Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declaration of Peace campaign's nine point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq.

1. Phone them during National Call-In Days.
2. Join or organize a delegation visit or town hall meeting with your Senators and Representative during the August recess.
3. Videotape your interaction with your Congressperson and their staff, and post it on the DoP website.

- Start organizing mid-September nonviolent action in your city.

Carl Rising-Moore has asked that we pass along this information.

GW Bush arrived at the Crawford "ranch" on Monday August 13. The duration of his stay is not known, but it is suspected that he is starting his annual summer vacation at that time.

A continued presence near the ranch at the checkpoints is vital.

We feel its our responsibility to continue to stand up with our peaceful protests. Being close to Crawford, we have a unique grassroots opportunity to directly speak truth to power.

If you can spend some time at Camp Casey III, the checkpoint, or in the ditch with Carl, please contact him directly at 317-777-4805.

Transportation will be available from CC III to the checkpoints.

More information may follow on specific actions.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold, is for people of good conscience to remain silent." --Thomas Jefferson.

Evan's Website

Press Release

7-day Tower Guard Vigil, Washington, DC
In Protest of the Immoral and Unethical Policies Perpetrated
Against US Soldiers and My Friends

by Evan Michael Knappenberger, 1st BDE, 4th Infantry Division

I am spending one entire week on a scaffold on the National Mall in
the District of Columbia in protest of the US military's STOP-LOSS and
INACTIVE RESERVE (READY RESERVE) policies, which are being used as a
substitute for conscription in a political war -under the pretense of
a non-existent national emergency- and destroying our military
readiness, as well as the lives of our young men and women.

I joined the Army in 2003 at the age of seventeen. I believed at the

The People’s Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Coalition PHRF/OC is seeking your financial support for a critical human rights initiative to hold the US government, on all levels, accountable for the policies and decisions that resulted in the death of over 2,000 people in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast and the displacement of over 1 million in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. This initiative is the International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita which will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana August 29th – September 2nd, 2007 (see www.internationaltribunal.org for more details).

The goals of the International Tribunal are as follows:

1. Hold the US government accountable for its crimes against humanity;
2. Demand financial restitution and justice for the Survivors of Katrina and Rita; Advance the Katrina reconstruction movement;

More updates as available.

www.xcelenergycenter.com

Anti-War Committee

Backgrounder

Anti-war & progressive groups in the Metroplex area plan a huge protest to be held in downtown Fort Worth Aug. 31st – Sept. 1st when the National Republican Party is planning to have 20,000 delegates from throughout the U.S. & all of the Republican Presidential candidates attend their Straw Poll Convention at the Ft. Worth Convention Center. This will be the beginning of the month when Gen. Patreaus is to give his report to the nation. The national media will probably cover this Convention.

The DePaul Academic Freedom Committee and other defenders of academic freedom and critical thinking are marching alongside the administrators in the faculty procession from DePaul University's Quad to the St. Vincent DePaul church for the university convocation to protest DePaul's denying tenure and firing of Professor Norman Finkelstein.

Finkelstein, son of holocaust survivors and outspoken critic of oppressive Israeli policy in Palestine, has come under attack from detractors like Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, who seeks to silence critics of Israel and has successfully interfered in internal DePaul tenure processes.

Meet on the Quad at 9:00 a.m. Wear orange! The procession will begin at 10:00 a.m.

Friday, 9 -10 am
DePaul University Quad

4 pm - Neighborhood walk leaves from Drexel Sq. Park Fountain (51st & Drexel)
5-9 pm- Picnic at Harold Washington Park (53rd & Hyde Park Blvd.)

Food –- Open Mic Spoken Word Poetry - Art Activities - Speakers - YOU!

Two years - since the names Katrina and its effects on the Lower Ninth Ward seared into the world's vocabulary, along with Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and Fallujah, as one of the monstrous crimes of the Bush regime.

Two years - since the Bush regime allowed tens of thousands of people - mostly Black - to suffer, starve, dehydrate and die in the unbearable heat, humidity and toxic sludge of a flooded city.

Two years - in which tourist sections and a football stadium have been restored while public housing has been shuttered and surrounded with barbed wire, in which people trying to return to the projects have been evicted by SWAT teams, and the public hospital remains closed, never to reopen.

A weekly peace vigil has been held in front of the Mendocino County Court House every Friday night from 5 to 6 pm for the last 5 years. All are welcome to come and join our demonstration. Dignity and respect for others is the only requirement. Bring your own peace signs or borrow ours.

Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declaration of Peace campaign's nine point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq.

1. Phone them during National Call-In Days.
2. Join or organize a delegation visit or town hall meeting with your Senators and Representative during the August recess.
3. Videotape your interaction with your Congressperson and their staff, and post it on the DoP website.

