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Protests around the world, February 15 |
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OOA PEACE CALENDAR
Delegation information for 2004
Delegations to:
Includes San Jose de Apartado and Apartado
Cost: $1750
Sister Community of Dane County, Wisconsin
Santander, August 7-15, 2004
Includes Mogotes
Cost: $750 plus airfare to Bogota
Sister Community to Minneapolis/St Paul
Putumayo, July 3 - 11
Contact with indigenous communities in Puerto Asis and Mocoa
Cost $1100 plus airfare to Bogota
Sister communities to Kansas City/ St Louis CSN Chapter
Cauca, August 14-22, 2004
Includes Naya and Cajibio
Cost: $750 plus airfare to Bogota
Sister Communities to New York City and Syracuse CSN Chapters
Colombia Support Network
P.O. Box 1505
Madison, WI 53701-1505
phone: (608) 257-8753
fax: (608) 255-6621
e-mail: csn@igc.org
http://www.colombiasupport.net
Si Se Puede!
Organizing for Peace & Justice
Salon at the Yard: A monthly series at Warszawa Restaurant,
1414 Lincoln Blvd. at Santa Monica Blvd. in Santa Monica
sponsored by
Office of the Americas and Warszawa Restaurant
Wednesday, June 30, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
Refreshments and Entertainment
Suggested donation: $5.00 No one turned away for lack of funds. No reservations necessary.
Upcoming: July 28, Robbie Conal & His Posters
For further information: 323-852-9808
Every Sunday
Arlington West Memorial Project
in Santa Monica
It happens every Sunday, all day long until sunset.
Volunteers needed!
The Arlington West Memorial Project was presented for the first time in
Santa Monica on Sunday February 15th, at the Santa Monica pier. 540
crosses were set up in the sand, directly north of the pier and right
next to the boardwalk, and were highly visible to the thousands of
people who came out for a day at the beach.Each cross represents an American soldier who has died in Iraq. The names, ages, hometowns and circumstances of their deaths are there for all to read on a plaque that is placed in front of this memorial. Another sign indicates that it would take the entire beach in order to recognize all of the Iraqis who have been killed in this war. All day long, thousands of beachgoers stop to witness, read the names, contemplate and talk about this sad reality.
This memorial is put on by the Los Angeles Chapter of Veterans For Peace, headed up by Vietnam veterans Mark Scully and Ed Ellis. It would not have happened if not for Santa Barbara Veterans For Peace Chapter 54, who started the Arlington West Project in Santa Barbara over 3 months ago and who took the time to teach us how to do it.
NEWS FROM UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
NEW YORK, NY--On Saturday, March 20, upwards of 2 million people took to the streets around the world to protest the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. People in more than 60 countries throughout the world - from Japan to South Korea to Spain to Australia to South Africa - called for an end to the occupation, which they believe is only increasing violence and insecurity in Iraq.
click here for full story
Waging Peace
An Empowerment Project Production
2004
Length: 30 minutes
"Feb, 15, 2003 was a mutation in the thinking of the world's people. It was the same thing that Albert Einstein was asking for - to change our way of thinking."
-Blase Bonpane, Office of the Americas
This video captures the excitement and hope of February 15, 2003, the world's largest recorded protest in history, and focuses on how we can maintain and utilize the energy of the peace movement to push past corporate and government power, so the voice of the people will be heard. This is an exciting film, it's a bit like having a cheerleading team reminding you that there is a larger community in the world that still resists the policies of this administration.
The film has premiered at the Global Peace International Film Festival, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and won the Burke Award for Best Documentary. This film features many dynamic speakers including: Archbishop Desmond TuTu, Harry Belafonte, Susan Sarandon, Angela Davis, Pete Seeger, Holly Near and leaders within the movement such as Leslie Cagan, Jamie Vasquez, Medea Benjamin, Reverend Graylan Hagler, Phyllis Bennis, and many more.
For more information and to order click here
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Click here: HONOR THE MEMORY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING- GET ACTIVE!
You can read "Hogtied and Abused at Fort Benning" http://vitw.us/archives/000456.html her account of the inhumane treatment that she received by her arresting officers. By visiting the SOA Watch website http://www.soaw.org/new, you can find more information about the SOA/WHISC, which has trained many of the military dictators and soldiers who have massacred hundreds of thousands of people of Central and South America, especially indigenous people.
You can also learn about other ways to support the project of closing the SOA/WHISC. Just as the US occupation in Iraq fails to provide for the security of ordinary Iraqis, the SOA/WHISC has, at the very least, failed in its stated task of 'security' for Latin America and, in actuality, created more insecurity and fear for millions of people in the Global South.
