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Friday, March 18, 2005
BAUAW NEWSLETTER-FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2005
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THE NEXT BAUAW MEETING: SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 11:30AM 474 VALENCIA STREET, SF (FIRST FLOOR, TO THE LEFT AND ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE COMPAÑEROS DEL BARRIO CHILDREN'S CENTER) ******************************************************* BAY AREA UNITED AGAINST WAR PRESENTS A PREMIERE FILM SHOWING OF: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED One man, one camera. Two sides of a story TONIGHT, MARCH 18TH, 6 P.M. FOUR STAR TWIN 220 CLEMENT ST. NEAR 23RD AVENUE SAN FRANCISCO 415-666-3488 (There will be a short question and answer period at 7:30 P.M. immediately following the film.) MISSION ACCOMPLISHED is a gripping documentary by veteran British journalist Sean Langan. Langan gets up close and personal accounts of the war from U.S. and coalition soldiers, Iraqi resistance fighters, and captures Abu Ghraib prison abuses long before the torture reached the popular Press. The most powerful statement of the film is the depiction of the total devastation brought to Iraq by this war. It is the constant backdrop to the interviews in the film as is the almost universal hatred exhibited by the Iraqi people toward any U.S. presence in Iraq-both from those interviewed and from those included among the rubble in the background scenes. This film's a must for anyone thinking of joining the military or who is unsure of what our government is doing there in our name. ************************************************************ CINEMA LIBRE STUDIO - www.VOICESINWARTIME.org - LANDMARK THEATRES - GLOBAL EXCHANGE - THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN - CORPWATCH - BAY.AREA.UNITED.AGAINST.WAR Invite you to join us for a special sneak preview of the film "Voices in Wartime." Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 7:30 p.m. Landmark Lumiere Theatre 1572 California St (near Polk) San Francisco, CA 94109 Please RSVP via e-mail to VIWSF@ebcoms.com by March 26, 2005. Include your name and number of guests in the subject line e.g. "Your Name + 1." Please note: Screening is FREE. Seating is limited, based on RSVPs received. If we are not able to accommodate you, we will let you know by return email. Please bring a copy of this invitation with you. ************************************************************ MILITARY RECRUITERS WILL BE AT THE CAREER FAIR AT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL 600 32nd Avenue between Geary and Balboa Sts. TUESDAY, APRIL 5TH, 9:50AM-12:20PM Come to the BAUAW meeting April 2 and help plan ways to keep the military out all the career fairs and out of our schools! SAT. APRIL 2, 11:30 a.m. 474 VALENCIA STREET, SF (FIRST FLOOR, TO THE LEFT AND ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE COMPAÑEROS DEL BARRIO CHILDREN'S CENTER) ************************************************************ [This is the full text of a statement only partially given by Tim Tuomey, a veteran, to the Board of Education meeting last evening, March 17th. He was allowed only a minute. But the board members, mesmerized by his quiet voice and the power of his words, were captivated and let him go on for at least another minute before they realized his time was up. They cut him off in mid sentence. He left me a copy of his statement: Gang Way of Life Just because they are government employees doesn't mean they are looking out for your kid's better half. No, they will look at taking care of the government's better half. By Tim Tuomey I refer to these recruiters as gang members and animals because in 1987 a Marine gang member approached me. He also sold me on a better way of life. He sold me on how I can be high speed and low drag by enlisting and taking Recon indoct. He also told me of these benefits I would be eligible for after I'm done servicing his machine. It's his machine that has left me with horrors I still cannot comprehend. What lives inside me is a screaming white-hot anger that has made me a social recluse. I'm afraid of the anger that lives inside. Fifteen years later I still deal with PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and the inability to sleep through the night. But what he didn't highlight was how I will give up everything I know and what is good in this world to trade it in for a violent and very mean view of life. I'm not going to preach to you today about the lies they weave to hit quota. No, what I am asking you for today is to consider this... imagine your child, grandson, daughter, neighbor's kids-children. See the mold of clay waiting to become a work of art. They're good kids. Kids you love. Kids who love you. Kids with such promise. Kids who just need a better understanding of what's out there. A kid who could be the next doctor to come up with the answer for cancer...O.K., ya got that...? Now imagine this kid goes and joins the military. Let's use the United States Marine Corps (USMC). What is it that you think they teach them? The first teach them how to defend the constitution from aggressors both foreign and domestic. Not how to work on seven tons...or build radar systems, or how to rebuild Harrier jet turbines. Things they are promised by the recruiter. No! The job of the military personal-ya know, the good kid-is to defend the constitution and our way of life 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. That means job 1 is to kill until the killin is done. How do you think they teach a good kid to kill? Good kids don't know the first thing about killing. It's why they're good kids. So what do you do...brainwash them to do it. That's what boot camp is for. That son and daughter will become a sanction government 03-killer at the end of 12 weeks of boot camp. Have you ever lived with a killer? Probably not. But my wife and parents have. To this day my mom doesn't recognize me as the same person who left in 1987. Her words, "What happened to you over there? You left me a happy and carefree kid who loved being around people. And now you come back as a mean, hateful, angry animal who hates people. Where is my child?" "I don't know mom, you need to ask the recruiter." And the beast came to feed on my innocents. When he was done he left me with anger and memories of horror. I come here today to speak to your group about the hijacking of your kids and your efforts to create a better world. Question: Would any of you allow gang-bangers to roam freely in your school districts? Or allow the local crack dealer to sell his junk on your playgrounds? Then why would you let something more dangerous in your schools? I have no problem with the ROTC programs. This program does have valid merits which extend to things like leadership, and understanding the difference between right and wrong. My gripe is not with this organization but instead with the recruiter itself. Question: Is it frustrating to watch hard-earned work go down the drain? You people are educators, right? I would assume somewhere in your mission statement you try to give students the RIGHT tools for them to go out in the world so their lives will be fulfilling end enjoyable, RIGHT? THEN WHY WOULD YOU LET THESE GOVERNMENT GANG MEMBERS IN YOUR SCHOOLS TO TRY AND PREACH THERE? ************************************************************ Volunteers are needed for March 19th! Show up March 19th at Dolores Park or Civic Center at 9:00 a.m. and sign up at the A.N.S.W.E.R. volunteer table. Or contact A.N.S.W.E.R. OFFICE AT: 2489 Mission St. #24, 415-821-6545 Hello to members of United for Peace and Justice Bay Area, On March 19 UPJ-Bay Area will be meeting at 10:30 a.m. on 18th and Dolores Streets before marching down to Civic Center. We will be carrying panels of the faces of the victims of the war-American soldiers and Iraqi civilians-and need your help in carrying them to Civic Center where we will have a table. Please send out this request to your listserv. Thanks. Jackie Barshak for UPJ-Bay Area 415.308.9416 jackie barshak jbarshak@hotmail.com ************************************************************ Saturday, March 19 10AM at 16th and Mission St. (the 16th Street BART station) *** AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, military recruiters were forced to leave early without any recruits because of the hundreds of students that came out to protest their presence at the school! This is not an isolated incident. Seattle, Chicago, New York, Madison, Connecticut, Minnesota. In community colleges, high schools, and universities around the nation, students, faculty, and campus workers have come out to protest the BLACKMAILING of education. As billions are being diverted from schools to the war, our students are being told that they need to die before they see a dime of it. THIS IS DEAD WRONG. As recruiters are failing to meet quotas for the first time in a decade, despite more than tripling signing bonuses, we need to rebuild the anti-war movement by fighting against the war where it is weakest. Join students, parents, teachers, military families, veterans, community members, and activists on the second anniversary of the war at the 16th Street BART station at 10AM to march up to Dolores Park together. Sponsored by the Campus Anti-War Network and the College Not Combat Committee. Money for Jobs and Education! Not for War and Occupation! For more info please contact: ragina@mac.com / 415.412.4540 sue sandlin design | srsndln@pacbell.net ************************************************************ Stop the Eviction Picket !!! When: Monday, March 21 Time: 5:00 PM Where: 1353-57 Folsom (between 9th & 10th Streets) Hi This from the Tenants Union...hope you can all join us Monday...expose the lie of SFSOS and Plan C about TICs, come see the human cost of this form of "homeownership" in SF.... tommi The Scoop:  Uldarico is a 70 year-old Filipino immigrant who lives with his family in a three-unit building in SOMA. The building houses over 20 people including seniors and young children. All are facing eviction under the Ellis Act. Uldarico worked for the state for years before retiring in 1999. He and his wife, Lolita (67), have lived in the building since 1979. Their children and young grandchildren live with them—three generations residing together in affordable, rent-controlled housing. Amparo and Romulo, 72 years old, reside in another apartment in the building. Their son Hector works for a local landscaper. Hector has lived in the apartment for over a decade. His parents are retired. Maria, age 62, and her family live in the building as well. Her son Ricardo is a tow truck driver in San Francisco. They are immigrants from Mexico. The family has lived in the apartment for over a deca de. Now their new landlords, Alda and Joe Chan, are evicting all the tenants under the Ellis Act. Another Unjust Ellis Eviction Done Within Days of The Landlord Buying The Building !!!! Clearly, this is an eviction for speculation and conversion of the buildingâ€"the Chan's bought the building March 12, 2004 and decided to "go out of the business of Being a landlord " 18 days later on March 30, when, they served the tenants eviction notices under the state Ellis Act. Supposedly, Ellis allows landlords to "get out of the rental business." If the Chan's didn't want to be in the rental business, why did they buy this apartment building?? Probably because they can evict the tenants here and get a huge profit by converting the building to condos. This is exactly the type of abuse of the Ellis Act that Assembly Member Mark Leno is seeking to stop with his legislation (Assembly Bill 781) requiring a landlord to own a building for at least 5 years before they can use Ellis to evict all of the tenants to "get out of the business" of being a landlord. To download flyer, go to www.sftu.org . ************************************************************ EYES WIDE OPEN EXHIBIT STILL NEEDS SHOES: * Tie each pair together, or, if no laces, securely attach them together. * Count