- Start organizing mid-September nonviolent action in your city.

Carl Rising-Moore has asked that we pass along this information.

GW Bush arrived at the Crawford "ranch" on Monday August 13. The duration of his stay is not known, but it is suspected that he is starting his annual summer vacation at that time.

A continued presence near the ranch at the checkpoints is vital.

We feel its our responsibility to continue to stand up with our peaceful protests. Being close to Crawford, we have a unique grassroots opportunity to directly speak truth to power.

If you can spend some time at Camp Casey III, the checkpoint, or in the ditch with Carl, please contact him directly at 317-777-4805.

Transportation will be available from CC III to the checkpoints.

More information may follow on specific actions.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold, is for people of good conscience to remain silent." --Thomas Jefferson.

Evan's Website

Press Release

7-day Tower Guard Vigil, Washington, DC
In Protest of the Immoral and Unethical Policies Perpetrated
Against US Soldiers and My Friends

by Evan Michael Knappenberger, 1st BDE, 4th Infantry Division

I am spending one entire week on a scaffold on the National Mall in
the District of Columbia in protest of the US military's STOP-LOSS and
INACTIVE RESERVE (READY RESERVE) policies, which are being used as a
substitute for conscription in a political war -under the pretense of
a non-existent national emergency- and destroying our military
readiness, as well as the lives of our young men and women.

I joined the Army in 2003 at the age of seventeen. I believed at the

The People’s Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Coalition PHRF/OC is seeking your financial support for a critical human rights initiative to hold the US government, on all levels, accountable for the policies and decisions that resulted in the death of over 2,000 people in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast and the displacement of over 1 million in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. This initiative is the International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita which will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana August 29th – September 2nd, 2007 (see www.internationaltribunal.org for more details).

The goals of the International Tribunal are as follows:

1. Hold the US government accountable for its crimes against humanity;
2. Demand financial restitution and justice for the Survivors of Katrina and Rita; Advance the Katrina reconstruction movement;

Anti-war & progressive groups in the Metroplex area plan a huge protest to be held in downtown Fort Worth Aug. 31st – Sept. 1st when the National Republican Party is planning to have 20,000 delegates from throughout the U.S. & all of the Republican Presidential candidates attend their Straw Poll Convention at the Ft. Worth Convention Center. This will be the beginning of the month when Gen. Patreaus is to give his report to the nation. The national media will probably cover this Convention.

More updates as available.

www.xcelenergycenter.com

Anti-War Committee

Backgrounder

Join us for a day of patriotic, non-partisan, all-are-welcome events honoring our courageous military, and promoting what we all want - to bring them home safely!

Schedule of Events:

9:00 am - 5:00 pm - Straw Poll Canvassing: 9-5 outside the Fort Worth Convention Center

1:00 pm Pre-Rally Entertainment

1:30-3:30 pm Peace Rally Main Street, including:

• "I Miss America" Pageant
• Speakers - see list of speakers
• Musicians - see list of musicians
• 5:30 pm - Celebrate the American People - Texans for Peace after-rally fundraiser ($5 donation suggested)! at The Pour House

Speaker Biographies:

• Tunde Obazee - "Grand Poobah" of Empowerment Radio
• Carolyn Wonderland - award-winning guitarist and songwriter who knows how to rock the house.
• Col. (Ret.) Ann Wright - chair of Veterans for Peace who resigned from the State Department to protest the war.
  

PARKING INFORMATION:

On-Street Parking:

You may park in any of the On-Street parking spaces.

You may park in the lot by the Post Office and the CVS Pharmacy:

Turn onto Westminster Street (at the BB&T Bank) and take the second right, just past the CVS. You will be heading toward the Post Office, go around the right turn and loop back toward Westminster Street.

For additional information, please visit:

www.carrollcountyprogressives.com

Thanks,

Brad Brown

Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declaration of Peace campaign's nine point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq.

1. Phone them during National Call-In Days.
2. Join or organize a delegation visit or town hall meeting with your Senators and Representative during the August recess.
3. Videotape your interaction with your Congressperson and their staff, and post it on the DoP website.

- Start organizing mid-September nonviolent action in your city.

Carl Rising-Moore has asked that we pass along this information.

GW Bush arrived at the Crawford "ranch" on Monday August 13. The duration of his stay is not known, but it is suspected that he is starting his annual summer vacation at that time.

A continued presence near the ranch at the checkpoints is vital.

We feel its our responsibility to continue to stand up with our peaceful protests. Being close to Crawford, we have a unique grassroots opportunity to directly speak truth to power.

