April 7: 2nd ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF OAKLAND DOCKS ANTI-WAR PICKET

2nd ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF OAKLAND DOCKS ANTI-WAR PICKET

A Multi-Media Benefit for Willow Rosenthal’s Medical Needs;
She was permanently injured by the Oakland Police

Thursday April 7th, 7 p.m. - midnight
Café Van Kleef (21 and over)
1621 Telegraph @ 17th, Oakland
(19th Street BART)
Donation: $10 - $100 (no one turned away)

MUSIC:
· Andrea Pritchett (of Rebecca Riots), Shelley Doty & Friends

· TaraLinda with Henri Ducharme – New French music and beyond (accordion & vocals)

· The Whoreshoes – All-girl ensemble performing old time and honky tonk songs to put a tear in your eye and drink in your glass.

· This Ol’ Band – Soulful, acoustic covers of old R&B and Motown classics

· Spoken Word with Erik Shaw

VIDEO:
· “Shots on the Docks” brief documentary on Oakland Docks on April 7, 2003 by the Labor Video Project.

SPEAKERS:
· Antonia Juhasz, winner of the Project Censored Award for her article on the corporate invasion of Iraq, co-author of Alternatives to Economic Globalization (2nd Edition) and antiwar educator and organizer.

· Bernardo Garcia-Pandavenes, Campaign for Community Safety and Police Accountability (PUEBLO)

· Osha Neumann, part of the team of civil rights attorneys who,
through a civil suit in conjunction with grassroots pressure, won new OPD crowd control policy that prohibits the indiscriminate use of wooden bullets, rubber bullets, tasers, bean bags, pepper spray and police motorcycles to control or disperse crowds or demonstrations.

· Robert Irminger, a rank & file activist with Inland Boatman’s
Union of the ILWU, delegate to SF Labor Council, and organizer of the anti-war pickets.

HORS D’OEUVRES WILL BE SERVED

On April 7, 2003 hundreds of Bay Area anti-war, labor and community activists picketed corporate war profiteers at the Oakland docks. The Oakland Police Department (OPD), after meeting days before with maritime bosses, opened fire on people with wooden bullets, shot-filled sacks and concussion grenades and charged people with motorcycles for two hours. Their assault injured 60 (including 7 long shore workers and 3 members of the press) in the most violent attack in recent history on the anti-war
movement in the US, which was denounced by the UN Commission on Human Rights.

Join anti-war, labor, community and civil rights activists in celebrating the positive victories won the last two years:
* We reclaimed our right to picket, picketting and shutting down the docks on May 12 and on April 7, 2004.
* All charges have been dropped against those arrested.
* Community pressure and legal struggle won nationaly significant new crowd control policies for the OPD.
* Ongoing alliances between anti-war, direct action, labor, community, and civil rights groups continue to grow.

Willow Rosenthal, urban farmer, community organizer, and anti-war social justice activist, sustained permanent injuries on that day. We are a group of friends of Willow and local activists who are raising money to assist her with her medical expenses, as she has not received any compensation from the city of Oakland. In the event that her case settles, any unused funds raised will be diverted to anti-war organizing.

HOW YOU CAN HELP
· Forward this email to your lists and friends
· Donate money in any of the following ways
1. On line with a credit card at http://www.actagainstwar.org

2. Send a check to
Willow Rosenthal
PO Box 611
Berkeley, CA 94701

3. Or come to the benefit on April 7th and make a donation in person.

SPONSORED BY: Friends of Willow and the Campaign for Community Safety and Police Accountability (PUEBLO), Code Orange Affinity Group, and the Transport Workers Solidarity Committee (formerly the Committee to Defend ILWU Local 10 BA Jack Heyman).

Contact: Dorrit * 510-981-1967 * dorrit [at] riseup.net *
http://www.actagainstwar.org