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| Friday,
December 8th, 7:00 pm |
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| South
Bay Mobilization
presents
Conscientious
Projector Movie Series
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DIRECTED
BY MICHAEL FRANTI
A musician’s search for
the human cost of war
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"I
Know I'm Not Alone"
by Michael Franti
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the flyer ... (172
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Michael
Franti, world-renowned musician and human
rights activist, travels to Iraq, Palestine and
Israel to explore the human cost of war with a group
of friends, some video cameras, and his guitar.
Franti says, “The most powerful thing I learned
throughout the whole experience is how the gift
of music opens all of our hearts and how in these
times, that gift is more meaningful than ever.”
For more information, visit: www.iknowimnotalone.com
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Join
us for this powerful and moving film!
6:30pm - Refreshments and Socializing
7:00pm - Film followed by discussion
Friday,
December 8th, 7:00pm
Location:
MACLA
Arts Center
510 South First St.
San José, CA
Sponsored
by
MACLA and
South Bay Mobilization
Michael
Franti with US Soldier in Iraq
Which
instrument is more powerful?
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| Saturday,
December 9th, 4:00 pm |
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"Target
Iran: The Truth About
the White House's Plans
for Regime Change" |
Map
of Iran
with Nuclear Trefoil Symbol Overlaid
The nuclear trefoil symbol shows,
not the Iranian nuclear threat,
but that the US has Iran in its
Nuclear Bullseye as it threatens to
bomb Iran with their new illegal
radiological bunker buster weapons.
Both
Speakers Will Sign
Copies of their Books
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A talk by
former UN Weapons Inspector and
Author of the new book
"Target Iran"
Just back from Iran
Scott Ritter
and by
Jeff Cohen
Director, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
Author of the new book,
"Cable News Confidential"
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In
the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, Scott Ritter's
claims that Iraq had been disarmed were ignored
by both Bush and the mainstream media. Since then,
Ritter has been vindicated. Now Ritter has set his
sights on the White House's hyping of Iran's alleged
nuclear weapons program. In Target Iran he once
again sets the record straight. Jeff Cohen will
describe the problems with the media, including
the television network resistance to interviews
with Scott Ritter.
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Jeff
Cohen
Director
of Fairness and
Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) |
Scott
Ritter
Former
UN Weapons Inspector in Iraq |
Saturday,
December 9th, 4:00pm
Location:
SEIU
Local 715 Hall
2302 Zanker Road
San José,
CA
(between Trimble and
Brokaw Road)
Free Parking! Wheel Chair Accessible
Suggested Donation: $5 - $15
Students are free!
(No one turned away for lack of funds)
Sponsored
by
South
Bay Mobilization
Iranians Against War
Don't Attack Iran Coalition (Bay
Area)
U.S.
Tour of Duty
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| Friday,
December 15th, 6:00 pm |
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San
Jose Welcomes Gold Star Mother
Cindy Sheehan
"Peace
is the Noble Cause
That I Have Been Pursuing"
Author of the new book,
"Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey
Through Heartache to Activism" |
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A Talk By
Cindy
Sheehan
“What
Cindy Sheehan has done for our country is miraculous
and a mighty blessing. A thaw is felt throughout
the land. People have started to speak, and their
voices are being heard.”
(Martin Sheen)
“Cindy Sheehan is a witness in the great tradition
of Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Harriet Tubman.”
(Jessie Jackson)
Download
the flyer ... (134 KB)
Click
the audio icon below
to order a DVD of this talk...
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6:00pm
– Reception
7:00 pm – Talk followed by book signing
Friday,
December 15th, 6:00pm
Location:
First
Unitarian Church
160 North Third St.
San José, CA
Suggested
Donation: $10 - $25
Students are free!
(No one turned away for lack of funds.)
Click above for full-size version.
Cindy Sheehan © Copyright 2005 by Robert Shetterly.
All rights reserved.
Text in the painting: [ Click
here to read accompanying article... ]
"George... your reckless and wanton foreign policies
killed my son, Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan, in the illegal
and unjust war on Iraq. Helping to bring about your
political downfall will be the most noble accomplishment
of my life, and I will bring justice for my son and
the hundreds of other brave Americans and tens of thousands
of innocent Iraqis your lies have killed."
Cindy Sheehan
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Iraq
Protester Sheehan Cleared of Most NY Charges,
by Jeanne King (12/11/06)
NEW YORK - Anti-war protester Cindy
Sheehan and three co-defendants were found guilty
of a minor violation and cleared of more serious charges
on Monday for blocking the entrance to the U.S. mission
to the United Nations during a protest in March.
The
four women, who were fined and told to stay out of
trouble with the law, said they would return to the
New York City building to deliver a petition calling
for an end to the Iraq war.
Sheehan
became famous for protesting the Iraq war outside
President George W. Bush's Texas ranch in 2005 after
her soldier son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004,
and has become one of the country's most recognizable
anti-war protesters.
A
six-member jury at Manhattan Criminal Court found
Sheehan and three other women innocent of resisting
arrest, obstruction of government administration and
disorderly conduct for a protest at the U.S. mission,
which is housed in a privately owned building in Manhattan.
