Vigil, Tenderloin March, Demands to City Hall

The action is on Monday, August 6th at 8:30pm at UN Plaza in San Francisco.

A listing of various actions people are taking to fight the war against Iraq waged by US corporate Oil interests.


United Kingdom
Sunday 5 Aug - Wednesday 8 Aug, London:  There will be a three-day, round-the-clock fast and vigil opposite Downing Street from 6pm Sunday to 6pm Wednesday. It's been mostly water-only in the past, but the precise form of fasting is up to participants.
London Catholic Worker are doing the following on Sunday August 5th....*11 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. Ciaron O'Reilly (ANZUS Plowshares disarmer of B-52 Bomber during the Gulf War/13 months imprisoned in the U.S. for his troubles) speaking
against the sanctions at Hyde Park  Speakers Corner, London.
**7.30 p.m.  Public Meeting "The Continuing War Against the People of Iraq" Speaker - Richard Byrne, Voices in the Wilderness sanctions-busting delegation Jan 2001. The Grotto Club, Golden Square (near Picadilly Tube..take the Subway
1 exit from the station). London. More info Ph. Ciaron UK+7947 569 577
Cambridge:  3pm  Oxford, Florence Park, organised by Oxford CND 1pm  Cambridge, Parkers' Piece, organised by CAMPEACE both commemorating 11 years of Sanctions on Iraq and Hiroshima

CANADA
Montreal August 6   There will be a silent march, with candles and placards, in Montreal, starting at 8:00 PM to commemorate the victims of "the eleven year state of siege first imposed on Iraq".  The march is called by OCVC (Objection de conscience / Voices of Conscience).  It will begin in a public park and ends with stops in front of the US consulate (where links with Hiroshima will be made) and a Canadian federal building, where Canadian responsibility will be highlighted.

Raymond Legault  for OCVC (Objection de conscience / Voices of
Conscience) legaultr [at] colba.net

 

Scotland
A good friend, who is currently breaking the sanctions on Iraq (Jenny Gaiawyn), has made us aware again of the fact that 6th is also the day against sanctions in Iraq. So on the vigil, there will be a "women in black" in solidarity with women and children in Hiroshima as well as Iraq (and worldwide, wherever there is suffering). But also following people here at TP camp,
have (so far) said they would join in with the fast in solidarity with the people in Iraq;
* Ellen Moxley        66, Dollar, Scotland, Zooligist
* Anthony Hannigan    22, Faslane Peace Camp,Scotland, full time peace and environmental campaigner
* Marcus Armstrong    41, Milton Keynes, England, community worker
* Zoe Weir              28, Faslane Peace Camp,Scotland, full time peace and environmental campaigner
* Bernard de Witte    in his fifities, Gent, Belgium, anti-nuclear campaigner.

United States

Arizona

To show solidarity, on August 6, 2001, members of the Phoenix End the Economic Sanctions Against the Iraqi People--Valley Coalition will begin a 24-hour fast. At 7 pm on August 6, we will offer a free video presentation, "The
Invisible War: Depleted Uranium and the Politics of Radiation", at AIPER House (325 E. Broadway, Tempe, AZ).

California 

A candlelight vigil to end the war against Iraq and to lift the sanctions against the Iraqi people will be held on Monday,
Aug. 6, from 8-9 pm at Huntington Beach Pier in Orange County. Contact Thomas Lash of the Coastal Convergence Society. Phone: 714-964-2162 E-Mail: ccshbca [at] aol.com

San Francisco, CA: On Monday 6 Aug The Autonomous Affinity Group will be holding a vigil in UN Plaza where the UN
was born. This is a candle light vigil that will be followed by a procession to City Hall where a list of demands will be "nailed" to the hall doors confronting the mayor's policy support of the war on Iraq.  Details:
http://www.indybay.org/display.php?id=102641

