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DESCRIPTION:\n  Throw-A-Shoe at Bush! To Obama: No war!Join Us. Shoes provided or BYOS! 
 Prizes, Music & Fun!\n  Sat., Jan. 17, Noon - 3 pm, Justin Herman Plaza 
 (Embarcadero BART), SF\n    Sun., Jan. 18, Noon - 3 pm, Justin Herman Plaza 
 (Embarcadero BART), SF\n    Tues.,  Jan. 20, 7 am - Noon, United Nations 
 Plaza (Civic Center BART), SF.  Near the public Obama inauguration 
 simulcast event at Civic Center Plaza\n  Iraqi Journalist Muntader al-Zaidi 
 threw his shoes at Bush while  saying, "This is for the widows and orphans 
 and all those killed in  Iraq." We symbolically join him as Bush leaves 
 office. We also throw  shoes for the widows, families, and US service men 
 and women killed in  Iraq and Afghanistan. We throw shoes for those who are 
 hurting while  billions are wasted for war instead of bailing out those of 
 us lacking  food, housing, healthcare, and education.\n  We take Obama 
 seriously when on election night he said, "This  victory alone is not the 
 change we seek; it is only the chance for us  to make that change." Will 
 you join us in publicly committing that "we  the people" will organize 
 ourselves and take action to make those  changes? We agree with Obama's 
 statement, "I don't want to just end the  war, but I want to end the 
 mindset that got us into war in the first  place."\n  Here are 5 key 
 changes that will begin to do this.\n  1) ALL TROOPS HOME FROM IRAQ NOW!\n  
   Including "non-combat" troops, private contractors (i.e. Blackwater), and 
 close all US military bases in Iraq.\n  2) HELP REBUILD IRAQ\n    Give 
 reparations for the human and structural damages Iraq has  suffered, and 
 stop the corporate pillaging of Iraq so that their people  can control 
 their own lives and future.\n  3) NO ESCALATIONS, NO NEW WARS\n    * No 
 escalation of war in Afghanistan; troops should be withdrawn.\n    * Stop 
 attacks inside Pakistan. Don't attack Iran.\n    * Cut military aid to 
 governments that violate human rights or  international law, such as Israel 
 in what Amnesty International calls  an "unlawful attack on Gaza."\n    * 
 Close Guantanamo and all secret prisons\n  4) FROM GLOBAL MILITARY 
 INTERVENTION TO REAL SECURITY AT HOME\n    * Close all 800 foreign US 
 military bases.\n    * Reduce military budget and troops; Stop wasting 
 hundreds of billions  needed for healthcare, housing, education, and green 
 energy/jobs.\n  5) SUPPORT VETERANS\n    * Amnesty for all GI resisters who 
 refuse illegal war.\n    * Full benefits, adequate healthcare (including 
 mental health), and other supports for returning servicemen and women.\n  
 Co-sponsored by:Direct Action to Stop the War -  
 www.ActAgainstWar.netCourage to Resist - www.CourageToResist.org\n  \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/13/18562508.php
SUMMARY:"Throw-A-Shoe at Bush" SF inauguration event
LOCATION:Justin Herman Plaza (Embarcadero BART), SF
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/13/18562508.php
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