SUPPORT THE TROOPS; BRING THEM HOME NOW!! ANTI-WAR / PEACE MARCH IN SAN FRANCISCO SEPT 28

SUPPORT THE TROOPS; BRING THEM HOME NOW!! ANTI-WAR / PEACE MARCH IN SAN FRANCISCO SEPTEMBER 28 12NOON

MARCH FOR PEACE AND AN END TO THE UNJUSTIFIED AND UNWANTED MILITARY OCCUPATION OF IRAQ AND GUERILLA-WAR-QUAGMIRE FACING THE TROOPS
ANTI-WAR / PEACE MARCH ON SEPT. 28 IN SAN FRANCISCO, 12 NOON

International Day of Protest Against Occupation and Empire
From Iraq to Palestine to the Phillipines to Cuba and Everywhere
Sunday, September 28
12 noon Assemble at Dolores Park
1 p.m. March
2 p.m. Rally at Civic Center

In San Francisco, there will be a demonstration on Sunday, September 28, starting at Dolores Park at 12 noon and marching to Civic Center. We are calling all West Coast organizers to mobilize to come to San Francisco for this important demonstration to tell the Bush administration in one voice that “We Say No to Occupation and Empire from Iraq to Palestine! Bring the Troops Home Now!” Organize at your school, work, or community group. Spread the word.

Current endorsers for the September 28 include Veterans for Peace, the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, San Francisco Chapter; Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors; Comité 98; CSU Sacramento Campus Peace Action; FOCUS (Filipino Community Support); Food First; Frontline Newspapers; Global Exchange; Grey Panthers of Greater Oakland; Healdsberg Peace Project; International Indian Treaty Council; Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal; North County Progressive Coalition; Lake Merritt Neighborhood Organized for Peace; Left Party; Out Against the War Coalition; Peninsula Peace & Justice Center; Project Censored; San Francisco BayView; Socialist Action; and South Bay Mobilization to Stop the War. Sponsored by the ANSWER Coalition. http://www.internationalanswer.org
To endorse this rally and march in San Francisco, please contact us at 415-821-6545 or email sept28 [at] actionsfbay.org with the following info: name of organization, phone number, email, contact person.
Organizing Centers for September 28

Now that more troops have died since President Bush declared combat operations over on May 1st than died during the war and with an oppressive military occupation of a foreign nation that posed no threat to us and that was occupied only for the criminal acquisition of oil, it is the responsibility of every concerned and patriotic American citizen who loves their country and supports the troops to take issue with and protest against a disastrous foreign policy program pursued recklessly by the arrogant and deceitful leaders in Washington.
See the following news-stories about the sad and outrageous plight our troops are in:
http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/8736
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0828-14.htm
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0831-04.htm
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16684
http://www.suntimes.com/output/greeley/cst-edt-greel29.html

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-iraq29aug29,1,3221896.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials




Come join the multitudes who will march on September 28, 2003 to march for peace in Iraq, march to bring the troops home from a guerilla war quagmire in which they should have never been sent, march against ALL OPPRESSIVE occupations everywhere, and march against the emerging Empire which will naturally deconstruct our American Republic and our Democracy here at home by its constricting and narrow nature. Fluidity and diversity in areas of thought, speech, art, culture and politics must be preserved for Democracy to exist. March to turn back the narrow militaristic nature of a future Empire.

REFUSE TO FEAR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR THOSE WHO LEAD IT. IN OUR REPUBLIC, THE GOVERNMENT IS THE SERVANT NOT THE MASTER OF THE PEOPLE AND WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. DEMOCRACY REQUIRES FLUID DEBATE NOT AUTHORITARIAN FEAR. RESIST THE POLITICS OF FEAR. LIVE FREE OR DIE.

RESIST THE PATRIOT ACT, RECLAIM INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND FREEDOM.
RESIST ASHCROFT AND THE LIBERTY-CRUSHING VICTORY ACT.

SHOULD THE VICTORY ACT PASS, THE LEGITMACY AND RIGHT TO GOVERN BY THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST BE CALLED INTO QUESTION.