[ click
here for more... ]
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"Anti-war
activist Cindy Sheehan pauses while demonstrating
for the end of U.S. military involvement in Iraq in
front of the White House, November 6, 2006. Sheehan
and three co-defendants were found guilty of a minor
violation and cleared of more serious charges on Monday
for blocking the entrance to the U.S. mission to the
United Nations during a protest in March."
(Larry Downing/Reuters) |
A
House security officer removes
Cindy Sheehan from the chamber gallery
before President Bush's speech
on Jan 31, 2006.
Feb.
1, 2006
"Activist Sheehan arrested in House gallery"
WASHINGTON
(CNN) -- Peace activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested
Tuesday in the House gallery after refusing to cover
up a T-shirt bearing an anti-war slogan before President
Bush's State of the Union address.
According
to a blog post on Michael Moore's Web site attributed
to Sheehan, the T-shirt said, "2,245 Dead. How
many more?" -- a reference to the number of U.S.
troops killed in Iraq.
"She
was asked to cover it up. She did not," said
Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, U.S. Capitol police spokeswoman.
Click
here for more...
Feb.
1, 2006
"What Really Happened", by Cindy Sheehan
Dear Friends,
As
most of you have probably heard, I was arrested before
the State of the Union Address tonight.
I
am speechless with fury at what happened and with
grief over what we have lost in our country.
Click
here for more...
March
8, 2006
"What Really Happened, Part 2: NYC Style",
by Cindy Sheehan
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We were told if we moved across the street onto the
other public sidewalk that our petition would be received.
We refused and said we would go to the nearest public
sidewalk in front of the building and we would give
our petition to a representative of the US Mission—that
request was refused. We were told if we didn't move
to the other side of the street, we would be arrested.
We
refused to move.
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Click
here for more...
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Other
relevant articles from 2006:
11/16/06: "Real
Change Begins at the Top: Impeachment Proceedings",
by Cindy Sheehan
11/13/06:
"Open
Letter to Reps Pelosi and Conyers: We the People are
Setting the Table Now", by Cindy
Sheehan
11/10/06: "Another
Open Letter to George", by Cindy
Sheehan
10/6/06: "A
Nation Still at War *", by Cindy
Sheehan
9/12/06: "It's
Personal", by Cindy Sheehan
7/16/06: "Me,
Hugo and George", by Cindy Sheehan
7/3/06: "Bombs
Bursting in Air",
by Cindy Sheehan
7/1/06: "Protester
Cindy Sheehan Sues Over Camping Ban",
Associated Press
5/19/06: "Make
Me an Instrument of Peace", by Cindy
Sheehan
4/7/06: "The
Anti-War Movement?",
by Cindy Sheehan
3/8/06: "What
Really Happened, Part 2: NYC Style",
by Cindy Sheehan
2/25/06: "Speak
for Yourself",
by Cindy Sheehan
2/3/06: "A
Capitol Offense",
by Cindy Sheehan
2/1/06: "What
Really Happened",
by Cindy Sheehan
1/29/06: "US
Peace Activist Cindy Sheehan Meets Venezuela Leader,
Ponders US Senate Run", Associated
Press
1/11/06: "It's
Impossible to Say No to Cindy Sheehan",
by Missy Comley Beattie
1/10/06: "Cindy
Sheehan's Irish Interview: Sheehan to Sheehan",
by Ronan Sheehan
1/6/06: "The
Opposite of Good is Apathy", by
Cindy Sheehan
1/2/06: "Friends
Don't Let Friends Commit War Crimes",
by Cindy Sheehan
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Other
relevant articles from 2005:
12/29/05:
"From
Cindy Sheehan to John Murtha: Top 10 Antiwar Stories
of 2005",
by Kevin Zeese
11/1/05:
"Cindy
Sheehan for President",
by Kristen Lombardi
10/20/05: "Cindy
Sheehan Pledges Civil Disobedience Campaign",
by Sarah Ferguson
9/26/05: "Anti-War
Mother Cindy Sheehan Arrested Outside White House",
by Deborah Zabarenko
9/20/05:
"An
Antiwar Speech in Union Square Is Stopped by Police
Citing Paperwork Rules", by Shadi
Rahimi
9/1/05: "The
Passion of Cindy Sheehan", by Andrew
Gumbel
8/30/05: "Portrait
of Cindy Sheehan also a Picture of Democracy",
by Victoria Mares-Hershey
8/28/05: "It's
About Time Somebody Asked Cindy Sheehan's Question",
by Leonard Pitts, Jr.
