South Bay Mobilization to Stop the War Calendar 3-9-06

SOUTH BAY MOBILIZATION TO STOP THE WAR CALENDAR - 3/9/2006
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Ride the Peace Train on March 18!

Join other protestors to participate in the mass anti-war mobilizations planned for Saturday, March 18, on the third anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. Groups of five can purchase 10-ride tickets for the round-trip and get a 15 percent discount on the regular fares, which are $7.50 RT from San Jose to Palo Alto and $16.50 RT from San Jose to San Francisco (seniors, disabled and youth 17 and under half price). SBM has arranged with CalTrain for our own car on the train. To take advantage of this discount, join a five-person group, and take the Peace Train to Palo Alto or San Francisco, please come to the SBM Peace Train Sign-In table in front of the San Jose Cahill Street station by 9:30 a.m. for the train scheduled to depart at 10 a.m. A free shuttle will take protestors from the 4th and Townsend station in San Francisco to the Civic Center (where the march will begin and end) and back. For more info: info [at] southbaymobilization.org


Short Listing (please see below for details)

Events Sponsored or Endorsed by South Bay Mobilization

Thu 3/16-Coexistence Can Work: A Talk by Dorothy Naor from JVFP - Sunnyvale

Sat 3/18-Mass Mobilizations Against the War- Palo Alto, San Francisco, Walnut Creek, and Fresno

Sun 3/19-Interfaith Prayers for Peace - San Jos�

Sun 3/19-South Bay BANNER BLITZ to Ban War - San Jos�

Mon 3/20-Youth & Student Day of Resistance to Imperialism

Tue 3/21-Drumming and Spoken Word - San Jos�

Sat 3/25-Hear Venezuelan Trade Unionist Lu�s Primo - San Jos�

Sun 3/26-March For Peace - Tijuana, Mexico, to San Francisco



Other Events

Fri 3/10-Film: 'Wetback' - Palo Alto

Sun 3/12-U.S. Premiere - New Documentary on the Iraq War: 'In the Shadow of the Palms' - San Francisco

Tue 3/14-District 3 Candidate Dennis Kyne Hosts Another Benefit for Katrina Victims - San Jos�

Tue 3/14-Democracy or Imperialism? A Dissection of U.S. Policy in the Middle East - Fremont

Thu 3/16-Remembering Rachel Corrie - Oakland

Sun 3/19-Ward Churchill: 'Developing a Strategy to Win' - San Jos�

Sat 3/25-'The Power of Truth in a Nation of Lies' - Palo Alto


Event Details


Events Sponsored or Endorsed by SBM

Thursday, March 16

Coexistence Can Work: A Talk by Dorothy Naor from JVFP - Sunnyvale

Sunnyvale church, Rm 501
728 W. Fremont Ave
Near the corner of Hollenback and W. Fremont (Take 280 N to 85 N. Exit at Fremont Ave. and go east. Right into parking lot off W. Fremont before Hollenback)

Dorothy Naor, of New Profile, an Israeli feminist and anti-militarist organization, will speak at our general meeting on March 16 at 7:00 p.m. The program is endorsed by the SJ Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, the Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church Pilgrims of Ibillin, and Tikkun.

Dorothy Naor was born in San Francisco, California in 1932, and grew up in the Bay Area. She met her Israeli husband when he came to study at UC Berkeley in the early 1950s. They and their three children made Israel their home in 1958. They have lived periodically in additional countries, due to professional reason. Dorothy earned a Ph.D. in English Literature from Tel Aviv University in Israel, and has been an English teacher for most of her professional life.

The past 5 years much of her time has been spent in activism against the Occupation. She is a member of New Profile, a pluralist feminist organization of males and females that seeks to transform Israel from a militaristic society to a civil one. New Profile supports refusal to serve in the military, opposes the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, and supports selective divestment from companies that contribute to maintaining the occupation. Dorothy's principal activity in New Profile is to inform by distributing materials to the NP alternative information email list. She aims to inform also in other ways, e.g., by giving presentations, and by taking people on tours of villages in the Salfit governate of the West Bank to give some intimation of what it is like to be Palestinian living walled-in and under occupation.

