US
Occupations in Iraq, Killings in Palestine
Is
This Our Future?
Think Locally, Act Globally!
No Occupation! No Colonization!
No Blood for Oil! No Colonization
of Iraq & Afghanistan!
No Immigrant Bashing! Health Care Not Warfare!
Books Not Bombs! Schools Not Tanks! Bring the Troops
Back Home!
11/23 Alert!
Carwford Anti-War Protesters Arrested Near Bush's
Ranch!
Please call Crawford Police
Department: (254) 486-2678
Demand Their Release peace Activists ASAP! and
Stop harassing them!
War protester Dede Miller, the
sister of Cindy Sheehan, is arrested
Wednesday for camping along a roadside in
Crawford, Texas (Matt Slocum / AP)
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - A dozen war protesters
were arrested Wednesday for setting up camp
near President Bush's ranch in defiance of
new local bans on roadside camping and parking.
About four hours after the
group pitched six tents and huddled in sleeping
bags and blankets, McLennan County sheriff's
deputies arrested them for criminal trespassing.
Another dozen or so demonstrators
left the public right of way after deputies
warned them they would be arrested.
The protest was set to coincide
with Bush's Thanksgiving ranch visit.
The arrests were made by
more than two dozen deputies who calmly approached
the demonstrators in their tents and asked
if they wanted to walk out on their own or
be carried. Two chose to be carried. They
were to be taken to jail for booking.
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan
wasn't among the protesters Wednesday because
of a family emergency in California, but she
planned to be at the camp later in the week.
``We are proud to be here,''
Dede Miller, Sheehan's sister, said hours
before her arrest as she huddled in a blanket
at the campsite. ``This is just so important.
What we did in August really moved us forward,
and this is just a continuation of it.''
In August, hundreds of demonstrators
camped off the road during a 26-day protest
led by Sheehan, whose 24-year-old soldier
son Casey was killed in Iraq last year. But
a month later, county commissioners banned
camping in any county ditch and parking within
7 miles of the ranch, citing safety and traffic
congestion issues.
Earlier this week, three
demonstrators filed a federal lawsuit against
McLennan County over the two local bans.
During the last several weeks
of their summer protest, the activists had
camped on a private 1-acre lot that a sympathetic
landowner let them use. That land is about
a mile from Bush's ranch.
11/23/05 11:58 EST
Eureka, CA Recruiting Center Shut Down11/19/2005
EUREKA ANTI-WAR PROTEST
[IMC Indy Bay Media Center]
On November 18th, the Eureka Military Recruiting
Center was shut down for the day by approximately
200 protesters. Present at the protest were
students, peace groups, Buddhists meditating
for peace and people young and old who are
disgusted with Bushs war for oil. Participation
in this sparsely populated area was high,
partly in protest of police brutality and
the arrest of four cyclist on route to an
earlier war protest. Like the earlier protest,
a CHP helicopter brought in from Redding circled
overhead and police used scare tactics with
the presence of rubber bullet weapons and
tear gas launchers. No arrests were made but
at least 6 harassment citations were given
to protesters for such things as riding a
bicycle on the sidewalk and obstructing traffic.
Read
More
Past Coverage Of Eureka Anti-War Protests:
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Iraq Body
Count
Updates Number of Iraqi Civilian Had been
Killed
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/
More
on Iraq
The
US War in Iraq Costs:
$221,550,000,000
(as of: November 23, 2005)
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Iraq
Stand
Up! Get Up! Fight for Peace and Justice!
Oct 24: 2,000
Deaths Too Many!
Community actions at the Day After U.S. 2,000 Deaths
in Iraq
Please
post your local protest/vigil information at http://www.afsc.org/2,000/
Called by: Peace
No War Network, United
for Peace & Justice, American
Friends Service Committee, Gold
Star Families for Peace, Military
Families Speak Out
We are calling a
nation-wide actions to mark the 2,000th U.S. soldier's
death in Iraq by organizing actions that make visible
their deaths and those of Iraqis who have died in
this senseless war. We're supporting the call made
by UFPJ member groups -- American Friends Service
Committee http://www.afsc.org/2,000/
, Gold Star Families for Peace http://www.gsfp.org
and Military Families Speak Out http://www.mfso.org
-- for actions on the day after the U.S. government
announces the 2000th death.