If you can spend some time at Camp Casey III, the checkpoint, or in the ditch with Carl, please contact him directly at 317-777-4805.

Transportation will be available from CC III to the checkpoints.

More information may follow on specific actions.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold, is for people of good conscience to remain silent." --Thomas Jefferson.

The People’s Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Coalition PHRF/OC is seeking your financial support for a critical human rights initiative to hold the US government, on all levels, accountable for the policies and decisions that resulted in the death of over 2,000 people in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast and the displacement of over 1 million in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. This initiative is the International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita which will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana August 29th – September 2nd, 2007 (see www.internationaltribunal.org for more details).

The goals of the International Tribunal are as follows:

1. Hold the US government accountable for its crimes against humanity;
2. Demand financial restitution and justice for the Survivors of Katrina and Rita; Advance the Katrina reconstruction movement;

More updates as available.

www.xcelenergycenter.com

Anti-War Committee

Backgrounder

Doors open at 7pm; open bar w/drinks & shakes all night!

Musical performances start at 8pm
* Domestic Workers United Calypsonians
* Mahina Movement
* Spiritchild of Mental Notes
& Soundscapes Courtesy of DJ Slim Hug

Join us for our third annual summer "Milk Shakes & Ice Cream" party taking place Sunday, September 2nd and get crunk for a good cause as the NYC activist community comes together to celebrate the summer season one last time!

$10 donation, $20 all you can drink & free milkshakes all night long!

Evite!

http://www.leftturn.org/

Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declaration of Peace campaign's nine point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq.

1. Phone them during National Call-In Days.
2. Join or organize a delegation visit or town hall meeting with your Senators and Representative during the August recess.
3. Videotape your interaction with your Congressperson and their staff, and post it on the DoP website.

- Start organizing mid-September nonviolent action in your city.

Carl Rising-Moore has asked that we pass along this information.

GW Bush arrived at the Crawford "ranch" on Monday August 13. The duration of his stay is not known, but it is suspected that he is starting his annual summer vacation at that time.

A continued presence near the ranch at the checkpoints is vital.

We feel its our responsibility to continue to stand up with our peaceful protests. Being close to Crawford, we have a unique grassroots opportunity to directly speak truth to power.

If you can spend some time at Camp Casey III, the checkpoint, or in the ditch with Carl, please contact him directly at 317-777-4805.

Transportation will be available from CC III to the checkpoints.

More information may follow on specific actions.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold, is for people of good conscience to remain silent." --Thomas Jefferson.

More updates as available.

www.xcelenergycenter.com

Anti-War Committee

Backgrounder

Bring an anti-war message to the giant Labor Day Parade in Detroit. Help distribute flyers starting at 8:30 AM on Monday, Sept. 3 – meet at the northwest corner of Woodward and Canfield. At 10 AM go to Grand Circus Park to line Woodward Ave. with anti-war signs and banners.

Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declaration of Peace campaign's nine point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq.

1. Phone them during National Call-In Days.
2. Join or organize a delegation visit or town hall meeting with your Senators and Representative during the August recess.
3. Videotape your interaction with your Congressperson and their staff, and post it on the DoP website.

- Start organizing mid-September nonviolent action in your city.

Carl Rising-Moore has asked that we pass along this information.

GW Bush arrived at the Crawford "ranch" on Monday August 13. The duration of his stay is not known, but it is suspected that he is starting his annual summer vacation at that time.

A continued presence near the ranch at the checkpoints is vital.

We feel its our responsibility to continue to stand up with our peaceful protests. Being close to Crawford, we have a unique grassroots opportunity to directly speak truth to power.

If you can spend some time at Camp Casey III, the checkpoint, or in the ditch with Carl, please contact him directly at 317-777-4805.

Transportation will be available from CC III to the checkpoints.

More information may follow on specific actions.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold, is for people of good conscience to remain silent." --Thomas Jefferson.

It's time we took responsibility for what our country is doing.

Almost a year ago, America went to the polls and sent a clear message to our government: it's time to bring our troops home from Iraq. But our responsibility does not end when we exit the voting booth. This war is being fought with our money and by our sons and daughters, and we cannot wait for the next election and hope that America's government will eventually catch up with its people.

It's time we went directly to Congress – not with letters or marches, lobbying or phone calls – we'll meet them inside the House and Senate chambers. Congress reconvenes after their summer vacation on September 4th. Let's be there to let them know that we are watching.

We are calling on Americans to join us in the Capitol on September 4th, where we will gather in the House and Senate chambers and, at a given signal, rise to our feet together to stand watch over our government.

Come join our rally on Labor Day to STOP THE WAR ~ BRING THE TROOPS HOME!