Coexistence Can Work

1. My presentation does not attempt to prove the title. It rather expresses my deepest belief, the foundation for everything that I say.

2. The introduction touches briefly (a) the organization that I represent: New Profile, it's character, aim, and means, (b) a few pertinent characteristics of militarism, (c) a few historical facts that are not frequently mentioned, but that nevertheless point to some roots of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

3. The Body of the Pres entation will deal with the deleterious impact of the Occupation (a) on Israelis, and (b) on Palestinians

(a) For Israelis the impact resides in the economic sphere, the devaluation of human life, and a steady increase in militarism.

(b) For the Palestinians the impact resides likewise in the devaluation of human life and the economic sphere, but additionally resides in the loss of land, uprooting of trees, demolition of homes and other buildings, loss of freedoms (e.g., of movement), total loss of security, etc.

4. In conclusion, the occupation is deleterious for Israelis and Palestinians alike. One non-violent means to help end the occupation is the use of economic means to pressure the Israeli government, e.g., divestment (selective or other) or boycott.

For more information: call 408-998-8504 or visit http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611325


Saturday, March 18

Mass Mobilizations Against the War- Palo Alto, San Francisco, Walnut Creek, and Fresno
Global Days of Action, Locally Coordinated Antiwar Protests

Palo Alto

Antiwar March and Rally
U.S. OUT OF IRAQ
BUSH OUT OF WASHINGTON
Stop the dying. Stop the spying. Stop the lying.

12 noon
Palo Alto City Hall
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto

Speakers include:

LARRY BENSKY - KPFA's Sunday Salon
KAREN MEREDITH - Mother of slain soldier Lt. Ken Ballard
JOEL BEININ - Prof. of Middle East History, Stanford
Judy Kleinberg - Mayor of Palo Alto
Peter Drekmeier - Palo Alto City Council
Mark your calendars. Download flyer

Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
457 Kingsley Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
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(650) 326-8837

"Peninsula Peace and Justice Center has been one of the most effective of the activist organizations." - Noam Chomsky

"A lively operation..." - Alexander Cockburn


San Francisco

March and Rally
STOP THE WAR
End Colonial Occupation from Iraq to Palestine to Haiti!
From Iraq to New Orleans, Fund People's Needs-Not the War Machine!

Gather 11 a.m., Civic Center

After an opening rally, the march will take a route, ending back at the Civic Center, that links up the war issue with various other struggles, including the hotel workers at the SF Hilton, the pressmen at the SF Chronicle, and Glide Memorial Church activists feeding the homeless.

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Join the Youth and Student A.N.S.W.E.R. Contingent in the March 18 March Against War and Occupation

We will be meeting at 10 a.m. at the corner of Larkin and McAllister in Civic Center Plaza. To help build the contingent, pick up flyers at 2489 Mission St. #24 to distribute at your school, to your friends or your youth group, or in your community. Call for more information, 415 821 6545. Visit http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611328 to download flyers.

Youth and students are also invited to help get ready for the contingent at two material making parties. Sat, March 11 at 1 p.m. and Tue, March 14 after the A.N.S.W.E.R. meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. Both sessions will be at 2489 Mission St. #24. There will be food, drinks and materials to make banners, signs and more. No artistic talent needed, but it is welcome!


Monday, March 20: Third Anniversary of the "Shock and Awe" Invasion of Iraq

Youth & Student Day of Resistance to Imperialism

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This is not our war. The Bush administration has sent hundreds of thousands of young people to be killed in a war for Empire. The war and occupation of Iraq cannot be seen in isolation. The U.S. is actively attempting to destroy every government that resists the Empire. People in Iraq, in Palestine, in Haiti, in Venezuela, in Cuba, in the Philippines are resisting, but the people of the United States must become their allies. Their resistance is part of the universal aspiration to live free from foreign domination or threats of a military or economic character.

