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IN THIS ISSUE....
1...Rally and March Against War -
Tuesday evening in Berkeley
2...Discussion and Planning Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 20 IAC
3...Dancing in the Dark
4...September 11 Talk
ALERT: September 29 Protest
5...Sunday Peace Walks at Lake Merritt,
3 P.M.
6...Welcome to LexisNexis
Free sources for \'Attack on America\'
7...Town Hall Meeting to Stop Hate and
War
8...UC Berkeley Sproul Plaza
Rally/March - Thurs/9/20
9...Green Party Candidate Night this
Wednesday @ 6:30 PM
10..National Student Day of Action
SFSU
11..US Code: Title 42 Section 1983,
1985 and 1986
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1. Rally and March Against War
Tuesday evening in Berkeley
People will meet in Berkeley at the downtown Berkeley BART to march to City Hall
Tuesday, September 18 @ 5PM
Downtown Berkeley BART
Sponsored by Middle East Children\'s Alliance
For more info: (510) 845-8835
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2. Discussion and Planning Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 20 IAC
From : LIST [at] ACTIONSF.ORG
Reply-To : IAC-SF-owner [at] yahoogroups.com
Subject : [IAC-SF] Discussion and Planning Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 20
Date : Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:23:57 -0000
PLANNING MEETING FOR SEPT. 29 RALLY
REFLECTION ON TUEDAY\'S TRAGEDY
DISCUSSION ON FURTHER ACTIONS
Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001
7:00 pm -- Mission Neighborhood Center
362 Capp Street, 1 block East of Mission near 18th St.
Call the IAC at (415) 821-6545 for more info
All are invited.
*****
UPDATED CALL FOR SEPT.29:
(Call 415-821-6545 or email iac [at] actionsf.org to endorse)
* Mourn the Victims
* Defend the Civil of Arab and Muslim
Communities
* Don\'t Let the Government Take Away
our Civil Liberties
* War and Racism are Not the Answer!
RALLY IN SAN FRANCISCO
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
DOLORES PARK, 11 AM
We extend our most heartfelt sympathies and condolences to all those who lost loved ones on September 11. Like many, we also lost loved ones and have been deeply affected by the catastrophe.
While at the moment thousands of families are in mourning for the death and injuries of loved ones, George Bush is taking advantage of the tragic human toll to strengthen the forces of repression at home while preparing for a massive Pentagon war in the Middle East and wider region. In a chilling statement, the Bush administration
has called for \'ending states,\' an unprecedented threat.
There is a sharp increase in racist attacks against the Arab,
Muslim, Afghani, and other communities of color. Anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism is a poison that should be repudiated by all people. It is more important than ever for all justice-loving people to stand together with our sisters and brothers who are the victims of violence, scapegoating and harassment in recent days. Much of the
media has played an irresponsible role in helping to fuel a racist hysteria.
The government is attempting to take away our civil liberties and create a climate in which it could be impossible for people to speak out, through the militarization of U.S. society and a vast expansion of police powers. This would lead to the severe restriction of basic democratic rights for all working and poor people.
Instead of supporting Bush\'s call for war, as people in the U.S. it is vital that we reflect on what U.S. government policy has done around the world to devastate the lives of tens of millions of people. At this moment, the people in the U.S. need time to grieve
and to extend sympathy and condolences to all those whose families were direct victims of the horrific September 11 bombing.
But we ar also confronted with the need to act. If President Bush gets his way, instead of thousands of people being killed, the number of victims at home and abroad could grow to the tens of thousands and maybe more. A new war will only lead to an escalating cycle of violence.
Now is the time for all people of conscience to join together. If you believe in civil liberties for all, if you oppose the scapegoating of our brother and sister communities, if you oppose war, join us on September 29th, in San Francisco and Washington, DC.
We urge all organizations and individuals to join together at this
critical time.
We demand that the government spend billions to rebuild New York City and to compensate the victims of the September 11 bombing
and their families, many of whom lost not only loved ones, but also jobs, homes and health care -- not for a new war. We call on all people -- African-American, Latino, Asian, Arab, Native and white -- to stand together and say no to racism. Let us work toward a world of peace with justice.
CALL TO ENDORSE AND TO GET INVOLVED!
Initial sponsors: International Action Center; Middle East Children\'s Alliance; Bishop Thomas Gumbleton; National Lawyers Guild; Kriss Worthington, Berkeley City Council
For information call 415-821-6545,
or e-mail: iac [at] actionsf.org
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3. Dancing in the Dark
From : Bobbaldock [at] aol.com
Subject : Dancing in the Dark
Date : Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:18:19 EDT
\'DANCING THE DARK\'
an exhilarating evening of creative, spiritual-political thinking on the eve of the autumnal equinox with Caroline Casey, Joanna Macy & Wes (Scoop) Nisker
music by Stephen Kent
Friday, September 21, 8:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way at Dana
Berkeley
(wheelchair access)
Tickets - $12 advance, $15 door, available at independent bookstores.
Benefits The Ecology Center & KPFA Free Speech Radio
tickets & information: 510.848.6767x609 / http://www.kpfa.org
mail order - 510.548-2220 / http://www.ecologycenter.org
**** Caroline Casey, weaver of context of \'The Visionary Activist Show\' on KPFA, uses the language of astrology to catalyze the awakening of the individual and the collective. Based in the spiritual hardship post known as Washington, DC, she is a frequent rousing speaker at such farflung venues as the Bioneers, and The Parliament of World Religions in Capetown, South Africa. She has appeared on ABC\'s
\'Nightline,\' CNN\'s \'Crossfire,\' and Public Radio. Her book, Making the Gods Work for You: The Astrological Language of the Psyche, was selected as one of the Best Spiritual Books of 1998.
Her forthcoming book is The Compassionate Trickster Handbook.\'
**** Joanna Macy, author, internationally renowned peace
activist, teacher of Buddhism, systems theory, and deep ecology, is known worldwide for her work uniting spiritual breakthrough with social action.
**** Wes (Scoop) Nisker, Buddhist insight teacher and radio host,
is theauthor of Crazy Wisdom and Buddha\'s Nature, A Practical Guide to Discovering Your Place in the Cosmos.
**** Stephen Kent, internationally recognized as a master didjeridu musician, also plays some 15 other instruments. He has many recorded CD\'s, some with Beasts of Paradise, Trance Mission, and Lights in a Fat City. He hosts a weekly KPFA broadcast on world music.
The Ecology Center contact:
Kirk Lumpkin 548.3333
http://www.ecologycenter.org
KPFA contact: bobbaldock [at] aol.com
for immediate release
The Soul of Rumi
Coleman Barks performs his new translations of the astonishing 13th century Persian mystic and ecstatic poet Rumi, who embodies the deepest flowering of the Sufi philosophy of love and shared souls. Accompanied by master musicians
Geoffrey Gordon ( dholak and vocals)
Bruce Hamm (sarod)
Stephen Kent (didjeridu)
Jai Uttal (vocals and harmonium),
Marcus Wise (tablas)
Sunday, October 7, 7 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way at Dana
Berkeley
(wheelchair access)
Tickets - $12 advance, $15 door, available at independent bookstores.
Benefits KPFA Free Speech Radio
tickets & information: 510.848.6767x609
http://www.kpfa.org
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4. September 11 Talk
ALERT: September 29 Protest
From : Natalie Davis
Reply-To : wecan [at] yahoogroups.com
Subject : [wecan] September 11 Talk
ALERT: September 29 Protest
Date : Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:57:16 -0400
Special Report given by Sharon Ceci-Black of the International Action Center/All Peoples Congress, at a Baltimore Community & Student Meeting
9/13/01:
Like many of you gathered here in this office, my eyes have been glued to the television and my ears to the radio watching the devastation and hearing the cries of the victims and all those
whose lives have been permanently impacted by the Sept 11th attacks.