PeaceSurge seeks to enable everyone to spread the message of peace, nonviolence and justice. PeaceSurge creates simple ways that individuals and small groups can take actions focused on furthering the quest for planetary peace, nonviolence and justice.

"How Many More Deaths? No War on Iran! Troops Home! Impeach NOW!"

Rally on the steps of the City/county Building, 210 M.L. King Blvd. from 5:15 to 6:30 PM then council meeting starts at 6:30 PM when the City of Madison will consider an Impeachment Resolution.

The Madison city council will debate and vote on a resolutions to call for impeachment proceedings to begin against Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney. Rally will have street theater of mock funeral for a US Soldier and an Iraqi Child with the theme "How Many More Deaths Will There Be?"

A. If you live in Madison, please contact your alder and ask him/her to vote for the impeachment resolution. To contact your alder go here: http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/Council/

Or, if you know your alder's name use the following email address to send an email to your alder and cc all the other alders at one time. allalders@cityofmadison.com

Crossing the Color Line: From Rhythm and Blues to Rock & Roll

Join us for a very special evening with Mr. Julian Bond. In “Crossing the Color Line,” Mr. Bond presents the civil rights movement through a history of American music. He traces the melding of jazz, blues, country music and pop into rock & roll, stopping along the way to examine the influences of race, demographics, war, immigration and technology in this transformation.

From his student days as a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to his former position as Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Mr. Bond has been a leader in the movements for civil rights, economic justice, racial equality and peace. The holder of twenty honorary degrees, he is a Distinguished Professor at American University in Washington, D.C., and a Professor of history at the University of Virginia.

This is a free event.

Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declaration of Peace campaign's nine point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq.

1. Phone them during National Call-In Days.
2. Join or organize a delegation visit or town hall meeting with your Senators and Representative during the August recess.
3. Videotape your interaction with your Congressperson and their staff, and post it on the DoP website.

- Start organizing mid-September nonviolent action in your city.

Carl Rising-Moore has asked that we pass along this information.

GW Bush arrived at the Crawford "ranch" on Monday August 13. The duration of his stay is not known, but it is suspected that he is starting his annual summer vacation at that time.

A continued presence near the ranch at the checkpoints is vital.

We feel its our responsibility to continue to stand up with our peaceful protests. Being close to Crawford, we have a unique grassroots opportunity to directly speak truth to power.

If you can spend some time at Camp Casey III, the checkpoint, or in the ditch with Carl, please contact him directly at 317-777-4805.

Transportation will be available from CC III to the checkpoints.

More information may follow on specific actions.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold, is for people of good conscience to remain silent." --Thomas Jefferson.

Professor Norman Finkelstein was denied tenure at DePaul University in June. He was recently told that he would not be permitted to teach the three courses he had scheduled for this terminal year or be allowed in his office.

He will be teaching class anyway and will demand entry to his own office.

Join in a protest/picket outside the Political Science department building to show your support! Wear orange.

Wednesday, September 5, 10:30 am
990 West Fullerton, Chicago

Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declaration of Peace campaign's nine point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq.

1. Phone them during National Call-In Days.
2. Join or organize a delegation visit or town hall meeting with your Senators and Representative during the August recess.
3. Videotape your interaction with your Congressperson and their staff, and post it on the DoP website.

- Start organizing mid-September nonviolent action in your city.

Carl Rising-Moore has asked that we pass along this information.

GW Bush arrived at the Crawford "ranch" on Monday August 13. The duration of his stay is not known, but it is suspected that he is starting his annual summer vacation at that time.

A continued presence near the ranch at the checkpoints is vital.

We feel its our responsibility to continue to stand up with our peaceful protests. Being close to Crawford, we have a unique grassroots opportunity to directly speak truth to power.

If you can spend some time at Camp Casey III, the checkpoint, or in the ditch with Carl, please contact him directly at 317-777-4805.

Transportation will be available from CC III to the checkpoints.

More information may follow on specific actions.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold, is for people of good conscience to remain silent." --Thomas Jefferson.

National Call-In Day - Welcome Back Congress

Capitol Hill Switchboard: 202-224-3121

Join the nationwide effort to flood the offices of our member of Congress with calls demanding an end to the U.S. war in Iraq. Let's make it clear: there cannot be "business as usual" in Washington until effective action to bring all the troops home is taken!

Call your Representative and both Senators on Thursday, September 6th.

Tell them: I want you to act now to end the war and occupation of Iraq. The Congress has the Constitutional right and a moral responsibility to use the power of the purse to withdraw all U.S. soldiers and contractors from Iraq on a rapid and binding schedule. Four and a half years of this war is too long - it has to end now!

Not sure who represents you in Congress? Look Here.