The U.S., on the contrary, has nearly 10,000 nuclear weapons, has a military budget of $500 billion per year, constituting half of all arms production in the world. The U.S. government is the only one in the world that has ever used nuclear weapons, which it did against the civilian cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. More than 100,000 Iraqis have died since March 2003. Their country has been destroyed. Electricity, food, medicine, drinkable water all the things necessary to sustain life are now in a state of ruin. More than 2,000 U.S. soldiers have been killed and 20,000-30,000 have been horribly wounded. The U.S. government has spent $300 billion to carry out this war of aggression; that comes to more than $300 million every day.

While the Bush administration and Congress allocate limitless resources for their war for Empire, these so-called elected representatives of the people are carrying out massive cutbacks in Medicaid, Medicare, tuition aid, food stamps and other vital social programs. Of the $50 billion in projected cutbacks in the coming fiscal year, more than one-third are targeting programs designed to help young people, especially education programs.

This is a racist war. The Bush administration has targeted and demonized Arab and Muslim peoples. It is a racist war too because it constitutes a systematic diversion of resources from African American, Latino and other oppressed communities directly into the coffers of the corporate and banking establishment through the agency of military spending.

Now is a critical time for youth and students to join the anti-war movement. Join actions at San Jose State, UC Berkeley, Sonoma State, Laney College, and other campuses around the SF Bay Area on March 20 for the youth and student day of resistance to imperialism. For more information on these action or to get involved, contact Youth & Student A.N.S.W.E.R. at 415 821 6545 or answer [at] actionsf.org.

ANSWER Volunteer Meetings every Tuesday at 7 p.m.
2489 Mission St. #30
San Francisco

Initiated by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition:
Youth & Student A.N.S.W.E.R., IFCO/Pastors for Peace, Free Palestine Alliance-U.S., Haiti Support Network, Partnership for Civil Justice-LDEF,
Nicaragua Network, Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines, Korea Truth Commission, Muslim Student Association-National,
Kensington Welfare Rights Union, Mexico Solidarity Network, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Middle East Children's Alliance

415-821-6545 � answer [at] actionsf.org � http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611330
2489 Mission St. Room 24, San Francisco
Call to endorse and learn how you can get involved or mail in the endorsement form on back.

South Bay Mobilization urges everyone to join one of the mobilizations on March 18.

For more info, call 408-998-8504 or send e-mail to info [at] southbaymobilization.org

Walnut Creek

MARCH AND RALLY IN WALNUT CREEK - 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. INVASION OF IRAQ

Walnut Creek BART to Civic Park
Civic & Broadway
Walnut Creek
Gather at the Walnut Creek BART parking lot at 11am.
March to Civic Park at Civic & Broadway in Walnut Creek.
Rally & program begin at 12:00 Noon in Civic Park

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Norman Solomon, Author & Media Critic
George Miller, Congressman
Mark DeSaulnier, County Supervisor
Matt Gonzalez, Former S.F. Supervisor & Mayoral Candidate
Elizabeth De La Vega, former federal prosecutor and writer for The Nation
Pete McCloskey, Former Congressman

ENTERTAINMENT:
Country Joe McDonald ("Next Stop Is Vietnam")
Julay Brandenburg and the Nightbirds (bluegrass)
More To Come - Stay Tuned

Sponsors: Progressive Alliance of Contra Costa County, Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center, Lamorinda Peace and Justice Group, American Friends Service Cmt

Endorsers: United for Peace and Justice, Code PINK, Global Exchange, Western States Legal Foundation, Tri-Valley CARES, East Bay Peace Action, East Bay Coalition to Support Self Rule for Iraq, Progressive Democrats of the East Bay

For more information contact:
Tony Martarella, Director
Progressive Alliance of Contra Costa County
(925) 938-3321
action.teams [at] gmail.com
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Fresno

Rally in the Valley for Peace & Social Justice

March 18, 2006, is the three-year anniversary of the U.S. "Shock and Awe" beginning of the war in Iraq. Lisa Solomon, president of Peace Fresno, says, "We will mark this sad day with a huge anti-war event. Everyone who is against the war needs to come out on Saturday, March 18, to say Support Our Troops! Bring Them Home Now!"