Some of my first thoughts were for the safety of many of our sisters and brothers in New York City that we have worked with on national protests for Mumia Abu Jamal or against Bush. Were any of our dear friends killed or hurt? There was a kind of shock that numbed the mind and body at the massiveness of the destruction.
With phone lines down and communication almost impossible, it made the intensity of the uncertainty even worse!
Yesterday, I watched rescue workers dig through the rubble. What seemed surreal and shocking on Sept 11 began to sink in; the dust, the weariness of rescue workers and the pathetic pain of families who were looking for missing members.
I watched the horrific story of two adult children who brought tears to
my eyes. On CNN they had little signs pinned to their chest looking
desperately for their father, hoping the almost impossible that he had
survived and was just missing.
But today, there was another realization and insight into this tragedy.
What we saw and experienced is not that much different than what the children of Palestine experience every day in the West Bank.
It is what the Iraqi people endured when the U.S. launched it\'s so-called precision bombing raids which lobbed missiles into unarmed civilian air raid shelters. Brother Black and myself were able to tour one of these shelters where 100\'s of people were burned alive when the explosion heated the water pipes. You could still see the outlines of human hands and flesh on the walls.
It is how the people of Yugoslavia felt when U.S. bombs rained down on their country.
You would have to magnify the September 11th scene millions and millions of times to even imagine what the workers of Nagasaki or Hiroshima felt when the U.S. military dropped nuclear bombs on their cities; how it felt when their children and their babies were burnt alive. Or how the thousands of Korean people who were brought to Japan as slave laborers and as comfort women felt as they became Nuclear bomb victims.
There is also the question of slow death versus quick death.
As a result of U.S. sanctions, millions of Iraqi civilians have died.
It was under Clinton\'s administration that Secretary of State, Madeline Albright, stated that the death of 500,000 Iraqi children was acceptable if this is what it took to topple Saddam Hussein.
And what about all of the many people who have died in Africa because of the greed of U.S. drug companies who refuse to treat the sick in the name of profit?
The world has been subjected to terrorism, for the most part, at the
hands of U.S. imperialism. It is, after all, upon the bayonet that markets are opened and the world is made \'free\'...to be pillaged and raped.
It was just this past weekend, Sept. 9, that 60 Minutes ran a story on how the CIA and Kissinger overthrew the Allende government in Chile.
What they didn\'t fully cover were the thousands of trade unionists, students and community activists---just like those of us gathered here tonight---who were rounded up, tortured, jailed and murdered.
The list could go on and on.
And I am sure that many of those who are here tonight can discuss other examples. Many of you can talk about how the World Bank and the IMF have forced millions of the world\'s people into poverty, starvation and death.
And this is also not the first time that workers and the poor in U.S. have been subjected to forms of terror.
African American people who were brought to the U.S. in chains and
endured not only the hardship of slavery on a new land---the whip and the lash and all of the consequent humiliation---they also had to endure the middle passage that killed and slaughtered millions.
There is the terror of the KKK, who at the behest of the rich bosses and the old slave masters class, unleashed terror against African Americans in the form of lynching and murder, and who also attacked anyone they saw as a threat, including trade unionists, gay, lesbian and transgender people, and Catholics.
And the youth of our cities, especially black youth, have been the target of police terror and a system that has relegated to them to the scrap heap that offers, instead of education, the prison industrial complex.
Our history is unfortunately rich with examples.
It is hoped, as we reflect on the tragic and terrible events of September 11, that we also reflect on the suffering and injustice throughout the world.
And especially, at this time, on the people of the Middle East whose
biggest crime---whose only crime---has been to be born on soil that is rich with oil!
Of course, the big problem for us is that many of our fellow workers and students don\'t know about these injustices. The big business media will not educate or tell the truth.
But we will.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARM OURSELVES AND STEEL OUR MOVEMENT.
Bush is no friend of working people! He answers only to the rich and powerful-to the billionaire class that exploit us each and every day, and to the Pentagon generals.
It\'s Bush and his cronies who are stripping OSHA laws. They are busy
busting unions and trying to rip off social security. And where do you think the money will come from to clean up the WTC? The rich won\'t pay for it. Rockefeller won\'t take it out of his pocket.
Just this morning an article appeared in the [Baltimore] Sun papers
discussing how now both the democrats and the republicans are united and how they have plans to authorize 20 billion dollars from the social security fund to pay for the devastation.
Bush calls on the people to rally around the flag and to be prepared to go to war.
But who will fight and die in this war? And who will pay for this war?
Already one of the Senator\'s is talking about how we don\'t need education or health care---let\'s give everything to the Pentagon.
And who is this war being directed at!
It was Cuba\'s head of state, Fidel Castro, who in a statement said --- along with offering medical and humanitarian aid to the victims ---that \'he hoped that the U.S. wouldn\'t just start lobbing bombs all over the place\'. He also described how the Cuban people have been victims of U.S. terrorism against their tiny island nation.
The investigation of everything is being done in virtual secrecy!
It is not being done by representatives of the working class, by the community or frankly even by our bought and paid for Congress people.
It is being done by the CIA, FBI and Pentagon generals who have proven
themselves enemies of all of the people, who have no genuine agenda for justice or truth, but rather an agenda that serves the bankers and bosses.
So who is this war going to be directed at?
As sure as I\'m standing here---if history means anything---it will be
other poor and working people, just like you and me, that will be the
target. They may speak a different language, they may have a different religion or be a different nationality but they will be victims just like those at the World Trade Center.
And it will be a war not in our interest but in the interest of the banks and businesses. It will be a war to further the strategic interests of the Pentagon.
We need to refuse to join the frenzy or to jump to quick conclusions.
There have been too many incidents both in U.S. history and in world history that have been used as a pretext to go to war. Some of them may not be
parallel to the present situation but they should provoke us to think.
For instance, the Reichstag fire (Germany\'s Parliament)---it was this
fire that was the pretext for the Nazi Party to rise to power. At the time the communists were blamed for the fire, but later it was learned that it was set by the Nazi\'s themselves.
And how many remember their high school history--- about the sinking of the Maine? The U.S. sunk their battleship to thrust the country into the Spanish American War.
And, in my own time, there have been countless examples during the Vietnam war---the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and others.
The September 11th attack may be different, but history should teach us to be sober and to think.
Today, in New York City, they are passing out U.S. flags---and pogroms
against people of Middle Eastern dissent have begun. Shop keepers are
being attacked. Students are being awakened in the night. All for the
crime of being, or looking, Arabic.
We must stand up to this racism. The people of the Middle East are not our enemy.
Our enemy is racism and we will fight it no matter how difficult it is!
There are also those in the rich boss class that want to use this as a way to justify stifling all protest---to begin even more intensive wire-tapping and surveillance---to declare police state conditions.
We will see how this unfolds. But we will not be intimidated; we will
resist!
Sisters and brothers,
I would be very foolish to get up here and not tell you that it will be difficult.
The September 11 events have stunned workers everywhere. They have ripped at their hearts. And the events have made the working class vulnerable.
And the Pentagon, the bankers, and Bush who serves them, will do everything to direct collective pain in a direction away from the fight against injustice.
There may be some who now don\'t want to hear how Bush is cutting social
security. People may be distracted away from the fight to stop Baltimore Gas & Electric\'s robbery. Something like this tends to disorient people.
