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Thu Sep 29 2005
Protesters To Pelosi: "Not One More Dime for War"
On Monday September 26th, anti-war activists staged a die-in in front of the San Francisco Federal building to protest Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's support for the funding of the Iraq war. Photos.
While Nancy Pelosi has called the Iraq war a "grotesque mistake," she continues to vote for more funding for the war.
Also on Monday, protesters in Washington DC carried out a similar act of civil disobedience in front of the White House. 384 protestors, including peace activist Cindy Sheehan, were arrested. Many of those arrested were kept handcuffed in vans and buses for up to 12 hours before they were charged and released. Read More
While Nancy Pelosi has called the Iraq war a "grotesque mistake," she continues to vote for more funding for the war.
Also on Monday, protesters in Washington DC carried out a similar act of civil disobedience in front of the White House. 384 protestors, including peace activist Cindy Sheehan, were arrested. Many of those arrested were kept handcuffed in vans and buses for up to 12 hours before they were charged and released. Read More
Thu Sep 29 2005
Last Protester Released Late Thursday
9/30/2005 Update: The individual for whom legal support was raising bail has been bailed out.
During the anti-war march in San Francisco on Saturday, September 24th, a man was arrested by police and he was released from SF Sheriff’s custody late Thursday night. He was held in solitary for five days, and was transferred to general population in the San Bruno jail.
The man attended the anti-war march with his wife and his sister from Clear Lake. He reportedly moved his sister out of the way of an officer on a bike, and an altercation ensued. He was beaten and arrested on a felony charge of possession of a deadly weapon, which was reportedly a knife that was on him at the time of the arrest. On Thursday, his bail was set at $12,500. The legal team asked for various kinds of support for him.
He was scheduled to go to court Friday morning September 30th at 9:00am in courtroom 9 at the San Francisco Courthouse, 850 Bryant Street. The legal team asked for people to fill the courtroom, pitch in for his legal fund, and otherwise show solidarity with someone who was isolated in jail and needs public support. The legal team said in a statement, "The demonstration is not over with someone still in jail!" Read more.
During the anti-war march in San Francisco on Saturday, September 24th, a man was arrested by police and he was released from SF Sheriff’s custody late Thursday night. He was held in solitary for five days, and was transferred to general population in the San Bruno jail.
The man attended the anti-war march with his wife and his sister from Clear Lake. He reportedly moved his sister out of the way of an officer on a bike, and an altercation ensued. He was beaten and arrested on a felony charge of possession of a deadly weapon, which was reportedly a knife that was on him at the time of the arrest. On Thursday, his bail was set at $12,500. The legal team asked for various kinds of support for him.
He was scheduled to go to court Friday morning September 30th at 9:00am in courtroom 9 at the San Francisco Courthouse, 850 Bryant Street. The legal team asked for people to fill the courtroom, pitch in for his legal fund, and otherwise show solidarity with someone who was isolated in jail and needs public support. The legal team said in a statement, "The demonstration is not over with someone still in jail!" Read more.
September 24th: Hundreds of thousands of people protested the US war in Iraq and the lack of funding of people's needs such as disaster preparedness today. The protests took place on the same day as Hurricane Rita hit the state of Texas, bringing rains and strong winds to homes, oil rigs, and businesses. Indymedia radio stations came together for the monthly Critical Mass Radio Network broadcast. Radio stations conducted interviews about the protests, the war, and the two recent hurricane/evacuation disasters. They switched back and forth, carrying feeds from such locations as Michigan, Portland, New York, and San Francisco.
Some 50,000 people rallied and marched in San Francisco. An Anti-Capitalist Convergence gathered at 16th and Mission and then marched along the sidewalks to Dolores Park, where it joined the main march. There was a rally at Dolores Park, which turned into a 12pm march and arrived at Jefferson Square Park for a 2pm rally. At the park, the windows of a corporate media van were smashed, and "Fuck the Corporate Media" was written on the van. (Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Video: 1 | 2 | 3 | Audio: 1 | 2 )
Crowd sizes at protests around the country were larger than expected. 300,000 people surrounded the White House in Washington, DC. (Video) 50,000 people protested in Los Angeles and thousands protested in San Diego, Denver, and Seattle. In California, twice as many people as were expected protested in Salinas, several hundred people rallied in Fresno & Visalia Video, and there was a small protest in Santa Cruz. Elsewhere in the world, up to 100,000 people took to the streets of London ( Photos | Report )
The anti-war movement has grown in the last two months as Cindy Sheehan has gotten national corporate media coverage of her attempt to talk with President Bush about why he went to war. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, polls have shown that for the first time since George Bush invaded Iraq in March of 2003, a majority of people in the United States now call for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from that country.