the pairs of shoes and place in heavy-duty garbage bags. Attach a tag with the count on it. * Shoes will be donated at the end of the exhibit. Children's and men's shoes are especially needed. * Call Nabil at 415-565-0201 ext. 14 or email shoes@peacefultomorrows.org * Drop off shoes 9 am to 5 pm at AFSC, 65 Ninth St. (between Mission and Market) until Thursday, March 24. Last minute shoes may be brought to Civic Center Plaza Friday, March 25. No shoes accepted after Friday. * Collect phone cards for military personnel We are also collecting telephone calling cards to donate to military personnel and to returning Iraq war veterans in a Bay Area hospital and the USOs at local airports. Please purchase phone cards to donate with your shoes or bring to the exhibit. * To volunteer with the shoe project, call Nabil at 415-565-0201 ext. 14 or email shoes@peacefultomorrows.org * To volunteer to help with the exhibit call AFSC at 415-565-0201 ext. 15 or email sleeds@afsc.org SAN FRANCISCO DATES: March 25 (Friday), 11:00 am with all night vigil Civic Center between Polk and Larkin March 26 (Saturday), 10:00 am to 5 pm Civic Center Voices and Requiem - 2 pm March 27 (Easter Sunday), 10:00 am to dusk Union Square (Powell and Geary) ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 1) March 19, 2005 Global Day of Action No to War Occupation of Iraq, Palestine, Haiti, Afghanistan, Cuba Everywhere! Bring the Troops Home Now! Money for People's Needs, Not War! San Francisco: March Assembles: 11 a.m. Dolores Park Rally: 1 p.m. Civic Center 2) COMING TO THE BAY AREA SOON-POWERFUL ANTIWAR MOVIES 3) Iraqi War Veteran's Personal Journey of Conscience Tuesday, March 22, 7:00 PM Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek Aidan Delgado, 23 year-old returned war veteran, relates the personal journey of his deployment in Iraq at Abu Grhraib Prison, and how he came to establish himself as a conscientious objector. For more information call the Peace & Justice Center 925/933-7850 4) Un-Volunteering: (LINK ONLY) Troops Improvise to Find Way Out By MONICA DAVEY http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/18/national/ 18soldiers.html?hp&ex=1111208400&en=dba04a0271e65534&ei=5094&partner=h omepage 5) TELL BUSH CONGRESS:HANDS OFF SOCIAL SECURITY! STOP THE BUDGET CUTS! FUND PEOPLE'S NEEDS - NOT WAR IN IRAQ! SATURDAY, April 30, 2005 National People's Speak-Out in San Francisco with Ramsey Clark and others SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2005 National People's Speak-Out in Washington, DC 6) On March 31, the Selective Service (LINK ONLY) System will report to President Bush that it is ready to implement a draft within 75 days. We have to organize now to stop the draft before it starts. http://www.NoDraftNoWay.org 7) US Army seeks longer enlistments (LINK ONLY) as recruitment falters Posted 10:24pm (Mla time) Mar 17, 2005 By Maxim Kniazkov Agence France-Presse http://news.inq7.net/world/index.php?index=1&story_id=30824 8) Military Recruiters Target Campus Activists Hadas Their and Katrina Yeaw ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 1) March 19, 2005 Global Day of Action No to War Occupation ˆ Iraq, Palestine, Haiti, Afghanistan, Cuba Everywhere! Bring the Troops Home Now! Money for People‚s Needs, Not War! San Francisco: March Assembles: 11 a.m. Dolores Park Rally: 1 p.m. Civic Center [Volunteers are needed for March 19. Show up at Dolores Park at 9:00am-or at the Civic Center at 9:00am and sign up at the A.N.S.W.E.R. volunteer table or call the A.N.S.W.E.R. office at 415-821-6545. ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 2) BAY AREA UNITED AGAINST WAR PRESENTS: "Mission Accomplished" a brutally vivid documentary filmed entirely on the ground in Iraq. The reality of this war for American troops is contrasted to the overwhelming reality of the devastation felt and experienced by the people of Iraq. "Mission Accomplished" will open Tonight, March 18th, 6pm: The Four Star Twin 2200 Clement St. (near 23rd Ave.) San Francisco, CA 94121 415.666.3488 CINEMA LIBRE STUDIO - www.VOICESINWARTIME.org - LANDMARK THEATRES - GLOBAL EXCHANGE - THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN - CORPWATCH - BAY.AREA.UNITED.AGAINST.WAR Invite you to join us for a special sneak preview of the film "Voices in Wartime." Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 7:30 p.m. Landmark Lumiere Theatre 1572 California St (near Polk) San Francisco, CA 94109 Please RSVP via e-mail to VIWSF@ebcoms.com by March 26, 2005. Include your name and number of guests in the subject line e.g. "Your Name + 1." Please note: Screening is FREE. Seating is limited, based on RSVPs received. If we are not able to accommodate you, we will let you know by return email. Please bring a copy of this invitation with you. ABOUT THE FILM ============== "Voices in Wartime" gives the gut-wrenching experience of war a fresh perspective. It steps away to look at all wars - not just the conflicts currently in the news. The terrible beauty of poetry is its guide, distilling the grim realities and complex emotions of war. In addition soldiers, journalists, historians and experts on combat are interviewed, adding diverse perspectives on war's effects. History and literature have shown that in times of war, poets can lead us to greater truths and that the power of poetry can help us understand the trauma, violence and death caused by armed conflict. EARLY REVIEWS ============= "'Voices' is a compelling look at poets caught up in the evils of war, with nowhere to hide but in the solace of words. But these are not words to be locked away. They are words to be shouted from the rooftop, or better yet, from the movie screens of every town in America. The film relates a history of war poetry with narratives that range from Sam Hamill 3-star general William Lennox Jr., superintendant of West Point. This movie arrives just in time for the second anniversary of "shock and awe". It may not be as shocking, but actually, it's a lot more awesome." - Karl Weyrauch, EZAAPP, from the Association of American Physician Poets. "A history of verse is laid alongside that of warfare, and the ways in which they are braided together proves fascinating." - Variety Magazine" * * * * - Entertainment Insiders www.VoicesInWartime.org 4509 Interlake Ave. N. #263 | Seattle, WA 98103-6782 www.CinemaLibreStudio.com [This poem by fourth-grader Cameron Penny was read by Marie Howe in this very beautiful film directed by Rick King. "If you are lucky in this life A window will appear on a battlefield between two armies And when the soldiers look into the window They don't see their enemies They see themselves as children And they stop fighting And go home and go to sleep When they wake up, the land is well again." By Cameron Penny] Landmark Lumiere 3 San Francisco 1572 California Street 50th St ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 3) Iraqi War Veteran's Personal Journey of Conscience Tuesday, March 22, 7:00 PM Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek Aidan Delgado, 23 year-old returned war veteran, relates the personal journey of his deployment in Iraq at Abu Grhraib Prison, and how he came to establish himself as a conscientious objector. For more information call the Peace & Justice Center 925/933-7850 ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 4) Un-Volunteering: (LINK ONLY) Troops Improvise to Find Way Out By MONICA DAVEY http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/18/national/ 18soldiers.html?hp&ex=1111208400&en=dba04a0271e65534&ei=5094&partner=h omepage ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 5) TELL BUSH CONGRESS:HANDS OFF SOCIAL SECURITY! STOP THE BUDGET CUTS! FUND PEOPLE'S NEEDS - NOT WAR IN IRAQ! SATURDAY, April 30, 2005 National People's Speak-Out in San Francisco with Ramsey Clark and others SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2005 National People's Speak-Out in Washington, DC Thousands will demonstrate on March 19/20. The movement is expanding. The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Action Plan includes merging the struggle against endless war with resistance and opposition to Bush's assault on Social Security, social programs, unions and working people's rights at home. Please see below for the next step after March 19/20, as well as an update on demonstrations taking place this weekend across the country. TELL BUSH CONGRESS:HANDS OFF SOCIAL SECURITY! STOP THE BUDGET CUTS! FUND PEOPLE'S NEEDS - NOT WAR IN IRAQ! SATURDAY, April 30, 2005 National People's Speak-Out in San Francisco with Ramsey Clark and others SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2005 National People's Speak-Out in Washington, DC Bush has launched a taxpayer funded campaign, complete with a strategizing "war room," to push through his plan to privatize Social Security. Bush and his corporate advisors are falsely crying "crisis" to scare younger workers into accepting "reforms." What is really going on is a scheme to channel hundreds of billions of dollars to the big Wall Street banks and investment firms at our expense. Currently Bush is on a 60-day, 60-city tour to convince people around the country to support his plan to destroy this vital social program. The Bush administration intends to slash virtually all remaining social services, including Social Security, to fund unlimited war and occupation in Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Haiti and more. They continue to spend more than $200 million a day on the war in Iraq, while targeting over 150 vital health, housing, education and jobs programs for complete elimination in this year's budget. The impact would be devastating for millions of people, and we must stop them in their tracks. Here's what you can do: 1) If you are organizing or attending a March 19/20 Event, help spread the word about the campaign to defend social security, stop the budget cuts, and fund people's needs - not war. For downloadable flyers and fact sheets, click here: http://www.pephost.org/downloads 2) You can endorse the call to say "Hands Off Our Social Security! Fund People's Needs, Not War in Iraq!" Endorsements from organizations and individuals are welcome. To endorse, click here: http://www.pephost.org/May7Endorse 3) Organize or join the protests in every city of Bush's "Destroy Social Security" tour. The AFL-CIO and other organizations are mobilizing protesters, young and old, to meet Bush and say "Hands Off Social Security!" A.N.S.W.E.R. calls the antiwar movement and all activists to join these demonstrations and connect the issue of Iraq and militarism with the fight to defend Social Security and to defeat the Bush budget cuts. If Bush is coming to your city, contact our National Office in Washington DC at 202-544-3389. 