Past News From Iraq and Useful
Information
Looking Back March - April 2003:
U.S. Invasions Against Iraq
Great Political
Animation by Eric
Blumrich
$80
Billion More for War?
No
Way! Bring the Troops Home Now
(by United
for Peace & Justice)
George W. Bush is asking Congress for
$80 billion more for the failed Iraq war, on top of
the more than $151 billion already appropriated. Congress
is gearing up to pour more money to "stay the
course" of the past two tragic years. The U.S.
presence on the streets of Iraq is fueling animosity,
motivating the armed resistance, and sealing the fate
for failed democracy in Iraq. Every extra day and
dime the U.S. spends on its reckless course in Iraq
deepens the suffering in Iraq and at home. Tell your
Member of Congress that not one more dime should go
to waging war in Iraq. Instead, the U.S. must end
the occupation, bring our troops home, and support
Iraqi sovereignty.
Contact your members of Congress at 202-224-3121
(9-5 EST) and demand no new war spending
Download
and distribute UFPJ leaflet on the real costs
of the war.
Post any protest or educational activities
on UFPJ
calendar | More
»
Past
News From Iraq and Useful Information
May
2004: Recent Photos Shows U.S. Military Brutality
in Iraq
At the Period of April, 2004
March
20 2004: News from Iraq
March
20: 2 Million People Around the World Still
Says No To
War and Occupations!
March
20 Mobolization News from Around the World
GENERAL
INFORMATION UPDATES
OUTREACH
MATERIALS ENDORSERS
CALENDAR
OF MARCH 20 EVENTS NEW
YORK CITY PROTEST
United For Peace
http://www.unitedforpeace.org
International ANSWER http://www.internationalanswer.org
Looking
Back March - April 2003:
U.S. Invasions Against Iraq
February
20, 2004 News
From Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti and More!
Feb
20, 2004 News
December
23, 2003
The Axis of Incoherence
Analysis by Jim Lobe (Inter Press Service:
Dec 11, 2003)
http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=21505
Nov
11 2003: Veteran
Day 2003 - Bring the Troop Back Home!
Stop Killing Iraqi People!
They
are the hated ones, the despised face
of U.S.. occupation in Iraq. But the
men and women who make up the U.S. forces
are living in a hell of their own.
Not
many of the U.S. soldiers in Iraq are
quite troops either. Some are "regular
army" mobilised from Germany, but
many are reservists called to duty early
this year.
Without
uniforms, they would be the Joe or Jane
you see on the streets of the United
States. Before they were called to duty,
many were students or government workers.
With
the death toll rising, and public support
for the occupation of Iraq waning, the
military is making sure no pictures
of soldiers' bodies are shown on television.
Most soldiers say they just want to
go home.....
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Nov
9 2003: News From Iraq
March
- April 2003: U.S. Invasions Against Iraq
April 10, 2003 Iraq:
Liberation of Occupation?
April 9, 2003: Good
Talking Points on Iraq
April
7 2003: Baghdad
War,
Weapons and Money in Iraq
3/25: Bush
requested $74.7B
for war in Iraq, that's they are stealing
$287 per American to kill Iraqi people,
or average $3290.5 to bomb each Iraqi with
new and
expensive weapons.
April 4: Latest
Information on Iraqi Civilian Casualties
March 24, 2003:
Information on Iraqi Civilian Casualties!!!
Hundreds
Iraqi had Killed/Injured by US Bombing
US
Censored TV Footage on Captured US POWs By
Iraqis
Reference,
Information About Iraq
Useful
Article, Web Links
Federations
of American Scientists Background Info in
Iraq
17
Reasons Not To Invade Iraq
Maps of
Iraq (large files, will take long time)
March,
2003 Emergency Kit to Stop the War!
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For latest media coverage, please check
the following non-corporate independent US
media:
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Counter
Recruitment, GI Resistance Watch
May
10, 2005: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR GI RESISTERS
http://www.CourageToResist.org
We urge you to join us in a "National Day of
Action for GI Resisters" on Tuesday May 10, 2005.