Background:

Congressman Keith Ellison presents a Forum on HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS with special guest Congressman John Conyers, Jr.

On October 6th from 5PM to 8PM, there will be a celebration of the Constitution of the United States at Dogwood Dell. We the People, a Concert for the Constitution, will be a free party bringing together people who believe their constitutionally guaranteed rights are important.

There will be live music from fantastic local bands. Speakers will include David Swanson of AfterDowningStreet.org, Laura Flanders of The Nation Magazine and Air America, and Norman Solomon, filmmaker of "War Made Easy" and author of Made Love Got War.

Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declaration of Peace campaign's nine point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq.

1. Phone them during National Call-In Days.
2. Join or organize a delegation visit or town hall meeting with your Senators and Representative during the August recess.
3. Videotape your interaction with your Congressperson and their staff, and post it on the DoP website.

- Start organizing mid-September nonviolent action in your city.

Carl Rising-Moore has asked that we pass along this information.

GW Bush arrived at the Crawford "ranch" on Monday August 13. The duration of his stay is not known, but it is suspected that he is starting his annual summer vacation at that time.

A continued presence near the ranch at the checkpoints is vital.

We feel its our responsibility to continue to stand up with our peaceful protests. Being close to Crawford, we have a unique grassroots opportunity to directly speak truth to power.

If you can spend some time at Camp Casey III, the checkpoint, or in the ditch with Carl, please contact him directly at 317-777-4805.

Transportation will be available from CC III to the checkpoints.

More information may follow on specific actions.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold, is for people of good conscience to remain silent." --Thomas Jefferson.

A weekly peace vigil has been held in front of the Mendocino County Court House every Friday night from 5 to 6 pm for the last 5 years. All are welcome to come and join our demonstration. Dignity and respect for others is the only requirement. Bring your own peace signs or borrow ours.

FREE THE JENA SIX!

New Orleans benefit to support the Legal Defense Fund for the Families of the Jena Six

Dinner Reception for Families and Supporters

Fighting Bob Fest Kick-Off Event:
“Whose war is this anyway?”

Deliberations by Bob McChesney, founder of Free Press; John Nichols, the Capital Times; and Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater.

Tickets: $5.00 at the door; $1.00 convenience fee for tickets charged on-line at www.barrymorelive.com or over the phone at (608) 241-8633.

We need help at this event Friday starting at about 6 PM. We need volunteers to wear Bush, Cheney, Rice and Rumsfeld puppet heads and walk in a Chain Gang, to wear orange detainee jump suits and hoods and carry mock caskets, to carry impeachment signs and impeachment petitions and walk back and forth in front of the theater for an hour or so. The event should have 400 plus people and as many names as possible added to our impeachment petition.

See this site for what the Chain Gang puppets look like: http://backbonecampaign.org/chaingang.cfm

CHOOSE PEACE Benefit Concert

Purchase Tickets
$35 Regular price / $25 Students

Musical Guests:

• Emma's Revolution
• Randi Driscoll
• Free Radicalz

Speakers:

• Dot Maver, Executive Director of The Peace Alliance
• Tina Allen, Spokesperson for Hour Children
• Robert Jackson, New York City Council Member

Host:
Rob Graydon, Filmmaker

What it's all about:
This benefit concert will bring together musicians who support the Department of Peace, politicians who have endorsed the legislation and peacebuilders whose work would be enhanced by the Department of Peace. It promises to be a fun and exciting way to find out more about the campaign and meet local activists.

Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declaration of Peace campaign's nine point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq.

1. Phone them during National Call-In Days.
2. Join or organize a delegation visit or town hall meeting with your Senators and Representative during the August recess.
3. Videotape your interaction with your Congressperson and their staff, and post it on the DoP website.

- Start organizing mid-September nonviolent action in your city.

Carl Rising-Moore has asked that we pass along this information.

GW Bush arrived at the Crawford "ranch" on Monday August 13. The duration of his stay is not known, but it is suspected that he is starting his annual summer vacation at that time.

A continued presence near the ranch at the checkpoints is vital.

We feel its our responsibility to continue to stand up with our peaceful protests. Being close to Crawford, we have a unique grassroots opportunity to directly speak truth to power.

If you can spend some time at Camp Casey III, the checkpoint, or in the ditch with Carl, please contact him directly at 317-777-4805.

Transportation will be available from CC III to the checkpoints.

More information may follow on specific actions.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold, is for people of good conscience to remain silent." --Thomas Jefferson.

2nd Annual ONE LOVE PEACE, MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL

1 PM - 3 PM - Festival Youth Program - Writing, Music, Graffiti Wall, Peace Train Art, Parents' Dialogue Workshop and more!

