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DESCRIPTION:PABLO PAREDES - HISPANIC NAVY SAILOR WHO REFUSED TO DEPLOY IN WAR PROTESTER 
 SPEAKS AT CSUMB & WATSONVILLE TU. FEB 28  Release: Immediate Information:   
 Bob Fitch 831.460.0112  Navy Petty Officer Pablo Paredes, declaring the 
 Iraq War “illegal” and all wars “immoral and useless,” refused to 
 climb the gang plank of the Iraq-bound Bonhomme Richard on May 11, 2005 in 
 San Diego.  “What Military Life is Really Like,” and the personal story 
 of his resistance to military service will be the topics of his local 
 presentations.  Two public events are planned for Tuesday February 28 – 
 12:15pm, at the CSUMB Center Living Room and 6:30pm at Watsonville Cabrillo 
 College, Union & Beach Sts., Forum Room 4850. At 4pm the Jesus “Chuy” 
 Ramirez “Rock en Evolución ” show on KHDC FM 90.9 will broadcast a 
 live call-in interview.  Convicted of missing movement, the former alter 
 boy from Bronx, New York, was sentenced to hard labor, rank reduction and 
 discharge. He is currently challenging the discharge in Federal court, 
 claiming that the Navy disregarded his lawful application for an honorable 
 discharge as a conscientious objector.   “I am guilty of believing that 
 war is illegal,” say Paredes. Although he does not “consider military 
 members adversaries” and emphasizes his “solidarity with all service 
 members,” he is emphatic in his belief that the Iraq war is in 
 “consistent violation of the Geneva Convention rules of war, and of 
 generally accepted standards of human rights….”  Event sponsors 
 include: Cabrillo MECHA, Watsonville Brown Berets, the GI Rights and Draft 
 Alternatives Program of the Resource Center for Nonviolence, the Santa Cruz 
 Peace Coalition, Watsonville WILPF and the Watsonville Peace Coalition.  
 [Note to Media: At 9am Paredes will speak to classes at Renaissance High 
 School. This is not a public event. Press who want to attend this event 
 must contact Bob Fitch, 831.460.0112.]    \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/02/23/89053.php
SUMMARY:Pablo Paredes
LOCATION:Daytime:   CSUMB Center Living Room  Call 460 -0112 for directions  
 Evening:  Cabrillo College Watsonville Center  Forum Room 4850  CCWC is 
 located at Union and Beach Streets in Watsonville across from the plaza.  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/02/23/89053.php
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