At 11 a.m., we will gather at the corner of Shaw & Cedar Avenues. We will march east on Shaw until Woodrow, then turn in to the campus of CSUF, and continue to the Free Speech Area.

At NOON the rally will begin, and continue until 4 p.m. at the Free Speech Area. We will show two films in the Student Union, Room 312-314, schedule to be announced. More info: http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611333


Sunday, March 19

Interfaith Prayers for Peace - San Jos�

2 p.m.
First Unitarian Church of San Jose
160 North Third Street

March 18-19 marks the third anniversary of the Iraq war. Please come and join people of all ages and faiths to recommit to peace, truth and community with prayers and songs. For more information, visit http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611334 or call 408-292-3858 Ext. 27.

Sponsored by the Social Justice Committee of First Unitarian Church of San Jose, the Santa Clara Council of Churches, Interfaith Space, American Muslim Voice, the San Jose Peace Council, and South Bay Mobilization

Sunday, March 19

South Bay BANNER BLITZ to Ban War - San Jos�

3 - 5 p.m.
St. James Park
North 3rd street across the first Unitarian church
(across from First Unitarian Church following 2 p.m. Interfaith Prayers for Peace)

Bring banners and signs from the March 18 rally - Stop the War, Bring Our Troops Home, No War on Iran, (write your own message) - and fan out to highway overpasses around San Jose to spread the word. Some sign-making materials will be available at the park.

Suggested locations:

Milpitas Hwy 237 at Main Street
Stevens Creek at Winchester
The Alameda overpass over 880
Winchester overpass over 280
101 at 13th Street
Saratoga Ave overpass over 280
680 at McKee Alum Rock
Hwy 85 at Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road
In front of MLK Jr library
In Willow Glen at Lincoln and Minnesota
Story Road at Hwy 101
Shoreline at 101

Tuesday, March 21 (and every first and third Tuesday except if raining)

Drumming and Spoken Word - San Jos�

Open Mic Spoken Word & Drumming Circle to Stop the Spying, Stop the Lying, Stop the Dying.

6 - 8 p.m.
In front of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
4th & San Fernando Streets

Extra drums provided, but people are encouraged to bring their own drums. Bring your own signs and noisemaker too.

US Out of Iraq! US Out of Afghanistan!

US Out of the Middle East!

US Out of Everywhere!

We will SPEAK OUT! With our ideas for what we can do to end the war in Iraq and restore democracy in our country.

For more info, call SBM at (408) 998-8504
Email: drumcircle [at] southbaymobilization.org

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Saturday, March 25

Hear Venezuelan Trade Unionist Lu�s Primo - San Jos�
Speak on the Venezuelan People and the Bolivarian Revolution

12 noon Film Screening: 'Venezuela Bolivarianna: People and Struggle of the 4th World War'

This documentary by Marcelo Andrade examines the Venezuelan Revolution as connected to the worldwide movement against capitalist globalization.

1:30 p.m. Guest Speaker Luis Primo, Regional Coordinator, National Union of Workers / Uni�n Nacional de Trabajadores (UNT)

SEIU 715
2302 Zanker Road

Refreshments provided | $5 - 15 donation, no one turned away | wheelchair accessible

For more information: email bugsblog [at] yahoo.com , call 408-998-8504 or go to http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611336

Sponsored by Hands Off Venezuela, SEIU Local 715 Latino Caucus, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - San Jos� branch, and South Bay Mobilization

Sunday, March 26

March For Peace - Tijuana, Mexico, to San Francisco

Fernando Suarez del Solar, Pablo Paredes, Camilo Mejia, and Aidan Delgado will lead a coalition of the willing on this 241-mile quest for peace starting in Tijuana, Mexico, going through Marine Corps Depot Camp Pendleton to the Cesar Chavez burial site in La Paz, Calif., culminating in the Mission district of San Francisco with a memorial ceremony and blood drive.

The march will begin on 12 March 2006. The coalition of the willing will arrive at La Paz, Calif., on March 22, pass through San Jose on March 26, and culminate in San Francisco from March 26 to 27.

