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Call for Bikes not Bombs this Friday in SF at 5pm

by bikes not bombs(repost from last year)
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Call for a Celebration of Last Years Bikes not Bombs/Critical Mass ride.
(the following statement is reprinted from last years action. why reinvent the wheel, when it is already is so well ridden...)

Thousands of bicyclist will protest against the oil war during Critical Mass this Friday. Marchers are invited to assemble at Justin Herman plaza and march along with groups of bikes, or diverge on foot. Motorists are invited to bring traffic to a crawl throughout the city.

The deadly system of oil dependence is destroying our world, from the rain forest to the people of Baghdad to the polar icecaps to our own cities. Now it is killing innocent people abroad in terrible swift violence. So-called "smart bombs" can't even stay in the same country, let alone "surgically target." The war is in violation of the wishes of the world majority and violates international and United States law.

NO BUSINESS AS USUAL!

DO NOT ALLOW THE WAR MACHINE TO FUNCTION AT HOME OR ABROAD!

JOIN IN AFFINITY GROUPS TO SHUT DOWN THE CITY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE!

This is the only means we have to affect change and to peacefully and nonviolently communicate how desperately upset the public is that this murderous land grab for oil is being carried out in our name. The children of the Middle East are children just like ours.

NO BLOOD FOR OIL!

Why during Critical Mass, with Bikes Not Bombs?

Bicycles reduce oil dependence. The average SUV weighs more than 100-200 peoples' bicycles! Some weigh more than 500 peoples' bicycles! This type of greed is fueling death across the globe. Bicycles create life, health, happiness, community. SUV's are creating death everywhere.

Protest the oil war for every reason:

To stop the killing
To stop terrorism
To restore a democratic system in the world and in the U.S.A. where the peoples' voice rules, not killer corporations
To create a sustainable future, not one doomed by oil dependence

Add your own!

For more information on coming anti-war events check out Direct Action to Stop the War's website:
http://www.ActAgainstWar.org

ps - Another Bikes not Bombs ride is planned to coincide with this years return to the docks in Oakland. We will be gathering at the Oakland Police headquarters at 4pm to send the Oakland Riders(aka OPD)a message before we continue the ride to West Oakland BART. We will be meeting there at 5pm and then heading out to send SSA a message at the Oakland Docks. For more info continue checking Indybay and DASWs' site.
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