August 6    Livermore Labs:   An event linking Hiroshima, Palestine and Iraq!  it will be at 7am at Lawrence Livermore (aka Live No More) Lab, at the corner of East and Vasco.  
August 6  Davis, CA  one hour vigil at busy intersection where, the previous night, children will have created chalk images of  children from Iraq and Hiroshima; sponsored by the Davis Coalition to End the Sanctions Against Iraq

Sacramento, CA: On August 6, the Women's Peace Event will host a local physician, who will speak on the health affects of Depleted Uranium weapons and their use against Iraq.  The   Sacramento Coalition to End the War on Iraq will be gathering signatures on letters to Congress to end the war on Iraq.

August 3rd & 4th:  Rania Masri, the coordinator of the Iraq Action Coalition, will be speaking in Berkeley (August3rd) and in San Francisco (August 4th) at programs observing the 11th Anniversary of the Sanctions on Iraq. In Berkeley, the talk will be on Friday, August 3rd 7:00PM at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall at 1924 Cedar Street (at Bonita). For San Francisco it will be Saturday, August 4th 7:00PM at the Quaker Meeting House on 65 9th Street (between Market and Mission). A $5 to $10 donation is requested to benefit the Iraq Action Coalition and the Bay Area Coalition to End the Sanctions  fliers can be downloaded at: http://www.endthesanctions.org

August 6th  Ingrid Kepler May and guests from Germany will hold a fast
on August 6, 2001

August 5th  Mt. Hollywood UCC in Los Angeles, -- a joint service planned with a Japanese-American congregation for Sunday, August 5. mailto:ptellstrom [at] earthlink.net

Connecticut

August 6, vigil: New Haven Green,  War Memorial, 8:15a.m. 56th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima Japan. The CT Peace Coalition/New Haven is showing the video "Invisible War: Depleted uranium and the Politics of Radiation." The video contains testimony of DU victims, and the consequences on their lives -veterans of the Gulf War and Iraqi citizens. It also has scientists' statements, and U.S. government responses/lies about the effects of DU, which is still in use.


Iowa

Iowa City:  IPI is planning several actions to commemorate the anniversary of sanctions. Letter writing action: Letters will be
addressed to Rep. Jim Leach, urging him to cosponsor HR742, and Sec. of State, Colin Powell; letters to the editor sent to three local newspapers this week as well. Signatures will be collected on a letter to Rep. Leach asking him to take a leadership position in Congress regarding the anti-sanctions legislation. A delegation of IPI members will meet with him personally on August 7 to present this letter. The group will also be leafleting on the Pedestrian Mall in downtown Iowa City on August 6.

On Monday, Aug. 6 at 7:30 pm "Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Iraq, Kosovo, Viequez, The Nuclear Nightmare: Who's Next?"  Commemoration at the Japanese Bell, Iowa State Capital. Speeches and singing, signing petitions to end the use of depleted uranium, in conjunction with national days of action to end the war against Iraq. Contact: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Sherry Hutchison, 515-244-2753.

Massachusetts

The St. Patrick Peace and Justice Ministry of Natick, MA will be vigiling and fasting at a busy intersection on August 6th,   - they write:  “We intend to keep Iraq and the sanctions on our ministry agenda as long as they need to be.  With peace, and in friendship, St. Patrick Peace and Justice Ministy”

Minnesota

The Twin Cities Campaign to Lift Sanctions selected August 9th for their major event.  They have invited Doug Rokke, PhD. to speak at a public forum on DU. Dr. Rokke served as a member of the U.S. Army Medical Command's Nuclear,
Biological and Chemical Special Operations and Teaching Team during the Persian Gulf War.  He also served as the health
physicist and medic assigned to the Army's Depleted Uranium Assessment and Captured Equipment Team and from 1994-1995 he was project director of the Army's Depleted Uranium Team.