4) Contact us to find a Speak-Out near you or for assistance and resources to organize your own action. Fact sheets and other materials can be downloaded from our website at www.ANSWERcoalition.org Fill out the Event Listing form to help spread the word about your action: http://www.pephost.org/A30M6SpeakOut 5) Come to the National People's Speak-Out in San Francisco on Saturday April 30 at Mission High School at 3750 18th St. at 7:00 pm. On May 7 in Washington, DC we will stand together at Bush's doorstep to say "Hands Off Our Social Security! Fund People's Needs, Not War in Iraq!" Join us! Call us at 415-821-6545 or email answer@actionsf.org if you are organizing a bus, car pool, or transportation to San Francisco on April 30 from your area. HELP SPREAD THE WORD! Downloadable PDF flyers and fact sheets: http://www.pephost.org/downloads Downloadable PDF flyer for San Francisco April 30 National People's Speak out: http://www.actionsf.org/images/pdf-files/ssflyer.pdf MARCH 19/20 GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION: Nearly 600 actions in every U.S. state! On March 19/20, actions will take place in hundreds of cities across the U.S. and around the world as part of the Global Day of Action on the second anniversary of the "shock and awe" invasion of Iraq. * View the list of actions (updated daily): http://www.pephost.org/m19actions * Fill out the Event Listing form for your event: http://www.pephost.org/M19event * Show your support for the March 19/20 Global Day of Action: http://www.pephost.org/M1920endorse If you are organizing or attending a March 19/20 Event, help spread the word about the campaign to defend social security, stop the budget cuts, and fund people's needs - not war. For downloadable flyers and fact sheets, click here: http://www.pephost.org/downloads This week: STUDENTS YOUTH MOBILIZE AGAINST WAR RACISM The Students Youth Week of Resistance initiated by The Global Resistance Network and Youth Student A.N.S.W.E.R. is taking place this week! * View a list of events taking place across the country: http://www.pephost.org/youthm1418events FUNDS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED Funds are urgently needed to help the antiwar movement continue to get stronger. We can't do it without your help. You can make a contribution through a secure server, where you can also find information on how to contribute by check, by clicking here: http://www.pephost.org/ANSWERcontribute A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Act Now to Stop War End Racism www.ANSWERcoalition.org answer@actionsf.org National Office in Washington DC: 202-544-3389 New York City: 212-533-0417 Los Angeles: 323-464-1636 San Francisco: 415-821-6545 For media inquiries, call 415-821-6545 ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 6) On March 31, the Selective Service (LINK ONLY) System will report to President Bush that it is ready to implement a draft within 75 days. We have to organize now to stop the draft before it starts. http://www.NoDraftNoWay.org ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 7) US Army seeks longer enlistments (LINK ONLY) as recruitment falters Posted 10:24pm (Mla time) Mar 17, 2005 By Maxim Kniazkov Agence France-Presse http://news.inq7.net/world/index.php?index=1&story_id=30824 ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 8) Military Recruiters Target Campus Activists Hadas Their and Katrina Yeaw On Wednesday, March 9, I and two other students from the City College of New York (CCNY), Justino Rodriguez and Nicholas Bergreen, were brutalized and arrested by campus security guards for peacefully protesting the presence of military recruiters at CCNY's "career fair." We were charged with misdemeanor counts of assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, and disturbing the peace, among other things. Hospital records from Mt. Sinai confirm that Bergreen and Rodriguez suffered multiple contusions and post-concussion syndrome. Our court date is set for April 5. What was the reaction of CCNY's administration to these events? Without so much as a phone call to see if we were alright, or to find out our side of the story, Gregory H. Williams, the president of our college, sent an email to the entire faculty and student body repeating the allegations against us as if they were facts. - (Read full) - http://www.lefthook.org/Ground/Their031705.html - A Report on an Iraq Vet Speaking Out, and Some Reasons to be Optimistic Derek Seidman Over eighty students showed up to hear Iraq war veteran Patrick Resta (Specialist E/4) speak at Brown University on Thursday, March 10th, and about thirty people heard him speak the following night at the Cathedral of St. John in Providence. Patrick returned from Iraq in November, 2004. He is a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and has been speaking out against the war and occupation for a several months. As he said in a recent interview, "I will continue to speak out until the last soldier leaves Iraq." In his talks, Patrick tried to give the attendees an idea of what he experienced in Iraq, to present the reality of the war and occupation that the US media refuses to show. He had a slide show with pictures he took from Iraq- pictures he originally never intended to show to anyone other than friends and family. - (Read full) - http://www.lefthook.org/Ground/Seidman031705.html - Outsourcing Torture Igor Volsky Morality extends beyond the bedroom. Yet Americans are still focused on the mating habits of their fellow citizens. When we have sex, with whom we have sex and what results in the wake of that sex has preoccupied and often outraged the public. On the contrary, America's direct participation in humiliating, immoral and illegal prisoner abuse has garnered only modest indignation. Popular media and Congressional reactionaries have said relatively little of the moral implications of such behavior. - (Read full) - http://www.lefthook.org/Politics/Volsky031705.html - Restarting the Anti-War Movement Ralph Nader Political movements require momentum, they need to consistently build and aggregate. When they take a lengthy break from organizing and stop the momentum it is difficult to re-start. During the Vietnam War there was a consistent expansion of anti-war efforts. Every year the movement built and grew. Anti-war activists did not take breaks during election years. In fact, they targeted members of both political parties for their support for the war. Indeed, their work led to a sitting president, Lyndon Johnson; dropping out during the primaries as it became evident the Vietnam War would destroy his chances of re-election. This occurred even though Johnson was elected in what was the largest landslide ever in his previous 1964 campaign. And when that election year was over even Richard Nixon was pressured to announce a withdrawal plan. - (Read full) - http://www.lefthook.org/Politics/Nader031705.html - Iraq and the United States Worse Off After Two Years of Occupation Kevin B. Zeese Both the United States and Iraq have had thousands of casualties as a result of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, both countries are poorer, less safe and less secure. The two year anniversary of the Iraq War should be a time for facing up to the mistakes made and re-evaluation U.S. occupation of Iraq. In the last week I had the pleasure of interviewing an outspoken and intelligent anti-war activist living in Baghdad, Ghazwan Al-Mukhtar. Democracy Rising will be publishing his interview in the next week. As we were exchanging emails one very basic point became evident: the people in Iraq are clearly worse off today than they were under Saddam Hussein. They are worse of economically, they are worse of politically and they are less safe and less secure. - (Read full) - http://www.lefthook.org/Politics/Zeese031705.html - Marxism mailing list Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*
Thursday, March 17, 2005
BAUAW NEWSLETTER-THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2005
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THE NEXT BAUAW MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE: SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 11:30AM 474 VALENCIA STREET, SF (FIRST FLOOR, TO THE LEFT AND ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE COMPANEROS DEL BARRIO CHILDREN'S CENTER) ******************************************************* SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE BOARD TONIGHT, THURS. MARCH 17TH, 5:30 P.M.! PRECEEDING THE MEETING OF THE WHOLE AT 7 P.M.: 555 Franklin St. To get on the speakers list of the 5:30 meeting call: 415-241-6427, 241-6493 or 241-6000, Today, Thursday, March 17th from 8-3 p.m. There is no speakers list for the seven o'clock "meeting of the whole." They will ask for speakers and you go up to the microphone. I am not sure how much time will be allowed per speaker (either one or two minutes each.) at either meeting. At the March 8th meeting JROTC teachers lied about what the main purpose of JROTC was and about what they are teaching to the children of San Francisco at the district's expense. I received the following letter this morning from "Arson G.," one of those students. Arson G.'s words speak for themselves. "Out of the mouths of babes!" Peace, Bonnie Weinstein, Bay Area United Against War --- Nelly Gabuera I don't know where you guys get your ideas, but JROTC does NOT promote warfare or joining the army or any sort of that. It's my second year in the JROTC program and I love it, it teaches me leadership skills, educates me, it PROMOTES my moral standards. The mission of JROTC is to Promote Young Cadets To Become Better Citizens. You do not know what you are talking about, you are not IN the program, you have never been in the program because if you have you wouldve loved it, one paper does not mean im going to join the Army. Now that we have ROTC settled, let's focus on the war. If it wasn't for wars would you still enjoy the freedoms you have today? NO? if it wasn't for war half of the world would be run by dictators like Hitler or Stalin or Mussolini, Castro? SADAM? All we're doing in Iraq is bringing democracy. We fought BACK because of 9-11. You cannot JUDGE the JROTC in the last two years we have not even DISCUSSED THE WAR class wise maybe amongst friends BUT NOT IN THE JROTC CLASSROOM. The only thing we do, is march, learn how to tell right from wrong. We have fun in the JROTC program. Think of what effect it would have on kids that don't have as good opportunities. The kids that live in poverty that depend on JROTC to teach them better, I believe JROTC saved lot's of lives. I believe that if there isn't ONE person in the world that is unsuccessful in his life that passed the JROTC program with flying colors. I really hope you fail canceling the JROTC program, and for any grudge you have against Bush take it out on him not the kids. P.S. I AM joining the marine corps, it has been my DREAM to be in the army since i was 7 years old. My father served, my grandfather server and i will serve. One thing i do admit though, the JROTC did make me braver on my decision for joining the marines. -Sincerely Arson G. ************************************************************ MILITARY RECRUITERS WILL BE AT THE CAREER FAIR AT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL 600 32nd Avenue between Geary and Balboa Sts. TUESDAY, APRIL 5TH, 9:50AM-12:20PM ALL ARE INVITED TO HELP WITH COUNTER-RECRUITMENT! ************************************************************ ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* BAY AREA UNITED AGAINST WAR PRESENTS A PREMIERE FILM SHOWING OF: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED One man, one camera. Two sides of a story FRIDAY, MARCH 18TH, 6 P.M. (There will be a short question and answer period at 7:30 P.M. immediately following the film.) FOUR STAR TWIN 220 CLEMENT ST. NEAR 23RD AVENUE SAN FRANCISCO 415-666-3488 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED is a gripping documentary by veteran British journalist Sean Langan. Langan gets up close and personal accounts of the war from U.S. and coalition soldiers, Iraqi resistance fighters, and captures Abu Ghraib prison abuses long before the torture reached the popular Press. The most powerful statement of the film is the depiction of the total devastation brought to Iraq by this war. It is the constant backdrop to the interviews in the film as is the almost universal hatred exhibited by the Iraqi people toward any U.S. presence in Iraq-both from those interviewed and from those included among the rubble in the background scenes. This film's a must for anyone thinking of joining the military or who is unsure of what our government is doing there in our name. ************************************************************ CINEMA LIBRE STUDIO - www.VOICESINWARTIME.org - LANDMARK THEATRES - GLOBAL EXCHANGE - THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN - CORPWATCH - BAY.AREA.UNITED.AGAINST.WAR Invite you to join us for a special sneak preview of the film "Voices in Wartime." Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 7:30 p.m. Landmark Lumiere Theatre 1572 California St (near Polk) San Francisco, CA 94109 Please RSVP via e-mail to VIWSF@ebcoms.com by March 26, 2005. Include your name and number of guests in the subject line e.g. "Your Name + 1." Please note: Screening is FREE. Seating is limited, based on RSVPs received. If we are not able to accommodate you, we will let you know by return email. Please bring a copy of this invitation with you. ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* Volunteers are needed for March 19th! Show up March 19th at Dolores Park or Civic Center at 9:00 a.m. and sign up at the A.N.S.W.E.R. volunteer table. Or contact A.N.S.W.E.R. OFFICE AT: 2489 Mission St. #24, 415-821-6545 Hello to members of United for Peace and Justice Bay Area, On March 19 UPJ-Bay Area will be meeting at 10:30 a.m. on 18th Street in front of Mission High School before marching down to Civic Center. We will be carrying panels of the faces of the victims of the war-American soldiers and Iraqi civilians-and need your help in carrying them to Civic Center where we will have a table. Please send out this request to your listserv. Also, we are updating our members' directory and need your updated contact information. Please send your email, phone number and website address to me as soon as possible. A donation of $25 is also requested to cover printing charges. Please send to: United for Peace and Justice-Bay Area c/o War Resisters League West POB 410744 San Francisco, CA 94141 Thanks. Jackie Barshak for UPJ-Bay Area 415.308.9416 jackie barshak jbarshak@hotmail.com Not in Our Name Bay Area Help Not in Our Name build for the March 19 mass mobilization in San Francisco to end war and occupation! Community postering for March 19 march and rally. Also, help prepare for the March 18 anti-war morning visiblity action. Planning Meeting & Work Party Wednesday, March 16 ~ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Not in Our Name office. 3945 Opal Street, Oakland CA 94609 Morning Visibilty Action Friday, March 18 ~ 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM Call us to hook up and help get the message out to tens of thousands of morning commuters -- "Out of Iraq now!" U.S. Out of Iraq Now! March 19: International Day of Action On the second anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, let's show Bush and Co. that the people of the world say NO to war and occupation! On Saturday, March 19 join the Not in Our Name Earth Flag Contingent at the mass march and rally organized by ANSWER Coalition -- 11 am, Dolores Park, San Francisco. Join up with the Not in Our Name Earth Flag Contingent at the corner of 18th Street and Dolores (map). March to Civic Center for a 1 pm rally. Not In Our Name will also be organizing acts of creative resistance around this weekend. We encourage folks to strategize and brainstorm with us about how to broaden resistance and bring awareness to the millions in this country that our message must reach; and to join us as we unite with groups around the Bay to bring out all who oppose the deadly course of this government. Come to a general meeting, call our office, or check out the website. Against Military Recruitment in our Schools? On the second anniversary of the war, join the Counter-Recruitment Contingent! *** Saturday, March 19 10AM at 16th and Mission St. (the 16th Street BART station) *** AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, military recruiters were forced to leave early without any recruits because of the hundreds of students that came out to protest their presence at the school! This is not an isolated incident. Seattle, Chicago, New York, Madison, Connecticut, Minnesota. In community colleges, high schools, and universities around the nation, students, faculty, and campus workers have come out to protest the BLACKMAILING of education. As billions are being diverted from schools to the war, our students are being told that they need to die before they see a dime of it. THIS IS DEAD WRONG. As recruiters are failing to meet quotas for the first time in a decade, despite more than tripling signing bonuses, we need to rebuild the anti-war movement by fighting against the war where it is weakest. Join students, parents, teachers, military families, veterans, community members, and activists on the second anniversary of the war at the 16th Street BART station at 10AM to march up to Dolores Park together. Sponsored by the Campus Anti-War Network and the College Not Combat Committee. Money for Jobs and Education! Not for War and Occupation! For more info please contact: ragina@mac.com / 415.412.4540 sue sandlin design | srsndln@pacbell.net National Teach-in on Iraq: How Can We End this War? Thursday, March 24 ~ 7 PM to 10 PM Mission High School, 3750 18th Street (at Dolores), San Francisco On the 40th Anniversary of the first teach-ins on the Vietnam War. With presentations by Iraq veteran Rahul Mahajan, Cindy Sheehan, Fernando Suarez, Aimee Allison, Howard Wallace, Sean O'Neil, and Medea Benjamin. Sponsored by Global Exchange and CODEPINK. $5 donation requested. (more info) Resistance Cinema Presents "Hidden in Plain Sight" Sunday, April 10 ~ 3 PM to 5 PM Parkway Pizza/Pub Theater, 1834 Park Blvd., Oakland A short history, a spirited debate, a personal story, and a call for accountability, "Hidden in Plain Sight" is a bold, unflinching look at the nature and consequences of U.S. policy in Latin America. Brief presentation by Laura Slattery, Pace e Bene Nonviolence. A free event sponsored by Not in Our Name. The Not in Our Name Project needs your support! Donate online: donate.notinourname.net Or send your tax-deductible contribution today to: Not in Our Name 3945 Opal Street, Oakland CA 94609 www.notinourname.net phone: 510-601-8000 email: bayarea@notinourname.net local: bayarea.notinourname.net Another World Is Possible! http://www.notinourname.net ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* Dear Friends Please read the following request from Families for Peaceful Tomorrows one of the many co-sponsors of the Eyes Wide Open exhibit. They have committed to trying to collecting the 16,000 additional pairs of shoes. Please think about becoming a collection point. In my opinion donating a pair of shoes is a great way to challenge people to think about the human cost of war. It is a way to involve people before the exhibit arrives and encourage them to come. Some ideas for dealing with the collection include; put out a barrel or box asking for the donation in your school, church, neighborhood center or place of work. Put a flyer on the box explaining why we are collecting the shoes. Thanks. Sandra Schwartz Peace Education Coordinator, AFSC Dear Friends, Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) exhibit that reminds us of the human cost of war is coming to San Francisco March 25-27. The exhibit features over 1,500 pairs of combat boots tagged with the names of U.S. soldiers who have died in the Iraq war. It also memorializes the Iraqi civilians killed in the war. In San Francisco, we are adding a new element to this powerful exhibit: instead of just 1,000 shoes to represent all the Iraqi civilian deaths, we have set a goal of collecting 16,000[1] pairs of shoes to more accurately demonstrate the scale of Iraqi deaths as a result of the war. The shoe memorial has been initiated by September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and it will not happen without your support. We need your help to meet the goal of collecting 16,000 pairs of shoes! What you can do: 1. Collect shoes for the exhibit * Please gather usable shoes from your family and friends or set up a shoe collection site in your community, school, workplace or place of worship. * Tie each pair together, or, if no laces, securely attach them together. * Count the pairs of shoes and place in heavy-duty garbage bags. Attach a tag with the count on it. * Shoes will be donated at the end of the exhibit. Children's and men's shoes are especially needed. * Call Nabil at 415-565-0201 ext. 14 or email shoes@peacefultomorrows.org * Drop off shoes 9 am to 5 pm at AFSC, 65 Ninth St. (between Mission and Market) until Thursday, March 24. Last minute shoes may be brought to Civic Center Plaza Friday, March 25. No shoes accepted after Friday. 2. Collect phone cards for military personnel We are also collecting telephone calling cards to donate to military personnel and to returning Iraq war veterans in a Bay Area hospital and the USOs at local airports. Please purchase phone cards to donate with your shoes or bring to the exhibit. 3. Volunteer Volunteers are needed for the shoe project as well as the overall exhibit. * To volunteer with the shoe project, call Nabil at 415-565-0201 ext. 14 or email shoes@peacefultomorrows.org * To volunteer to help with the exhibit call AFSC at 415-565-0201 ext. 15 or email sleeds@afsc.org 4. Spread the word! Please forward this information to your networks. 5. Come to the exhibit, encourage others to come, and bring last minute shoe donations and help us honor all those who have died in Iraq. [1] The number 16,000 is the approximate minimum number of Iraqi civilians reported killed by military intervention in Iraq by www.iraqbodycount.net. Eyes Wide Open "An exhibit that speaks directly to our hearts and reminds us of the human cost of war." Over 1,500 pairs of empty combat boots - tagged with the names of U.S. soldiers who died in the Iraq war - will be displayed, together with thousands of shoes and wall of names to memorialize the Iraqis killed. SAN FRANCISCO DATES: March 25 (Friday), 11:00 am with all night vigil Civic Center between Polk and Larkin March 26 (Saturday), 10:00 am to 5 pm Civic Center Voices and Requiem - 2 pm March 27 (Easter Sunday), 10:00 am to dusk Union Square (Powell and Geary) American Friends Service Committee We Need Good Shoes (Especially for Men and Children) and Telephone Cards! Call 415-565-0201 x14 or shoes@peacefultomorrows.org See www.afsc.org/eyes Until Thursday March 24, drop off shoes at 65 Ninth St. (betw. Mission and Market) from 9-5 weekdays Donate phone cards for military families Donate shoes to memorialize the Iraqi casualties Co-Sponsors (partial list) Agape Fdn; American Muslim Voice; Archdiocese of SF: Comm. Of Public Policy and Social Concern; Bay Area Pax Christi; Bay Area United for Peace and Justice; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; Berkeley Friends Church; Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Grace Cathedral: Diocese of CA of the Episcopal Church; Los Altos Voices for Peace; Military Families Speak Out; Pacifica Peace People; Pacifica Women in Black; SFUSD School Board; Strawberry Creek Friends Meeting; Veterans for Peace; 9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, San Francisco Friends Meeting, Code Pink Our postal address is P.O. Box 1818 Peter Stuyvesant Station New York, New York 10009 United States ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 1) SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE BOARD TOMORROW, THURS. MARCH 17TH, 5:30 P.M.! PRECEEDING THE MEETING OF THE WHOLE AT 7 P.M.: 555 Franklin St. To get on the speakers list of the 5:30 meeting call: 415-241-6427, 241-6493 or 241-6000, Wednesday, March 16th from 8-4 p.m. and Thursday, March 17th from 8-3 p.m. There is no speakers list for the seven o'clock "meeting of the whole." They will ask for speakers and you go up to the microphone. I am not sure how much time will be allowed per speaker (either one or two minutes each.) at either meeting. 2) WE ALL STAND WITH LYNNE STEWART! NO JAIL TIME FOR LYNNE! PLEASE WRITE LETTERS TODAY 3) March 19, 2005 Global Day of Action No to War Occupation of Iraq, Palestine, Haiti, Afghanistan, Cuba Everywhere! Bring the Troops Home Now! Money for People's Needs, Not War! San Francisco: March Assembles: 11 a.m. Dolores Park Rally: 1 p.m. Civic Center 4) COMING TO THE BAY AREA SOON-POWERFUL ANTIWAR MOVIES 5) Iraqi War Veteran's Personal Journey of Conscience Tuesday, March 22, 7:00 PM Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek Aidan Delgado, 23 year-old returned war veteran, relates the personal journey of his deployment in Iraq at Abu Grhraib Prison, and how he came to establish himself as a conscientious objector. For more information call the Peace & Justice Center 925/933-7850 6) The US Student movement is surging, with campuses coast to coast staging non-violent actions to protest the war and military recruitment. See http://www.campusresistance.org for upcoming and recent actions during this Week of Campus Resistance. 