COMMEMORATE APRIL 7, 2003 OAKLAND DOCKS ANTI-WAR PICKET, Support Injured Protester

COMMEMORATE APRIL 7, 2003 OAKLAND DOCKS ANTI-WAR PICKET
& SUPPORT ONE OF THOSE INJURED BY OAKLAND POLICE

A Benefit for Willow Rosenthal’s Medical Needs;
Willow was permanently injured by the
Oakland Police on April 7th, 2003.

Thursday April 7th, 7 p.m.
Café Van Kleef (21 and over)
1621 Telegraph @17th, Oakland
(19th Street BART)

MUSIC:
· Andrea Pritchett (of Rebecca Riots), Shelley Doty (East Bay Express
called her
"the complete performer in her use of cranked emotions in her singing, edgy
rock
energy and swinging jazz guitar rhythms." ) & Friends
· Henri Ducharme with TaraLinda – New French music and beyond
(accordion &
vocals)
· Spoken Word Performance

VIDEO:
· “Shots on the Docks” the documentary depicting the events at the
Oakland Docks
on April 7, 2003 by Steve Zeltzer of the Labor Video Project will screen.

SPEAKERS:

· Jack Heyman, ILWU rank and file activist who was arrested by police
April 7,
2003 and fought and won bogus charges against him.
· Antonia Juhasz, winner of the Project Censored Award for her article
on the
corporate invasion of Iraq, co-author of Alternatives to Economic
Globalization
(2nd Edition) and antiwar educator and organizer.
· Member of Campaign for Community Safety and Police Accountability

HORS D’OEUVRES WILL BE SERVED

On April 7 2003 hundreds of Bay Area anti-war, labor and community activists
picketed corporate war profiteers at the Oakland docks. The Oakland Police
Department (OPD), after meeting days before with maritime bosses, opened fire
on nonviolent people with wooden bullets, shot-filled
sacks and concussion grenades and charged people with motorcycles for two
hours.
Their actions injured 60, including 7 long shore workers and 3 members of the
press, in the most violent attack in recent history on the anti-war movement,
and was denounced by the UN Commission on Human Rights. Picketers caused the
docks to shut down on April 7, 2003; and a month later on May 12 and one year
later on April 7, 2004.

Those arrested and facing bogus charges won their cases and there have been
some
reforms to police practices won in civil suits in the aftermath, but the OPD
and
Mayor Jerry Brown (who may run for California Attorney General) remain
unaccountable and dangerous.

Willow Rosenthal, urban farmer, community organizer, and anti-war social
justice
activist, sustained permanent injuries on that day. We are a group of friends
of Willow and local activists who are raising money to assist her with her
medical expenses, as she has not received any compensation from the city of
Oakland. In the event that her case settles, any unused funds raised will be
diverted to anti-war organizing.

HOW YOU CAN HELP
· Forward this email to your lists and friends
· Donate money in any of the following ways
1. On line with a credit card at http://www.actagainstwar.org

2. Send a check to
Willow Rosenthal
PO Box 611
Berkeley, CA 94701

3. Or come to the benefit on April 7th and make a donation in person.

Sponsored by friends of Willow and the Transit Workers Solidarity Committee

Contact: Dorrit 510-981-1967 dorrit [at] riseup.net