Breaking news reports as heard on Enemy Combatant Radio or reported to Indybay editors
Some 50,000 people rallied and marched in San Francisco. An Anti-Capitalist Convergence gathered at 16th and Mission and then marched along the sidewalks to Dolores Park, where it joined the main march. There was a rally at Dolores Park, which turned into a 12pm march and arrived at Jefferson Square Park for a 2pm rally. At the park, the windows of a corporate media van were smashed, and "Fuck the Corporate Media" was written on the van. (Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Video: 1 | 2 | 3 | Audio: 1 | 2 )
Crowd sizes at protests around the country were larger than expected. 300,000 people surrounded the White House in Washington, DC. (Video) 50,000 people protested in Los Angeles and thousands protested in San Diego, Denver, and Seattle. In California, twice as many people as were expected protested in Salinas, several hundred people rallied in Fresno & Visalia Video, and there was a small protest in Santa Cruz. Elsewhere in the world, up to 100,000 people took to the streets of London ( Photos | Report )
The anti-war movement has grown in the last two months as Cindy Sheehan has gotten national corporate media coverage of her attempt to talk with President Bush about why he went to war. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, polls have shown that for the first time since George Bush invaded Iraq in March of 2003, a majority of people in the United States now call for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from that country.
Breaking news reports as heard on Enemy Combatant Radio or reported to Indybay editors
Sat Sep 24 2005
Protest for Peace to be Held at Vandenberg Air Force Base
October 1st through 8th is International Keep Space for Peace Week. There will be a Protest for Peace at the Front Gate of Vandenberg Air Force Base on October 8th, 2005 from 1-3 pm. The protest will be in opposition to the deployment of “Star Wars” missle defense and the militarization of space. The front gate of Vandenberg Air Force Base is located at the Intersection of Hwy 1 and Casamila-Lompoc Rd. (six miles north of Lompoc on Highway 1 in Santa Barbara County, CA). Flyer
Vanguard Peace Legal Defense Fund | Pacific News Bulletin | Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space | Women's International League for Peace and Freedom | Western States Legal Foundation
Vanguard Peace Legal Defense Fund | Pacific News Bulletin | Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space | Women's International League for Peace and Freedom | Western States Legal Foundation
Sat Sep 24 2005
Stephen and Virginia Pearcy's Anti-War Art Attacked Again
September 22nd:
Stephen Pearcy Reports: "Another of our 'Bush Lied, I Died' soldier displays was ripped down and stolen yesterday from our Land Park (Sacramento) home. This is the 4th time in the last 8 months that this has happened, and the 2nd time in less than a month." Since February, their home has been attacked in several other ways: Their cars, their guests' cars, and their house have been egged on several occasions; Bush re-election stickers have been affixed to their living room window; their house was fired upon with multiple rounds of paint balls at 2am; US Marine stickers were affixed to several windows on their house; a shovel was stuck in the middle of their front lawn between two orange cones spaced about 7 feet across from one-another (the way a grave site is marked for digging in a cemetery); numerous "hate" letters have arrived in the mail; numerous threats have been left on their answering machine; they have received numerous annoying hang-up calls; garbage has been thrown on their lawn on many occasions (McDonalds bags, beer bottles, etc.); someone subscribed them to about 40 different magazines; police have mysteriously and inexplicably gone to their house while they were at work in Berkeley; and more.