SHOULD THE VICTORY ACT PASS, CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS SHOULD BEGIN ORGANIZING IN EVERY STATE OF THE UNION IN ORDER TO RE-ASSESS THE COMPOSITION OF AND BEGIN DEVELOPING PLANS FOR THE RE-STRUCTURING OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

RESIST THE EMERGING EMPIRE OF ELITIST NEO-CONS.

STAND UP AND FIGHT BACK FEARLESSLY AGAINST THE EMERGING IMPERIALIST MACHINE!!


SUPPORT THE TROOPS; BRING THEM HOME NOW!!!

MARCH ON SEPTEMBER 28 IN SAN FRANCISCO TO SUPPORT THE TROOPS BY BRINGING THEM HOME AND TO SUPPORT OUR FREEDOM BY USING THE LIBERTY THAT SO MANY GAVE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT.

Below I share with you, my fellow American citizens, some informational tools to help guide you in your patriotic pursuits as you remember your obligation as citizens to care for and watch over our common United States.


WEBSITES TO HELP YOU STAY INFORMED

DO YOUR PART TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY AND PROTECT THE ESSENTIAL OVERARCHING ELEMENT OF A DEMOCRACY----HEALTHY DEMOCRATIC DEBATE---------------DISPERSE THESE INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES WIDELY

http://www.strike-the-root.com
http://www.Patriotwatch.org


To bring the troops home see:

http://www.bringthemhomenow.org
http://www.mfso.org
http://www.wedeservethetruth.com
http://www.costofwar.com
http://www.iraqometer.com
http://www.whereisthemoney.org
http://www.sftt.org
http://www.hackworth.com


2004 Election Websites

http://www.deanforamerica.com/index.cfm
http://www.kucinich.us
http://www.grahamforpresident.com
http://www.johnkerry.com/site/PageServer
http://www.dickgephardt2004.com
http://www.carolforpresident.com
http://www.al2004.org
http://www.joe2004.com/site/PageServer
http://www.johnedwards2004.com



My Favorite Political Organizing Websites and a good place to contribute your $$$$$$
http://www.moveon.org
http://www.democrats.com
http://www.uniteagainstbush.com
http://www.truemajority.com
http://www.progressivemajority.org
http://www.bushrecall.org





My Top Eleven Favorite Sites:

http://www.commondreams.org
http://www.counterpunch.com
http://www.alternet.org
http://www.antiwar.com
http://www.truthout.com
http://www.motherjones.com
http://www.thenation.com
http://www.workingforchange.org
http://www.tompaine.com
http://www.buzzflash.com
http://www.reason.com




Humor Website
(The world is full of tragedy so take a moment to enjoy a good laugh now and then)

http://www.theonion.com
(ridiculously funny stories on the Onion are rivaled only by Fox, CNN AND MSNBC)
http://www.awolbush.com
http://www.whitehouse.org
http://www.dubyaspeak.com
http://www.gwbush.com


To find Weapons of Mass Destruction Click on this Website:
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk


Radio and Television Programs in your Area:

http://www.radioleft.com
http://www.democracynow.org
http://www.openairwaves.org
http://www.pacifica.org
http://www.anshellmedia.com/anshell_home.htm
http://www.sirius.com/
http://www.cableradionetwork.com/
http://www.pbs.org/now
http://www.jimhightower.com
http://www.buzzflash.com/
http://www.ieamericaradio.com
http://www.radiopower.org
http://www.freespeech.org

A host of Liberal Radio Links:
http://www.radiopower.org/liberal_links.html#Anchor


Media Issues

http://www.mediaaccess.org
http://www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc
http://www.unequalprotection.com
http://www.democraticmedia.org
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/index.shtml
http://www.mediachannel.org
http://www.coldtype.net
http://www.mediaed.org/index_html
http://www.accuracy.org
http://www.fair.org
http://www.cme.org
http://www.prwatch.org/spin
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45
http://www.mediawhoresonline.com



NEWS sites - Non-Partisan

http://news.bbc.co.uk
http://www.haaretzdaily.com
http://www.islamonline.net/english/index.shtml
http://english.aljazeera.net/topics/index.asp?cu_no=1&lng=0&template_id=1&te
http://www.hindustantimes.com
http://www.dailymirror.co.uk
http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk
http://www.latimes.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.nytimes.com
http://www.timesonline.co.uk
http://www.independent.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk
http://www.reuters.com
http://www.sfgate.com




