JANUARY 31 State of the Union Date Set!

December 20, 2005

Hi everyone in Northern California World Can't Wait!

We're writing you about:
1) State of the Union date is set!
2) WCW OpEd in this week's Bay Guardian!
3) Copies of NYTimes ad available
4) DVDs available

(1) The following is excerpted from a letter from the National Office this morning:

Breaking news: thanks to Chicago chapter, we heard that Robert Novak, a right-wing
commentator, wrote in a Sunday column in the Chicago Sun Times that the State of the
Union will be Tuesday, January 31. This makes our Washington, D.C. mobilization on
Saturday February 4. We checked through a Congressional office who confirmed the date.
We are still going to check a little further, as there is nothing on the White House
website yet.

BUT, for the purposes of organizing, having a concrete date is very good news. We all
should take the dates seriously. There will be a flyer soon which will be up on the
website as a PDF. The National Office is also making a very simple green/black poster
with the words "BUSH STEP DOWN. State of the Union/State of Emergency", with a space to
add local info.

Having an actual date means we can immediately make travel plans. The West Coast can aim
to send hundreds of people to D.C. -- we are looking into charter buses and planes, group
rate air travel, ground transportation fares. We're going to print and sell tickets for
the trip. So, everyone SAVE THE DATES and make PLANS to "Drown Out Bush's Lies" on
Tuesday 1/31, then get to D.C. on Saturday 2/4 to demand BUSH STEP DOWN. This is a little
later than it could have been, but we still have just 6 weeks! Let's get out with the
flyers to holiday shopping crowds and movie lines, to all our lists of activists and
organizations. House parties and canvassing efforts will all be aided by having this
specific date.

***** Other Important Updates:

(2) PICK UP THIS WEEK'S Bay Guardian tomorrow (Wednesday)! It has a great OpEd "Why The
World Can't Wait" by California Assemblyman Mark Leno. We can use this with the NY Times
ad -- show it to everyone for outreach and fundraising. Pick up several copies (it's
free) from newsstands but leave some for other people to read.

(3) Full size reprints of the New York Times Ad from Monday December 12 have been ordered
in bulk by the local WCW office and will be available, call or email: 415-864-5153.

(4) DVDs with a short documentary of November 2nd in SF, plus the O'Reilly show with NY
State Senator Tom Duane opposite O'Reilly and David Horowitz debating about the New York
Times ad, are also available from the SF office (call or email to place your order,
they're being produced now). We also already have two different DVD's available for a
donation of $5-20 (or more) that are great tools for organizing. Also they make good
gifts. Each one is about 15 minutes in length and shows coverage of the Nov 2nd protests

And...

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