This is his schedule:

Wednesday, Aug 8 3:00 pm KFAI Studio (15 minute interview; they will put 5 minutes of it on the evening news with an announcement of the event on Thursday evening).
7:00 pm Meeting with Medical Doctors, St. Joan of Arc Church

Thursday, Aug 9 6:45 pm Public Forum.  Depleted Uranium:  The New Nuclear Threat William Mitchell College of Law

Friday, Aug 10
9:00 am Meeting with aides of Senators and Representatives at Senator Wellstone’s office
10:45 am KFAI - Don Olson show (1/2 hr)
5:00 pm  1 hr interview for local cable program

Twin Cities Coordinator Marie Nolde writes:  We will join Minneapolis Hiroshima Friendship Cities, Inc. for a service on August 6th.

Pax Christi in St. Cloud, Minnesota is planning a Candlelight Service for the Children of Iraq on August 6th at St. Mary's Cathedral at 7:00pm.  I will be speaking at that service.  You can contact Merle Nolde for more info:
MNolde [at] cbsju.edu

Madeleine Albright will be in the Twin Cities the last weekend of September.  She will be at Macalester College, the University of St. Thomas, and Presbyterian Church of Hope.  We are pulling together a "Mad About Madeleine" coalition to plan events around her appearances, which will highlight the sanctions and the ongoing bombing of Iraq.

Thank you for all the work you are doing.

We plan to work with the Young People of Abraham for the Children of Iraq in encouraging encampments on the local campuses during your fast.


Missouri

St. Louis: Catholic Worker members fasting on August 6, 2001.

New York

New York City, August 6  Press conference to begin the “Breaking Ranks: A Fast to End the Siege Against Iraq”  at 10:00 a.m. at the Isaiah Wall, First Avenue and 43rd Street.   Call 646-208-2098 

Ohio

In Toledo:  The Interfaith Justice and Peace Commission of Toledo will hold its annual memorial of the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6 at Corpus Christi University Parish, 2955 Dorr Street.   This event will include a reading and prayer for the people of Iraq who have been suffering so terribly from eleven years of sanctions.

Tennessee

An annual vigil will be held outside of the Y12 nuclear bomb plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.  The main event will be held on Sunday, Aug. 5, including a march through the town of Oak Ridge and civil disobediance at the gates of Y12.  http://www.stopthebombs.org/

This presence is of course focused on the Hiroshima blast and the ongoing production of bomb components at the Y12 facility.  Over the last several years, however, the recognition of the victims of sanctions in Iraq have also become a visible and sincere part of the ceremonies and presentations

TEXAS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE         August 1, 2001

Dallas Mosque to Host Hiroshima, Iraq Anniversary Observances Interfaith panel will question aggression targeting civilians
The twin anniversaries of the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, and the beginning of economic sanctions imposed on Iraq will be observed Sunday afternoon, August 5, at the Dallas Central Mosque in Richardson.
The afternoon will feature two versions of a BBC video on the effect of economic sanctions on Iraq, a presentation from the President of the American Muslim Association and an interfaith panel. The full 70-minute BBC documentary, “Paying The Price: Killing The Children of Iraq,” will be shown at 2:00 p.m. From 3:15-3:45 p.m., Agha Saeed, President of the American Muslim Association, will give an address on U.S. policy in the Middle East.
An edited 30-minute version of the BBC video will be shown at 5:45 p.m. The panel discussion, beginning at 6:30 p.m. will address the question, “Are acts of aggression against civilian populations justifiable?” Panelists will include Imam Yousuf Kavakci of the Dallas Central Mosque, educator and Methodist minister Rev. Neill McFarland and Jewish educator
Roger Kallenberg.
August 6 marks 56 years since the United States Air Force dropped the first nuclear weapon ever targeted against a city, Hiroshima, Japan. The nuclear blast killed 66,000 people in an instant, and many more than that later. The same day in 1990 marked the beginning of eleven years of ongoing economic sanctions against Iraq. The United Nations and other
organizations have determined the sanctions to be directly responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million Iraqis.
All events are open to the public. Sponsoring organizations include the Dallas Peace Center, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of Iraq, the American Muslim Alliance and the Association of Muslim Social Scientists. The Dallas Central Mosque is located at 840 Abrams, about 1 mile north of LBJ freeway.
Participants will be encouraged to join a fast called by the National Network to End the War in Iraq during daylight hours on Monday, August 6, to pray to the God of life and to make calls to elected officials. A breaking of the fast will be held at sunset (approximately 8:30 p.m.) Monday evening Aug 6 at the Dallas Peace Center, 4301 Bryan St., Suite 202, with traditional Middle Eastern refreshments. For more information, call the Peace Center, 214-823-7793.
Summary of observances:
Sunday, August 5 (at Dallas Central Mosque)
2:00 p.m. Video: “Paying The Price: Killing The Children of Iraq” (original 70-minute version)
3:15-3:45 p.m. Address by Agha Saeed, President of the American Muslim Association
5:45 p.m. Video: “Paying The Price: Killing The Children of Iraq” (30-minute version)
6:30 p.m. Panel discussion: “Are acts of aggression against civilian populations justifiable?”
 