We need to take this all in to account.
But I am confident that the All Peoples\' Congress will stand strong.
It may be a period of difficulty for
us---maybe great, great difficulty---but those who are gathered here are already the strongest and the bravest of those who are fighting for the oppressed, for the poor and for the workers.
We will not be swept into the pro-war hysteria! We will not capitulate to vile racism against our Arab brothers and sisters!
We will prevail!
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We are making a call to anti-racist, anti-war and all progressive
people to join in endorsing the Sept. 29 Mobilization against War and Racism. Endorse online at http://www.beatbackbush.org/endorse.html
or contact IAC-Philly at 215-724-1618 or philnpc [at] op.net
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***Let\'s really help the September 11 victims:
***War & racism are not the answer
Heartfelt sympathies and condolences are with all those whose loved ones were lost or injured on September 11, 2001.
At this moment, we would all like to take time to reflect, to grieve, to extend sympathy and condolences to all. But we believe that we must do more. We must act.
Unless we stop President Bush from carrying out a new, wider war in the Middle East and beyond, the number of innocent victims will grow from the thousands to the tens of thousands and possibly more. A new, wider U.S. war in the Middle East can only lead to an escalating cycle of violence. War is not the answer.
After the horrific killings of thousands of innocent civilians on Sept. 11, the Bush administration is moving in a very ominous direction. In a chilling statement, Bush
administration spokespersons have called for \'ending states,\' an unprecedented threat.
At the same time, Arab American and Muslim people in the United States -- as well as other communities of color --
are facing racist attacks and harassment in their communities, on their jobs and at mosques. Anti-Arab and
anti-Muslim racism is a poison that should be repudiated.
The government is attempting to curb civil liberties and to create a climate in which it is impossible for progressive people to speak their mind. The Bush administration is attempting to take advantage of this crisis to militarize U.S. society with a vast expansion of police powers that is
intended to severely restrict basic democratic rights.
On September 29 we had planned to demonstrate against the Bush administration\'s reactionary foreign and domestic policy and the IMF and World Bank. In light of the current
crisis, with its tragic consequences for so many thousands of people, we have refocused the call for our demonstration to address the immediate danger posed by increased racism and the grave threat of a new war.
Now is the time for all people of conscience, all people who oppose racism and war to come together. If you believe in civil liberties and oppose racism and war, join us on September 29 in front of the White House. We urge all
organizations to join together at this critical time.
National March in Washington DC
Saturday, September 29
Rally 11 am at Lafayette Park across from the White House
SIGNERS:
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
Samia Halaby, Al-Awda Palestine Right of Return Coalition
Barbara Lubin, Executive Director, Middle East Children\'s Alliance
Nania Kaur Dhingra, Sikh Student Organization, George Washington University
Chuck Kaufman, National Co-Coordinator, Nicaragua Network
Njeri Shakur, Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
National Lawyers Guild
(LIST IN FORMATION)
TO JOIN THE GROWING LIST OF ENDORSERS:
endorse online at http://www.beatbackbush.org/endorse.htmlor contact IAC-Philly
FOR TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER INFORMATION FROM PHILADELPHIA:
215-724-1618 OR philnpc [at] op.net
More info will be emailed out soon to this list.
International Action Center / National Peoples Campaign - Philadelphia
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5. Sunday Peace Walks at Lake Merritt,
3 P.M.
From : Steve Wagner
Reply-To : bay_area_activist [at] yahoogroups.com
Subject : !b_a_Act: LMNOP Sunday Peace Walks at Lake Merritt, 3 P.M.
Date : Sun, 16 Sep 2001 21:26:58 -0700 (PDT)
Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace invites you to join us on
a weekly peace walk around Lake Merritt in Oakland.
Every Sunday at 3.
Meet at the columns, between Grand & Lakeshore Avenues.
Near 580 Freeway & Grand Lake Theater, east end of the Lake.
Information: (510)763-8712, lmno4p [at] yahoo.com
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6. Welcome to LexisNexis
Free sources for \'Attack on America\'
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 16:59:34 -0600
From: \'Gloria R. Lalumia\'
Subject: Welcome to LexisNexis
Free sources for \'Attack on America\'
They\'re allowing free access to research material on the current
mess...Gloria
http://www.lexisnexis.com/
--
7/2001 The 2000 Election---\'From Mensa...to Moron.\' GL
\'Front seldom tell truth--to know occupants of house always look
in backyard\'----Charlie Chan
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7. Town Hall Meeting to Stop Hate and
War
From : \'SF Green Party\'
Reply-To : grns-sf [at] greens.org
Subject : FW: 9/20 -- Town Hall Meeting to Stop Hate and War
Date : Sun, 16 Sep 2001 18:20:51 -0700
Town Hall Meeting to Stop Hate and War
Thursday, September 20, 7:00pm
Women\'s Building (3543 18th Street @ Valencia) The Mission, San Francisco
Don\'t Turn Tragedy Into War!
Featuring speakers from Global Exchange, Green Party, American Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee, International Socialist Organization,
the Organizer newspaper and many more.*
* [Affiliations are for identification purposes only -- the groups listed have not necessarily formally endorsed the event]
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Honor the Dead
Our hearts and thoughts go out to the thousands of innocent men, women and children who lost their lives in last Tuesday\'s attacks, and to the millions of people who lost a friend, relative or loved one. But we must not become paralyzed by this grief. Even as the terrible death toll rises, Congress is giving President Bush extraordinary powers to launch a war that will no doubt lead to even more loss of innocent life. Meanwhile, Arab
Americans, Muslims, and people of Middle Eastern backgrounds are facing a wave of violent hate crimes, including right here in the Bay Area.
Now is the time to stand up for real justice, not blind military vengeance, and to begin the difficult task of organizing an anti-war movement even before the bombs begin dropping and to send a message loud and clear that we will oppose any form of racist scapegoating or attacks on civil liberties.
Come participate in this crucial town hall meeting. All individuals
are encouraged to bring your ideas, your questions, your energy and
your resolve. All organizations are encouraged to bring educational
literature and proposals for or information about events. After brief
remarks form speakers and some questions and answers, we will get down
to work to start planning events to stand up against hate and war.
For more information, to endorse or set up a table, or to VOLUNTEER
in helping publicize event, please
e-mail stop_bush [at] hotmail.com
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8. UC Berkeley Sproul Plaza
Rally/March - Thurs/9/20
Students are putting together a rally and march that will meet at NOON on Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley.
This will hapeen this Thursday, Sept. 20th in solidarity
with a day of action that will be happening across the country.
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9. Green Party Candidate Night this
Wednesday @ 6:30 PM
From : \'SF Green Party\'
Reply-To : grns-sf [at] greens.org
Subject : Green Party Candidate Night this Wednesday @ 6:30 PM
Date : Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:59:30 -0700
GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE NIGHT
Park Branch Library -- Downstairs Community Room
1833 Page Street (near Cole)
Wednesday, September 19th @ 6:30 PM
This Wednesday, the San Francisco Green Party (SFGP) will host a
candidate\'s forum. We urge all Green Party members from San Fransico and Brisbane to come out in support of their candidates, to help us select candidates from other parties for endorsement, and to celebrate Green Party values. All other interested parties are also invited to attend.
This will also be an opportunity for interested voters to learn about all the green initiatives on the ballot this November 6th, including solar power, public power, and protecting the San Francisco Bay.
