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An Iraq veteran was greeted early on the morning of May 28th by nearly one hundred fellow veterans, parents of US troops in Iraq supporters — including the father of Casey Sheehan, who was killed in Iraq — and other as he began a round-the-clock effort to march around the State Capitol for all U.S. troopers killed in Iraq. He has promised he will not quit until exhaustion forces him to quit.

Four Bay Area Code Pinkers -- Cynthia Papermaster, Nancy Mancias, Kathy Greene and Janet Weil -- crashed Congressman George Miller's birthday party/fundraiser at the Pleasant Hill Community Center. After Pelosi spoke, Code Pink members called out, "End the war in Iraq! You better do it soon!" and similar remarks in challenging tones.asked her. Later a Code Pink member asked Pelosi: "Why are you pushing for the Iraqi Oil Law? Isn't that what Bush has wanted from the first?"

After a brief press conference on May 22nd in front of San Francisco’s City Hall, three students embarked on a "March for Peace” yesterday with the intent of walking every step of over 3,000 miles across North America. If all goes to plan, they will arrive in Washington DC in late August.

A hunger strike initiated by 44 UC students, several alumni and a professor has passed its 1-week mark. The hunger strikers are demanding that the UC Board of Regents withdraw from their contracts to operate Los Alamos and Livermore National Laboratories based on, “the grounds that the Reliable Replacement Warhead program and Los Alamos Labs’ ongoing preparations to conduct plutonium pit manufacturing both clearly violate Article VI of the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.” The UC has been identified by the hunger strikers as a site of strategic importance in the campaign against new nuclear weapons.

On May 19th, work activity at the Stevedoring Services of America (SSA) gates was successfully halted after the ILWU locals chose not to cross the community picket lines. Pickets continued throughout the day. The picket was a direct action to stop the war. Currently, military shipments through the port enable and support the ongoing occupation of Iraq.

On Saturday, May 5th, Cindy Sheehan and Code Pink joined in an anti-war solidarity event while unsatisfied Congresswoman Doris Matsui constituents demanded that she "Stop the Funding now!" A neighbor of Matsui threw an egg, hitting a 4-year old girl and a Matsui aide. Police conducted a door-to-door inquiry for the egg thrower, without success.

Just weeks after being released from a military stockade in Germany for refusing redeployment to Iraq, Agustin Aguayo were joined by fellow war resisters on a greater San Francisco Bay Area speaking tour from May 9-18. Agustin served almost eight months in prison after fighting for nearly three years to be recognized as a conscientious objector. Agustin explained for the first time why he chose jail instead of redeploying to Iraq.