8/21/05: "The
Swift Boating of Cindy Sheehan",
by Frank Rich
8/20/05: "Hypocrites
and Liars", by Cindy Sheehan
8/19/05: "Cindy
Sheehan's Tragedy is Real: The Rosa Parks of the Anti-War
Movement", by Vijay Prashad
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8/18/05:
"Cindy
Sheehan: American Antigone", by
Jan Hartman
8/17/05:
"Cindy
Sheehan's Tragic Critics", by John
Nichols
8/15/05: "Jefferson
Would Have Stood With Cindy Sheehan",
by Thom Hartmann
8/15/05: "Mother's
Iraq-war Protest near Bush Ranch Picks Up Steam",
by Michael Fletcher
8/14/05: "Cindy
Sheehan: Rosa Parks or Jane Fonda?"
by Robert Freeman
8/13/05: "We
Have the Power", by Cindy Sheehan
8/13/05: "It
Takes a Village to Smear Cindy Sheehan",
by Arianna Huffington
8/13/05: "Cindy
Sheehan's Message Repudiates George Bush -- and Howard
Dean", by Norman Soloman
8/11/05: "Mother's
Protest at Bush's Doorstep Raises the Stakes",
by Edwin Chen and Dana Calvo
8/11/05: "An
Open Letter to Cindy Sheehan, Crawford, Texas. May
You Prevail, Where Others Have Failed",
by Ralph Nader
8/11/05: "Letter
to Cindy Sheehan", by Ray McGovern
1/24/05: "The
Dangerous Gold Star Families", by
Cindy Sheehan
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| Monday,
January 1st, 5:00 pm |
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12/31/06:
The Pentagon has just announced today (Sunday) that
the deaths of two soldiers have increased the number of
Americans
killed in the US War on Iraq
to at least 3,000.
The Candlelight Vigil event described below will be held
on Monday, 1/1/07 at 5:00pm (see below).
The
3,000th US Military Person
Has Been Killed in Iraq.
| Who: |
You!
Everyone
is invited to participate! |
| What: |
A
candlelight vigil to commemorate the continuing
sacrifice
of US military personnel's lives in order to advance
the
on-going genocidal slaughter
of over one million Iraqi civilians
by the hands of the US military. |
| Where: |
The
corner of Winchester Blvd and Stevens Creek Blvd,
San Jose |
| When: |
5:00pm
- 7:00pm - The day after
the announcement of the 3,000th US military person's
death, a candlelight vigil will be held from
5pm - 7pm.
Example: If
the 3,000th death is announced 12/31 Sunday, then
the candlelight vigil will be held the next day at
5pm on 1/1/07 Monday.
Register
for this event here... (optional,
feel free to just show up!) |
| How: |
Come
one, come all, by foot, by bicycle, by bus and by
car. |
| Why: |
Each
of us can always choose who we want to be, who we
want to become, in the face of our government's war
profiteering, corruption, genocidal slaughter, and
the plundering of other people's resources. Choose
well my friends and the inner peace you find,
you can share with others. |
| Also: |
In
addition, the regularly scheduled weekly anti-war
protest
at this same location will be held this weekend as
follows:
- Saturday, 12/30/06, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
- Sunday, 12/31/06, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm |
The US has killed over 2.5% of the
Iraqi population since 2003.
The US has killed over 5.8% of the Iraqi population since
1991.
The US has brought it's show-trial of US-installed
dictator of Iraq,
Saddam Hussein, to a close by hanging him on Friday night
(12/29/06).
In this show trial, there
was no protection for witnesses or even
defense lawyers (3
defense lawyers were assassinated during the trial).
The best the spare-no-expense show-trial prosecution
was able to prove
that Saddam Hussein did was kill 148 people in 1982 in Dujail.
Why is that?
The Dictator Saddam Hussein certainly committed far worse
crimes than that.
Could it be that digging too deep would reveal the US' well
known
support for Saddam during his worst atrocities?
If killing 148 people deserves a public hanging, then
what does killing 654,965 innocent Iraqi civilians deserve?
Bush
has killed over 654,965 Iraqi civilians (2.5% of Iraq) just
since 2003!
Join us to let everyone
know what we all want:
End the US War on Iraq!
Bring All the Troops Home Now!
Impeach Bush & Cheney!
For casualty
statistics: www.icasualties.org
Sponsored
by:
South Bay Mobilization / www.sbm4peace.org
Just Think First / www.JustThinkFirst.org
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Few Related Articles:
| 12/31/06 |
AP:
American Death Toll in Iraq Hits 3,000 |
| 12/31/06 |
"Saddam
Hussein’s Execution: The US Murders its Creation",
by Larry Chin |
| 12/30/06 |
"Executing
Saddam, Protecting The Rackets," by Manuel Garcia,
Jr. |
| 12/30/06 |
"A
Dictator Created Then Destroyed by America",
by Robert Fisk
See
this same article archived here... |
| 12/30/06 |
"So
Long to 'Our' Tyrant", by Alexander
Cockburn |
| 12/30/06 |
"Silencing
Saddam", by Robert Sheer |
| 12/30/06 |
"For
Whom the Bell Tolls: Top Ten Ways the US Enabled Saddam
Hussein",
by Juan Cole |
| 12/30/06 |
"Bush
Lies Again After Saddam Executed: Bush Doesn’t
Know What a Fair Trial, or Justice, Is",
by Matthew Rothschild |
| 12/29/06 |
"Saddam
Execution Set to Destabilise Iraq Further",
by Dahr Jamail and Ali al-Fadhily |
| 12/29/06 |
"Why
the Bush crime family wants Saddam to die",
by Wayne Madsen |
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