We\'ll be using instant-runoff voting (IRV) to select our favorite
candidates. IRV is an election reform that eliminates costly runoff
elections, solves the lesser-of-two-evils problem, and forces candidates to build a majority (instead of a plurality) among voters. The use of IRV in San Francisco elections will itself be voted on next March.
Tentative Schedule of Events:
6:30 - 7:00 PM Reception
Come meet the candidates
7:00 - 9:00 PM Candidate speeches, Information on Propositions
9:00 - 9:15 PM Straw poll using IRV
We\'ll hear from Green Party candidates for Municipal Utility District (MUD) Board of Directors Medea Benjamin and Ron Dicks. In addition, all other eligible candidates for MUD Board, City Attorney, and Treasurer have been invited to attend and address the voters.
We\'ll also discuss the Green Party response to current international crisis brought about by attacks against the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Come learn about the growing peace movement and what you can do in the Bay Area.
For more information, contact Glen Brown (glen [at] salk.edu) or Susan King (funking [at] mindspring.com), or call the SFGP office at
(415) 701-7090.
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10. National Student Day of Action
SFSU
From : Kravitz4me [at] aol.com
Reply-To : bay_area_activist [at] yahoogroups.com
Subject : !b_a_Act: National Student Day of Action- SFSU
Date : Sun, 16 Sep 2001 05:17:59 EDT
--PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL
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\'It\'s war!\' screamed the front page of yesterday\'s Chicago Sun Times newspaper. Liberal New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis called for the U.S. to go to war in yesterday\'s paper. Squads of FBI and other police agents are conducting a witch hunt against Arabs in several cities. Just days ago, the Bush administration was facing ridicule for its missile defense program-now it will have no trouble pushing it through. Social spending will be sacrificed to finance the military budget. Join us to build a coalition of students dedicated to building a movement against the US launching a war against Arabs both abroad and at home.
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TWO EVENTS PLANNED FOR THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 20- National Student Day of Action
Campuses all over the country have called for a National Day of Action to oppose the War!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Join us to both commemorate the event and launch a student Coalition against the war and Racist Arab Scapegoating!!!!!!!!
RALLY - NOON - MALCOLM X PLAZA
ORGANIZING MEETING - 7 PM - CESAR CHAVEZ STUDENT CENTER - ROOM C-114
The following groups have been invited to attend: MUSLIM STUDENT
ASSOCIATION, MEChA, GENERAL UNION OF PALESTINE STUDENTS, LEAGUE OF FILIPINO STUDENTS, WOMEN\'S CENTER, INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION,
*****if you are a student or faculty group and you would like to endorse these events or for more information EMAIL: bushlost [at] sfsu.edu *****
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11. US Code: Title 42 Section 1983,
1985 and 1986
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 18:42:54 EDT
From: msdarkstarone [at] aol.com
Subject: US Code: Title 42 Section 1983
US Code as of: 01/05/99
Sec. 1983. Civil action for deprivation of rights
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/htm_hl?DB=uscode42&STEMMER=en&WORDS=1983+&
COLOUR=Red&STYLE=s&URL=/uscode/42/1983.html#muscat_highlighter_first_match
Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer\'s judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.
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Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 18:46:37 EDT
From: msdarkstarone [at] aol.com
Subject: US Code: Title 42, Section 1985
US Code as of: 01/05/99
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/1985.html
Sec. 1985. Conspiracy to interfere with civil rights
(1) Preventing officer from performing
duties
If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the United States, or from discharging any duties thereof; or to induce by like means any officer of the United States to leave any State, district, or place, where his duties as an officer are required to be performed, or to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, or while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, or to injure his property so as to molest, interrupt, hinder, or impede him in the discharge of his official duties;
(2) Obstructing justice; intimidating party, witness, or juror
If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire to deter, by force, intimidation, or threat, any party or witness in any court of the United States from attending such court, or from testifying to any matter pending therein, freely, fully, and truthfully, or to injure such party or witness in his person or property on account of his having so attended or testified, or to influence the verdict, presentment, or indictment of any grand or petit juror in any such court, or to injure such juror in his person or property on account of any verdict, presentment, or indictment lawfully assented to by
him, or of his being or having been such juror; or if two or more persons conspire for the purpose of impeding, hindering, obstructing, or defeating, in any manner, the due course of justice in any State or Territory, with intent to deny to any citizen the equal protection of the laws, or to injure him or his property for lawfully enforcing, or attempting to enforce, the right of any person, or class of persons, to the equal protection of the laws;
(3) Depriving persons of rights or privileges
If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws; or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted authorities of any State or Territory from giving or securing to all persons within such State or Territory the equal protection of the laws; or if two or more persons conspire to prevent by force, intimidation, or threat, any citizen who is lawfully entitled to vote, from giving his support or advocacy in a legal manner, toward or in favor of the election of any lawfully qualified person as an elector for President or Vice President, or as a Member of Congress of the United States; or to injure any citizen in person or property on account of such support or advocacy; in any case of conspiracy set forth in this section, if one or more persons engaged therein do, or cause to be done, any act in furtherance of the object of such conspiracy, whereby another is injured in his person or property, or deprived of having and exercising any right or privilege of a citizen of the United States, the party so injured or deprived may have an action for the recovery of damages occasioned by such injury or deprivation, against any one or more of the conspirators.
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Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 18:48:12 EDT
From: msdarkstarone [at] aol.com
Subject: US Code: Title 42, Section 1986
US Code as of: 01/05/99
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/htm_hl?DB=uscode42&STEMMER=en&WORDS=1986+&
COLOUR=Red&STYLE=s&URL=/uscode/42/1986.html#muscat_highlighter_first_match
Sec. 1986. Action for neglect to
prevent
Every person who, having knowledge that any of the wrongs conspired to be done, and mentioned in section 1985 of this title, are about to be committed, and having power to prevent or aid in preventing the commission of the same, neglects or refuses so to do, if such wrongful act be committed, shall be liable to the party injured, or his legal representatives, for all damages caused by such wrongful act, which such person by reasonable diligence could have prevented; and such damages may be recovered in an action on the case;
and any number of persons guilty of such wrongful neglect or refusal may be joined as defendants in the action; and if the death of any party be caused by any such wrongful act and neglect, the legal representatives of the deceased shall have such action therefor, and may recover not exceeding $5,000 damages therein, for the benefit of the widow of the deceased, if there be one, and if there be no widow, then for the benefit of the next of kin of the deceased. But no action under the provisions of this section shall be sustained which is not commenced within one year after the cause of action has accrued.
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IN THIS ISSUE....
1...Rally and March Against War -
Tuesday evening in Berkeley
2...Discussion and Planning Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 20 IAC
3...Dancing in the Dark
4...September 11 Talk
ALERT: September 29 Protest
5...Sunday Peace Walks at Lake Merritt,
3 P.M.
6...Welcome to LexisNexis
Free sources for \'Attack on America\'
7...Town Hall Meeting to Stop Hate and
War
8...UC Berkeley Sproul Plaza
Rally/March - Thurs/9/20
9...Green Party Candidate Night this
Wednesday @ 6:30 PM
10..National Student Day of Action
SFSU
11..US Code: Title 42 Section 1983,
1985 and 1986
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1. Rally and March Against War
Tuesday evening in Berkeley
People will meet in Berkeley at the downtown Berkeley BART to march to City Hall
Tuesday, September 18 @ 5PM
Downtown Berkeley BART
Sponsored by Middle East Children\'s Alliance
For more info: (510) 845-8835
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2. Discussion and Planning Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 20 IAC
From : LIST [at] ACTIONSF.ORG
Reply-To : IAC-SF-owner [at] yahoogroups.com
Subject : [IAC-SF] Discussion and Planning Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 20
Date : Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:23:57 -0000
PLANNING MEETING FOR SEPT. 29 RALLY
REFLECTION ON TUEDAY\'S TRAGEDY
DISCUSSION ON FURTHER ACTIONS
Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001
7:00 pm -- Mission Neighborhood Center
362 Capp Street, 1 block East of Mission near 18th St.
Call the IAC at (415) 821-6545 for more info
All are invited.
