Mid-Peninsula Peace Rally

When and Where?

Saturday, August 23, 2003
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Belmont Plaza Shopping Center
(Corner of El Camino Real and Davey Glen Road)
390 El Camino Real
Belmont, CA


WHY ARE WE PROTESTING?

We are protesting because the U.S. culture and society is becoming increasingly militarized. We oppose the idea that our security as a nation can best be preserved by invading and occupying other sovereign nations. We protest the recruitment of youth—a disproportionate number of which are people of color—as hired killers used to advance the G. W. Bush administration’s policies aimed at the expansion of the U.S. Empire and the control of Middle East oil resources.

We also want to bring the public’s attention to the fact that military recruiters often use deceptive, if not outright false, claims and promises to lure young people into military service. Recruiters do not mention that if recruits survive combat they are most often left with a decreased chance of finding gainful employment after military service, as well as a greatly increased chance of ending up with life-long deep psychological and/or physical scars. (See the flyer, “Before You Enlist” for more details.)


WHAT DO WE WANT?

We support a more humane U.S. foreign policy—a policy that emphasizes international cooperation, the reduction of weapons sales, and the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction worldwide. We support our troops by calling for them to be brought home immediately. We call for the presence of a UN peacekeeping force and a UN led plan for democratic self-governance in Iraq.


WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?

Write, phone or email your two California Senators and your U.S. Representative.

- Senator Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Office Bldg., Washington DC, 20510

Phone or fax the Washington, D.C. office:
Phone: (202) 224-3841
Fax: (202) 228-3954
TTY/TDD: (202) 224-2501

Phone or fax the San Francisco, California offices:
SAN FRANCISCO
Jim Molinari, State Director
One Post Street, Suite 2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
415/393-0707
TTY/TDD: 415/249-4785

Email. Go to web site http://feinstein.senate.gov/email.html


- Senator Barbara Boxer, 112 Hart Office Bldg., Washington DC 20510.

Phone or fax the Washington, D.C. office:
112 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3553

Phone or fax the California offices:
501 I Street, Suite 7-600
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 448-2787
(916) 448-2563 fax

San Francisco
1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 240
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 403-0100
(415) 956-6701 fax

Email. Go to web site
http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm


(To find who represents you in Congress, go to
http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newseek.cgi?site=congressmerge&state=ca )
- (District 12) Rep. Tom Lantos
The Honorable Tom Lantos
United States House of Representatives
2413 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0512

Phone or fax the Washington, D.C. office:
DC Phone: 202-225-3531
DC Fax: Not Available

District Office:
400 South El Camino Real, Suite 410
San Mateo, CA 94402-1
Voice: 650-342-0300
FAX: 650-375-8270

Email. Go to web site
http://www.house.gov/lantos/html_files/ca12_zip_verify.htm

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Sponsored by: Peace Action of San Mateo County, Drop Lantos Not Bombs, Students Against Reactionary Jingoism, Veterans for Peace, and the War Resisters League-West.