Area Support Rally
TUES MAY 10, 12 NOON
War Memorial Veterans Building in SF
401 Van Ness, between Hayes and McAllister, San Francisco
(2 blocks from Civic Center BART)
http://www.CourageToResist.org
After refusing to honor their conscientious objection, the U.S. military
will bring Pablo Paredes (in San Diego, California) and Kevin Benderman
(in Fort Stewart, Georgia) before a military court martial tribunal on May
11, 2005. They face military jail, and forfeiture of pay and benefits.
On December 6, 2004, Navy Petty Officer Pablo Paredes refused to board his
Navy ship and participate in the Iraq war and occupation.
On January 5, 2005, Kevin Benderman refused to deploy for a second tour of
duty in Iraq with the Army's Third Infantry Division. At the same time
seventeen other soldiers from his unit went AWOL, two tried to kill
themselves and one had a relative shoot him in the leg to avoid deploying.
At the time of his refusal, Pablo said he hoped his protest might inspire
other GI's to refuse to take part in the war. Thousands of U.S. troops are
refusing to fight the war and occupation in Iraq. We are committed to
asserting widespread public pressure in defense of GI's choice to follow
their conscience instead of the dictates of the State. We believe this is
a key way to help end the tragic war and occupation of Iraq. Please join
us and do what you can on this National Day of Action for GI Resisters;
organize a public support event, pass this e-mail on to your friends,
family and associates, send letters of support (websites below), etc.
Please send us a note letting us know of what you have planned:
courage@riseup.net
COURAGE TO RESIST is a new group of concerned community members, veterans
and military families organizing support for military objectors to illegal
war and occupation and underlying policies of empire. We have adopted a
people power strategy to weaken the pillars that support the Iraq war and
occupation by supporting GI resistance, which together with
counter-recruitment and draft resistance work can remove the supply of
obedient troops.
More info on Pablo: http://www.swiftsmartveterans.com
Kevin and Monica Benderman will be speaking in San Francisco on Saturday,
April 30, 2005, 2:00-4:00 PM
http://www.bendermandefense.org
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR GI RESISTERS:
www.CourageToResist.org
Peace, No War
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate
Not in our Name! And another world is possible!
Tel: (213)403-0131
Information for antiwar movements, news across the World, please visit:
http://www.PeaceNoWar.net
Please Join PeaceNoWar Listserv, send e-mail to:
peacenowar-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
Please Donate to Peace No War Network!
Send check pay to:
ActionLA/SEE
1013 Mission St. #6
South Pasadena CA 91030
(All donations are tax deductible)
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http://tarjim.ajeeb.com/ajeeb/default.asp?lang==1
*To Translate this page to French, Spanish, German, Italian or Portuguese,
please visit Systran:
http://www.systransoft.com/
**"Report From Baghdad" CD-ROM**
Pacifica Radio KPFK Los Angeles Reporter Lee
Siu Hin's July 2003 trip to
U.S. occupied Iraq. An interactive CD-ROM with
articles, photos, audio and video
interviews includes: people of Iraq, U.S.
military, human rights workers,
religious leaders and more!
Please Visit the Website:
http://www.actionla.org/Iraq/IraqReport/intro.html
Each CD costs: $15.00 plus $3.50 S/H (
work both PC and Mac)
The CD sells will be benefit the
Baghdad Independent Media Center, ActionLA,
and PeaceNoWar.net
*Additional donations are welcome,
and it will be tax deductible.
For more information, tel:
(213)413-1778 e-mail: info@ActionLA.org
URL: www.ActionLA.org
Send check/money orders to:
ActionLA/SEE
1013 Mission St. #6, South Pasadena, CA 91030
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
PEACE!
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bay_area_activist/
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18) Palestinian Heritage Committee
4th Annual Palestinian Day
Join us for the raising of the Palestinian flag,
a keynote speech, and performances
featuring children, traditional Palestinian dress and
folklore, and candle lighting.
The day will also include informational displays, Palestinian
olive oil tasting and desserts.
3:30 to 5 PM
Tuesday, May 10 th
Santa Clara County Government Center ,
Isaac Newton Senter Auditorium, 70 W. Hedding Street , in San Jose .
Admission Free
For information call (408) 279-2722.
Senan Khairie
Manufacturing Quality Engineer
408-525-4876
Cisco Systems Inc
http://al-awda.org
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19) Outside View: Labor's unfinished business
By Greg Guma
Outside View Commentator
Burlington, VT, Apr. 27 (UPI)
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050426-114358-2257r.htm
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20) Military recruiting center attacked
By John Aguilar, the Rocky Mountain News
April 29, 2005
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/news/article/
0,1299,DRMN_3_3739782,00.html
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21) ANTI-ZIONIST ORTHODOX JEWS PROTEST THE STATE OF ISRAEL
New York City, NY April 29, 2005.
http://al-awda.org/antizionistorthodoxjewsprotestthestateofisrael/
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22) Social Security: Help for the Poor or Help for All?
