BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-41673 SEQUENCE:41673 CREATED:20040804T235700Z DESCRIPTION: Please post far and wide!!\n\nCalling all activists! Now is the time to get involved!\nSHAC (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty) has been one of the top news stories\nof late. Under US Attorney General John Ashcroft, the “War on Terror” has\nbecome a war on the First Amendment! Now more than ever we need YOUR help\nto speak out against the ghastly practices of Huntingdon Life Sciences.\nIt is time to show Ashcroft and the animal abusers of the world that we\nknow our rights and we intend to use them!\n\n\n\nWeekend of action to SHUT DOWN HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES!\nAUGUST 12- 15 2004\nSAN FRANCISCO, CA\n\nSchedule:\n\nTHURSDAY AUGUST 12\nTeach-In\nTime: 7:30 pm\nLocation: 522 Valencia @16th\n\nWhat is all this SHAC and HLS business I’ve been hearing about anyway? Get\nthe scoop from local and national activists working on the campaign to\nshut down Huntingdon Life Sciences.\nTopics include: What is HLS and why target them?\nA brief history of the campaign to shut down HLS including undercover\ninvestigations, activism and security culture in the face of government\nrepression, and what you can do!\n\nFollowing the speakers, there will be a short work party to prepare for\nthe upcoming protest and home demonstrations!\n\n\nFRIDAY AUGUST 13\nProtest in San Francisco’s Financial District\nTime: 11:30 am\nLocation: Justin Herman Plaza\nBART stop: Embarcadero\n\nHLS is in business for one reason and one reason alone: Money! Erase\ntheir profit margin and wave goodbye to HLS! Workers at HLS have been\nexposed in 5 undercover investigations committing egregious acts of animal\nabuse. Despite this knowledge a few companies still insist on financially\nsupporting HLS. While these corporations may lack a conscience, they do\nknow the language of economics.\n\nJoin activists on a tour through San Francisco’s financial district as\nthey spread the message to current and possible supporters of HLS: Doing\nbusiness with HLS is one of the worst economic decisions a company can\nmake!\n\nVegan Potluck and Video Showing\nTime: 8 pm\nLocation: 1884 Market Street @ Laguna\n\nEat yummy vegan food, watch videos and get to know your fellow activists!\nPleas email us at info@ardac.org if you need suggestions on what to bring.\n\n\nSATURDAY AUGUST 14\nHome Demos\nTime: Noon\nLocation: 2300 16th Street, Safeway Plaza\n\nThe animals at HLS don’t get to clock out and go home for the weekend; so\nneither should those who directly support HLS. It’s time to bring the\nmessage home: You can’t do business with HLS and get away with it!\n\nJoin activists armed with banners, signs and leaflets as they caravan to\nseveral homes of Bay Area HLS supporters to tell them this urgent message.\n Please bring a car and a cell phone if you have one.\n\nCandlelight Vigil\nTime: 7:30 pm\nLocation: same meeting point\n\nAn estimated 9,270,000 animals have been murdered inside the walls of HLS\nsince its doors opened in 1952. Currently, approximately 500 animals a\nday are needlessly killed and up to 70,000 animals are imprisoned inside\nHLS at any given time.\n\nJoin activists for a candlelight vigil outside the home of a local Bay\nArea HLS supporter in remembrance of all the animals murdered and\nimprisoned at HLS.\n\nSUNDAY AUGUST 15\nHome Demo\nTime: 9 am\nLocation: Safeway Plaza meeting point\n\nThe animals at HLS don’t get to sleep in… you know the rest!\n\nJoin activists as they caravan to an HLS supporter’s home to let them know\nthat animal abuse will not be tolerated! Please bring a car and a cell\nphone if you have one.\n\n\nFor more information visit: www.ardac.org \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/08/04/41673.php SUMMARY:Weekend of Action to SHUT DOWN HLS! LOCATION:Center for Political Education\n522 Valencia @ 16th Street\n URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/08/04/41673.php DTSTART:20040813T023000Z DTEND:20040813T043000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR