Torture, Killing, Occupation: What Are YOU Gonna Do? Act Now to Build June 5

Torture, Killing, Occupation: What Are YOU Gonna Do? Act Now to Build June 5
* To volunteer, contact answer [at] actionsf.org or 415-821-6545.
* Volunteers needed on day of June 5
* This week's activities to build June 5 march
* Michael Berg to speak at June 5 in Washington, DC

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SAT, JUNE 5: STOP THE WAR! STOP THE TORTURE! ALL FOREIGN TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ!
Volunteers urgently needed for June 5. Volunteer sign-in on the day of the protest starts at 9:30 AM. March gathers at 11am at UN Plaza, steps off around 12 noon for a 1PM rally at Embarcadero Plaza (at the foot of Market St.)

***This Sat. May 29: BIG OUTREACH PUSH to Bay Area communities
Join teams to leaflet and hang up posters. Get outside, organize against the war, and have fun doing it! Meet at 11 am in San Francisco at the ANSWER office at 2489 Mission St.#24 or between 11 and 11:45 am at Macarthur BART in Oakland.

***This Sun. May 30: ATTEND CARNAVAL IN SF AND HELP LET THE CROWD KNOW ABOUT THE PROTEST. Join others to leaflet. Meet at the ANSWER office, right on the parade route, at 10 am.

*** Monday 5/31 - Friday 6/4: VOLUNTEER work sessions to poster and flyer, make alert phone calls, paint banners, make signs, prepare materials. Get involved in the continuing historic movement against colonial occupation. Any amount of time you have to volunteer is a huge help!, Come in anytime between 10am-8pm to the ANSWER office, 2489 Mission St. Rm. #24 in San Francisco. Call 415-821-6545 for more info.

***Tues. June 1: ANSWER ACTIVIST MEETING and orientation to plan and prepare for June 5 and beyond. Meet at 7 PM at the ANSWER office. Childcare provided (call ahead with # of kids.) Join a working group to prepare for the march and go over the scenario for the day.

***Fri. June 4: TRUCK LOADING outside the ANSWER office at 5 PM. This is a huge job - please come help!

ON JUNE 5 VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO: set-up, take-down, clean-up, outreach, be legal observers, be medical volunteers, carry banners, be drummers, do security, staff tables, and clean up. Contact us and let us know if you can help: answer [at] actionsf.org or call 415-821-6545.

On June 5, volunteer sign-in is at 9:30 AM at the volunteer table at UN Plaza. Volunteers are also needed at 8:00 AM to help with set-up at both sites. You can help with set-up at Embarcadero Plaza and still go on the march.

We have new logistical challenges for June 5, so even if you have been to an orientation before we hope you can come the Tuesday meeting and orientation on June 1. Organize a team of family, friends or co-workers to take on an area of work to make the march possible. Resist the occupations! Support the people struggling against imperialism! Bring US troops home now! Not one more dollar for war!

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Michael Berg, the father of Nicholas Berg who was killed in Iraq, will be a speaker at the June 5th mass demonstration in Washington, DC. The June 5 rallies in Washington, DC, San Francisco, and Los Angeles will reflect the grassroots voices of those who are fighting against the U.S. war in Iraq, Palestine, Haiti, Afghanistan, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, the Philippines, Korea and right here against working and poor people in the United States. The stakes are high and the June 5 mobilizations will open the next stage in the anti-war movement.

The Bush administration is pushing forward with assaults on civil liberties and, like leading Democrats, promising a widened occupation with more troops sent to Iraq. That means more racist war and deaths and continuing lethal budget cuts to education, healthcare, and housing. The people mobilized can stop the war. We must do all we can to oppose the US slaughter and torture of the Iraqi people and re-colonization of the region. ALL OUT FOR JUNE 5!!!