Please attend our TOWN HALL MEETING: ENDING THE U.S. OCCUPATION OF IRAQ

MONDAY, MAY 19th, 7:00 - 9:00 PM

Local 1199 - SEIU Auditorium in MANHATTAN
310 West 43rd St. (Betw. 8th & 9th Aves.)

WHY ARE WE STILL THERE? HOW DO WE GET OUT?
WHY WILL IT TAKE MORE THAN SIMPLY ELECTING A NEW PRESIDENT?
WHY WE MUST TAKE ACTION NOW!

FEATURING SOME OF THE MOST ELOQUENT CRITICS OF THE U.S. OCCUPATION:

DANIEL JOSEPH BLACK
FORMER U.S. MARINE, VETERAN OF IRAQ
MICHAEL SCHWARTZ
PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY, SUNY STONY BROOK

DAHLIA WASFI, MD
IRAQI-AMERICAN PHYSICIAN

AND
CONGRESSWOMAN CAROLYN B. MALONEY NEW YORK, 14th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

It's time for NY Progressives to get organized with new thinking on how to stop this war! Join us for brainstorming and strategizing!

RSVP: aslater@rcn.com

We hope to see you there!

Saturday May 17th at 9am Pacific - 12 Noon Eastern - 16:00 GMT Click Here to Listen to Repeated Broadcast

NO LIES RADIO will broadcast LIVE the Winter Soldier hearing on Capitol Hill, where nine members of Iraq Veterans Against the War will testify under oath before the Congressional Progressive Caucus about rules of engagement, the killing and abuse of civilians, the use of drop weapons, and the true consequences of the troop "surge". The coverage of the special hearing to the Congressional Progressive Caucus will be hosted by Aimee Allison and Aaron Glantz of KPFA, part of the team that recently was nominated for a Project Censored award for KPFA's coverage of the Winter Soldier gathering in Silver Springs, Maryland this March.

Give some time to end the occupation of Iraq

We must keep speaking out against the "Emergency Supplemental Bill" that will fund the Iraq occupation into 2009 ($172 billion more). Congress will be voting on the Bill this week.

We're keeping the pressure on. We sat in Sen. Susan Collins' office last Thursday in Portland from noon until 5:30 a.m. and we're going back this Wednesday, May 14th.

We need a lot of people to participate!

There are a number of ways you can be part of the action.

Congress has heard from politicians, pundits, and generals, but not, up to this point, from the average boots-on-the-ground soldier.

On May 15th, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) begin the process of righting this imbalance with Winter Soldier on the Hill. Nine members of IVAW will testify under oath before the CPC about rules of engagement, the killing and abuse of civilians, the use of drop weapons, and the true consequences of the "surge."

Winter Soldier on the Hill will allow the US Congress to be more fully informed about the situation in Iraq through soldiers’ eyewitness accounts of the on-going military occupation, while they debate (more than likely for the last time during the Bush-Cheney administration) the funding for U.S. military operations in Iraq.

TOWN HALL MEETING ON ENDING THE U.S. OCCUPATION OF IRAQ

WHY ARE WE STILL THERE?
HOW DO WE GET OUT?

WHY WILL IT TAKE MORE THAN SIMPLY ELECTING A NEW PRESIDENT?
WHY WE MUST TAKE ACTION NOW!

FEATURING SOME OF THE MOST ELOQUENT CRITICS OF U.S. OCCUPATION

THE PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE:

REP. CAROLYN MALONEY TO ATTEND IRAQ TOWN HALL
HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET A CONGRESSWOMAN KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!

DAHLIA WASFI, MD
IRAQI-AMERICAN PHYSICIAN

MICHAEL SCHWARTZ
PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY, SUNY-STONY BROOK

Additional Speakers to be announced.

It's time for NY Activists and Progressives to get organized with new thinking on how to stop this war!

Join us for brainstorming and strategizing!

PDA NYCD14 TOWN MEETING TEAM

Evan Giller
Alice Slater
Jim McCabe
Barbara Harris
Al Ronzoni
Robert Jereski
George Spitz

Winter Soldier Comes to Oakland and Marin: Adam Kokesh of IVAW Speaks at the Oakland Federal Building, College of Marin; Visits East Bay High Schools

Kokesh will make counter-recruitment visits to East Bay schools - Address Federal workers at weekly Oakland anti-war vigil

WHEN: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
12:00 noon: Oakland Federal Building
7:00 PM: College of Marin, Student Center
TBA: Counter-Recruitment Visits to East Bay High Schools

WHERE:
At 12:00 at the Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay St.

At 7:00 PM at the College of Marin, Student Center in Kentfield. TBA, Counter-Recruitment Visits to East Bay High Schools

Winter Soldier Comes to SF: Adam Kokesh Delivers Stop Loss Congress Orders to Senators Feinstein, Boxer, Speaker Pelosi

Congress Cannot Go Home Until All the Troops Come Home! Iraq War Veteran, Bay Area Residents, Demand Congress Do Their Duty: End the War

WHEN: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 -
12:00 noon: San Francisco State University
3:00 PM: Stop Loss Orders Delivered to Pelosi, Boxer
5:00 PM: Action at Feinstein’s office with Code Pink
7:00 PM: Kokesh at Veterans Memorial Building

WHERE: At 3 PM at the Offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 450 Golden Gate Ave then, Senator Barbara Boxer, 1700 Montgomery St. At 5 PM with Code Pink at Senator Diane Feinstein’s office, 1 Post St. At 7 PM at the Veterans Memorial Building, 401 Van Ness Blvd.

As you may be aware, the Longshoremen are stopping work on the west coast on May 1st to protest the continued war in Iraq.
Since we were not aware of any "official" union actions in support of ILWU locally, the ad hoc May Day committee, made up of members of the Reno Antiwar Coalition, took it on ourselves to call for a solidarity demonstration outside the Federal Building at 10 a.m. on May 1st, demanding an end to the occupation.  Please join us there.  Any help you can provide is appreciated.
Paul Lenart

  Please join us if you can to speak the truth about Mr.

"IRAQ 2008"

Town Hall Meeting with featured speaker Cliff Kindy

An Evening of Education, Inspiration, and Discussion on Iraq and Ending the U.S. Occupation

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Indiana Students Against War and Bloomington Peace Action Coalition are pleased to present an evening of education and inspiration with Cliff Kindy, and offer the public an opportunity to come together to speak out about the war and military occupation in Iraq.

Cliff Kindy, organic farmer, pacifist, and long-time member of Christian Peacemaker Teams, has recently returned from Iraq. He will open the Bloomington Town Hall Meeting by speaking about his experiences living and working with the people of Iraq, and give an eyewitness account of life under U.S. military occupation.

Following Mr. Kindy’s presentation, everyone will have an opportunity to speak out –

• To ask questions,
• To give voice to the majority of Hoosiers calling for an end to the war, and