7) SECRET U.S. PLANS FOR IRAQ'S OIL (LINK ONLY) By Greg Palast Reporting for BBC Newsnight 17 March 2005 Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:41:19 -0500 From: palast@gregpalast.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4354269.stm 8) House Approves $81.4 Billion (LINK ONLY) War Spending Package by Liz Sidoti Published on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 by the Associated Press http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0316-11.htm 9) Fate of the Union (LINK ONLY) By Frank Joyce, AlterNet Posted on February 22, 2005, Printed on March 17, 2005 http://www.alternet.org/story/21312/ 10) Remember the Disappeared: An Appeal to the Anti-War Movement from Blue Triangles Network NationalOffice@BlueTriangle.org mailto:NationalOffice@BlueTriangle.org 11) White House press conference (LINK ONLY) Bush defends rendition of detainees to torture regimes By Barry Grey World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org 17 March 2005 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/bush-m17.shtml ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 1) SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE BOARD TONIGHT, THURS. MARCH 17TH, 5:30 P.M.! PRECEEDING THE MEETING OF THE WHOLE AT 7 P.M.: 555 Franklin St. To get on the speakers list of the 5:30 meeting call: 415-241-6427, 241-6493 or 241-6000, Thursday, March 17th from 8-3 p.m. There is no speakers list for the seven o'clock "meeting of the whole." They will ask for speakers and you go up to the microphone. I am not sure how much time will be allowed per speaker (either one or two minutes each.) at either meeting. At the March 8th meeting JROTC teachers lied about what the main purpose of JROTC was and about what they are teaching to the children of San Francisco at the district's expense. I received the following letter this morning from "Arson G.," one of those students. Arson G.'s words speak for themselves. "Out of the mouths of babes!" Peace, Bonnie Weinstein, Bay Area United Against War --- Nelly Gabuera I don't know where you guys get your ideas, but JROTC does NOT promote warfare or joining the army or any sort of that. It's my second year in the JROTC program and I love it, it teaches me leadership skills, educates me, it PROMOTES my moral standards. The mission of JROTC is to Promote Young Cadets To Become Better Citizens. You do not know what you are talking about, you are not IN the program, you have never been in the program because if you have you wouldve loved it, one paper does not mean im going to join the Army. Now that we have ROTC settled, let's focus on the war. If it wasn't for wars would you still enjoy the freedoms you have today? NO? if it wasn't for war half of the world would be run by dictators like Hitler or Stalin or Mussolini, Castro? SADAM? All we're doing in Iraq is bringing democracy. We fought BACK because of 9-11. You cannot JUDGE the JROTC in the last two years we have not even DISCUSSED THE WAR class wise maybe amongst friends BUT NOT IN THE JROTC CLASSROOM. The only thing we do, is march, learn how to tell right from wrong. We have fun in the JROTC program. Think of what effect it would have on kids that don't have as good opportunities. The kids that live in poverty that depend on JROTC to teach them better, I believe JROTC saved lot's of lives. I believe that if there isn't ONE person in the world that is unsuccessfull in his life that passed the JROTC program with flying colors. I really hope you fail canceling the JROTC program, and for any grudge you have against Bush take it out on him not the kids. P.S. I AM joining the marine corps, it has been my DREAM to be in the army since i was 7 years old. My father served, my grandfather server and i will serve. One thing i do admit though, the JROTC did make me braver on my decision for joining the marines. -Sincerely Arson G. BAUAW has submitted the following resolution to the board: Draft Resolution for San Francisco Board of Education Cut Ties with the Military: WHEREAS, the United States military is actively recruiting high school students into the military to fight in Iraq; and WHEREAS, many young San Francisco high school alumni are presently serving in military units fighting in Iraq; and WHEREAS, it is San Francisco City policy by virtue of Proposition N, to bring all U.S. troops home from Iraq now; and WHEREAS, over 1,448 U.S. soldiers and approximately 100,000 Iraqis have been killed in this war and over 10,000 U.S. soldiers and unknown thousands of Iraqis have been wounded; and WHEREAS, the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on the war have robbed our children of resources that should be spent on education and other human needs; and WHEREAS, military presence in our schools legitimizes the message that violence is acceptable; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: It shall be the policy of the San Francisco Board of Education to cut all ties with the United States military, including, but not limited to: Ending military recruitment on campuses; ending the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC); and guaranteeing that all students and parents are informed of their right to deny military recruiters access to their names, addresses and telephone numbers. MILITARY SPENDING IN THE SCHOOLS: To: CodePinkCounterRecruitGroup@yahoogroups.com From: "iampohet" Subject: Which schools have jrotc? I don't know specifically if military science is jrotc. I didn't find the right person to ask. But, if it isn't, then what the hell is it? Oh, heck, just for fun, here are the athletics funds listed in the profile: School: Amt: FTE's:Mil.Sci. FTE's: Balboa: $6,000 2.0 Burton: $6,000 2.0 Galileo: $6,000 2.0 Lincoln: $7,000 3.0 Mission: $6,000 2.0 Lowell: $7,000 2.0 Washington: $7,000 2.0 The money, just over 2 mil, is all the funds... 1mil+ from the Feds and 1mil + in matching funds from the sfusd. In CodePinkCounterRecruitGroup@yahoogroups.com, Ms sam joi question - mil sci is jrotc? and this $$ was alotted by the feds to the individual schools? iampohet School Money alotted to Mil Sci as per fiscal profile Apr. 2004 Balboa: $261,335 Burton: $258,177 Galileo: $343,913 Lincoln: $429,106 Mission: $265,303 Lowell: $276,877 Wash: $344,093 Total: $2,178,804 I found this info by digging in the individual school's profiles on the sfusd website. Hope it's helpful. erin Bay Area United Against War (BAUAW) www.bauaw.org 414-824-8730 Donations are urgently needed to carry out this important work. We have no paid staff but need money for posters, buttons, flyers and informational material to hand out to students and parents. Make a tax-deductible donation to: Bay Area United Against War/NVM P.O. Box 318021 San Francisco, CA 94131-8021 Coming Up: Global Day of Action March 19, 2005 No to War and Occupation in Iraq, Palestine, Haiti, Afghanistan, Cuba Everywhere! Bring the Troops Home Now! Money for People's Needs, Not War! San Francisco March Assembles: 11 a.m. Dolores Park Rally: 1 p.m. Civic Center ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 2) WE ALL STAND WITH LYNNE STEWART! NO JAIL TIME FOR LYNNE! PLEASE WRITE LETTERS TODAY: SUGGESTION AS TO FORMAT OF LETTERS TO BE WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF LYNNE STEWART MARGIN: Please leave at least a one-inch left-hand margin to allow us to bind the letter into the appendix to the sentencing memorandum that is being filed on Lynne's behalf. INSIDE ADDRESS: Honorable John G. Koeltl United States District Judge Southern District of New York United States Courthouse 500 Pearl Street New York, New York 10007 GREETING: Honorable Sir or Dear Judge Koeltl: BODY: Briefly introduce yourself and set forth your relationship to Lynne. Briefly discuss yourself - your position in work and in society. State that you are aware that Lynne is to be sentenced following a jury verdict of guilty on serious charges: The remainder of your letter should discuss whatever you believe to weigh in favor of no jail time. If possible, you should tell of an incident where she helped you out or engaged in commendable community service. Do not try to argue that she is not guilty or was unfairly conviction. Focus on the unfairness of the government's actions in bringing the charges; the way in which the government portrayed her, etc. * Typewritten letters if possible are preferred. * WHEN LETTER IS COMPLETED: Please mail the final product to the following address: Jill R. Shellow-Lavine, Esq. 2537 Post Road Southport, CT 06890 Do not send your letters to the judge. We ask that you forward your letter me so that the lawyers can present it to Judge Koeltl with the other letters being written for this purpose. This is the manner in which letters will have the greatest impact. If they are sent directly to the Judge's chambers, they may have less of an impact and could cause the judge a substantial inconvenience (and annoyance). Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the defense committee at www.lynnestewart.org. Sincerely, Jill R. Shellow-Lavine Attorney for Lynne Stewart For more information go to: www.LynneStewart.org ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 3) March 19, 2005 Global Day of Action No to War Occupation ˆ Iraq, Palestine, Haiti, Afghanistan, Cuba Everywhere! Bring the Troops Home Now! Money for People‚s Needs, Not War! San Francisco: March Assembles: 11 a.m. Dolores Park Rally: 1 p.m. Civic Center [Volunteers are needed for March 19. Show up at Dolores Park at 9:00am-or at the Civic Center at 9:00am and sign up at the A.N.S.W.E.R. volunteer table or call the A.N.S.W.E.R. office at 415-821-6545. ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 4) BAY AREA UNITED AGAINST WAR PRESENTS: "Mission Accomplished" a brutally vivid documentary filmed entirely on the ground in Iraq. The reality of this war for American troops is contrasted to the overwhelming reality of the devastation felt and experienced by the people of Iraq. "Mission Accomplished" will open March 18th, 6pm: The Four Star Twin 2200 Clement St. (near 23rd Ave.) San Francisco, CA 94121 415.666.3488 CINEMA LIBRE STUDIO - www.VOICESINWARTIME.org - LANDMARK THEATRES - GLOBAL EXCHANGE - THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN - CORPWATCH - BAY.AREA.UNITED.AGAINST.WAR Invite you to join us for a special sneak preview of the film "Voices in Wartime." Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 7:30 p.m. Landmark Lumiere Theatre 1572 California St (near Polk) San Francisco, CA 94109 Please RSVP via e-mail to VIWSF@ebcoms.com by March 26, 2005. Include your name and number of guests in the subject line e.g. "Your Name + 1." Please note: Screening is FREE. Seating is limited, based on RSVPs received. If we are not able to accommodate you, we will let you know by return email. Please bring a copy of this invitation with you. ABOUT THE FILM ============== "Voices in Wartime" gives the gut-wrenching experience of war a fresh perspective. It steps away to look at all wars - not just the conflicts currently in the news. The terrible beauty of poetry is its guide, distilling the grim realities and complex emotions of war. In addition soldiers, journalists, historians and experts on combat are interviewed, adding diverse perspectives on war's effects. History and literature have shown that in times of war, poets can lead us to greater truths and that the power of poetry can help us understand the trauma, violence and death caused by armed conflict. EARLY REVIEWS ============= "'Voices' is a compelling look at poets caught up in the evils of war, with nowhere to hide but in the solace of words. But these are not words to be locked away. They are words to be shouted from the rooftop, or better yet, from the movie screens of every town in America. The film relates a history of war poetry with narratives that range from Sam Hamill 3-star general William Lennox Jr., superintendant of West Point. This movie arrives just in time for the second anniversary of "shock and awe". It may not be as shocking, but actually, it's a lot more awesome." - Karl Weyrauch, EZAAPP, from the Association of American Physician Poets. "A history of verse is laid alongside that of warfare, and the ways in which they are braided together proves fascinating." - Variety Magazine" * * * * - Entertainment Insiders www.VoicesInWartime.org 4509 Interlake Ave. N. #263 | Seattle, WA 98103-6782 www.CinemaLibreStudio.com [This poem by fourth-grader Cameron Penny was read by Marie Howe in this very beautiful film directed by Rick King. "If you are lucky in this life A window will appear on a battlefield between two armies And when the soldiers look into the window They don't see their enemies They see themselves as children And they stop fighting And go home and go to sleep When they wake up, the land is well again." By Cameron Penny] Landmark Lumiere 3 San Francisco 1572 California Street 50th St ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 5) Iraqi War Veteran's Personal Journey of Conscience Tuesday, March 22, 7:00 PM Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek Aidan Delgado, 23 year-old returned war veteran, relates the personal journey of his deployment in Iraq at Abu Grhraib Prison, and how he came to establish himself as a conscientious objector. For more information call the Peace & Justice Center 925/933-7850 ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 6) The US Student movement is surging, with campuses coast to coast staging non-violent actions to protest the war and military recruitment. See http://www.campusresistance.org for upcoming and recent actions during this Week of Campus Resistance. The Campus Antiwar Network (CAN), Lefthook.org and GlobalResistanceNetwork.com initiated the call for campuses to organize actions and protests this week leading up to the second anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. CAN's website is found at http://www.campusantiwar.net Counter-recruitment actions at CCNY and SFSU have had major media coverage due to arrests and police brutality claims. These arrests have spurred calls for free speech and protests. CCNY students have called for a picket of the City College of New York administration in defense of free speech on March 17, 2005. http://www.traprockpeace.org/free_speech_ccny.htm In San Francisco, students have put out a call to defend free speech at SFSU http://www.traprockpeace.org/free_speech_sfsu.htm See "Counter-Recruitment is Gaining Strength - Military Recruiters Target Campus Activists" in CounterPunch, an article by CAN organizers Hadas Their (CCNY) and Katrina Yeaw (SFSU) - http://counterpunch.org/their03152005.html Updates on other counter-recruitment actions, organized by CAN members or in cooperation with other groups, may be found at http://www.traprockpeace.org/campus_antiwar.html The Week of Campus Resistance actions are leading up to student actions this weekend to protest the war. On March 1, CAN put out the call for a student contingent for the mass march in Fayetteville on March 19th, as reported in CommonDreams at the time. An updated notice - put out on the CAN listserv - is available at http://www.traprockpeace.org/can_fayetteville.html (The primary contact person for the CAN contingent in Fayetteville is Catherine Geary 336-202-5038 - catgeary@peoplepc.com ) ENDORSEMENTS FOR WEEK OF CAMPUS RESISTANCE The Week of Campus Resistance has been endorsed internationally by • Noam Chomsky; • Ralph Nader; • Kathy Kelly, Co-coordinator of Voices in the Wilderness; • Michael Yates, Associate Editor at Monthly Review, and Professor Emeritus at University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; • Robert Jensen; • Lou Plummer, an organizer of the March 19 demonstration in Fayetteville, NC, a member of Military Families Speak Out, Veterans for Peace, and a member of the national steering committee of the Bring Them Home Now! campaign; • James Petras; • Mickey Z; • Anthony Arnove, member of the International Socialist Org. and co-editor, with Howard Zinn, of Voices of A People's History of the United States; • Mkhaimar Abusada, professor at Al-Azhar University, Gaza; • Howard Zinn; • Michael Letwin Co-Convener, New York City Labor Against the War, Former President, UAW Local 2325; • Norman Solomon, associate of FAIR; • Sunny Miller, Executive Director of Traprock Peace Center; • Students Stop the War Coalition (UK); • Father John Dear; • Phil Gasper, professor of Philosophy at Notre Dame de Namur University; • Pol Devos, coordinator of StopUSA, anti-war movement in Belgium; • Norm Dixon, Socialist Alliance member and former editor of Green Left Weekly, Sydney, Australia; • Traprock Peace Center. MORE INFORMATION CAN is the national democratic and independent network of campus antiwar organizations. http://www.campusantiwar.net NYU students have produced an excellent CAN pamphlet. http://www.traprockpeace.org/withdrawal.pdf Traprock has published "Recruiters Off Our Campuses" by Desmond Gardfrey, CAN CC member, a primary CAN organizer of the Week of Campus Resistance and an organizer of CAN's student contingent in Fayetteville. http://www.traprockpeace.org/gardfrey_11mar05.html #### Charles Jenks, attorney at law President of the Core Group Traprock Peace Center 103A Keets Road Deerfield, MA 01342 413-773-5188; Fax 413-773-7507 charles@mtdata.com http://traprockpeace.org <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ufpj-news/ ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 7) SECRET U.S. PLANS FOR IRAQ'S OIL (LINK ONLY) By Greg Palast Reporting for BBC Newsnight 17 March 2005 Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:41:19 -0500 From: palast@gregpalast.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4354269.stm ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 8) House Approves $81.4 Billion (LINK ONLY) War Spending Package by Liz Sidoti Published on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 by the Associated Press http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0316-11.htm ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 9) Fate of the Union (LINK ONLY) By Frank Joyce, AlterNet Posted on February 22, 2005, Printed on March 17, 2005 http://www.alternet.org/story/21312/ ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 10) Remember the Disappeared: An Appeal to the Anti-War Movement from Blue Triangles Network NationalOffice@BlueTriangle.org mailto:NationalOffice@BlueTriangle.org March 16, 2005 "Remember the Disappeared: Wear Blue Triangles on March 18-20" During the anti-war activities on 18-20th March, the Blue Triangle Network (BTN) calls on all people to include opposition to repression against Muslim, Arab and South Asian immigrants as an important part of activities by wearing a Blue Triangle with the names of the detained and disappeared, and distributing this Appeal and the Blue Triangle Network Fact Sheet. March 20, 2005 marks two years since the invasion and occupation of Iraq by the U.S. The anti-war movement has called on people around the world to come out on this day to protest this unjust war and occupation. This global "war on terror" has two components: one, an ongoing war on the world with the occupation of Iraq and threats against other countries, and two, a domestic war on Muslim, Arab and South Asian immigrants, including the repression of dissent. The repression of Muslim, Arab and South Asian immigrants has intensified and escalated since 9-11. >From the registrations, raids, detentions and deportations of tens of thousands of immigrants and government-sanctioned racial profiling to the consolidation of a legal infrastructure that allows indefinite detention of immigrants and U.S. citizens, a climate of overall repression has descended and is spreading into far broader sections of society. The confirmations of Alberto Gonzales as U.S. Attorney General and Michael Chertoff as the head of the Dept of Homeland Security make it chillingly clear that this administration plans to continue on this course. The Blue Triangle Network calls on the people living in this country to come to the defense of Muslim, Arab and South Asian immigrants, the first targets of these attacks. However, these communities are not the only groups of people whose rights are being trampled. The initial attacks on these communities served as a window through which repressive policies like Homeland Security Act, SEVIS, Special Registration, the USA PATRIOT ACT, the "enemy combatant" status (in which the President can hold anyone indefinitely without charges and which the U.S. Supreme Court recently approved) have been launched. These policies have widened the net of repression and persecution. Activists and dissenters have also been targeted, as was clearly evident during the Republican National Convention and Bush's inauguration, in which protesters were categorized as "terrorists" and labeled as a "national security threat". The repression facing the Muslim, Arab and South Asian communities in the present time has taken a different face than immediately after 9-11. While there are no longer mass round-ups, detentions and registrations, racial profiling continues to occur and is likely to worsen. As the occupation of Iraq continues, and other countries in the Middle East are threatened with war, the view of Arabs and Muslims as the "ENEMY WITHIN" will continue to be propagated by the government and mainstream media. With the government apparatus of repression gaining more and more strength, the future of immigrants in this country is under serious threat. March 18-20, the Blue Triangle Network calls on the anti-war movement to take up the struggle to stop the repression against Muslim, Arab and South Asian immigrants as an integral part of what you are doing. WEAR A BLUE TRIANGLE WITH THE NAME OF ONE OF THE DISAPPEARED, one of those rounded up and secretly jailed immediately following 9-11, to demonstrate our solidarity with those being targeted today. Download blue triangles from the BTN website: www.bluetriangle.org ORDER THE BTN 12 PAGE TABLOID SIZE FACT SHEET FOR ON-G0ING USE IN YOUR ANTI-WAR ACTIVITIES. T his fact sheet analyzes this repression and tells stories of individuals attacked. 1000 fact sheets--$100 500 fact sheets--$ 50 100 fact sheets--$15 To order: email NationalOffice@bluetriangle.org or call 313-942-7187. BLUE TRIANGLE NETWORK P.O. BOX 7451, DEARBORN, MI 48121-7451 313-942-7187 www.bluetriangle.org Email: NationalOffice@bluetriangle.org US-Mexico Border Actions No Militarization of Borders! Support Immigrant Rights! New York: (212)330-8172 Los Angeles: (213)403-0131 e-mail: Info@ActionLA.org Please subscribe Border Information listserv, send e-mail to: Border01-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Border01 Also, please join our national immigrant Solidarity Network daily news litserv, send e-mail to: isn-subscribe@lists.riseup.net or visit: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/isn **Please consider making a donation to the important work of the US-Mexico Border Actions! Send check pay to: ActionLA/SEE 1013 Mission St. #6 South Pasadena CA 91030 (All donations are tax deductible) ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 11) White House press conference (LINK ONLY) Bush defends rendition of detainees to torture regimes By Barry Grey World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org 17 March 2005 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/bush-m17.shtml ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*
BAUAW NEWSLETTER-THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2005