Afternoon Program Flyer

7 PM - 10:30 PM - An interfaith music and arts extravaganza promoting greater understanding through unity in diversity.

Free and open to the public.

Evening Program Flyer

www.HamptonRoadsNetworkForNonviolence.org

Fighting Bob Fest is an annual Chautauqua featuring progressive speakers, networking opportunities, and entertainment. Fighting Bob Fest carries on the tradition of Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette by providing a forum for progressive ideas on issues facing Wisconsin and the nation.

Public participation in government has tragically eroded, corporations dominate the policymaking process, and elected officials systematically neglect the public interest in favor of private ones. Freedom and justice are defended through education, and the exchange of ideas promotes solidarity among progressives. To this end, Fighting Bob Fest strives to provide citizens with a forum for democratic participation where frustrations with current policies can be constructively molded into calls to action.

FARMERS AND VETERANS MEET IN MANHATTAN

“The War and Rural America.” is a public forum and meeting being held at The Warwick Hotel, 65 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Saturday, September 8, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. It is being hosted by: Farms Not Arms and Family Farm Defenders.

Kucinich to headline Rally for Peace Saturday

Listen to this article or download audio file. Click-2-Listen

Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio is scheduled to be the featured speaker Saturday at the Rally for Peace, which will be presented by the Palm Beach Democrats and the Palm Beach County Peace and Justice Coalition.

A nonpartisan peace walk will start at 2 p.m. behind the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., and the rally will begin at 2:30 p.m. inside the Kravis' Cohen Pavilion.

Elna Laun, president of the Palm Beach Democrats, said she has received calls from people around the state who plan to attend.

The event aims to demand action from Washington, D.C., to bring an end to the war in Iraq, Laun said. "This is tied to a national peace movement going on in the month of September," she said.

The SoFlo Raging Grannies are joining with the Palm Beach County Peace & Justice Coalition and the Palm Beach Democrats in a Peace Walk & Rally in West Palm Beach to demand action from Washington to end the war in Iraq. The short Peace Walk begins at 2:00 PM at the Kravis Center (701 Okeechobee Blvd.); the Rally to End the War will begin at 2:30PM in the Kravis Center Cohen Pavilion. Principal Guest Speaker will be presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). Join us! Let your voice be heard! Directions on: http://www.sofloraginggrannies.org/directions

Live Music, Performances and DJ

Saturday Benefit Featuring:
Statements by Family Members of The Jena Six
Da Truth Brass Band
Sunni Patterson
Truth Universal
Spoken Word from the Renaissance Society Poets
DJ
Food and Drinks
And more...

Sliding Scale, $5 - $15, no one turned away

Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declaration of Peace campaign's nine point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq.

1. Phone them during National Call-In Days.
2. Join or organize a delegation visit or town hall meeting with your Senators and Representative during the August recess.
3. Videotape your interaction with your Congressperson and their staff, and post it on the DoP website.

- Start organizing mid-September nonviolent action in your city.

Carl Rising-Moore has asked that we pass along this information.

GW Bush arrived at the Crawford "ranch" on Monday August 13. The duration of his stay is not known, but it is suspected that he is starting his annual summer vacation at that time.

A continued presence near the ranch at the checkpoints is vital.

We feel its our responsibility to continue to stand up with our peaceful protests. Being close to Crawford, we have a unique grassroots opportunity to directly speak truth to power.

If you can spend some time at Camp Casey III, the checkpoint, or in the ditch with Carl, please contact him directly at 317-777-4805.

Transportation will be available from CC III to the checkpoints.

More information may follow on specific actions.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold, is for people of good conscience to remain silent." --Thomas Jefferson.

"War Made Easy" reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations. "War Made Easy" gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq.

On 5/10/07, Rep. John Spratt betrayed the voters and troops of South Carolina's 6th Congressional District by voting to continue George Bush's disastrous Iraq War forever.

Democrats.com is looking for an "aggressive progressive" Democrat who will challenge Spratt in a Democratic primary in 2008.

Read our Candidate Guide.

If you are interested in running against Spratt, or know a good candidate who could run against Spratt, post a comment below.

September 9, 2007 - 8pm - The Need to Know Benefit Performance - All Proceeds go to VetStage

Read more here: www.vetstage.org

On 5/10/07, Rep. Dennis Moore betrayed the voters and troops of Kansas 3rd Congressional District by voting to continue George Bush's disastrous Iraq War forever.

Democrats.com is looking for an "aggressive progressive" Democrat who will challenge Moore in a Democratic primary in 2008.

Read our Candidate Guide.

If you are interested in running against Moore, or know a good candidate who could run against Moore, post a comment below.