Stephen Pearcy tried to get information about one of the vandals by using Craig's List, but his posts have repeatedly been "flagged" and removed. When he complained to Craig, the Craigslist CEO (Jim Buckmaster) emailed him back and accused him of berating them and said he should use someone else's site. Pearcy has asked supporters to email Craig to encourage him not to allow flaggers to thwart his attempts to identify the right-wing vandals. Craigslist people, however, have continued to allow the flagging. Stephen and Virginia Pearcy had planned to spend vacation time together away from their home by participating in activities such as the anti-war protest in San Francisco, but they have been discouraged by the lack of official support for their battle to get the criminal justice system to help them. He wrote, "We're getting a bit tired and disappointed." Read more
Previous Indybay Article about the Pearcys
Stephen Pearcy Reports: "Another of our 'Bush Lied, I Died' soldier displays was ripped down and stolen yesterday from our Land Park (Sacramento) home. This is the 4th time in the last 8 months that this has happened, and the 2nd time in less than a month." Since February, their home has been attacked in several other ways: Their cars, their guests' cars, and their house have been egged on several occasions; Bush re-election stickers have been affixed to their living room window; their house was fired upon with multiple rounds of paint balls at 2am; US Marine stickers were affixed to several windows on their house; a shovel was stuck in the middle of their front lawn between two orange cones spaced about 7 feet across from one-another (the way a grave site is marked for digging in a cemetery); numerous "hate" letters have arrived in the mail; numerous threats have been left on their answering machine; they have received numerous annoying hang-up calls; garbage has been thrown on their lawn on many occasions (McDonalds bags, beer bottles, etc.); someone subscribed them to about 40 different magazines; police have mysteriously and inexplicably gone to their house while they were at work in Berkeley; and more.
Stephen Pearcy tried to get information about one of the vandals by using Craig's List, but his posts have repeatedly been "flagged" and removed. When he complained to Craig, the Craigslist CEO (Jim Buckmaster) emailed him back and accused him of berating them and said he should use someone else's site. Pearcy has asked supporters to email Craig to encourage him not to allow flaggers to thwart his attempts to identify the right-wing vandals. Craigslist people, however, have continued to allow the flagging. Stephen and Virginia Pearcy had planned to spend vacation time together away from their home by participating in activities such as the anti-war protest in San Francisco, but they have been discouraged by the lack of official support for their battle to get the criminal justice system to help them. He wrote, "We're getting a bit tired and disappointed." Read more
Previous Indybay Article about the Pearcys
The People Power Can End the War Collective called for a September 23rd demonstration. Over 200 youth, people of color, military families, and veterans rallied at the Chevron Gas Station at Telegraph and Grave Aves. in Oakland, then marched to the Armed Forces Recruiting Center on Broadway. The marchers re-decorated the Recruitment Center to declare it “Shut Down By People Power” and painted a graveyard in the street. Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | Report
Organizers said, "This action supports people power campaigns that are building to stop the Iraq war and occupation, and policies of empire behind it. If the government won’t listen to the people, we will stop the war ourselves by organizing campaigns to remove the pillars of support on which the war depends; troops, corporate profiteers and corporate media. We're working to uproot the system behind the war, to replace racism and poverty with economic and racial justice!"
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Organizers said, "This action supports people power campaigns that are building to stop the Iraq war and occupation, and policies of empire behind it. If the government won’t listen to the people, we will stop the war ourselves by organizing campaigns to remove the pillars of support on which the war depends; troops, corporate profiteers and corporate media. We're working to uproot the system behind the war, to replace racism and poverty with economic and racial justice!"
Read More
Sun Aug 28 2005
Photos From Camp Casey in Crawford, Texas
8/30:
Vets Speak Out, AIM, Hitting the Road
8/29: Rev. Al Sharpton, Wedding, Martin Sheen
8/28: Crawford Pro-War Rally: Photos | Video | Anti-War Texas Hoe Down of Thousands
8/27: Press Conference, Politically Incorrect
8/26: Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star Families
8/24: Cindy Returns, Vets Protest Waco VA Closure | Join us in Crawford
8/22: Joan Baez, Sunset Vigil
8/21: Steve Earl, and Pro-War Protesters
8/20: Interfaith Service
8/19: Women's March to Bush Ranch
8/17: First Photos from Camp Casey
8/29: Rev. Al Sharpton, Wedding, Martin Sheen
8/28: Crawford Pro-War Rally: Photos | Video | Anti-War Texas Hoe Down of Thousands
8/27: Press Conference, Politically Incorrect
8/26: Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star Families
8/24: Cindy Returns, Vets Protest Waco VA Closure | Join us in Crawford
8/22: Joan Baez, Sunset Vigil
8/21: Steve Earl, and Pro-War Protesters
8/20: Interfaith Service
8/19: Women's March to Bush Ranch
8/17: First Photos from Camp Casey
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