9/7 in San Jose: Community Speak Out Support Hurricane Victims!

SOUTH BAY MOBILIZATION EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT - 9/6/2005

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National Day of Emergency
Community Speak Out Support Hurricane Victims!

Wednesday, September 7 at 5PM
Outside MLK Jr. Library
San Fernando and Fourth St., San Jose

What is taking place today in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama has provoked an
outpouring of concern for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Millions of people here
and around the world are watching in horror at both the scale of suffering and the
lack of response by President Bush and the U.S. government. Thousands are dead or
missing; millions have been displaced or lost their jobs and homes.

The South Bay community will come together September 7 along with other cities
throughout the nation to demand real relief for the victims and demonstrate that
those suffering in hurricane-affected areas are not alone.

While Americans, including babies and the elderly, go without food and water, and
corpses lie in the street and float in the water, the Bush Administration continues
to spare no resource in waging its over $200 billion war and occupation of Iraq. The
$10.5 billion relief package allocated for hurricane devastated areas is the same
amount it costs to occupy Iraq for only 7 weeks.

There is a dire need for medical attention in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas
and in other Southern states. Cuba offered on August 30 to send up to 1,100 doctors
to aid the hurricane victims. The Bush administration has not even acknowledged this
offer, proving that politics are more important to the administration than saving
lives.

Speak Out: Money for Human Needs, Not for War! Yes to Relief & Justice! No to War &
Racism!

There will be an open mic for all who want to speak or express themselves
artistically in order to stand in unity with the people in the Gulf Coast.

Initiated by: South Bay Jubilee Coalition and ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End
Racism)
Endorsed by (list in formation): South Bay Mobilization, Americans Uniting Americans

For more information or to endorse, call Alessandra at (408) 608-5084
Donate to Veterans for Peace hurricane relief. A collection will be taken at the
speak-out, or donate online at
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This is an announcement from South Bay Mobilization, an organization working to
oppose U.S. interventions that violate rights of self-determination abroad and
undermine civil liberties, economic rights, and environmental protections here at
home.

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