On 5/10/07, Rep. Jason Altmire betrayed the voters and troops of Pennsylvania's 4th Congressional District by voting to continue George Bush's disastrous Iraq War forever.

Democrats.com is looking for an "aggressive progressive" Democrat who will challenge Altmire in a Democratic primary in 2008.

Read our Candidate Guide.

If you are interested in running against Altmire, or know a good candidate who could run against Altmire, post a comment below.

Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declaration of Peace campaign's nine point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq.

1. Phone them during National Call-In Days.
2. Join or organize a delegation visit or town hall meeting with your Senators and Representative during the August recess.
3. Videotape your interaction with your Congressperson and their staff, and post it on the DoP website.

- Start organizing mid-September nonviolent action in your city.

Carl Rising-Moore has asked that we pass along this information.

GW Bush arrived at the Crawford "ranch" on Monday August 13. The duration of his stay is not known, but it is suspected that he is starting his annual summer vacation at that time.

A continued presence near the ranch at the checkpoints is vital.

We feel its our responsibility to continue to stand up with our peaceful protests. Being close to Crawford, we have a unique grassroots opportunity to directly speak truth to power.

If you can spend some time at Camp Casey III, the checkpoint, or in the ditch with Carl, please contact him directly at 317-777-4805.

Transportation will be available from CC III to the checkpoints.

More information may follow on specific actions.

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold, is for people of good conscience to remain silent." --Thomas Jefferson.

Background:

Wayne County Circuit Judge Deborah Thomas is under attack for challenging the violation of constitutional rights in Wayne County Circuit Court. In 2004 Judge Thomas challenged the lack of representation of African Americans on juries when a jury panel appearing in front of her contained only one African American out of 30 individuals.

In response, Chief Judge Mary Beth Kelly ordered that all challenges to jury composition be removed from Judge Thomas and heard by herself. Recently, because of Judge Thomas’ insistence that the constitutional rights of all people, including the poor, be assured in her courtroom, Judge Thomas has come under further attack and is facing charges in front of the (all white) Judicial Tenure Commission.

Join us in a rally to counter General Petraeus’ Congressional testimony

Rally right before General Petraeus and U.S. ambassador Ryan C. Crocker testify before the House Armed Services Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee in the Cannon Caucus Room 345 at 12:30pm

The Venezuelan Labor Movement and U.S. Workers: What can we learn from each other? A Meeting with:

Marcos García, Leader of the Metro Workers Union of Caracas, Venezuela & Labor Attaché for the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC

What's Really Happening in Venezuela? Come Learn About:

• Constitutional Reforms
• Workers' Rights: Health Care, Education, Housing, Social Services, Pensions
• The 6 Hour Work Week
• Raising the Minimum Wage
• The Rise of the Venezuelan National Union of Workers (UNT) Factory closures & off-shoring
• Nationalizations of major corporations

Sponsored by Latinos Unidos de Michigan & US-Cuba Labor Exchange

For more information please contact Ignacio Meneses 313 587 9285

World Can't Wait - Chicago meets at ACME Art Works Mondays at 7 pm. Drop by!

Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declaration of Peace campaign's nine point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq.

1. Phone them during National Call-In Days.
2. Join or organize a delegation visit or town hall meeting with your Senators and Representative during the August recess.
3. Videotape your interaction with your Congressperson and their staff, and post it on the DoP website.

- Start organizing mid-September nonviolent action in your city.

An object (or an idea) is viral when it has the ability to spread copies of itself or change other similar objects to become more like (it) when those objects are simply exposed to the viral object.

A general strike is proposed for the United States on September 11, 2007, the sixth anniversary of the 9/11/2001 attacks on New York City, Arlington, VA, and Shanksville, PA. The general strike movement has no clearly named leadership. It's described as an Internet viral effort.

Wikipedia defines viral efforts on the Internet as:

An object (or an idea) is viral when it has the ability to spread copies of itself or change other similar objects to become more like (it) when those objects are simply exposed to the viral object. General strikes, more common in Europe, are events that shut down the normal operations of a city, state, or nation for a period of time.

The March of the People arrives in the People's Capitol. Follow their route and progress at: http://marchofthepeople.org/index.php.

In anticipation of its final steps into Washington DC, and thus the formal closing to the March of the People action, march organizers have announced a formal route into the Nation's Capital. This route is called "The Final 9."

It will begin at the intersection of Baltimore Ave. and Regents Dr, adjacent to Chapel Fields, on the University of Maryland College Park campus. Walkers are asked to congregate at 7:00 AM on Sept. 11. Step-off is at 7:30 AM.

