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No military predators in our town!!! event at Laney College.
On Feb 9, a forum on why and how people should stop recruiters took place at Laney college. The event, Stop Recruitment! Stop the war! was organized by a wide range of groups ( Code Pink, World Cant Wait, Women for Peace, United for Peace and Justice, Peace and Freedom Party, and students groups at Laney).
A main topic that came up again and again was the latest resolution of the Berkeley City Council that called the recruiters “unwelcome intruders” and gave Code Pink free permit to have a weekly demonstration and a sound permit. Since than, the City Council came under enormous attacks; ranging from senators who are trying to pass a bill to deny federal money from Berkeley, to extreme right wing groups such as Move America Forward and Gathering of Eagles, who are planning to have a demonstration this Tuesday in front of the City Council.
http://www.moveamericaforward.org/
http://gatheringofeagles.org/forum/?forum=46&topic=3115&page=1
All the groups who participated in the event called on people to come out to a 24-hour vigil in front of the City Council, from 7pm Monday the 9th the 7pm the next day.
A main topic that came up again and again was the latest resolution of the Berkeley City Council that called the recruiters “unwelcome intruders” and gave Code Pink free permit to have a weekly demonstration and a sound permit. Since than, the City Council came under enormous attacks; ranging from senators who are trying to pass a bill to deny federal money from Berkeley, to extreme right wing groups such as Move America Forward and Gathering of Eagles, who are planning to have a demonstration this Tuesday in front of the City Council.
http://www.moveamericaforward.org/
http://gatheringofeagles.org/forum/?forum=46&topic=3115&page=1
All the groups who participated in the event called on people to come out to a 24-hour vigil in front of the City Council, from 7pm Monday the 9th the 7pm the next day.
No military predators in our town!!!
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Indybay should post the call for people to come to the city council on its front page, the right wingers are planning to come from all over the country, they are very not secretive as to how they want to treat people who oppose their views, and have shown to act very violent in the past.
“Yes you guessed it, we’re “NOT NEUTRAL” and lean more towards ballistic.”
http://colorado.gatheringofeagles.org/?p=142
“Yes you guessed it, we’re “NOT NEUTRAL” and lean more towards ballistic.”
http://colorado.gatheringofeagles.org/?p=142
Stay safe everyone.
There is going to be tons of media at this. Having a quick brainstorm with your friends about creative approaches which explain to the general public that we are on their side, while these Eagles have the minority and failed ideology, is the first step.
Don't let them twist this into making it seem like Berkeley people disrespect the working class (i.e. everyone who had to join the army for economic reasons). Really, its the right-wingers who disrespect the troops by cutting their veterans benefits and cheating them on healthcare when they return. Also, these neoconservatives are the ones who *hate* the homeless and joke about their plight. A huge fraction of veterans become homeless afterwards, so the neocons are the ones spitting on veterans, while Berkeley supports a large number of homeless.
There is going to be tons of media at this. Having a quick brainstorm with your friends about creative approaches which explain to the general public that we are on their side, while these Eagles have the minority and failed ideology, is the first step.
Don't let them twist this into making it seem like Berkeley people disrespect the working class (i.e. everyone who had to join the army for economic reasons). Really, its the right-wingers who disrespect the troops by cutting their veterans benefits and cheating them on healthcare when they return. Also, these neoconservatives are the ones who *hate* the homeless and joke about their plight. A huge fraction of veterans become homeless afterwards, so the neocons are the ones spitting on veterans, while Berkeley supports a large number of homeless.
Numbers, numbers, numbers . . .
That will count more than any finessing of statements.
That will count more than any finessing of statements.
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