NEWS-sites - Liberal Perspective

http://www.commondreams.org
http://www.prospect.org
http://www.ReclaimDemocracy.org
http://www.uspirg.org
http://www.publiccitizen.org
http://saveourcourts.civilrights.org/index_flash2.html
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general
http://www.nlg.org
http://www.ourfuture.org
http://www.aaldef.org/home.html
http://www.cair-net.org
http://www.familiesusa.org/site/PageServer
http://www.alternet.org
http://www.silenceissedition.com
http://www.freepress.org
http://www.villagevoice.com
http://buffaloreport.com
http://www.interventionmag.com
http://www.truthout.com
http://www.dissentmagazine.org
http://www.lchr.org
http://www.progressive.org
http://www.utne.com
http://www.zmag.org
http://www.inthesetimes.com
http://www.fpif.org
http://www.presentdanger.org
http://www.counterpunch.com
http://www.movingideas.org
http://www.yellowtimes.org
http://www.freespeech.org
http://www.indymedia.org
http://www.transnational.org


NEWS-sites - Conservative Perspective

http://www.anti-war.com
http://www.cato.org
http://www.theadvocates.org
http://www.libertarian.org
http://www.progress.org/dfc
http://www.sepschool.org
http://www.libertystorm.com
http://www.theihs.org
http://www.libertarianstudies.org
http://www.lfs.org
http://www.lp.org
http://www.fff.org
http://www.libertarianism.com
http://www.americanlibertyfoundation.org
http://www.libertysoft.com/liberty
http://www.instituteforjustice.org/index.shtml
http://www.heartland.org
http://www.independent.org
http://www.hacer.org
http://www.cei.org/pages/about.cfm
http://www.free-market.net
http://www.lewrockwell.com
http://www.mises.org
http://www.drugpolicy.org
http://www.stopthedrugwar.org
http://www.theamericancause.org
http://www.amconmag.com
http://www.fee.org/vnews.php?sec=iolmisc


Veterans / Peace Issues

http://www.veteransforpeace.org
http://www.unitedforpeace.org
http://www.occupationwatch.org
http://www.vaiw.org
http://www.iraqbodycount.net
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org
http://www.vvaw.org
http://www.mfso.org
http://www.antiwarposters.com
http://www.avnery-news.co.il/english
http://www.peacefultomorrows.org
http://www.antiwarnetwork.org
http://www.actagainstwar.org
http://www.debka.com
http://www.mwaw.org
http://www.iwpr.net
http://www.patriotsforpeace.org
http://www.ruralpeacemakers.org
http://www.addictedtowar.com
http://winwithoutwarus.org
http://www.peace-action.org
http://www.californiapeaceaction.org
http://www.warresisters.org
http://www.globalexchange.org
http://www.war-times.org
http://leb.net/IAC
http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw
http://www.objector.org
http://www.nonviolence.org
http://www.activism.net


Good Organizations to Join or Follow:

http://www.aclu.org
http://www.eff.org
http://www.au.org
http://www.civilrights.org
http://www.bordc.org
http://www.poclad.org
http://www.now.org
http://www.sierraclub.org
http://www.greenpeace.org/homepage
http://www.aflcio.org
http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org
http://www.hrc.org
http://www.gay.com
http://www.planetout.com
http://www.ngltf.org
http://www.pflag.org
http://www.glaad.org
http://www.freedomtomarry.org
http://www.MillionForMarriage.org
http://www.proudparenting.com
http://www.sldn.org/templates/index.html
http://www.advocate.com
http://www.out.com
http://www.stopaids.org
http://www.hispaniconline.com
http://www.naacp.org
http://www.rainbowpush.org
http://www.childrensdefense.org
http://www.aarp.com
http://www.plannedparenthood.com
http://www.naral.org
http://www.responsiblewealth.org
http://www.bsr.org
http://www.trilliuminvest.com
http://www.tolerance.org
http://www.corpwatch.org
http://www.amnestyusa.org
http://www.hrw.org


