Community Calendar, 2003

Wednesday, April 30th, 7:30pm
TARGET IRAQ
What the News Media Didn't Tell You
with Reese Erlich, Award Winning Veteran Foreign Correspondent

In his new book, Target Iraq, Erlich and co-author Norman Solomon explore the realities underlying the arguments for and against the invasion of Iraq and illuminate ways the U.S. media have helped market an unprecedented war.

First Presbyterian Church
1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, CA

$7 ~ $15 sliding scale admission / A benefit for Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
Details and ticket ordering

Tuesday, April 29th, 7pm
Santa Clara No Patriot Act Coalition Meeting

Come join us to discuss how to eliminate, repeal or abolish both Patriot Act No. 1 (already law) and Patriot Act No. 2 (in process). The meeting will be held at 480 North First St, Suite 205 in San Jose. Call 408-998-8504 for more information.

Monday, April 28th, 7pm
"The Best Democracy Money Can Buy", with Greg Palast - In Person !

Hear Greg Palast, Award-Winning BBC Investigative Journalist and Author of the New York Times Bestseller, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy!"

An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth About Globalization, Corporate Cons and High Finance Fraudsters

..courageous reporting…read this book!
Michael Moore

There are a whole number of Americans who have been hypnotized, propagandized, and short-changed, who know something is wrong. Apparently the moment has come for the awful truth. www.gregpalast.com

First United Methodist Church
24 N. Fifth St (between Santa Clara & St. John St), downtown San Jose

Suggested Donation: $5-$15, sliding scale

Download the flyer here.

Sponsored by: San Jose Peace Center, and
South Bay Mobilization to Stop the War, 408-998-8504

Monday, April 28th, 7:00pm
Forum: Ending Police Violence at the port and in our communities

First Congregational Church of Oakland
Corner of 27th St & Harrison in Oakland (near downtown)

Forum speakers include: Rebecca Kaplan, Davey D emcee, Jack Heyman, Clarence Thomas, Andrew Lichterman, Anne Weills, June Brashears, Sri Louise, Judy Goff, Neil Myhand, Gwen Hardy
Video screening of the incidents at the Port of Oakland on April 7th
For more info: 510-268-9979, www.pnvrc.net

Saturday, April 26th, 1:00pm
Who's Next ? Unions Rally Against Excessive Police Force

Location:
Gather at 530 Water St, near Jack London Square. March to City Hall

On April 7th, Oakland police injured peaceful protestors at the Oakland Port. Then they fired on ILWU Local 10 workers, who were waiting to get in to work on a Monday morning. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that police acted at the direction of shipping companies, and as though they were private security guards. But the Port is public property, and the Police Department reports to the people.

Instead of protecting workers and respecting the rights of protestors, police injured nine members of the Longshore union - sending five to local hospitals for treatment. The Oakland City Council is investigating both the excessive use of force and the police's pre-demonstration meetings with corporate executives.

Working people want to know: Who's Next ?

Come show the Oakland Police that working people and the community will stick together to demand accountability !

For more information, contact the Central Labor Council of Alameda County, AFL-CIO (510) 632-4242.

Tuesday, April 22nd, 5:30 pm-Reception, 7:30pm-Movie, 8:30pm-Discussion
"Aftermath: Unanswered Questions from 9-11", Reception, Movie & Discussion

Spangenberg Theatre, Gunn High School Campus
750 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306

5:30pm - Reception: food and informal conversation with the speakers
7:30pm - Movie: "Aftermath: Unanswered Questions from 9-11"
8:30pm - Discussion follows movie

- Sundance Award winning producers, Guerrilla News Network
- Michael C. Ruppert – Editor, From the Wilderness Publications
- Peter Dale Scott – Professor, University of California at Berkeley, author of Drugs, Oil, and War: The United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina
- Riva Enteen – Program Director, SF chapter of National Lawyer's Guild
- Richard Heinberg – Journalist, Educator, author of The Party's over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies
- Barrie Zwicker – Journalist, Producer of The Great Deception

$7 – for students/seniors
$10 – for adults
$25 – with the Reception
Purchase via: City Box Office
180 Redwood Street Suite 100
San Francisco (at Van Ness behind Golden Gate Ave.)
415- 392- 4400

For more information about this event, see these 2 web sites:

The "Aftermath" Web Site

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/events.html

Tuesday, April 22nd, 6:00am
Direct Action Against Lockheed Martin Corporation, Sunnyvale

STOP THE WARMAKERS!
Mass Demonstration and Non-Violent Direct Action at LOCKHEED MARTIN

An action in the "Shutdown the War Profiteers" series

Lockheed Martin is the World's Largest Weapons Manufacturer. They use OUR tax money to create the weapons of mass destruction that are killing thousand of Iraqi Civilians.

