NEWS RELEASE:
What: Green Convergence at Bohemia for Peace and Justice
When: Friday, July 15th- Sunday, July 17th

http://www.cagreens.org/bohemia.html

Where: Bohemian Grove is located in the Sonoma County Russian
River community of Monte Rio, near the intersection of Hwy. 116
and Bohemian Highway. It is accessible on the Sonoma Transit bus
#20 from Santa Rosa Transit Mall.

Short announcement: Mark your calendar. Plan your mid-summer
excursion to protest the war profiteers as they come to Bohemian
Grove, yet again, to cremate their "Cares of the Marketplace".
Join Local Greens, veterans' groups, corporate responsibility
organizations, faith groups, students, people who have never
protested before, and the Green Party of California as they
converge at Bohemian Grove and call for an end to the Carelessness
of their leaders.

Why: Each year, in mid-summer, the elite members of the Bohemian
Club in San Francisco gather for two weeks of revelry and
"throwing off the cares of the marketplace" among the redwood
groves along Sonoma County's Russian River. The club's members
include many Presidents, past and present. George H.W. Bush are
both members, as well as the late Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford,
Richard Nixon, and every Republican President since Herbert
Hoover, except the current inhabitant.

But the root of the Grove's power is the men who support the
efforts of "their' presidents, like they have with the current war
in the Middle East. Critics call these gatherings anything but the
innocent camaraderie among a group of men who happen to carry the
cares of the world on their shoulders all year and just want to
party for a couple of weeks.

Corporation executives and owners at the highest levels have
gathered with prominent men in politics at Bohemian Grove and
built networks that critics say sustains their acquisition of
power and wealth throughout the year.

Says Don Eichelberger, a long-time organizer of grove protests
and current State Green Party Co-Chair of the Green Issues Working
Group, "We saw in 1980 and 1984 how unified 'Bohemia' was around
Ronald Reagan. We know from their own archives that the Manhattan
Project was conceived and promoted at the Grove, and that a deal
supporting Eisenhower over Nixon for president in 1956 was struck
there. So no question that 'weaving spiders' do come there",
referring to the Club Motto, "Weaving spiders come not here!"

"One of the main points that needs to made about the Grove is the
daily Lakeside Talks that are given there throughout the July
encampment," says Mary Moore of Bohemian Grove Action Network, a
co-sponsor of the convergence. "These are a way to float ideas
about public policy without public scrutiny and have included
Edward Teller talking about nuclear energy in the early '80's to
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia talking about Church, State
and the Constitution in the '90s. From the World Bank and foreign
policy to Star Wars and nuclear weapons, these are issues that
affect our lives and we should know what is being discussed."

Says Paul Encimer of Emerald Greens and Co-Coordinator for the
Convergence, "These men constitute the biggest back room in the
country, whose deals have sealed the fate of America as a bully
willing to use its might to help them make more money and control
the nation."

Who: Groups and individuals so far endorsing the Convergence
include Green Party of California, Green Party of Sonoma County,
Green Party of Humboldt Co., Green Party of Mendocino County,
Emerald Greens, Bohemian Grove Action Network, Veterans for Peace,
Mendocino, Veterans for Peace, Garberville, Bill Meyers, Democracy
Unlimited*, Peter Camejo, Green Vice-Presidential candidate, Peter
Phillips, Sonoma State University faculty, expert on Bohemian
Grove, International Indian Treaty Council, and a growing list….

CONTACT LIST More info call 415 567 4577(Don) or 707 540-9061 or
707 923 4488.(Paul) Email: done [at] greens.org, encimer [at] hotmail.com or
Emerald Greens, Box 162, Piercy 95587

SCHEDULE:( Events will take place in Monte Rio, unless otherwise
noted)

Friday, July 15th - Greet the Bohemians as they make their way to
the Grove. Vigil and evening drum circle 11 am.-Sunset Friday
Evening- overnight camp out planned for as many people as possible
at arranged site or sites. Other camping available. Homestays.
Films, fun, discussion, more networking

Saturday, July 16th- Protest March and Resurrection of Care.
Gather 11 A.M.at Monte Rio Parking lot across from Monte Rio
Theater and march under the watchful eye of friendly monitors to
the Bohemian Grove Gate for After Noon counter ceremony performed
by members of the International Treaty council. Vigiling,
protest,speakers, entertainment, conversation, free food Saturday
Evening- overnight camp out planned for as many people as possible
at arranged site or sites. Other camping available. Homestays.
Films, fun, discussion, more networking

Sunday, July 17th- "What We Can Do About It"- 10 A.M.-6 P.M. A
Green Convergence for Peace. Global Justice, anti-corporate
Resistance, Ecological defense. Speakers, music, information
tables, food, workshops and networking to go beyond protest and
work together for real change

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