Religion-Based Organizations to Join or Follow:

http://www.shalomctr.org
http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org
http://www.btvshalom.org
http://www.jewsagainsttheoccupation.org
http://www.paxchristiusa.org
http://www.ncccusa.org
http://www.afsc.org
http://www.csmonitor.com
http://www.tikkun.org
http://www.gush-shalom.org/english/index.html
http://www.seruv.org.il/defaulteng.asp
http://www.yesh-gvul.org/english
http://www.refusersolidarity.net
http://www.rhr.israel.net/intro.html
http://www.seekpeace.org
http://www.rebuildinghomes.org/start.htm
http://www.socialaction.com/index.phtml
http://traubman.igc.org/dg-prog.htm
http://www.junity.org
http://www.geocities.com/jewishpeacemakers
http://www.peacenow.org
http://www.btselem.org
http://www.ipcri.org/index1.html
http://www.pij.org


Medical Marijuana Issues

http://www.granitestaters.com/home
http://www.mpp.org
http://www.dpf.org/homepage.cfm
http://www.drugsense.org
http://www.jackherer.com
http://www.mapinc.org
http://www.norml.org


GOOD BOOKS ABOUT LEGALIZATION
http://www.drugwar.com/drugpolicy.htm


STOP THE DRUG WAR RESOURCES:

http://www.drugwar.com/index.shtm
http://www.leap.cc/
http://www.drcnet.org/cops
http://www.dontconfirm.org/
http://www.ssdp.org
http://www.november.org
http://www.dancesafe.org
http://www.csdp.org
http://www.harmreduction.org
http://www.cjpf.org
http://www.maps.org
http://www.uudpr.org
http://www.changetheclimate.org
http://www.efficacy-online.org
http://www.reconsider.org
http://www.dpft.org
http://www.dpfhi.org
http://www.newmexicodrugpolicy.org
http://www.dpfts.org
http://www.vcl.org/general/Utility/index.htm
http://www.mamas.org
http://www.alchemind.org
http://www.dogwoodcenter.org
http://www.familywatch.org
http://www.prdi.org
http://www.hr95.org
http://www.nasen.org
http://www.fear.org
http://www.aclu.org
http://www.methadone.org
http://www.wola.org

MORE LINKS TO PRO-FREEDOM, ANTI-DRUG WAR SITES
http://www.reconsider.org/about/links/links.htm#Drug%20Policy%20Sites


Eric E. Johansson
Ex-US Army Paratrooper and Infantryman
President, SF Bay Area Veterans for Peace, Chapter 69
San Francisco, CA
http://www.veteransforpeace.org
"There is no way to peace. Peace is the way." ---A.J. Muste

“Loyalty is the realization that America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation. Our tradition is one of protest and revolt, and it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past while we silence the rebels of the present.”
---Henry Steele, Historian

"My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred." --Albert Einstein

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official."
---Theodore Roosevelt, President
"The world stands on three pillars: The truth, the justice and the peace. And these three are indeed one. When justice is served, truth is served, peace is served"
---Rabbi Shimon Ben-Gamliel, Talmudic sage

"Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary." --Sir Cecil Beaton

"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."
-- Samuel Adams


"As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression.... There is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such a twilight that we must be most aware of change in the air -- however slight -- lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness."
-- William O. Douglas, US Supreme Court Justice from 1939-1975


"Political freedom has given way to guilt by association. Due process has given way to detention on the Attorney General's say-so. Public scrutiny has given way to secret detentions and secret trials. Equal protection under law has given way to ethnic profiling."
-- The Nation magazine - about how Sept.11 attack has allowed the government to take away Americans' civil liberties


" It is no longer a question of controlling a military-industrial complex, but rather, of keeping the United States from becoming a totally military culture. "
-- Jerome Weisner, president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology


" In the post-Cold War era, the United States needs to promote the development of democracy and human rights, not militaries that view their own citizens as the enemy. "
-- U.S. Senator Richard Durbin


"Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear-kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor-with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it ..."
-- US General Douglas MacArthur, 1957


"Corporations have been enthroned .... An era of corruption in high places will follow and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people... until wealth is aggregated in a few hands ... and the Republic is destroyed."
-- Abraham Lincoln, American president, 1861-1865


"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
-- Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court justice from 1916-1939