This is the day before the US military is planning
to bring sailor Pablo Paredes and soldier Kevin Benderman
before military court martial tribunals for their
opposition to the Iraq War. They face forfeiture of
pay and benefits, and military jail time.
On December 6, 2004, Navy Petty Officer
Pablo Paredes refused to board his ship as it left
the San Diego Naval Station in support of the Iraq
War and occupation. At the time of his refusal, Pablo
said he hoped his protest might inspire other GI's
to refuse to take part in the war.
On January 5, 2005, Kevin Benderman
refused to deploy for a second tour of duty in Iraq
with the Army's Third Infantry Division. At the same
time seventeen other soldiers from his unit went AWOL,
two tried to kill themselves and one had a relative
shoot him in the leg to avoid deploying.
Both men applied for discharge from
the US military as conscientious objectors. The military
has wrongly rejected both claims.
It's time for us to escalate public
pressure and action in support of Pablo, Kevin and
the thousands of other courageous men and women who
have followed their conscience to uphold international
law and to take a principled stand against the unjust,
illegal war and occupation of Iraq. It's time we had
their backs.
Objection and resistance by military servicepersons
is a healthy and important assertion of Democracy
in a country where the decisions to invade Iraq, to
maintain an occupation, and engage in widespread human
right violations and torture were made undemocratically
in violation of international law and based on continuing
lies and disinformation.
Please join us by organizing a public
demonstration, vigil or rally of support on May 10.
Every action, no matter how large or small is important.
Also:
* Send letters of support and donations to cover legal
fees to Pablo and Kevin via their websites listed
below.
* Come to San Diego, California (Pablo) or Fort Stewart,
Georgia (Kevin) to show your support during their
trials.
* Write letters to the editor, and help educate your
organization, church, union, school, co-workers and
community.
Resisting illegal occupation and war
is not a crime! The right to conscientious objection
is being systematically violated by the military.
Those objectors who are publicly asserting their rights
are being singled out for punishment. We demand that
military personnel retain their right to follow their
conscience, publicly dissent and that their basic
democratic rights be respected. A better world is
possible!
More info about Pablo Paredes:
http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=739997&s=29373878
More info about Kevin Benderman:
http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=739998&s=29373878
For May 10 actions, leaflets,
and more: http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=739999&s=29373878
Contact: courage@riseup.net
May
12, 2005 Sad News: Military Judge Convicts Sailor
Turned Anti-War Activist Pablo Paredes
May. 12, 2005 - A sailor turned anti-war
activist was convicted Wednesday in a special court-martial
of refusing to board the USS Bonhomme Richard as
it deployed to the Persian Gulf in December.
A military judge found Petty Officer
3rd Class Pablo Paredes guilty of missing his ship's
movement, but dismissed a second count of unauthorized
absence, ruling it duplicative.
The proceeding then moved into the
sentencing phase. The 23-year-old New Yorker could
receive a year in jail, a forfeiture of pay, reduction
in rank and a bad-conduct discharge.
Paredes had waived his right to have
his trial heard by a military jury.
Paredes, a weapons control technician,
refused to board the ship on Dec. 6 as it left for
a six-month deployment in the Pacific and Indian
oceans. The Bonhomme Richard and two other ships
were transporting about 3,000 Marines to Iraq.
At the time, Paredes told reporters
he did not want to be part of a war he views as
illegal and immoral. He said his military training
has taught him to avoid what he views as a war crime.
Navy prosecutors, however, blocked
Paredes' plans to put the war on trial during the
court-martial. A Navy officer reviewing Paredes'
request for conscientious objector status has also
recommended that it be denied.
Defense attorney Jeremy Warren said
Paredes passed up deals that would have minimized
his punishment in exchange for a guilty plea.
"He's not backing down from what
he did or why he did it," Warren said.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=750596
To check how you help, please visit:
http://www.CourageToResist.org
AmericasWatch
Haiti: Continue
Killing and People's Struggle
Important
Video from July 2005 U.N. Killing in Haiti
[Real
MPEG]
The
International Tribunal on Haiti
September 23, 2005
Washington D.C.