******************************************************* THE NEXT BAUAW MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE: SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 11:30AM 474 VALENCIA STREET, SF (FIRST FLOOR, TO THE LEFT AND ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE COMPANEROS DEL BARRIO CHILDREN'S CENTER) ******************************************************* SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE BOARD TONIGHT, THURS. MARCH 17TH, 5:30 P.M.! PRECEEDING THE MEETING OF THE WHOLE AT 7 P.M.: 555 Franklin St. To get on the speakers list of the 5:30 meeting call: 415-241-6427, 241-6493 or 241-6000, Today, Thursday, March 17th from 8-3 p.m. There is no speakers list for the seven o'clock "meeting of the whole." They will ask for speakers and you go up to the microphone. I am not sure how much time will be allowed per speaker (either one or two minutes each.) at either meeting. At the March 8th meeting JROTC teachers lied about what the main purpose of JROTC was and about what they are teaching to the children of San Francisco at the district's expense. I received the following letter this morning from "Arson G.," one of those students. Arson G.'s words speak for themselves. "Out of the mouths of babes!" Peace, Bonnie Weinstein, Bay Area United Against War --- Nelly Gabuera I don't know where you guys get your ideas, but JROTC does NOT promote warfare or joining the army or any sort of that. It's my second year in the JROTC program and I love it, it teaches me leadership skills, educates me, it PROMOTES my moral standards. The mission of JROTC is to Promote Young Cadets To Become Better Citizens. You do not know what you are talking about, you are not IN the program, you have never been in the program because if you have you wouldve loved it, one paper does not mean im going to join the Army. Now that we have ROTC settled, let's focus on the war. If it wasn't for wars would you still enjoy the freedoms you have today? NO? if it wasn't for war half of the world would be run by dictators like Hitler or Stalin or Mussolini, Castro? SADAM? All we're doing in Iraq is bringing democracy. We fought BACK because of 9-11. You cannot JUDGE the JROTC in the last two years we have not even DISCUSSED THE WAR class wise maybe amongst friends BUT NOT IN THE JROTC CLASSROOM. The only thing we do, is march, learn how to tell right from wrong. We have fun in the JROTC program. Think of what effect it would have on kids that don't have as good opportunities. The kids that live in poverty that depend on JROTC to teach them better, I believe JROTC saved lot's of lives. I believe that if there isn't ONE person in the world that is unsuccessful in his life that passed the JROTC program with flying colors. I really hope you fail canceling the JROTC program, and for any grudge you have against Bush take it out on him not the kids. P.S. I AM joining the marine corps, it has been my DREAM to be in the army since i was 7 years old. My father served, my grandfather server and i will serve. One thing i do admit though, the JROTC did make me braver on my decision for joining the marines. -Sincerely Arson G. ************************************************************ MILITARY RECRUITERS WILL BE AT THE CAREER FAIR AT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL 600 32nd Avenue between Geary and Balboa Sts. TUESDAY, APRIL 5TH, 9:50AM-12:20PM ALL ARE INVITED TO HELP WITH COUNTER-RECRUITMENT! ************************************************************ ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* BAY AREA UNITED AGAINST WAR PRESENTS A PREMIERE FILM SHOWING OF: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED One man, one camera. Two sides of a story FRIDAY, MARCH 18TH, 6 P.M. (There will be a short question and answer period at 7:30 P.M. immediately following the film.) FOUR STAR TWIN 220 CLEMENT ST. NEAR 23RD AVENUE SAN FRANCISCO 415-666-3488 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED is a gripping documentary by veteran British journalist Sean Langan. Langan gets up close and personal accounts of the war from U.S. and coalition soldiers, Iraqi resistance fighters, and captures Abu Ghraib prison abuses long before the torture reached the popular Press. The most powerful statement of the film is the depiction of the total devastation brought to Iraq by this war. It is the constant backdrop to the interviews in the film as is the almost universal hatred exhibited by the Iraqi people toward any U.S. presence in Iraq-both from those interviewed and from those included among the rubble in the background scenes. This film's a must for anyone thinking of joining the military or who is unsure of what our government is doing there in our name. ************************************************************ CINEMA LIBRE STUDIO - www.VOICESINWARTIME.org - LANDMARK THEATRES - GLOBAL EXCHANGE - THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN - CORPWATCH - BAY.AREA.UNITED.AGAINST.WAR Invite you to join us for a special sneak preview of the film "Voices in Wartime." Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 7:30 p.m. Landmark Lumiere Theatre 1572 California St (near Polk) San Francisco, CA 94109 Please RSVP via e-mail to VIWSF@ebcoms.com by March 26, 2005. Include your name and number of guests in the subject line e.g. "Your Name + 1." Please note: Screening is FREE. Seating is limited, based on RSVPs received. If we are not able to accommodate you, we will let you know by return email. Please bring a copy of this invitation with you. ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* Volunteers are needed for March 19th! Show up March 19th at Dolores Park or Civic Center at 9:00 a.m. and sign up at the A.N.S.W.E.R. volunteer table. Or contact A.N.S.W.E.R. OFFICE AT: 2489 Mission St. #24, 415-821-6545 Hello to members of United for Peace and Justice Bay Area, On March 19 UPJ-Bay Area will be meeting at 10:30 a.m. on 18th Street in front of Mission High School before marching down to Civic Center. We will be carrying panels of the faces of the victims of the war-American soldiers and Iraqi civilians-and need your help in carrying them to Civic Center where we will have a table. Please send out this request to your listserv. Also, we are updating our members' directory and need your updated contact information. Please send your email, phone number and website address to me as soon as possible. A donation of $25 is also requested to cover printing charges. Please send to: United for Peace and Justice-Bay Area c/o War Resisters League West POB 410744 San Francisco, CA 94141 Thanks. Jackie Barshak for UPJ-Bay Area 415.308.9416 jackie barshak jbarshak@hotmail.com Not in Our Name Bay Area Help Not in Our Name build for the March 19 mass mobilization in San Francisco to end war and occupation! Community postering for March 19 march and rally. Also, help prepare for the March 18 anti-war morning visiblity action. Planning Meeting & Work Party Wednesday, March 16 ~ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Not in Our Name office. 3945 Opal Street, Oakland CA 94609 Morning Visibilty Action Friday, March 18 ~ 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM Call us to hook up and help get the message out to tens of thousands of morning commuters -- "Out of Iraq now!" U.S. Out of Iraq Now! March 19: International Day of Action On the second anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, let's show Bush and Co. that the people of the world say NO to war and occupation! On Saturday, March 19 join the Not in Our Name Earth Flag Contingent at the mass march and rally organized by ANSWER Coalition -- 11 am, Dolores Park, San Francisco. Join up with the Not in Our Name Earth Flag Contingent at the corner of 18th Street and Dolores (map). March to Civic Center for a 1 pm rally. Not In Our Name will also be organizing acts of creative resistance around this weekend. We encourage folks to strategize and brainstorm with us about how to broaden resistance and bring awareness to the millions in this country that our message must reach; and to join us as we unite with groups around the Bay to bring out all who oppose the deadly course of this government. Come to a general meeting, call our office, or check out the website. Against Military Recruitment in our Schools? On the second anniversary of the war, join the Counter-Recruitment Contingent! *** Saturday, March 19 10AM at 16th and Mission St. (the 16th Street BART station) *** AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, military recruiters were forced to leave early without any recruits because of the hundreds of students that came out to protest their presence at the school! This is not an isolated incident. Seattle, Chicago, New York, Madison, Connecticut, Minnesota. In community colleges, high schools, and universities around the nation, students, faculty, and campus workers have come out to protest the BLACKMAILING of education. As billions are being diverted from schools to the war, our students are being told that they need to die before they see a dime of it. THIS IS DEAD WRONG. As recruiters are failing to meet quotas for the first time in a decade, despite more than tripling signing bonuses, we need to rebuild the anti-war movement by fighting against the war where it is weakest. Join students, parents, teachers, military families, veterans, community members, and activists on the second anniversary of the war at the 16th Street BART station at 10AM to march up to Dolores Park together. Sponsored by the Campus Anti-War Network and the College Not Combat Committee. Money for Jobs and Education! Not for War and Occupation! For more info please contact: ragina@mac.com / 415.412.4540 sue sandlin design | srsndln@pacbell.net National Teach-in on Iraq: How Can We End this War? Thursday, March 24 ~ 7 PM to 10 PM Mission High School, 3750 18th Street (at Dolores), San Francisco On the 40th Anniversary of the first teach-ins on the Vietnam War. With presentations by Iraq veteran Rahul Mahajan, Cindy Sheehan, Fernando Suarez, Aimee Allison, Howard Wallace, Sean O'Neil, and Medea Benjamin. Sponsored by Global Exchange and CODEPINK. $5 donation requested. (more info) Resistance Cinema Presents "Hidden in Plain Sight" Sunday, April 10 ~ 3 PM to 5 PM Parkway Pizza/Pub Theater, 1834 Park Blvd., Oakland A short history, a spirited debate, a personal story, and a call for accountability, "Hidden in Plain Sight" is a bold, unflinching look at the nature and consequences of U.S. policy in Latin America. Brief presentation by Laura Slattery, Pace e Bene Nonviolence. A free event sponsored by Not in Our Name. The Not in Our Name Project needs your support! Donate online: donate.notinourname.net Or send your tax-deductible contribution today to: Not in Our Name 3945 Opal Street, Oakland CA 94609 www.notinourname.net phone: 510-601-8000 email: bayarea@notinourname.net local: bayarea.notinourname.net Another World Is Possible! http://www.notinourname.net ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* Dear Friends Please read the following request from Families for Peaceful Tomorrows one of the many co-sponsors of the Eyes Wide Open exhibit. They have committed to trying to collecting the 16,000 additional pairs of shoes. Please think about becoming a collection point. In my opinion donating a pair of shoes is a great way to challenge people to think about the human cost of war. It is a way to involve people before the exhibit arrives and encourage them to come. Some ideas for dealing with the collection include; put out a barrel or box asking for the donation in your school, church, neighborhood center or place of work. Put a flyer on the box explaining why we are collecting the shoes. Thanks. Sandra Schwartz Peace Education Coordinator, AFSC Dear Friends, Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) exhibit that reminds us of the human cost of war is coming to San Francisco March 25-27. The exhibit features over 1,500 pairs of combat boots tagged with the names of U.S. soldiers who have died in the Iraq war. It also memorializes the Iraqi civilians killed in the war. In San Francisco, we are adding a new element to this powerful exhibit: instead of just 1,000 shoes to represent all the Iraqi civilian deaths, we have set a goal of collecting 16,000[1] pairs of shoes to more accurately demonstrate the scale of Iraqi deaths as a result of the war. The shoe memorial has been initiated by September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and it will not happen without your support. We need your help to meet the goal of collecting 16,000 pairs of shoes! What you can do: 1. Collect shoes for the exhibit * Please gather usable shoes from your family and friends or set up a shoe collection site in your community, school, workplace or place of worship. * Tie each pair together, or, if no laces, securely attach them together. * Count the pairs of shoes and place in heavy-duty garbage bags. Attach a tag with the count on it. * Shoes will be donated at the end of the exhibit. Children's and men's shoes are especially needed. * Call Nabil at 415-565-0201 ext. 14 or email shoes@peacefultomorrows.org * Drop off shoes 9 am to 5 pm at AFSC, 65 Ninth St. (between Mission and Market) until Thursday, March 24. Last minute shoes may be brought to Civic Center Plaza Friday, March 25. No shoes accepted after Friday. 