*****
UPDATED CALL FOR SEPT.29:
(Call 415-821-6545 or email iac [at] actionsf.org to endorse)
* Mourn the Victims
* Defend the Civil of Arab and Muslim
Communities
* Don\'t Let the Government Take Away
our Civil Liberties
* War and Racism are Not the Answer!
RALLY IN SAN FRANCISCO
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
DOLORES PARK, 11 AM
We extend our most heartfelt sympathies and condolences to all those who lost loved ones on September 11. Like many, we also lost loved ones and have been deeply affected by the catastrophe.
While at the moment thousands of families are in mourning for the death and injuries of loved ones, George Bush is taking advantage of the tragic human toll to strengthen the forces of repression at home while preparing for a massive Pentagon war in the Middle East and wider region. In a chilling statement, the Bush administration
has called for \'ending states,\' an unprecedented threat.
There is a sharp increase in racist attacks against the Arab,
Muslim, Afghani, and other communities of color. Anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism is a poison that should be repudiated by all people. It is more important than ever for all justice-loving people to stand together with our sisters and brothers who are the victims of violence, scapegoating and harassment in recent days. Much of the
media has played an irresponsible role in helping to fuel a racist hysteria.
The government is attempting to take away our civil liberties and create a climate in which it could be impossible for people to speak out, through the militarization of U.S. society and a vast expansion of police powers. This would lead to the severe restriction of basic democratic rights for all working and poor people.
Instead of supporting Bush\'s call for war, as people in the U.S. it is vital that we reflect on what U.S. government policy has done around the world to devastate the lives of tens of millions of people. At this moment, the people in the U.S. need time to grieve
and to extend sympathy and condolences to all those whose families were direct victims of the horrific September 11 bombing.
But we ar also confronted with the need to act. If President Bush gets his way, instead of thousands of people being killed, the number of victims at home and abroad could grow to the tens of thousands and maybe more. A new war will only lead to an escalating cycle of violence.
Now is the time for all people of conscience to join together. If you believe in civil liberties for all, if you oppose the scapegoating of our brother and sister communities, if you oppose war, join us on September 29th, in San Francisco and Washington, DC.
We urge all organizations and individuals to join together at this
critical time.
We demand that the government spend billions to rebuild New York City and to compensate the victims of the September 11 bombing
and their families, many of whom lost not only loved ones, but also jobs, homes and health care -- not for a new war. We call on all people -- African-American, Latino, Asian, Arab, Native and white -- to stand together and say no to racism. Let us work toward a world of peace with justice.
CALL TO ENDORSE AND TO GET INVOLVED!
Initial sponsors: International Action Center; Middle East Children\'s Alliance; Bishop Thomas Gumbleton; National Lawyers Guild; Kriss Worthington, Berkeley City Council
For information call 415-821-6545,
or e-mail: iac [at] actionsf.org
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3. Dancing in the Dark
From : Bobbaldock [at] aol.com
Subject : Dancing in the Dark
Date : Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:18:19 EDT
\'DANCING THE DARK\'
an exhilarating evening of creative, spiritual-political thinking on the eve of the autumnal equinox with Caroline Casey, Joanna Macy & Wes (Scoop) Nisker
music by Stephen Kent
Friday, September 21, 8:00 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way at Dana
Berkeley
(wheelchair access)
Tickets - $12 advance, $15 door, available at independent bookstores.
Benefits The Ecology Center & KPFA Free Speech Radio
tickets & information: 510.848.6767x609 / http://www.kpfa.org
mail order - 510.548-2220 / http://www.ecologycenter.org
**** Caroline Casey, weaver of context of \'The Visionary Activist Show\' on KPFA, uses the language of astrology to catalyze the awakening of the individual and the collective. Based in the spiritual hardship post known as Washington, DC, she is a frequent rousing speaker at such farflung venues as the Bioneers, and The Parliament of World Religions in Capetown, South Africa. She has appeared on ABC\'s
\'Nightline,\' CNN\'s \'Crossfire,\' and Public Radio. Her book, Making the Gods Work for You: The Astrological Language of the Psyche, was selected as one of the Best Spiritual Books of 1998.
Her forthcoming book is The Compassionate Trickster Handbook.\'
**** Joanna Macy, author, internationally renowned peace
activist, teacher of Buddhism, systems theory, and deep ecology, is known worldwide for her work uniting spiritual breakthrough with social action.
**** Wes (Scoop) Nisker, Buddhist insight teacher and radio host,
is theauthor of Crazy Wisdom and Buddha\'s Nature, A Practical Guide to Discovering Your Place in the Cosmos.
**** Stephen Kent, internationally recognized as a master didjeridu musician, also plays some 15 other instruments. He has many recorded CD\'s, some with Beasts of Paradise, Trance Mission, and Lights in a Fat City. He hosts a weekly KPFA broadcast on world music.
The Ecology Center contact:
Kirk Lumpkin 548.3333
http://www.ecologycenter.org
KPFA contact: bobbaldock [at] aol.com
for immediate release
The Soul of Rumi
Coleman Barks performs his new translations of the astonishing 13th century Persian mystic and ecstatic poet Rumi, who embodies the deepest flowering of the Sufi philosophy of love and shared souls. Accompanied by master musicians
Geoffrey Gordon ( dholak and vocals)
Bruce Hamm (sarod)
Stephen Kent (didjeridu)
Jai Uttal (vocals and harmonium),
Marcus Wise (tablas)
Sunday, October 7, 7 PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way at Dana
Berkeley
(wheelchair access)
Tickets - $12 advance, $15 door, available at independent bookstores.
Benefits KPFA Free Speech Radio
tickets & information: 510.848.6767x609
http://www.kpfa.org
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4. September 11 Talk
ALERT: September 29 Protest
From : Natalie Davis
Reply-To : wecan [at] yahoogroups.com
Subject : [wecan] September 11 Talk
ALERT: September 29 Protest
Date : Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:57:16 -0400
Special Report given by Sharon Ceci-Black of the International Action Center/All Peoples Congress, at a Baltimore Community & Student Meeting
9/13/01:
Like many of you gathered here in this office, my eyes have been glued to the television and my ears to the radio watching the devastation and hearing the cries of the victims and all those
whose lives have been permanently impacted by the Sept 11th attacks.
Some of my first thoughts were for the safety of many of our sisters and brothers in New York City that we have worked with on national protests for Mumia Abu Jamal or against Bush. Were any of our dear friends killed or hurt? There was a kind of shock that numbed the mind and body at the massiveness of the destruction.
With phone lines down and communication almost impossible, it made the intensity of the uncertainty even worse!
Yesterday, I watched rescue workers dig through the rubble. What seemed surreal and shocking on Sept 11 began to sink in; the dust, the weariness of rescue workers and the pathetic pain of families who were looking for missing members.
I watched the horrific story of two adult children who brought tears to
my eyes. On CNN they had little signs pinned to their chest looking
desperately for their father, hoping the almost impossible that he had
survived and was just missing.
But today, there was another realization and insight into this tragedy.