On Friday, September 23, 2005, the Director
General of the Haiti National Police Leon Charles,
UN Force Commander Lieutanant General Augusto Heleno
Ribiero Pereira of Brazil, and the Special Representative
of the United Nations Juan Valdes of Chile were convicted
of violations of Haitian law and international law
including crimes against humanity. This verdict was
delivered by the jury of the First Session of the
International Tribunal on Haiti. The Tribunal was
held in Washington, DC at George Washington University
at the Elliott School of International Affairs. More...
March
2004: The Military Coup in Haiti!
March
11, 2003: News From Haiti Crisis!
also
Useful
Links on Haiti
3/2:
Urgent from Haiti: Aristide's Safety in Danger! Upcoming
Terror in Haiti!
1. Defend
the Democratically-Elected Government of President
Aristide!
2. Stop the US Destabilization Campaign against
Haiti!
3. End the US Embargo against Haiti! |
March
2 2003: News From Haiti
History
of US Militray, CIA Involvemnet in Haiti
February
23, 2003: Haiti: Urgent Actions!!!
October
19, 2003: Urgent Actions on Colombia, Mexico and USA
Bolivia truly shows the
power of people's movement, the struggles against
American empire and U.S.-supported semi-colonial puppet
regime, and the Lozada's resignation. However, let's
don't forget there's still have many struggles lie
ahead on Mexico, Colombia and of course, in the United
States.
Latin America:
A growing Struggle,
and Assassinations...
February
7, 2003 News
Looking
Back 2002 to Look Forward 2003
December
30, 2002 News
Past
News
Nov
15, 02: News from the Americas
March
16 03: American Peace Activist Rachel Corrie
Killed by Israeli Army
GAZA
CITY, Gaza Strip - An American woman in Gaza
to protest against Israeli operations was
killed Sunday when she was run over by an
Israeli bulldozer, witnesses and hospital
officials said, it caome with the same time
when Nine Palestinians, including a four-year-old
girl, were killed during Israeli swoops in
the Gaza Strip on Monday that touched off
fierce battles with gunmen, witnesses said.
Witnesses
said Rachel Corrie, 23, from Olympia, Washington,
was trying to stop the bulldozer from tearing
down a building in the Rafah refugee camp,
witnesses said, when she was run over. She
was taken to Najar hospital in Rafah, where
she died, said Dr. Ali Moussa, a hospital
administrator...
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Nov
18, 02: Israeli Force Again Assault Palestine!
1)
Israeli Tanks Move Into Gaza City (Associated
Press)
2) Israeli Troops Seize West Bank City (Associated
Press)
3) Nov 16 Hear Palestine Briefing (Palestine)
4) Nov 15 Hear Palestine Briefing (Palestine)
5) Israelis fear war crimes arrests (Guardian) |
The Amnesty report About IDF War Crime is available
online at:
http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/recent/MDE151432002!Open
Chronology
of Siege in Bethlehem, April 2002 (Associated Press)
Updates
from Bethlehem (Jerusalem IMC)
(you decide which one you'll trust)
List
of destruction and vandalism by the Israeli Army
(by CODIP)
Question &
Answer: Background to the Israel-Palestine Crisis
Analysis:
Palestine, Iraq, Cuba and Venezuela--What's Oil
Got to Do With It? The politics of the covert oil
war, 2002 AD
Images
from Jenin after April IDF Attack
EnviroWatch
REPORT
BY WEST STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
War is Peace, Arms Racing is Disarmament:
The Non-Proliferation Treaty and the U.S. Quest
for Global Military Dominance
Western States Legal Foundation's new special report,
released in connection with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT) Review Conference now taking place
in New York, is now available on the web. War is
Peace, Arms Racing is Disarmament: The Non-Proliferation
Treaty and the U.S. Quest for Global Military Dominance,
May, 2005, examines aspects of U.S. nuclear weapons
programs that are receiving little attention, including
upgrades to the systems used to plan and execute
nuclear strikes and modernization of missiles and
other delivery systems.
