December Peace Action Calendar

Wednesday, Dec 1, 4 - 10pm, Music & art benefit for Sac Area Peace Action & Peace Arts Xchange, Luna's Cafe, 1414 16th St., Sacramento. Don. $5-20. 916-448-7157.
Thursday, Dec 2, 7:30pm, Haiti: the Betrayal of Democracy. Kevin Pina journalist, filmmaker reports on Haiti & shows excerpts of his new documentary. Location TBA - check sacpeace.org for update. 916-801-4184.
Saturday, Dec 4, 11:30am - 1:30pm, 1st Saturday, peace, justice & sustainability vigil. Arden at Heritage, Sac, 916-448-7157.
Sunday, Dec 5, Vigils to End the War on Iraq, Bring the Troops Home. Bring signs that will be visible to the public and thousands of runners in the California International Marathon. Come to corner of El Camino & Fair Oaks Blvd. 8-10am OR to 8th St. & Capitol, Sacramento (near the finish line) 9:30am-12noon. 916-448-7157.
Monday, Dec 6, 6 - 8pm, Peace & Sustainability Committee meets, 909 12th St. Sacramento, 916-448-7157.
Monday, Dec 6, 6:30pm, Vets for Peace Meeting/Potluck, Newman Center, 5900 Newman Ct., Sacramento 916-505-4869; maing [at] pacbell.net
Tuesday, Dec 7, 4 - 6PM, Annual Candlelight Vigil for Peace And Justice, 16th & J St., Sacramento. Gathering after at Juliana's Kitchen, 1401 G St. Bring signs,flashlight/ windproofed candle. Only severe weather cancels. 916-448-7157.
Thursday, Dec 9, 6:15pm, Sacramento Area Peace Action Board Meeting, 909 12th St, Sacramento, 916-448-7157.
Saturday, Dec 11, 10:30am - 12:30pm, Foreign policy/nuclear weapons seminar, Hart Center, 915 27th St., Sac. 916-457-0832.
Sat., Dec 11 and Sun. Dec 12, 11am, Invisible Ballots. Crest, 1013 K St. Sacramento, $5.50. 916-448-7157.
Sunday, Dec 12, 2 - 4pm, Celebrate Leon Lefson's 90 years. Fundraiser for Sac Area Peace Action & Because People Matter. Green Rm, Sierra 2, 2791 24th St., Sacramento. 916-448-7157.
Sunday, Dec 12, 5:30 - 9pm, No More Wars at Home or Abroad: Town Hall Meeting. Forum for progressives to talk & organize around the war on Iraq, economy, electoral investigaton & reform, racism, poverty, and other critical issues. Unitarian Society, 2425 Sierra Blvd. Sacramento. 916-391-6274; njanos [at] sbcglobal.net.
ALERT BACKGROUND
President Bush has nominated Alberto Gonzales to replace John Aschroft as U.S. Attorney General. Gonzales has served as the White House Counsel, where he wrote a series of infamous memos that were used to justify the administration's policies of detention and torture in the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Ashcroft war on terror. The most telling of the memos referred to the Geneva Convention's prohibitions against torture to be "quaint" and "obsolete." Gonzales helped set policies that led to torture and gross human rights abuse at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, at Guantanamo, and in Afghanistan. His blatant disregard for the Geneva Conventions and contempt for the Constitution demand that he be rejected for the position of Attorney General, especially since no one in the Administration has been held accountable for these atrocities.
Contact Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer: Ask them to oppose this nomination and filibuster it if it comes to the Senate floor.  Congressional switchboard: 1-800-839-5276 or via their websites, access through http://www.senate.gov


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