VOLUNTEERS are needed for the 15-mile San Jos� segment.Contact David if you can help on the 15-mile San Jos� segment: svtriathlete [at] hotmail.com

For more info about this march, visit http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611337

OBJECTIVE: A 241-mile march that aims at ensuring that the Latino voice of opposition to the war is heard loud and clear across the Americas.

Latinos represent nearly 15% of the US population and 11% of the U.S. military, with many serving in combat or hazardous duty occupations. In addition, an estimated 20% of the fallen service members in the early months of the invasion were Latino. With the continued growth of the Latino population and its vital importance to the future of this country, it is time for the Latino community to become an active and vocal part of the 60%+ of U.S. citizens that oppose this war. It is also time to show the Latino community that they have a voice and a right to fight for peace and stability. Fernando Suarez Del Solar is committed to self-sacrifice. At 50 years of age, he cares more about ending this war than even his own health. We make this call not only to the Latino population but to all those who agree with our message "No more bloodshed in Iraq."


Other Events

Friday, March 10

Film: 'Wetback' - Palo Alto

7:30 p.m.
Unitarian Hall,
Unitarian Universalist Church
505 E. Charleston [map]
Suggested donation: $5 to $10 (no one turned away)
Full schedule at: http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611338

Joint Production of:
World Centric (http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611339) 650-283-3797
Peace Umbrella of Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto (http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611340)

Persistent massive unemployment has left millions of Central Americans desperately impoverished, with little choice but to migrate to jobs in Canada and the U.S. It is estimated that 3,000 a day embark on the treacherous overland journey north, and fewer than 300 ever make it. Wetback is a powerful record of the journey of five Nicaraguans, with no documents and little money, as they make their way north. The obstacles they face are tremendous and life threatening, from corrupt Mexican border police and vicious Mexican gangs, to dangerously overcrowded freight trains and fast-moving rivers. Those who make it into the U.S. face armed white supremacist vigilante groups who patrol the border to prevent illegal entry. Some make it, some don't; all suffer greatly. "Wetback" is an exemplary committed documentary that offers crucial human insights into the politics of poverty, the forces of repression and the will to survive. (90 min, 2004)

Audience Choice Award 21st Chicago Latin Film Festival
Spectrum award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2005
Best documentary: Cinequest film fest, San Jose 2005
Winner, Best Story, Festival Pamplona Punto de Vista

Fair trade/organic snacks and socializing will follow the film.


Sunday, March 12

U.S. Premiere - New Documentary on the Iraq War: 'In the Shadow of the Palms' - San Francisco

7 p,m,
Victoria Theater
16th St between Capp and Mission
near 16th St BART

The feature-length documentary film on the Iraq war "In the Shadow of the Palms" has been described as a "humane and profoundly authentic" portrayal of the struggles of the people of Iraq through this tumultuous war. The film documents the lives of ordinary people preparing for the war in the months leading up to the invasion and shows the brutal and indiscriminant 'shock and awe' bombing of Baghdad. The filmmaker returns to document how the peoples' lives have changed under the US-led occupation.

Tickets $10 advance/$12 at door
To purchase advance tickets, visit http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611341

The screening benefits the ongoing work of the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, including the SF March 18 Protest against the War in Iraq. For more info, visit http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611342 or call 415-821-6545. For more about the film visit http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611343

International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism)
2489 Mission St., Rm. 24, San Francisco, CA 94110 | Phone: 415-821-6545
Fax: 415-821-5782 | Email: answer [at] actionsf.org | Web: http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611344


Tuesday, March 14

District 3 Candidate Dennis Kyne Hosts Another Benefit for Katrina Victims - San Jos�
Featuring San Jose's Ambassador of Jazz, Eddie Gale, Gold Star Mother Nadia McCaffrey and Jesse Dyen

SOFA Lounge
372 South 1st Street
Downtown San Jose

The Eddie Gale Band
(http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611345) will be performing two sets.