The full report can be found at http://www.wslfweb.org/docs/warispeace.pdf
The summary can be found at http://www.wslfweb.org/docs/warispeacesumm.pdf
Corporate Environmental
Crimes, Global Warming, Toxic Pollution...
(I know it's the same old Crap Everyday..)
February
7, 2003 News
Useful Web Links
What
Happened Last Year, May Still Happen This
Year Again!
January
3, 2003 News
The industrialized North continues
in its attempts to send its hazardous waste
ships to
be scrapped in the shipyards of the developing
South, threatening human health and the
environment in those nations, charged activists
as delegates gathered here this week for the
conference of the Basel Convention on hazardous
waste trade. Also, the year of 2002
saw an increase in the Earth's average surface
temperature, is the second warmest in
the 160 years since instrumental measurements
of temperatures have been recorded, reports
the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
While Houston
Repeat as 'Fattest City' in the United States,
their nearby neighboring central American
countries, Some 700,000 Central Americans
are suffering from hunger today, including
6,000 children
at risk of starving to death, while the
international aid needed to finance a 4.8
million dollar World Food Programme (WFP)
emergency plan is only slowly trickling in....
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Past News
October
18, 2002: EPA, 'Chemical Killers', AIDS, Hunger
Children
Rights Watch
Hunger, War
and Struggles
February
7 News
THIRTEEN MILLION CHILDREN HAVE DIED IN ONE YEAR
from September 11, 2001 to September 11,
2002
world spending on war:
one billion dollars a year
more than two million dollars a minute
200 dollars a year for every inhabitant of the planet..
December
31, 2002 Year End Reviews..
Hunger
Watch
While US Government is Spending Billions of Dollars
going to War with Iraq, Little International Attentions
Had been Paid to millions of people across the country
who are facing the starvation, and thousands had been
die...
February
7 News
Immigrant
Rights Watch
November 9 2003: News
On Immigrant Rights Watch
Immigrant Rights Are Under
Siege!
1) Special
Registration Alert! (American Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee)
2) Immigration Enforcement and Native American Trust
Fund (Friends Committee on National Legislation
)
3) SUNY Immigrant Student Arrested and Detained
(DRUM -Desis Rising Up & Moving)
4) Congressional Forum Highlights Civil Rights,
Racial Profiling (APP)
5) Civil Liberties Update- Special Registration
(National Immigration Forum)
6) Report: Immigration in a Time of Recession (Center
for Immigration Studies)
Useful Links:
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
Immigration Law Advisory - Re-Registration Reminder:
http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=2116
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Special Registration
Update - Approaching Annual Deadlines & Other
Registration Requirements: http://www.aclu.org/Files/OpenFile.cfm?id=14196
Useful
Legal Information and Resources
More information
is available from the National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
'Know
Your Rights' pamphlet, available in
English, Spanish, Farsi, Arabic, Punjabi,
and Portuguese, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association
(AILA) Question
& Answer sheet.
Know
Your Rights-when you questions by the police,
FBI, INS, or any other law enforcement agents
Know
Your Rights!
Trainings and Wallet-Sized Palm-Cards (Spanish,
Arabic, English and Urdu) are available
from the Know
Your Rights Committee of CHRI.
You have these rights in the USA (regardless
of your immigration status!):
* You do not have to answer any questions
by the police, FBI, INS, or other law enforcement.
Do not talk without a lawyer. Say you want
to see a lawyer.
* You do not have to sign any paper without
a lawyer with you.
* You do not have to let the police, FBI,
INS or anyone else come into your house
without a "warrant" (special paper
from a judge). Tell your roommates not to
let them in without a warrant.
* You do not have to answer any questions
about your immigration.
* You do not have to show identification
unless you are driving a car. (Backs of
cards list places to call for legal assistance,
finding a lawyer, and other resources)
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Insane INS
January
16, 2003: INS Orders Men from five more
nations to
register in US
News
Summary
12/26
2002: INS & FBI Harassed and Jailed Foreign Students!