Monday, August 6
Daylight hours: fast
8:30 p.m. Breaking of fast (Dallas Peace Center)


Washington

Larry Kerschner, Brian Mack and Kristine Swenson will be doing a 10 day water only fast from Aug 3-12 with a daily vigil in front of the Federal Office Bldg in Seattle.

Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq (INOC)
                A Program Unit of Church Council of Greater Seattle
                4759 15th Avenue NE;   Seattle, Washington 98105
                            August 1, 2001
Dear friends,

"Our resignations [Hans von Sponeck and Denis Halliday] were in protest  over a flawed international Iraq policy and the conversion of the UN from an  instrument of conflict resolution to an instrument of conflict."  (Hans von  Sponeck, July 28, 2001 Irish Times)

WE NEED YOUR PRESENCE, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE,  FOR THE AUGUST 3-12 EVENTS

Contents of INOC Report:

1.  Ten-day fast for the people of Iraq: August 3 - 12
2.  Saturday, Aug. 4, INOC meeting
3.  Saturday, August 4 Seafair vigil at Elliott Bay Park
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1.  TEN-DAY FAST FOR THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ: INOC is sponsoring the ten-day fast to support our efforts to educate, and to change the devastating effects of  economic sanctions against the people of Iraq.  The purpose of the fast is a
spiritual one - to be in solidarity with the people of Iraq.  The fast is being lead by three Seattle area residents: Larry Kerschner, Brian Mack and Kristine Swenson, who violated the sanctions (and thereby U.S. law) in the past year.  One of them will be present at the Seattle Federal Building (915 Second Avenue downtown) as a vigil from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day. August 3 through August 10. A prayer service will be held there each weekday at noon. 

2.  SATURDAY, 4:00 p.m. AUGUST 4, INOC MEETING: At Keystone UCC (5019 Keystone Place North) Larry Kerschner will speak on his reasons for observing the fast, and Phil Steger is coming to report with slides on his recent
trip to Iraq.  You'll recall that Phil traveled to Tal A'far to investigate the deaths of the 23 teenage boys killed recently by a missile while playing soccer.  We will receive instructions for car-pooling to the Elliott Bay Park vigil prior to adjourning by 5:30 p.m.

3.  SATURDAY, 6:00 - 8:30 pm, AUGUST 4, SEAFAIR VIGIL AT ELLIOTT BAY PARK:
The destroyer USS Paul F. Foster, which fired the first Tomahawk missiles into Iraq during the Gulf War, has since enforced the blockade and assisted in the continued bombing of Iraq, should not find itself welcome in the port of any city when its role clearly is to wage war against civilian urban populations, whether they be in Basra or Seattle.  The morality this ship
represents is bankrupt and must be addressed.