2. Collect phone cards for military personnel We are also collecting telephone calling cards to donate to military personnel and to returning Iraq war veterans in a Bay Area hospital and the USOs at local airports. Please purchase phone cards to donate with your shoes or bring to the exhibit. 3. Volunteer Volunteers are needed for the shoe project as well as the overall exhibit. * To volunteer with the shoe project, call Nabil at 415-565-0201 ext. 14 or email shoes@peacefultomorrows.org * To volunteer to help with the exhibit call AFSC at 415-565-0201 ext. 15 or email sleeds@afsc.org 4. Spread the word! Please forward this information to your networks. 5. Come to the exhibit, encourage others to come, and bring last minute shoe donations and help us honor all those who have died in Iraq. [1] The number 16,000 is the approximate minimum number of Iraqi civilians reported killed by military intervention in Iraq by www.iraqbodycount.net. Eyes Wide Open "An exhibit that speaks directly to our hearts and reminds us of the human cost of war." Over 1,500 pairs of empty combat boots - tagged with the names of U.S. soldiers who died in the Iraq war - will be displayed, together with thousands of shoes and wall of names to memorialize the Iraqis killed. SAN FRANCISCO DATES: March 25 (Friday), 11:00 am with all night vigil Civic Center between Polk and Larkin March 26 (Saturday), 10:00 am to 5 pm Civic Center Voices and Requiem - 2 pm March 27 (Easter Sunday), 10:00 am to dusk Union Square (Powell and Geary) American Friends Service Committee We Need Good Shoes (Especially for Men and Children) and Telephone Cards! Call 415-565-0201 x14 or shoes@peacefultomorrows.org See www.afsc.org/eyes Until Thursday March 24, drop off shoes at 65 Ninth St. (betw. Mission and Market) from 9-5 weekdays Donate phone cards for military families Donate shoes to memorialize the Iraqi casualties Co-Sponsors (partial list) Agape Fdn; American Muslim Voice; Archdiocese of SF: Comm. Of Public Policy and Social Concern; Bay Area Pax Christi; Bay Area United for Peace and Justice; Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; Berkeley Friends Church; Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Grace Cathedral: Diocese of CA of the Episcopal Church; Los Altos Voices for Peace; Military Families Speak Out; Pacifica Peace People; Pacifica Women in Black; SFUSD School Board; Strawberry Creek Friends Meeting; Veterans for Peace; 9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, San Francisco Friends Meeting, Code Pink Our postal address is P.O. Box 1818 Peter Stuyvesant Station New York, New York 10009 United States ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 1) SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE BOARD TOMORROW, THURS. MARCH 17TH, 5:30 P.M.! PRECEEDING THE MEETING OF THE WHOLE AT 7 P.M.: 555 Franklin St. To get on the speakers list of the 5:30 meeting call: 415-241-6427, 241-6493 or 241-6000, Wednesday, March 16th from 8-4 p.m. and Thursday, March 17th from 8-3 p.m. There is no speakers list for the seven o'clock "meeting of the whole." They will ask for speakers and you go up to the microphone. I am not sure how much time will be allowed per speaker (either one or two minutes each.) at either meeting. 2) WE ALL STAND WITH LYNNE STEWART! NO JAIL TIME FOR LYNNE! PLEASE WRITE LETTERS TODAY 3) March 19, 2005 Global Day of Action No to War Occupation of Iraq, Palestine, Haiti, Afghanistan, Cuba Everywhere! Bring the Troops Home Now! Money for People's Needs, Not War! San Francisco: March Assembles: 11 a.m. Dolores Park Rally: 1 p.m. Civic Center 4) COMING TO THE BAY AREA SOON-POWERFUL ANTIWAR MOVIES 5) Iraqi War Veteran's Personal Journey of Conscience Tuesday, March 22, 7:00 PM Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek Aidan Delgado, 23 year-old returned war veteran, relates the personal journey of his deployment in Iraq at Abu Grhraib Prison, and how he came to establish himself as a conscientious objector. For more information call the Peace & Justice Center 925/933-7850 6) The US Student movement is surging, with campuses coast to coast staging non-violent actions to protest the war and military recruitment. See http://www.campusresistance.org for upcoming and recent actions during this Week of Campus Resistance. 7) SECRET U.S. PLANS FOR IRAQ'S OIL (LINK ONLY) By Greg Palast Reporting for BBC Newsnight 17 March 2005 Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:41:19 -0500 From: palast@gregpalast.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4354269.stm 8) House Approves $81.4 Billion (LINK ONLY) War Spending Package by Liz Sidoti Published on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 by the Associated Press http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0316-11.htm 9) Fate of the Union (LINK ONLY) By Frank Joyce, AlterNet Posted on February 22, 2005, Printed on March 17, 2005 http://www.alternet.org/story/21312/ 10) Remember the Disappeared: An Appeal to the Anti-War Movement from Blue Triangles Network NationalOffice@BlueTriangle.org mailto:NationalOffice@BlueTriangle.org 11) White House press conference (LINK ONLY) Bush defends rendition of detainees to torture regimes By Barry Grey World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org 17 March 2005 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/bush-m17.shtml ---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------* 1) SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE BOARD TONIGHT, THURS. MARCH 17TH, 5:30 P.M.! PRECEEDING THE MEETING OF THE WHOLE AT 7 P.M.: 555 Franklin St. To get on the speakers list of the 5:30 meeting call: 415-241-6427, 241-6493 or 241-6000, Thursday, March 17th from 8-3 p.m. There is no speakers list for the seven o'clock "meeting of the whole." They will ask for speakers and you go up to the microphone. I am not sure how much time will be allowed per speaker (either one or two minutes each.) at either meeting. At the March 8th meeting JROTC teachers lied about what the main purpose of JROTC was and about what they are teaching to the children of San Francisco at the district's expense. I received the following letter this morning from "Arson G.," one of those students. Arson G.'s words speak for themselves. "Out of the mouths of babes!" Peace, Bonnie Weinstein, Bay Area United Against War --- Nelly Gabuera I don't know where you guys get your ideas, but JROTC does NOT promote warfare or joining the army or any sort of that. It's my second year in the JROTC program and I love it, it teaches me leadership skills, educates me, it PROMOTES my moral standards. The mission of JROTC is to Promote Young Cadets To Become Better Citizens. You do not know what you are talking about, you are not IN the program, you have never been in the program because if you have you wouldve loved it, one paper does not mean im going to join the Army. Now that we have ROTC settled, let's focus on the war. If it wasn't for wars would you still enjoy the freedoms you have today? NO? if it wasn't for war half of the world would be run by dictators like Hitler or Stalin or Mussolini, Castro? SADAM? All we're doing in Iraq is bringing democracy. We fought BACK because of 9-11. You cannot JUDGE the JROTC in the last two years we have not even DISCUSSED THE WAR class wise maybe amongst friends BUT NOT IN THE JROTC CLASSROOM. The only thing we do, is march, learn how to tell right from wrong. We have fun in the JROTC program. Think of what effect it would have on kids that don't have as good opportunities. The kids that live in poverty that depend on JROTC to teach them better, I believe JROTC saved lot's of lives. I believe that if there isn't ONE person in the world that is unsuccessfull in his life that passed the JROTC program with flying colors. I really hope you fail canceling the JROTC program, and for any grudge you have against Bush take it out on him not the kids. P.S. I AM joining the marine corps, it has been my DREAM to be in the army since i was 7 years old. My father served, my grandfather server and i will serve. One thing i do admit though, the JROTC did make me braver on my decision for joining the marines. -Sincerely Arson G. BAUAW has submitted the following resolution to the board: Draft Resolution for San Francisco Board of Education Cut Ties with the Military: WHEREAS, the United States military is actively recruiting high school students into the military to fight in Iraq; and WHEREAS, many young San Francisco high school alumni are presently serving in military units fighting in Iraq; and WHEREAS, it is San Francisco City policy by virtue of Proposition N, to bring all U.S. troops home from Iraq now; and WHEREAS, over 1,448 U.S. soldiers and approximately 100,000 Iraqis have been killed in this war and over 10,000 U.S. soldiers and unknown thousands of Iraqis have been wounded; and WHEREAS, the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on the war have robbed our children of resources that should be spent on education and other human needs; and WHEREAS, military presence in our schools legitimizes the message that violence is acceptable; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: It shall be the policy of the San Francisco Board of Education to cut all ties with the United States military, including, but not limited to: Ending military recruitment on campuses; ending the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC); and guaranteeing that all students and parents are informed of their right to deny military recruiters access to their names, addresses and telephone numbers. MILITARY SPENDING IN THE SCHOOLS: To: CodePinkCounterRecruitGroup@yahoogroups.com From: "iampohet" Subject: Which schools have jrotc? I don't know specifically if military science is jrotc. I didn't find the right person to ask. But, if it isn't, then what the hell is it? Oh, heck, just for fun, here are the athletics funds listed in the profile: School: Amt: FTE's:Mil.Sci. FTE's: Balboa: $6,000 2.0 Burton: $6,000 2.0 Galileo: $6,000 2.0 Lincoln: $7,000 3.0 Mission: $6,000 2.0 Lowell: $7,000 2.0 Washington: $7,000 2.0 The money, just over 2 mil, is all the funds... 1mil+ from the Feds and 1mil + in matching funds from the sfusd. In CodePinkCounterRecruitGroup@yahoogroups.com, Ms sam joi question - mil sci is jrotc? and this $$ was alotted by the feds to the individual schools? iampohet School Money alotted to Mil Sci as per fiscal profile Apr. 2004 Balboa: $261,335 Burton: $258,177 Galileo: $343,913 Lincoln: $429,106 Mission: $265,303 Lowell: $276,877 Wash: $344,093 Total: $2,178,804 I found this info by digging in the individual school's profiles on the sfusd website. Hope it's helpful. erin Bay Area United Against War (BAUAW) www.bauaw.org 414-824-8730 Donations are urgently needed to carry out this important work. We have no paid staff but need money for posters, buttons, flyers and informational material to hand out to students and parents. Make a tax-deductible donation to: Bay Area United Against War/NVM P.O. Box 318021 San Francisco, CA 94131-8021 Coming Up: Global Day of Action March 19, 2005 No to War and Occupation in Iraq, Palestine, Haiti, Afghanistan, Cuba Everywhere! Bring the Troops Home Now! 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