News
and stories
1) Foreign
Students Jailed in Colorado (Associated Press)
2) FBI Seeks Data on Foreign Students (Washington
Post, USA)
3) Background Information: International Students
in the United States |
The bogus USA Patriot Act design to
find scapegoats for their own failure and to blame
the "foreigners" are the caused of all problems.
It's been well know that INS had arrested and harassed
thousands of Arab/Iranian/Middle Eastern/north African
immigrants in the US, but also had been harassed and
arrested hundreds of foreign students in US.
Just yesterday, INS admitted they had
arrested at least six Middle Eastern students studying
in Colorado for minor "student visa violations,"
for not taking enough classes required by student
visa!
According from US Immigration and Neutralization
Services (INS), US foreign visa college students need
to at least enrolls in 12 quarter-units for undergraduate
programs or 8 quarter-units in graduate programs.
The INS & FBI harassed against foreign
students had been not very publicized but it will
be became a serious issue, since foreign students
has less legal and social support networks then immigrants.
Foreign students have no rights to work and not eligible
for any government benefits, nor due process of law
in immigrant cases--although they are paying 200-300%
more fees then American students.
For those who are not familiar with
US education system, depends on the school, if they
runs quarter system (11 weeks per quarter), generally
4 quarter-units for one class, for more information
check:
- Study in USA--Education System:
http://careerdowell.com/StudyAbroad/susa.htm#ES
- International Student Immigration Issues (some information
may be old!)
http://www.wave.net/upg/immigration/students.html
12/19 02:
500 Detained by INS, Thousands Protested in LA!
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12/19: Thousands came for
Protests INS detaining at Westwood Federal Building,
Los Angeles
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from Los Angeles
Independent Media Center
500 Plus So-Cal Residents
Detained Without Warning
UPDATE: Civil
Rights Groups are suing the Justice Department to
stop further detentions. --
Photographs from Saturday's Rally at the Westwood
Federal Building. -- An article from the SF Chronicle
reports on the INS
statement that all but 20 of the detainees had been
released by Friday. -- Earlier in the week, a
report
came onto the newswire regarding releases as well.
STORY: Arab, Iranian, and Northern
African residents throughout the United States went
to INS offices earlier in the week for a re-registration
program mandated by the INS. About 1/4
of them were then detained. Since these residents
went down to the INS offices voluntarily, the detentions
came as a shock to their families and the wider community.
Upwards of 500 Southern Californians, (young and old,
followers of differing religions), were detained.
As of Wednesday night, many still remain locked away.
It's fair to assume that others in similar situations
are also detained throughout the country.
REACTION: On Wednesday afternoon
there was a massive protest at the Westwood Federal
building, organized in large part by local Iranian
radio stations. Several thousand people came out to
support immigrant rights and condemn the INS' recent
practices. Here are 19
PHOTOGRAPHS from Wednesday's demonstration. Read
an on-the-scene
report from the protest. Listen to moving
testimony on the detention of Iranian immigrants,
posted on the
newswire, previously aired on one of the AM radio
stations that helped organize the rally. An attorney
at the Arab American Anti-Discrimination
Committee is interviewed
here on MP3 on Flashpoints radio.
STATEMENTS & ANALYSIS & ACTIONS:
The American Immigration Lawyers
Association has posted to the wire
asking for help in gathering detainee's stories.
The Muslim Public Affairs
Council held a conference
this Saturday in Long Beach where the Patriot
Act was of main concern. The Alliance
of Iranian Americans has released statement
addressed to the INS on the situation. They state
that they are raising legal defense funds for the
detainees. Here's a statement
from the Irvine-based website of the Green Party of
Iran. The ACLU
posted an
analysis of the situation and a discussion about the
possibility for further detentions. And though
the gravity of the situation requires that it not
be explained away by incompetence, here is a link
demonstrating the INS'
propensity to misplace paperwork.
ON THE HORIZON:
January 10 begins a
new round of registration involving non-US citizens
from a new list of countries. The Pakistani
Embassy in DC has asked for comments from the
Pakistani Community living in the US on how to deal
with the present situation.