What we saw and experienced is not that much different than what the children of Palestine experience every day in the West Bank.
It is what the Iraqi people endured when the U.S. launched it\'s so-called precision bombing raids which lobbed missiles into unarmed civilian air raid shelters. Brother Black and myself were able to tour one of these shelters where 100\'s of people were burned alive when the explosion heated the water pipes. You could still see the outlines of human hands and flesh on the walls.
It is how the people of Yugoslavia felt when U.S. bombs rained down on their country.
You would have to magnify the September 11th scene millions and millions of times to even imagine what the workers of Nagasaki or Hiroshima felt when the U.S. military dropped nuclear bombs on their cities; how it felt when their children and their babies were burnt alive. Or how the thousands of Korean people who were brought to Japan as slave laborers and as comfort women felt as they became Nuclear bomb victims.
There is also the question of slow death versus quick death.
As a result of U.S. sanctions, millions of Iraqi civilians have died.
It was under Clinton\'s administration that Secretary of State, Madeline Albright, stated that the death of 500,000 Iraqi children was acceptable if this is what it took to topple Saddam Hussein.
And what about all of the many people who have died in Africa because of the greed of U.S. drug companies who refuse to treat the sick in the name of profit?
The world has been subjected to terrorism, for the most part, at the
hands of U.S. imperialism. It is, after all, upon the bayonet that markets are opened and the world is made \'free\'...to be pillaged and raped.
It was just this past weekend, Sept. 9, that 60 Minutes ran a story on how the CIA and Kissinger overthrew the Allende government in Chile.
What they didn\'t fully cover were the thousands of trade unionists, students and community activists---just like those of us gathered here tonight---who were rounded up, tortured, jailed and murdered.
The list could go on and on.
And I am sure that many of those who are here tonight can discuss other examples. Many of you can talk about how the World Bank and the IMF have forced millions of the world\'s people into poverty, starvation and death.
And this is also not the first time that workers and the poor in U.S. have been subjected to forms of terror.
African American people who were brought to the U.S. in chains and
endured not only the hardship of slavery on a new land---the whip and the lash and all of the consequent humiliation---they also had to endure the middle passage that killed and slaughtered millions.
There is the terror of the KKK, who at the behest of the rich bosses and the old slave masters class, unleashed terror against African Americans in the form of lynching and murder, and who also attacked anyone they saw as a threat, including trade unionists, gay, lesbian and transgender people, and Catholics.
And the youth of our cities, especially black youth, have been the target of police terror and a system that has relegated to them to the scrap heap that offers, instead of education, the prison industrial complex.
Our history is unfortunately rich with examples.
It is hoped, as we reflect on the tragic and terrible events of September 11, that we also reflect on the suffering and injustice throughout the world.
And especially, at this time, on the people of the Middle East whose
biggest crime---whose only crime---has been to be born on soil that is rich with oil!
Of course, the big problem for us is that many of our fellow workers and students don\'t know about these injustices. The big business media will not educate or tell the truth.
But we will.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARM OURSELVES AND STEEL OUR MOVEMENT.
Bush is no friend of working people! He answers only to the rich and powerful-to the billionaire class that exploit us each and every day, and to the Pentagon generals.
It\'s Bush and his cronies who are stripping OSHA laws. They are busy
busting unions and trying to rip off social security. And where do you think the money will come from to clean up the WTC? The rich won\'t pay for it. Rockefeller won\'t take it out of his pocket.
Just this morning an article appeared in the [Baltimore] Sun papers
discussing how now both the democrats and the republicans are united and how they have plans to authorize 20 billion dollars from the social security fund to pay for the devastation.
Bush calls on the people to rally around the flag and to be prepared to go to war.
But who will fight and die in this war? And who will pay for this war?
Already one of the Senator\'s is talking about how we don\'t need education or health care---let\'s give everything to the Pentagon.
And who is this war being directed at!
It was Cuba\'s head of state, Fidel Castro, who in a statement said --- along with offering medical and humanitarian aid to the victims ---that \'he hoped that the U.S. wouldn\'t just start lobbing bombs all over the place\'. He also described how the Cuban people have been victims of U.S. terrorism against their tiny island nation.
The investigation of everything is being done in virtual secrecy!
It is not being done by representatives of the working class, by the community or frankly even by our bought and paid for Congress people.
It is being done by the CIA, FBI and Pentagon generals who have proven
themselves enemies of all of the people, who have no genuine agenda for justice or truth, but rather an agenda that serves the bankers and bosses.
So who is this war going to be directed at?
As sure as I\'m standing here---if history means anything---it will be
other poor and working people, just like you and me, that will be the
target. They may speak a different language, they may have a different religion or be a different nationality but they will be victims just like those at the World Trade Center.
And it will be a war not in our interest but in the interest of the banks and businesses. It will be a war to further the strategic interests of the Pentagon.
We need to refuse to join the frenzy or to jump to quick conclusions.
There have been too many incidents both in U.S. history and in world history that have been used as a pretext to go to war. Some of them may not be
parallel to the present situation but they should provoke us to think.
For instance, the Reichstag fire (Germany\'s Parliament)---it was this
fire that was the pretext for the Nazi Party to rise to power. At the time the communists were blamed for the fire, but later it was learned that it was set by the Nazi\'s themselves.
And how many remember their high school history--- about the sinking of the Maine? The U.S. sunk their battleship to thrust the country into the Spanish American War.
And, in my own time, there have been countless examples during the Vietnam war---the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and others.
The September 11th attack may be different, but history should teach us to be sober and to think.
Today, in New York City, they are passing out U.S. flags---and pogroms
against people of Middle Eastern dissent have begun. Shop keepers are
being attacked. Students are being awakened in the night. All for the
crime of being, or looking, Arabic.
We must stand up to this racism. The people of the Middle East are not our enemy.
Our enemy is racism and we will fight it no matter how difficult it is!
There are also those in the rich boss class that want to use this as a way to justify stifling all protest---to begin even more intensive wire-tapping and surveillance---to declare police state conditions.
We will see how this unfolds. But we will not be intimidated; we will
resist!
Sisters and brothers,
I would be very foolish to get up here and not tell you that it will be difficult.
The September 11 events have stunned workers everywhere. They have ripped at their hearts. And the events have made the working class vulnerable.
And the Pentagon, the bankers, and Bush who serves them, will do everything to direct collective pain in a direction away from the fight against injustice.
There may be some who now don\'t want to hear how Bush is cutting social
security. People may be distracted away from the fight to stop Baltimore Gas & Electric\'s robbery. Something like this tends to disorient people.
We need to take this all in to account.
But I am confident that the All Peoples\' Congress will stand strong.
It may be a period of difficulty for
us---maybe great, great difficulty---but those who are gathered here are already the strongest and the bravest of those who are fighting for the oppressed, for the poor and for the workers.
We will not be swept into the pro-war hysteria! We will not capitulate to vile racism against our Arab brothers and sisters!
We will prevail!
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
We are making a call to anti-racist, anti-war and all progressive
people to join in endorsing the Sept. 29 Mobilization against War and Racism. Endorse online at http://www.beatbackbush.org/endorse.html
or contact IAC-Philly at 215-724-1618 or philnpc [at] op.net
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***Let\'s really help the September 11 victims:
***War & racism are not the answer
Heartfelt sympathies and condolences are with all those whose loved ones were lost or injured on September 11, 2001.
At this moment, we would all like to take time to reflect, to grieve, to extend sympathy and condolences to all. But we believe that we must do more. We must act.