Arrive at 7 p.m. to view Nadia McCaffrey's short documentary, Journey to Peace.

Valerie Mih's documentary American Patriots will also be featured.

The Eddie Gale Band, with Valerie Mih on piano and John Gruntfest on alto sax, and rhythym section, will play the first of two sets at 8pm.
Jesse Dyen (http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611346) will play songs from his latest album, "Contents Under Pressure."
Elected officials will be invited.

Dennis proved his leadership skills when the devastation of Hurricane Katrina swept the deep South. While thousands of residents were being forced out of New Orleans, Dennis fought his way in.

Dennis arrived in Covington, LA on the 2nd of September and has worked in support of rebuilding communities since. As part of a four person team that raised $500,000 and hundreds of tons of food for victims, he also helped open up a functional supply line to southern Louisiana. This supply line kept many people alive during the most deadly period of the disaster.

Dennis has been involved in numerous fund raisers for residents of the gulf region and is currently running for District Three City Council, San Jose.
The SOFA Lounge is upstairs from the Eulipia Restaurant at 372 South First Street in Downtown. Make reservations for dinner at the famous Eulipia soon.
408-280-6161 for dinner reservations.

SOFA Lounge 408-294-SOFA tim [at] sofaloungesj.com
For more information please call
408-295-6825 or email fortcasey [at] sbcglobal.net


Tuesday, March 14

Democracy or Imperialism? A Dissection of U.S. Policy in the Middle East - Fremont

6:30 p.m.
Fukaya Room
Fremont Main Library,
2400 Stevenson Blvd

The policy of the United States towards the Iranian nuclear program,
The seemingly endless U.S. imbroglio in Iraq,
Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands and the Hamas victory in the Palestinian elections,
The situation in Syria and Lebanon in the aftermath of the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri and the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon.
Find out how all these elements are connected within the broader Middle Eastern situation and how they are related to events elsewhere in the world, including here at home.

Richard Becker, veteran activist with InternationalANSWER recently returned from the Middle East, and Hatem Bazian, Palestinian professor of Islamic Studies at U.C. Berkeley, dissect the policies of the United States in this strategically vital area, present a compelling argument as to why the Bush Administration is pursuing these policies, and outline a prognosis for the future.

Free Admission - For more info: (510) 825-6968 or http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611347
Sponsored by Tri-City Peace and Justice and South Alameda County Peace and Justice.


Thursday, March 16

Remembering Rachel Corrie - Oakland

7 p.m.
Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts
(formerly the Alice Arts Center)
1428 Alice Street (cross street 14th)
(near 12th Street BART)
Suggested Donation: $10-20

Full Info:
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Call (510)236-4250 or email us info [at] norcalism.org

The International Solidarity Movement Support Group in Northern California invites you to join us at the third annual Rachel Corrie Memorial.

We will celebrate the life of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old ISM volunteer who was killed by an Israeli soldier while nonviolently resisting the demolition of a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip in Palestine. The event will also honor victims of violence everywhere and those unjustly imprisoned. Its objective is to raise awareness to and make connections between various global and domestic issues of social justice particularly the issue of Palestine.

This event is accessible for disabled persons in wheelchairs. There will also be ASL interpretation for the hearing impaired.

Speakers:

Huwaida Arraf, co-founder, International Solidarity Movement
Dolores Huerta, co-founder, United Farm Workers
Maria Labossiere, Haiti Action Comm.
Todd Chretien, Organizer for College Not Combat Initiative, San Francisco
Kiilu Nyasha, Long time journalist, activist for liberation of all.
Mary Jean Robertson, Native American activist, hosts Voices of the Native Nation on KPOO 89.5 FM.
Performers:

Dennis Kyne, activist for military veterans, musician.
Stephen Kent, A master didjeridu player, multi-instrumentalist and composer.
Ras K' Dee, Native American Hip Hop Artist
Lorene Zouzounis, Palestinian poet and committed peacemaker.
Andrea Prichett, Folk singer
Dabke Dance Troupe
Dave Welsh, union activist, musician and member of Freedom Song Network.
Cosponsored by
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee-San Francisco, Bay Area Women in Black, Breaking the Silence, Christian Peacemaker Teams, Copwatch, Corpwatch, Faculty For Israeli-Palestinian Peace (FFIPP), Friends of Deir Ibzia, Global Exchange, Haiti Action Committee, International Socialist Organizing, Jews for a Free Palestine, KPFA 94.1FM, KPOO 89.5 FM, Labor Committee for Peace & Justice, Middle East Children's Alliance, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, Not In Our Name, Palestinian American Congress, Rebuilding Alliance, SUSTAIN, Students for Justice in Palestine, Veterans for Peace.


Sunday, March 19

Ward Churchill: 'Developing a Strategy to Win' - San Jos�

6:30 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Church
160 N Third Street

$5-15 donation suggested, no one turned away for lack of funds

Endorsed by: AK Press, Peninsula Anarchist Collective, South Bay MECHA, Muslim Student Movement, Watsonville Brown Berets, Justice for Palestinians, South Bay Comite in Solidarity with Cuba and Latin America, Estacion Libre, Bay Area Muslim Student Association, and the Unitarian Social Action Committee


Saturday, March 25

'The Power of Truth in a Nation of Lies' - Palo Alto

6:30 p.m. Socializing
7 p.m. Program
First Presbyterian Church
1140 Cowper

Limited Seating. First come first served.

Sponsored By Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice & American Muslim Voice.

SCOTT RITTER was the UN's top weapons inspector in Iraq between 1991 and 1998. Before working for the UN he served as an officer in the U.S. Marines and as a ballistic missile adviser to General Schwarzkopf in the first Gulf war. He is the author of Iraq Confidential, published by Nation Books. "The important thing to know about Scott Ritter is that he was right." - Seymour Hersh

RAY McGOVERN is a member of the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). He worked as a CIA analyst for 27 years, and now works for Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the Ecumenical Church of the Saviour in Washington, D.C.

U.S. TOUR OF DUTY (http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611349), a non-profit project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), supports the anti-war advocacy of Iraq veterans, military families, policy analysts, and performers by organizing public forums, developing communication strategies, and producing video/audio content.

"The world will be saved by individuals of integrity freely joining together" - Buckminster Fuller


Friday

WEEKLY PEACE VIGILS AT TWO LOCATIONS - San Jos�

Fridays: 4:30 - 6 p.m.
Federal Building, Second and San Carlos

Saturdays & Sundays: 11-1:30 a.m.
Winchester and Stevens Creek

Please attend as you are able. Support our local peace activists in making sure their voices are heard and more Iraqi, American and other lives are not lost. Endorsed by United for Peace and Justice, San Jose Peace Center, San Jose Friends Meeting, Global Exchange, Green Party of Santa Clara County, School of the Americas Watch West - San Jose, VFP, and South Bay Mobilization


Sunday

FOOD NOT BOMBS FEEDS THE HUNGRY - San Jos�

Food Not Bombs feeds the hungry in protest of the war every Sunday at 5 p.m. at Cesar Chavez Park stage at Market and San Fernando. In case of rain, call John at 947-7834.


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DONATIONS ARE NEEDED AND WELCOME! To donate by check, make it payable to South Bay Mobilization (or, to make tax deductible, append /PUF (for Progress Unity Fund) like so: South Bay Mobilization/PUF. Send to: South Bay Mobilization, PO Box 641163, San Jose CA 95164.


For more information, visit http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611350, call 408-998-8504, or email info [at] southbaymobilization.org

Other important websites and phone numbers:

San Jose Peace Center: http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611351 408-297-2299

Peninsula Peace and Justice Center: http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611352 650-326-8837

Bay Area ANSWER: http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611353 415-821-6545

South Bay Department of Peace Campaign: http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=66257788&u=611354 408-297-5978

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This is an announcement from South Bay Mobilization, an organization working to oppose U.S. interventions that violate rights of self-determination abroad and undermine civil liberties, economic rights, and environmental protections here at home.

Send comments and calendar items to info [at] southbaymobilization.org