[ Check out Global Indymedia's Feature:
INS
Interns Hundreds, Refuses to Report ]
Also: Armenians
Don't Need to Register in US (Associated Press)
Colombia
March
4: U'wa People Face US Oil Drilling Again
The
Report on March 24, 2003 National Colombia Mobolization
(From: Los
Angeles Independent Media Center)
The Current situation in
Colombia is worsen, partly because FARC increase attacks
on government, but mainly because US is sending a
large amount of money and weapons to the Colombia
in the name of "anti-terrorism"
Independent
Media Center had published many great articles
about Colombia: #1 Colombia
and the New Latin America, #2 Colombian
Communists are Victims of On-going Genocide, #3
Colombian
Narcofascism Raises its Ugly Head, #4 As
US Intervention Grows, Colombian Army Seiges Medellin
, #5 Pentagon
Sends Combat Troops to Colombia, #6 Marines
Ordered into Colombia, #7 The
Political Economy of a Narco-Terror State, #8
More
US Military Aids, Special Forces to Colombia,
#9 Colombia
is Like Vietnam, #10 New
Colombian Governmant Slams Door on Peace, #11
Noam
Chomsky Interview "US is Financing Murder of
Possibly Millions in Cauca (Colombia)", #12
White
House Promotes Terrorism and Drug Trafficking in Colombia,
#13 US
Offensive in Latin America: Coups, Retreats, and Radicalization,
#14 A
Savage Attack: Massacre in District 13, Medellin,
#15 Propaganda
and Plan Colombia, Perception Management of the U.S.'s
"Terror War".
Listen
to an interview with Manuel Rozental of the Canada
Colombia Solidarity Campaign on the effects of
Plan Colombia and the FTAA (Free Trade Agreement of
the Americas) on indigenous people.
There are many websites that provide
quality, in-depth coverage of Colombia and the US
intervention there. ZNET's
Colombia Watch provides exceptional updates and
analysis; and Rachel Gueveran had an excellent
article on Colombia and Corporate Profits in Z
magazine's Oct
2002 issue. Narco
News Bulletin features reports on major breaking
news, as well as penetrating analysis: check out the
article "Toward
Drug Legalization", as well as two critiques
(1,
2)
of Plan Colombia by Ron Jacobs (1,
2).
The web-magazine Counterpunch
often features poignant commentaries on Colombia;
here are six recent examples: 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6.
Detroit-based Labor
Notes has reported on, and regularly comments
upon, (1,
2,
3,
4)
the oppresion, and murder, of Colombian labor leaders.
Los Angeles based From
the Wilderness also offers regular commentaries
and investigative features (1,
2,
3,
4)
on the US role in Colombia. NACLA
is an excellent source for well-researched academic-type
analysis of Colombia, and their latest magazine features
an in-depth
analysis of the role of drugs in Colombian society
and its economy. And finally, the Center
for International Policy's Colombia Project's web-page
is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in
investigating US policy in Colombia, and it also provides
regular updates and analysis of the conflicts in Colombia.
Colombia
Human Rights Network is an excellent resource
for information about Colombia, and about activism
supporting the struggles for Human Rights and democracy
there. The Colombia
Support Network similarly provides updates as
well as information about how to get involved in the
solidarity movement with the people of Colombia.
Recently, Gerard Ungerman and Audrey
Brohy, the filmmakers who produced the most incisive
English-language documentary about the Gulf War "Hidden
Wars of Desert Storm", are in the final stages
of completing their new film "Plan
Colombia: Cashing-In on the Drug-War Failure".
The
synopsis of the film,
See
the 3-mim preview (Best for DSL Connections)
For on-going Spanish language coverage
of the crises in Colombia, check out Colombia
Indymedia.
Peace
Actions!
UFPJ Sept. 24-26
2005 Mobilization
Three Days of Peace & Justice Actions in Washington,
D.C.
Hold Bush &
Congress Accountable for the Deaths, the Destruction,
the Lies, and the Toll on Our Communities
Three Days of Action for Peace and Justice in Washington,
D.C.