Unless we stop President Bush from carrying out a new, wider war in the Middle East and beyond, the number of innocent victims will grow from the thousands to the tens of thousands and possibly more. A new, wider U.S. war in the Middle East can only lead to an escalating cycle of violence. War is not the answer.
After the horrific killings of thousands of innocent civilians on Sept. 11, the Bush administration is moving in a very ominous direction. In a chilling statement, Bush
administration spokespersons have called for \'ending states,\' an unprecedented threat.
At the same time, Arab American and Muslim people in the United States -- as well as other communities of color --
are facing racist attacks and harassment in their communities, on their jobs and at mosques. Anti-Arab and
anti-Muslim racism is a poison that should be repudiated.
The government is attempting to curb civil liberties and to create a climate in which it is impossible for progressive people to speak their mind. The Bush administration is attempting to take advantage of this crisis to militarize U.S. society with a vast expansion of police powers that is
intended to severely restrict basic democratic rights.
On September 29 we had planned to demonstrate against the Bush administration\'s reactionary foreign and domestic policy and the IMF and World Bank. In light of the current
crisis, with its tragic consequences for so many thousands of people, we have refocused the call for our demonstration to address the immediate danger posed by increased racism and the grave threat of a new war.
Now is the time for all people of conscience, all people who oppose racism and war to come together. If you believe in civil liberties and oppose racism and war, join us on September 29 in front of the White House. We urge all
organizations to join together at this critical time.
National March in Washington DC
Saturday, September 29
Rally 11 am at Lafayette Park across from the White House
SIGNERS:
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
Samia Halaby, Al-Awda Palestine Right of Return Coalition
Barbara Lubin, Executive Director, Middle East Children\'s Alliance
Nania Kaur Dhingra, Sikh Student Organization, George Washington University
Chuck Kaufman, National Co-Coordinator, Nicaragua Network
Njeri Shakur, Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
National Lawyers Guild
(LIST IN FORMATION)
TO JOIN THE GROWING LIST OF ENDORSERS:
endorse online at http://www.beatbackbush.org/endorse.htmlor contact IAC-Philly
FOR TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER INFORMATION FROM PHILADELPHIA:
215-724-1618 OR philnpc [at] op.net
More info will be emailed out soon to this list.
International Action Center / National Peoples Campaign - Philadelphia
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5. Sunday Peace Walks at Lake Merritt,
3 P.M.
From : Steve Wagner
Reply-To : bay_area_activist [at] yahoogroups.com
Subject : !b_a_Act: LMNOP Sunday Peace Walks at Lake Merritt, 3 P.M.
Date : Sun, 16 Sep 2001 21:26:58 -0700 (PDT)
Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace invites you to join us on
a weekly peace walk around Lake Merritt in Oakland.
Every Sunday at 3.
Meet at the columns, between Grand & Lakeshore Avenues.
Near 580 Freeway & Grand Lake Theater, east end of the Lake.
Information: (510)763-8712, lmno4p [at] yahoo.com
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6. Welcome to LexisNexis
Free sources for \'Attack on America\'
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 16:59:34 -0600
From: \'Gloria R. Lalumia\'
Subject: Welcome to LexisNexis
Free sources for \'Attack on America\'
They\'re allowing free access to research material on the current
mess...Gloria
http://www.lexisnexis.com/
--
7/2001 The 2000 Election---\'From Mensa...to Moron.\' GL
\'Front seldom tell truth--to know occupants of house always look
in backyard\'----Charlie Chan
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7. Town Hall Meeting to Stop Hate and
War
From : \'SF Green Party\'
Reply-To : grns-sf [at] greens.org
Subject : FW: 9/20 -- Town Hall Meeting to Stop Hate and War
Date : Sun, 16 Sep 2001 18:20:51 -0700
Town Hall Meeting to Stop Hate and War
Thursday, September 20, 7:00pm
Women\'s Building (3543 18th Street @ Valencia) The Mission, San Francisco
Don\'t Turn Tragedy Into War!
Featuring speakers from Global Exchange, Green Party, American Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee, International Socialist Organization,
the Organizer newspaper and many more.*
* [Affiliations are for identification purposes only -- the groups listed have not necessarily formally endorsed the event]
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Honor the Dead
Our hearts and thoughts go out to the thousands of innocent men, women and children who lost their lives in last Tuesday\'s attacks, and to the millions of people who lost a friend, relative or loved one. But we must not become paralyzed by this grief. Even as the terrible death toll rises, Congress is giving President Bush extraordinary powers to launch a war that will no doubt lead to even more loss of innocent life. Meanwhile, Arab
Americans, Muslims, and people of Middle Eastern backgrounds are facing a wave of violent hate crimes, including right here in the Bay Area.
Now is the time to stand up for real justice, not blind military vengeance, and to begin the difficult task of organizing an anti-war movement even before the bombs begin dropping and to send a message loud and clear that we will oppose any form of racist scapegoating or attacks on civil liberties.
Come participate in this crucial town hall meeting. All individuals
are encouraged to bring your ideas, your questions, your energy and
your resolve. All organizations are encouraged to bring educational
literature and proposals for or information about events. After brief
remarks form speakers and some questions and answers, we will get down
to work to start planning events to stand up against hate and war.
For more information, to endorse or set up a table, or to VOLUNTEER
in helping publicize event, please
e-mail stop_bush [at] hotmail.com
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8. UC Berkeley Sproul Plaza
Rally/March - Thurs/9/20
Students are putting together a rally and march that will meet at NOON on Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley.
This will hapeen this Thursday, Sept. 20th in solidarity
with a day of action that will be happening across the country.
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9. Green Party Candidate Night this
Wednesday @ 6:30 PM
From : \'SF Green Party\'
Reply-To : grns-sf [at] greens.org
Subject : Green Party Candidate Night this Wednesday @ 6:30 PM
Date : Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:59:30 -0700
GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE NIGHT
Park Branch Library -- Downstairs Community Room
1833 Page Street (near Cole)
Wednesday, September 19th @ 6:30 PM
This Wednesday, the San Francisco Green Party (SFGP) will host a
candidate\'s forum. We urge all Green Party members from San Fransico and Brisbane to come out in support of their candidates, to help us select candidates from other parties for endorsement, and to celebrate Green Party values. All other interested parties are also invited to attend.
This will also be an opportunity for interested voters to learn about all the green initiatives on the ballot this November 6th, including solar power, public power, and protecting the San Francisco Bay.
We\'ll be using instant-runoff voting (IRV) to select our favorite
candidates. IRV is an election reform that eliminates costly runoff
elections, solves the lesser-of-two-evils problem, and forces candidates to build a majority (instead of a plurality) among voters. The use of IRV in San Francisco elections will itself be voted on next March.
Tentative Schedule of Events:
6:30 - 7:00 PM Reception
Come meet the candidates
7:00 - 9:00 PM Candidate speeches, Information on Propositions
9:00 - 9:15 PM Straw poll using IRV
We\'ll hear from Green Party candidates for Municipal Utility District (MUD) Board of Directors Medea Benjamin and Ron Dicks. In addition, all other eligible candidates for MUD Board, City Attorney, and Treasurer have been invited to attend and address the voters.
We\'ll also discuss the Green Party response to current international crisis brought about by attacks against the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Come learn about the growing peace movement and what you can do in the Bay Area.
For more information, contact Glen Brown (glen [at] salk.edu) or Susan King (funking [at] mindspring.com), or call the SFGP office at
(415) 701-7090.