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
and EDUARDO PORTER
May 1, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/politics/
01social.html?hp&ex=1115006400&en=a7440b2d68da0981&ei=5094&partner=ho
mepage
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23) 'Soccer Mom' Education Chief Plays Hardball
By SAM DILLON
Published: April 28, 2005
"Facing a challenge to the law [No Child Left Behind] from
Connecticut, she accused educators there of being "un-American."
Seeking to beat back a Utah bill that protests the federal law,
Ms. Spellings cold-shouldered the Utah superintendent of schools
for months and threatened to slash federal money for Utah... the
White House is determined to avoid any legislative reconsideration
until the scheduled reauthorization of the law in 2007. That
position is requiring states to live with what many view as
unrealistic provisions, like one requiring that newly arrived
immigrant students take annual tests in English, and it has
fallen to Ms. Spellings to keep the lid on."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/education/28spellings.html
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24) While Devils Get a Home,
Newark's Poor Keep Looking
By DAMIEN CAVE
May 1, 2005
"NEWARK, April 29 - Shereef Cheatham, a single mother of four,
had been waiting five years for a rent assistance voucher when
the Newark Housing Authority diverted $3.9 million in federal
funds from the program in 2003 to pay for property near
a proposed hockey arena downtown. She is still waiting."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/nyregion/01newark.html
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25) Vietnam War's Painful Legacy
By Ben Stocking
Mercury News
Friday 29 April 2005
Mines, other explosives still kill and maim.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/043005D.shtml
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26) Pablo Paredes faces
Court Martial on May 11th
All,
Defend Pablo Paredes, GI Resister! Learn about his case at
www.defendpablo.org
widely. Put the US Government and its warmongers on trial, not
Pablo. He and all other soldiers who resist deserve our support.
--Ashley
On December 6, 2004 Pablo Paredes reported to the 32nd
Street Naval Station in San Diego and refused to board the
ship to protest the current US war. He reported to the pier
wearing civilian clothing and a T-shirt that read: "Like a
cabinet member, I resign." "I just want people to know how many
Americans feel about the war" Pablo explained "...it's not just
a few crazy liberals trying to get the attention of the media."
While the Navy officers on hand did try to persuade him to
board the ship and cease protest; Pablo maintained his position
and did not board the ship. He went on to give several short
interviews for local media while at the Pier.
A product of the Bronx NY, Paredes was raised attending
catholic schools for both elementary and high school. A staple
of his upbringing has been a strong sense of community and high
value for human life. Paredes has been involved in many
community service efforts such as Sunday school education and
youth groups. His strong values for life and community have
put him at odds with the current War in Iraq. "I don't want
to be a part of a ship that's taking 3,000 Marines over there,
knowing a hundred or more of them won't come back," he said.
"I can't sleep at night knowing that's what I do for a living."
The current war in Iraq has claimed the lives of over
1000 young Americans servicemen as well approximately half
a million Iraqi civilians. Meanwhile servicemen continue to
be placed in harms way and are put in situations that have
them question the humanity of their actions as in the case
of Camilo Mejia. Furthermore, our government is yet to provide
justifiable cause for the war. The case made to the American
people and the United Nations was centered around a clear and
present threat of weapons of mass destruction. To date, our
military activities are probably the largest cause of mass
destruction in Iraq thus bringing about dissent from many
sources including Petty Officer Third Class Pablo Paredes.
This act of conscientious objection can result in military
confinement and even Courts Marshal. The US Navy will most likely
carry out an investigation prior to issuing formal sanctions.
The US Navy may even choose to consider him a deserter. When
speaking about his possible imprisonment Pablo explained "I'd
rather do military prison time than six months of dirty work for
a war that I and many others do not support. War should be an
absolute last resort and even then must be considered thoroughly."
Pablo Paredes joined the US Navy in 2000. he was a young man
with enthusiasm for life and a desire to experience the world;
thus joining the Navy seemed to be a positive move. When asked
if he ever considered that he might be called upon to participate
in war, Pablo says "never in a million years did I imagine we
would go to war with somebody who had done nothing to us."
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27) Prisons grew by 900 inmates
per week in 2004
Government report says 2.1 million behind bars in U.S.
The Associated Press
Updated: 7:15 p.m. ET April 24, 2005
MSNBC.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7622824/
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28) Secretly, tiny nations hold much wealth
By David R. Francis
from the April 25, 2005 edition
"Although they have only 1 percent of the world's inhabitants, they hold a quarter of
United States stocks and nearly a third of all the globe's assets.
They're tax havens: 70 mostly tiny nations that offer no-tax or low-tax status to the
wealthy so they can stash their money."
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0425/p17s01-cogn.html
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29) Exxon Mobil notches huge profit for quarter
Figure is fifth-largest for U.S. companies
By DAVID KOENIG
Associated Press
HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com |
Section: Energy
April 28, 2005, 9:11PM
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/energy/3159349
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30) The War We Could Have Won
By STEPHEN J. MORRIS
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Washington
May 1, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/opinion/01morris.html?th&emc=th
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31) Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do!