Kathy's act of crossing the line with 27 other witnesses for peace, including VitW friend Rev. Jerry Zawada, O.F.M., is a sign of the commitment to nonviolent direct action which Voices in the Wilderness clings to as a hopeful road to peace and social justice in our world.
Alongside Kathy, Fr. Jerry Zawada, an Iraq Peace Team member and recent VitW delegate to Iraq, was sentenced to six months in federal prison (he was convicted of trespassing at the SOA/WHISC last year as well), Faith Fippinger, a former Human Shield in Iraq, was sentenced to three months in prison, and Scott Diehl, a CPT member who was in Iraq during the 2003 invasion, was also sentenced to three months in prison.
May we all begin to draw the connections between the destruction caused by surging US militarism in Iraq and its effects elsewhere, wherever that may be. Here in the United States, military recruiters continue to steal the lives of students in our poorest schools and US police officers (such as those in Miami during the recent FTAA protests) are being ordered to beat down and trample their fellow US citizens who nonviolently protest the architects of social injustice.
Click here: Misleader.org: Daily Mislead Don't Keep Truth Underground
Expose Bush's agenda to grab the world's oil
Four new videos:
Uncovered: the Whole Truth About the Iraq War
Click here for more information
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
Click here for more information
Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
Click here for more information
and
Plan Columbia: Cashing In On the Drug War Failure
Click here for more information
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A U.S. soldier in Iraq wonders:
'How many more must die?'
an article by Tim Predmore
click here to read article
Check local listings.
Blase Bonpane's World Focus now on KPFK Pacifica Radio 90.7!
Sundays at 10:00 AM - TUNE IN!
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-President Dwight D. Eisenhower, April 16, 1953
The Cost Of War website shows a running total of the amount of money spent by the US Government to finance the war in Iraq. This total is based on estimates from the Congressional Budget Office. It also shows the cost of funding alternatives like pre-School, kids' health, public education, college scholarships, energy independence, and public housing.
Coalition for World Peace outreach, 8pm-10pm in front of the Midnight Special Bookstore, Santa Monica Promenade. Join us to add your voice to the voices of peace from this nation and around the world. For info check: www.coalitionforworldpeace.org or call (323) 281-7322
The Coalition for World Peace is calling all activists to gather to say NO!! to any further attacks on Iraq or any country. The Peace Movement in the US is growing because it speaks to the hearts and minds of Americans who can clearly see that there is no moral leadership coming from the War government in Washington, D.C. Killing people is the problem not the solution!
Best political radio program in the United States:
You can listen to current and past broadcasts from your computer.
The program is Democracy Now, hosted by Amy Goodman. And check out the Democrary Now Archives.
OOA supports many important groups.
- Homies
Unidos
- L.A. Living Wage Campaign
- Accountable Development
- Santa Monica Living Wage/SMART
- Respect at LAX
Originally formed in El Salvador in 1996, and active in Los Angeles since 1998, this organization is comprised of and run by youth from different gangs not active in violence.... More Information...
The Center for the
Advancement of Nonviolence
Its mission in Los Angeles is to
"heal, empower and revitalize our lives and our communities through the
practice of nonviolence as a way of life.... More
Information...
El
Rescate
In-depth, current information about Colombia, El Salvador, and
Refugee Issues. Founded in 1981, El Rescate was the first agency in the
U.S. to respond with free legal aid and social services to the mass
influx of refugees fleeing the war in El Salvador.... More
Information...
The garment worker
center- Los Angeles
Its mission is "to empower garment
workers in the Greater Los Angeles area and to work in solidarity with
other low wage immigrant workers and disenfranchised communities in the
struggle for social, economic, and environmental justice..." More
Information...
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) An alliance including:
Neighbors for Peace and Justice
This neighborhood organization was formed in Los Angeles in response to the events of September 11. Members of their community gathered to discuss alternative approaches to the government's declaration of war on terrorism. They wanted to educate ourselves and to influence the direction of our country's foreign and domestic policy. They are concerned about the violence against civilians caused by war as well as its negative effects here at home on the economy, civil liberties and social services. More Information...
The Office of the Americas is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the cause of justice and peace in the hemisphere through broad based educational programs. Founded in 1983 in Los Angeles, OOA is a recognized source for documentation and analysis of current events in North America, Mexico, Central America, and South America, including the War on Drugs, human rights, and United States foreign policy. The Office is often called upon to present expert testimony in litigation before the Federal Immigration Court.
Office of The Americas
8124 West Third Street Suite 202
Los Angeles, California 90048
323/852-9808
FAX 323/852-0655
EMAIL OOA@igc.org
WEB http://www.officeoftheamericas.org/
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