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10. National Student Day of Action
SFSU
From : Kravitz4me [at] aol.com
Reply-To : bay_area_activist [at] yahoogroups.com
Subject : !b_a_Act: National Student Day of Action- SFSU
Date : Sun, 16 Sep 2001 05:17:59 EDT
--PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL
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\'It\'s war!\' screamed the front page of yesterday\'s Chicago Sun Times newspaper. Liberal New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis called for the U.S. to go to war in yesterday\'s paper. Squads of FBI and other police agents are conducting a witch hunt against Arabs in several cities. Just days ago, the Bush administration was facing ridicule for its missile defense program-now it will have no trouble pushing it through. Social spending will be sacrificed to finance the military budget. Join us to build a coalition of students dedicated to building a movement against the US launching a war against Arabs both abroad and at home.
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TWO EVENTS PLANNED FOR THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 20- National Student Day of Action
Campuses all over the country have called for a National Day of Action to oppose the War!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Join us to both commemorate the event and launch a student Coalition against the war and Racist Arab Scapegoating!!!!!!!!
RALLY - NOON - MALCOLM X PLAZA
ORGANIZING MEETING - 7 PM - CESAR CHAVEZ STUDENT CENTER - ROOM C-114
The following groups have been invited to attend: MUSLIM STUDENT
ASSOCIATION, MEChA, GENERAL UNION OF PALESTINE STUDENTS, LEAGUE OF FILIPINO STUDENTS, WOMEN\'S CENTER, INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION,
*****if you are a student or faculty group and you would like to endorse these events or for more information EMAIL: bushlost [at] sfsu.edu *****
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11. US Code: Title 42 Section 1983,
1985 and 1986
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 18:42:54 EDT
From: msdarkstarone [at] aol.com
Subject: US Code: Title 42 Section 1983
US Code as of: 01/05/99
Sec. 1983. Civil action for deprivation of rights
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/htm_hl?DB=uscode42&STEMMER=en&WORDS=1983+&
COLOUR=Red&STYLE=s&URL=/uscode/42/1983.html#muscat_highlighter_first_match
Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer\'s judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.
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Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 18:46:37 EDT
From: msdarkstarone [at] aol.com
Subject: US Code: Title 42, Section 1985
US Code as of: 01/05/99
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/1985.html
Sec. 1985. Conspiracy to interfere with civil rights
(1) Preventing officer from performing
duties
If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the United States, or from discharging any duties thereof; or to induce by like means any officer of the United States to leave any State, district, or place, where his duties as an officer are required to be performed, or to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, or while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, or to injure his property so as to molest, interrupt, hinder, or impede him in the discharge of his official duties;
(2) Obstructing justice; intimidating party, witness, or juror
If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire to deter, by force, intimidation, or threat, any party or witness in any court of the United States from attending such court, or from testifying to any matter pending therein, freely, fully, and truthfully, or to injure such party or witness in his person or property on account of his having so attended or testified, or to influence the verdict, presentment, or indictment of any grand or petit juror in any such court, or to injure such juror in his person or property on account of any verdict, presentment, or indictment lawfully assented to by
him, or of his being or having been such juror; or if two or more persons conspire for the purpose of impeding, hindering, obstructing, or defeating, in any manner, the due course of justice in any State or Territory, with intent to deny to any citizen the equal protection of the laws, or to injure him or his property for lawfully enforcing, or attempting to enforce, the right of any person, or class of persons, to the equal protection of the laws;
(3) Depriving persons of rights or privileges
If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws; or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted authorities of any State or Territory from giving or securing to all persons within such State or Territory the equal protection of the laws; or if two or more persons conspire to prevent by force, intimidation, or threat, any citizen who is lawfully entitled to vote, from giving his support or advocacy in a legal manner, toward or in favor of the election of any lawfully qualified person as an elector for President or Vice President, or as a Member of Congress of the United States; or to injure any citizen in person or property on account of such support or advocacy; in any case of conspiracy set forth in this section, if one or more persons engaged therein do, or cause to be done, any act in furtherance of the object of such conspiracy, whereby another is injured in his person or property, or deprived of having and exercising any right or privilege of a citizen of the United States, the party so injured or deprived may have an action for the recovery of damages occasioned by such injury or deprivation, against any one or more of the conspirators.
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Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 18:48:12 EDT
From: msdarkstarone [at] aol.com
Subject: US Code: Title 42, Section 1986
US Code as of: 01/05/99
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/htm_hl?DB=uscode42&STEMMER=en&WORDS=1986+&
COLOUR=Red&STYLE=s&URL=/uscode/42/1986.html#muscat_highlighter_first_match
Sec. 1986. Action for neglect to
prevent
Every person who, having knowledge that any of the wrongs conspired to be done, and mentioned in section 1985 of this title, are about to be committed, and having power to prevent or aid in preventing the commission of the same, neglects or refuses so to do, if such wrongful act be committed, shall be liable to the party injured, or his legal representatives, for all damages caused by such wrongful act, which such person by reasonable diligence could have prevented; and such damages may be recovered in an action on the case;
and any number of persons guilty of such wrongful neglect or refusal may be joined as defendants in the action; and if the death of any party be caused by any such wrongful act and neglect, the legal representatives of the deceased shall have such action therefor, and may recover not exceeding $5,000 damages therein, for the benefit of the widow of the deceased, if there be one, and if there be no widow, then for the benefit of the next of kin of the deceased. But no action under the provisions of this section shall be sustained which is not commenced within one year after the cause of action has accrued.
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no peace without justice....
BUSH LOST
PEACE NOT WAR!!!! ---
GEORGE W. BUSH - SERIAL KILLER ---
john vance, editor
Peoples Bark News Berkeley
A project of:
A First Amendment Center
PO Box 4851
Berkeley, Ca 94704
http://www.freezepeach.cjb.net
(510) 287-9406
Hotlines:
(510) 848-6767 ext. 621
(KPFA Event Calendar)
(510) 287-9406
(A First Amendment Center\'s Message Line!)
(510) 594-4000 ext. 202
(Coalition for a Democratic Pacifica hotline!)
(510) 548-0542
(Friends of KPFA hotline!)
(415) 546-6334 ext. 352
(Media Alliance KPFA info line!)
http://www.kpfa.org (KPFA)
KPFA/Pacifica-related websites:
http://www.savepacifica.net (Save Pacifica)
http://www.radio4all.org/freepacifica
http://www.cfdp.org
(Coalition for a Democratic Pacifica)
http://www.pacifica.org
(Pacifica Foundation Radio Website)
http://www.freezepeach.cjb.net
(A First Amendment Center\'s website)
http://home.pon.net/wildrose/remove.htm
(Coalition to Remove the Pacifica Board)
http://home.pon.net/wildrose/pacifica.htm
(Lotsa KPFA-related links)
http://www.glib.com/union.html
(unofficial WBAI union website)
http://www.webwm.com/mfberry
http://www.newKPFA.net
http://www.wbai.net
(Listener\'s Group - NYC/CdP)
http://www.BillMandel.net or
http://www.BillMandel.com
(Bill Mandel\'s website)
http://www.spanishbookclub.cjb.net
(My partner, Miriam Ruvinskis\',
Spanish Book Club website)
Miriam also now has a Spanish Book Club online at Yahoogroups.com
You can join by sending her an email to: miruvi [at] hotmail.com with
the word \'subscribe\' in the subject line.
FreePacifica discussion list: to subscribe, send email to:
majordomo [at] recordist.com with the text \'subscribe freepac\'
Coalition for a Democratic Pacifica local list: to
subscribe, send email to: les [at] delong.org with the text \'subscribe\'
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