Hiroshima Mayor Calls on All Countries "Including U.S." to
Abolish Nuclear Weapons
A large anti-nuclear rally in New York calls for
global nuclear disarmament ahead of a United Nations
meeting to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
We speak with the mayor of Hiroshima - where 60 years
ago the U.S. dropped one of two atomic bombs.
click here for interview:
http://www.democracynow.org/index.pl
Hiroshima Appeal for Banning DU Weapons
International Campaign has started!
http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/index.php
International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons
August 6, 2005: Days of Action
Seeds of Change
www.trivalleycares.org
Think Outside The Bomb
National Youth Conference on Nuclear Issues
August 15-21, 2005
University of California Santa Barbara
www.wagingpeace.org/youth
Pikadon Project Official URL
http://www.pikadon.jp/
Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do!
Helen Broinowski Caldicott ,Helen Caldicott
Pub. Date: April 1994
Frist Predicts Imminent
'Nuclear' Showdown in Senate
http://www.truthout.org/
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32) G.I. in Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Scandal Pleads Guilty
By CHRISTINE HAUSER
and NATHAN LEVY
Published: May 2, 2005
"Two people close to the prosecution have said Private England
can expect to receive no more than 30 months in prison."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/national/02cnd-
abuse.html?hp&ex=1115092800&en=edf1ccd7857b9aaf&ei=5094&partner=homepa
ge
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33) Republican Chairman Exerts
Pressure on PBS, Alleging Biases
By STEPHEN LABATON, LORNE MANLY
and ELIZABETH JENSEN
Published: May 2, 2005
"WASHINGTON, May 1 - The Republican chairman of the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting is aggressively pressing public television
to correct what he and other conservatives consider liberal bias,
prompting some public broadcasting leaders - including the chief
executive of PBS - to object that his actions pose a threat to
editorial independence."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/arts/television/02public.html
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34) Thousands Protest on Eve
of a U.N. Nuclear Conference
By KIRK SEMPLE
"In a merger of the nuclear disarmament and antiwar movements,
several thousand protesters, including a group of survivors of
the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, marched
through Midtown yesterday and rallied in Central Park to call
for the end of nuclear proliferation and the withdrawal of
United States troops from Iraq. "
Published: May 2, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/nyregion/02protest.html
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35) A Parasite Devastates Bees,
and Farmers Are Worried
By IVER PETERSON
Published: May 2, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/nyregion/02hives.html
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36) Blair hit by new leak of secret war plan
Michael Smith
A SECRET document from the heart of government reveals today
that Tony Blair privately committed Britain to war with Iraq
and then set out to lure Saddam Hussein into providing the legal
justification.
May 01, 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-523-1592904-523,00.html
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37) WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF HATE HAPPENS
IN YOUR TOWN?
Free public showing of a new documentary
"Not In Our Town Northern California:
When Hate Happens Here"
followed by a community conversation
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Doors open 6:45, program 7:00-9:30
Centre Concord, 5298 Clayton Road, Concord
ACLU-Mt. Diablo is cosponsoring this great event!
Hope you can come!
What would you do if hate hit your town? All too frequently
we hear stories of hate violence from vandalism to harassment
to murder. Most of us would like to do something. And the
good news is -- we do. "Not In Our Town Northern California"
looks at 5 communities over a 5-year period as they take action
when their neighbors are targets of bigotry.
After a transgender teen is killed by local youth in the
Silicon Valley suburb of Newark, high school students,
residents and civic leaders struggle to deal with a brutal
and preventable crime; Sacramento mobilizes after the worst
anti-Semitic arson attacks in the California capital's history;
Redding citizens find a new strength in diversity after
a prominent gay couple is murdered; the Shasta County town
of Anderson joins forces to make their values clear when
a cross is burned on an African-American family's lawn;
and the San Francisco Public Library turns the mutilation
of gay-themed books into an opportunity for creative
community action.
* * * * * *
Hosted by:
Not In Our Town Contra Costa, Concord Human Relations
Commission, and City of Concord
Sponsored by: ACLU-Mt. Diablo Chapter, Black Families
Association of Contra Costa County, Center for Human
Development, CCC DA's Office Victim Witness Program,
CCC Green Party, Fresh Start-Walnut Creek, GLSEN San
Francisco-East Bay, Gray Panthers of Central CCC,
Interfaith Council of CCC, Mt. Diablo Japanese American
Citizens League, Jewish Community Center of CCC, Latino
Student Alliance of DVC, Mentoring Partners Alliance,
Monument Community Partnership, Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice
Center, a secular program of the Mt. Diablo Unitarian
Universalist Church, National Alliance for the
Mentally Ill (NAMI)-CC, Rainbow Community Center.
(List in formation)
For more info about the event: Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice
Center, info@mtdpc.org / 925-933-7850
For more info about the film: www.kqed.org/niot
The film is a co-production of KQED Public Television and
The Working Group.
DIRECTIONS: Centre Concord is located at 5298 Clayton
Road, Concord, in the Clayton Fair Shopping Center
(almost to Ygnacio Valley Road) behind Mavericks Sports
Club and next to Clayton Bowl.
Hotline for directions: 925-671-3466 Map: www.ci.concord.ca.us/about/
directions.htm#centreconcord
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