The march will follow an 8.75-mile course along Baltimore Ave./Rhode Island Ave. The march will turn left at Scott Circle, onto 16th St. NW, and follow 16th St. to Lafayette Park, where it will end in a formal rally.

Cross-country walkers Mario Penalver and Elliott Nesch will be guest speakers.

March of the People is encouraging all citizens who would like to participate in "The Final 9" to congregate at Chapel Fields, at the University of Maryland in College Park, at 7:00 AM, on Sept. 11, 2007.

FREEDOM FROM FEAR CAMPAIGN - SEATTLE ACTION 9-11-07

The Freedom From Fear Campaign is a response by concerned citizens of Puget Sound to what they believe is a grave Constitutional crisis:

• The Defense Authorization Act of 2006 empowers the President to impose martial law in the event of any incident deemed by the President to be an act of terrorism.
• The National Defense Authorization Act of 2007 permits the President to command National Guard troops without the consent of state governors.
• The National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive gives the President dictatorial powers in the event of a "catastrophic incident."
• The Military Commissions Act suspends the writ of habeus corpus.
• Those who dissent against the invasion and occupation of Iraq may now have their assets seized.
• Presidential signing statements have nullified laws passed by Congress over 1,000 times.

Spend an evening celebrating our freedom of expression thru music, dance and spoken word (open mic time, too.)

Learn about the case for impeachment, find out about the campaign for a US Department of Peace, and discover great ways to work for change right here in Minneapolis...

Speakers Include: Coleen Rowley, former FBI agent and Time person of the year 2003, Marv Davidoff founder of the Honeywell Project, Chante Wolf of Veterans for Peace, Rome Hanson of Parents of Murdered Children and more...

Get INFORMED. Get INSPIRED. Get ACTIVE.

For further information contact jennifer @ (612) 414-7859, or jumolac@yahoo.com

Tuesday, Sept 11 at 7:15pm at Naro Cinema in Norfolk, Va.

NO END IN SIGHT The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq's descent into guerilla warfare, warlord rule, criminality, and anarchy, writer/director Charles Ferguson's jaw-dropping documentary is an insider's tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness, and venality. Ferguson examines how the principal errors of U.S. policy largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. And it asks the question: How did a group of men with little or no military experience, knowledge of the Arab world, or personal experience in Iraq come to make such flagrantly debilitating decisions? (102 mins)

Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declaration of Peace campaign's nine point Comprehensive Peace Plan for Iraq.

1. Phone them during National Call-In Days.
2. Join or organize a delegation visit or town hall meeting with your Senators and Representative during the August recess.
3. Videotape your interaction with your Congressperson and their staff, and post it on the DoP website.

- Start organizing mid-September nonviolent action in your city.

Ending the war in Iraq has been DFA's priority from day one, and we will not stop until every soldier is home. Now we're at another critical juncture. On September 11, General Petraeus is expected to report to Congress on the success of the "surge" in Iraq. He's supposed to outline our progress and our setbacks over the past few months.

But, we already know that's not going to happen. The General's report is going to "actually be written by the White House, with inputs from officials throughout the government."¹ President Bush will try to mislead the public again with a whitewashed progress report from Iraq.

We won't let him get away with it.

America needs the truth about what's happening in Iraq. The media must be stopped from blindly "reporting" more positive spin from the Administration.

Today's the day! It's National, nationwide, Act on Iraq day, a campaign for a national call-in day to Congress to end the Iraq War.

What do you believe?

(1) Do you believe that the Iraq War has distracted us from the real war on terror, and has diminished American influence and standing in world affairs?

(2) Do you believe that the death of even one more American soldier in this unnecessary war is too many?

(3) Do you believe that the $177 million we spend each day on fighting a misguided, poorly planned war is a national travesty?

(4) Do you believe that the Iraq War has made us less safe by straining our military to the breaking point, pulling our focus from Afghanistan where Al Qaeda has rebuilt its forces, and fostering the recruitment of hundreds if not thousands of martyrs aligned against the U.S.?

(5) Do you believe that Congress has denied the overwhelming will of the American people to end the war?

We're attending the Saint Paul City Council Meeting. www.ImpeachForPeace.org asks you to show up and wear impeachment shirts, buttons, etc. Signs are also allowed. Some people might wish to demonstrate outside the building, while others will likely want to attend the meeting itself wearing impeachment t-shirts or holding signs.

For details, contact Jodin Morey of Impeach for Peace:
612-328-1451 or use our contact page:
http://impeachforpeace.org/comments.htm

TIDEWATER PEACE ALLIANCE

Building to the Days of Decision: Between Now and September 14th:

- Lobby your members of Congress to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Ask them to pledge not to vote for more war funding and to support a real plan for peace: The Declarati