Read more about this upcoming direct action and other actions against Lockheed Martin on this web site.

For more information, visit their web site: www.scpj.org/lockheed

CHOOSE FROM THE ACTION MENU Three separate actions are recommended for that day. Decide which one you want to be a part of and prepare for that.

- Mass Die-in: Represent those killed in Iraq by laying in the street dressed as a victim of war

- Civilian Weapons Inspectors are needed to "inspect" at one of the entrance to Lockheed Martin Facilities. Come prepared to inspect.

- Form a human blockade to shut down the war makers and disrupt business. Bring music and be ready to celebrate life.

See also the Direct Action Against the War web site for more information and pictures.

Monday, April 21st, 6:00 pm
Nuclear Holocaust

Spangenberg Theatre, Gunn High School Campus
780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306

Download the flyer here.

Become a sponsor for this very important event and help us fund it !
If we all come together, we can educate ourselves and our communities.
The corporate controlled media won't do it. It's up to us !
For more information and to make a much needed donation, please contact:
Lisa Pamphilon (650) 323-4498 and (650) 799-3080 or
Jessie Lucero (408) 887-8040, or
email: womenssolidaritymovement@yahoo.com

Speakers include:
1. Major Doug Rokke, Ph.D., Government Expert on Depleted Uranium
- "The US Army made me their expert. I went into the project with the total intent to ensure they could use uranium munitions in war, because I'm a warrior. What I saw as director... led me to one conclusion: Uranium munitions must be banned from the planet for eternity...", Major Doug Rokke

2. Leuren Moret, President of Scientists for Indigenous People, City of Berkeley Environmental Commissioner, Past President, Association of Women Geoscientists
- "Depleted uranium is being used as an effective munition on the battlefield and as a radiological weapon to destroy the genetic future of the Iraqi people...," - Leuren Moret

3. Dennis Kyne, Desert Storm Veteran, service connected disability due to radiological exposure.
- "Bring our soldiers home." - Dennis Kyne

Endorsed by: Dr. Helen Caldicott, Founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, South Bay Mobilization to Stop the War, San Jose Peace Center, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, Justice for Palestinians, Not In Our Name, and International A.N.S.W.E.R.

Saturday, April 19th, 12 Noon - 5:00 pm
A.N.S.W.E.R. Teach-In: Iraq, Palestine and the
U.S. Global War Drive — San Francisco

Horace Mann Middle School
3351 23rd Street (near Valencia)

Program with plenaries and workshops including:

The U.S. and Iraq in Historical Perspective
The U.S., Israel, and the Palestinian National Liberation Movement
The Anti-War Movement and the Palestinian Struggle
"National Security Strategy of the USA:" Blueprint for Global Domination

For more information, call 415-821-6545.

Tuesday, April 15th, Time - 6:00 pm
TAX DAY PROTEST - Meridian Post Office, San Jose

Come join us to protest the use of our tax dollars for War !
Location: Meridian Post Office
Come see a presentation by the "Billionaires for War" !

Sunday, April 13th, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Nonviolent Direct Action Training

You must register before attending. Bring your own lunch.
For more information and to register, please contact Patrick O'Connell at patoc@pacbell.net

- South Bay Nonviolent Direct Action Training Flyer (Acrobat)

- Please download training manual and bring to the training (MS Word).

Location: 480 N. First St.
2nd floor conf. room #223

Saturday, April 12th, 12 Noon, Civic Center
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST THE WAR !
Mass Marches in Washington & San Francisco

On April 12th, once again, people will rally around the planet to say,
"The World Says NO to this WAR!"