Join us at the North end of Elliott Bay park (access is from West Galer Street), within sight of the USS Paul F. Foster, which is to be moored near Pier 90.  Car-pooling is advised due to limited parking spaces at Elliott Bay park.  Look for the replica of the 50 ft. Trident II missile, a weapon of mass destruction we will use to make another weapon of mass destruction more
tangible for the people of Seattle: the economic blockade of Iraq.

Washington D.C.

At the Pentagon on August 6, The Atlantic Life Community will be demonstrating their concern for the lives of the people of Iraq, and their sacred lands, so devastated by that institution.

Wisconsin

A major line-crossing and vigil event will be held at Stratcom, Ashland and ELF on August 6 – 9.

In Milwaukee, Peace Action is doing a “Lanterns for Peace” event on Aug 4.

In Madison, Dane County Peace Coalition is doing a “Lanterns for Peace” event on Aug 6.

La Crosse, WI:   La Crosse friends write:  “ The flyer does not specifically mention what's happening in Iraq, but that will certainly be addressed at the lantern launching ceremony Aug. 6.”

HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI  --  NEVER AGAIN A FESTIVAL OF HOPE
Sat., Aug 4, 10 am – 2 pm: 
FILM FESTIVAL and PEACE-MAKING CRAFTS
La Crosse Public Library, 9th and Main St.

Two films will be shown:
SADAKO AND THE 1000 PAPER CRANES
The story of Sadako Sasaki, a young Japanese girl who survived the Hiroshima bomb but succumbed later to leukemia
HIROSHIMA
A realistic reconstruction of the events leading up to the decision to use the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki – includes historical footage

After the first film, there will be CRANE-FOLDING and PEACE BANNER-MAKING for the children and children-at-heart.  The cranes and banners will be displayed at the events later in the week.

Sun., Aug 5, 11 am – 2 pm:
PRAYER AND REFLECTION
St. Rose Convent Chapel,  9th and Winnebago  (please use chapel entrance on Winnebago)

A LIGHT IS KEPT BURNING IN THIS CHAPEL WHICH WAS BROUGHT FROM HIROSHIMA
IN 1986. THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME FOR QUIET MEDITATION AROUND THIS LIGHT.

Mon., Aug 6, 6:15 pm – 8:30 pm:
REMEMBRANCE and LANTERN LAUNCHING
Riverside Park
6:15: Gather at St. Rose Convent, to borrow from the flame at the Hiroshima memorial there
6:30: Walk to Riverside Park with the flame
7:00: Gather at Riverside Park
7:15: Memorial service – readings and reflections*
8:00: Launching of the lanterns.
*in the event of rain, the memorial service will be held at  St. Paul’s Lutheran Church,  420 West Ave.S

Tue., Aug 7, 11 am:
OPENING OF THE ‘PEACE POSTERS’ WINNERS EXHIBIT – Sponsored by LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL
La Crosse Children’s Museum With remarks by Mayor John Medinger         
On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb ever deliberately used on a human population, on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

On August 9, 1945, the U.S. dropped the second such atomic bomb, on Nagasaki, Japan. Over 200,000 people died on the day of these bombings, and the death toll has never stopped.

Now there are perhaps 25,000 nuclear bombs in arsenals all over the world. The  U.S. possesses more than any other  country.

Let us gather to remember what was done, and reflect on how this affects us still today.

Let us gather to send our hopes for peace out into the world, for this day and all future days.

Sponsored by:  The Progressive Foundation; Peace Week;
The Ecumenical Peace Group;
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration;
La Crosse Quakers; Church Women United;
Lutheran Campus Ministry; Nukewatch;
UW-L Office of International Education;
UW-L International Student Organization.
For more information, call 784-1282 or 784-1520

Iraq

Basra – Rev. Dijbraeel Kassab, Archbishop of Basra, Iraq, will fast for three days