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DESCRIPTION:SF Coalition to Host Adam 
 Kokesh\nhttp://kokesh.blogspot.com/\nhttp://www.stop-losscongress.org/\n\nMEDIA 
 ADVISORY\n\nWinter Soldier Comes to Oakland and Marin: Adam Kokesh of IVAW 
 Speaks at the Oakland Federal Building, College of Marin; Visits East Bay 
 High Schools\n\nKokesh will make counter-recruitment visits to East Bay 
 schools - Address Federal workers at weekly Oakland anti-war vigil\n\nWHEN: 
 Tuesday, May 6, 12:00 noon: Oakland Federal Building \n7:00 PM: College of 
 Marin, Student Center\nTBA: Counter-Recruitment Visits to East Bay High 
 Schools\n\nWHERE: At 12:00 at the Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay St. 
 At 7:00 PM at the College of Marin, Student Center in Kentfield.  TBA, 
 Counter-Recruitment Visits to East Bay High Schools\n\nWHAT: Iraq war 
 veteran and member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Adam Kokesh, will 
 speak at the weekly anti-war vigil at the Oakland Federal Building.  This 
 is the tenth year of the Tuesday vigil which was begun in early 1998 to 
 oppose the genocidal sanctions imposed on Iraq which killed one and a half 
 million Iraqis during the ten years they were in place.  Now the vigil 
 calls for and end to the murderous war and occupation on the people of 
 Iraq.  Kokesh will speak at noon.\n\n“We are happy to host Sergeant 
 Kokesh. His efforts to end the occupation and war have been tireless.  He 
 shows that the best way to support the troops, and the people of Iraq, is 
 by the immediate and unequivocal end to the illegal U.S. invasion and 
 war.” said Carolyn S. Scarr of the Ecumenical Peace Institute, organizer 
 of the weekly vigils.\n\n Kokesh will also encourage students at East Bay 
 high schools and the College of Marin not to enlist for military service.  
 Thousands of service members are involuntarily having their tours of duty 
 extended through the military’s stop loss program, keeping them in harms 
 way and increasing the mental and emotional strain on each soldier.  
 According to a study by the Rand Corporation, 1 in 5 U.S. soldiers who 
 served in Iraq or Afghanistan – nearly 300,000 individuals – suffer 
 from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  And documents released in a San 
 Francisco Federal class action lawsuit against the Department of Veterans 
 Affairs reveal that 18 veterans kill themselves everyday.  For the sake of 
 the troops, and the people of Iraq, the war must end now.\n\nKokesh served 
 as a Sergeant in the Marine Corps during the invasion of Fallujah in the 
 spring and fall of 2004 and is a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. 
 He returned home to soldier for the war to end and has recently helped 
 organize the Winter Soldier testimonials in Washington DC, and the Stop 
 Loss Congress campaign.\n\nAdam’s activities in the San Francisco Bay 
 Area are organized by the SF Coalition to Host Adam Kokesh and are 
 co-sponsored by: Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans for Peace, 
 American Friends Service Committee, U.S. Labor Against the War, United For 
 Peace and Justice, Direct Action to Stop the War, Act Against Torture, the 
 Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC, the East Bay Coalition to Support 
 Self-Rule for Iraqis, the Catalyst Project and the Marin Peace and Justice 
 Center.\n\nFor more information see kokesh.blogspot.com 
 http://www.stop-losscongress.org/ www.peacehost.net/EPI-Calc 
 www.mpjc.org\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/28/18495537.php
SUMMARY:Winter Soldier in Oakland, Marin: IVAW's Adam Kokesh tour
LOCATION:12 noon Oakland Federal Building\n7 PM College of Marin\nTBA East Bay High 
 Schools
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/28/18495537.php
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