Download the San Jose version of the April 12th flyer here.

Volunteers are needed for this important event.
Call ANSWER at 415-821-6545 to endorse, for more info, or to get involved!

Meet at 10:00 am in the South Bay Mobilization Office parking lot at
480 North First St (at Empire St.) on April 12th to
Car Pool and for Buses to the March & Rally in San Francisco.

Monday, April 7th, 7:00 pm
The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies

Sponsored by Modern Times Bookstore, San Francisco
**Off site event at the New College of California

Richard Heinberg: The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies (New Society) The world is at the end of an historic era of cheap oil, and there has been very little attention paid to how to substitute for oil when our fossil fuel party ends. Author Richard Heinberg outlines the problem, as well as the alternatives - that are not very encouraging - and recommends how we might approach this imminent transition with the least of harm to our families, our communities, our bioregions and the wider world. Of special importance at this time of would-be regime change, the forward by ex-oil executive Collin Campbell outlines the full dimensions of its timeliness. For more information call 415-437-3497

Monday, April 7th, 4:00 pm
Weapons Inspection At Home ! Join the local Weapons Inspection Team to inspect Lockheed Martin Corp. for Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Lockheed Martin Corporation is the world's largest weapons manufacturer. Their products are being used in the war in Iraq at this very moment. A major manufacturing facility is located in Sunnyvale, CA.

Join a group of concerned members of the South Bay community in personally delivering a letter to Lockheed Martin in which we express our outrage and sorrow about the tools of genocide produced in our own backyard.

Gather on Monday, April 7th, between 3:30 and 4:00 pm at the intersection of N. Mathilde Ave. and Moffett Park Drive for a peaceful march to the Lockheed Martin Facility.

Drums, other instruments, and issue-appropriate signs are welcome !

Saturday, April 5th, 10:30 am
East Bay March & Rally to Stop the War on Iraq, Stop the War on US !

-Meet 10:30 am, Mosswood Park (MacArthur & Broadway, near Kaiser)
-March 11:30 am to Frank Ogawa Plaza (14th & Broadway, 12th St. BART)
-Rally 1:30 pm
Endorsed by US Representative Barbara Lee
For more information, www.pnvrc.net, 510-654-6966

Thursday, April 3rd, 7:00 pm
CWA Hall, 2015 Naglee Ave., San Jose

You've been to the teach-in, now help us take ACTION !
Come to our next general meeting. Bring the ideas and suggestions that came out of your workshop. We will be coming up with action plans for three broad areas:
Public Protests, Putting Pressure on Political Leaders, and Building a Broader Labor Antiwar Base

Wednesday, April 2nd, 7:00 pm
SANTA CLARA COALITION MEETING TO OPPOSE THE PATRIOT ACT

Location: Council on American Islamic Relations, 3000 Scott Blvd. Ste. 104, Santa Clara

It's no secret that since September 11th, the federal government has engaged in a massive crackdown on civil liberties. Muslims, Arabs, and South-Asians have been rounded up for interrogations, detentions, and deportations. FBI agents have been authorized to spy on political and religious gatherings. And the Patriot Act threatens all of us with its provisions for expanded surveillance and invasions of privacy.

75 cities and counties nationwide have passed resolutions opposed to the Patriot Act and this crackdown on civil liberties. With the Bush Administration about to introduce "Patriot Act II", it is important for Congress to know that there is local opposition. That is why it is critical that Santa Clara County take a stand for civil liberties and pass a resolution against the Patriot Act.

On Wednesday, April 2nd, there will be a meeting for people and organizations in Santa Clara County interested in participating in such an effort. The meeting will occur on Wednesday, April 2nd at 7 PM. Dahlia Eltoumi, Public Relations Director with the Northern California branch of the Council on American Islamic Relations, will be hosting our meeting at the CAIR offices at 3000 Scott Blvd. Ste. 104, Santa Clara. Their phone number is 408-986-9874.

If you would like to participate in this effort, please RSVP to
sbery@aclunc.org.

Regards,

Sanjeev Bery
ACLU Organizer/Advocate
sbery@aclunc.org

ACLU of Northern California
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 460
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 621-2493
(415) 255-1478 fax