Sat., 9/24 - Massive March,
Rally & Operation
Ceasefire Concert
Sun., 9/25 - Interfaith
Service, Grassroots Training
Mon., 9/26 - Grassroots
Lobby Day, Mass
Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Disobedience
Read
call to action
Download
mobilizing leaflets
Endorse
the mobilization
Sickened by the killing, the torture, the destruction,
and the spiraling human and financial costs of this
illegal and immoral war? It's time to let Congress
and the White House know: We're fed up and we will
hold you accountable! Join United for Peace and
Justice in Washington, D.C. for three massive days
of action against the war: a major march, rally,
and festival on Saturday, September 24; an interfaith
religious service and day of grassroots trainings
on Sunday, September 25; and a large-scale grassroots
lobbying day and mass nonviolent direct action and
civil disobedience on Monday, September 26.
Support for
Cindy Grows, Opposition to the War Expands
In a way that rarely happens, the action of one
woman has touched the hearts of people in every
corner of the country, moving many to take some
action themselves. Since August 6, Cindy
Sheehan has been camping outside the Bush ranch
in Crawford, Texas. Her straightforward request
for a meeting with the president has been met with
the same arrogance this administration has shown
most of the world. But while her call for an end
to the U.S. war and occupation in Iraq is being
ignored by the president, it is resonating with
people from all walks of life.
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The encampment in Crawford will continue until
Bush meets with this mother whose son was killed
fighting in a war that never should have happened,
or Bush leaves his vacation home and returns to
Washington, D.C. United for Peace and Justice urges
you to join this effort by taking action in your
own community. As strong as the presence is in Crawford,
the power of our movement rests in what each of
us does in our own home towns. This national movement
to end the war in Iraq must be as visible and as
determined as Cindy Sheehan.
May
Day Parade, 2005
(Independent Media Center) Precarity
is the most widespread condition of labour and life
in Europe today. For the fifth time, the first of
may, the worker's day, unenployed people, temporary
workers, work on call people, chain workers, part
timers, university researchers, which are part of
the growing net of precarious work and which signed
the Middelsex
declaration, will recall to everybody that precarious
work is actually the keystone of the production
process. Street actions, and a big parade will be
held in many europan
towns: Helsinki,
Jyväskylä,
Barcelona,
Hamburg,
Liege, Ljubjana,
Sevilla,
Milano,
Roma,
Copenhagen
, Leon, Paris, Amsterdam,
L'Aquila,
Marseille, Wien,
London,
Stockholm, Viterbo, Napoli
and Palermo.
The unbeateable
heroes of uncertainty are struggling for collective
rights and social cooperation, because "atypical
workers" are going to be very typical. [ euromayday.org
| MayDay
Netparade ]
Sunday, May
1, 2005 New York City
NO WAR, NO NUKES!
End the War in Iraq:
Bring Our Troops Home Now
Fund Essential Programs at Home, Not War Abroad
Abolish All Nuclear Weapons Worldwide
March and Rally Against the Iraq War &
for Nuclear Disarmament
Organized by United
For Peace And Justice
URL: http://www.unitedforpeace.org
May
Day 2005 New York Report Back
**Useful
Power Point Presentation about Why
We Need to Abolish Nuclear Weapons**
March
19, 2005: The World Says End the War!
March 19-20 marks the two-year anniversary of
the U.S. bombing and invasion of Iraq. There's a
new urgency and a stronger determination within
the global antiwar movement to bring the troops
home now.
Download
mobilizing leaflets
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your March 19-20 protest on UFPJ calendar
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list of March 19-20 events
LOCAL ACTIONS NATIONWIDE UFPJ calls on supporters
of peace and justice in every corner of the country,
in communities large and small, to organize local
protests against the war on Saturday, March 19.
On the first anniversary of the war, at
least 319 cities and towns across the United
States organized protests. This year there is the
potential to organize even more demonstrations,
and to bring more people than ever out into the
streets.
MAJOR REGIONAL PROTEST IN FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.
UFPJ is also supporting a major regional demonstration
in Fayetteville, North Carolina. We hope those of
you within driving distance of Fayetteville will
make this action your priority. Fayetteville is
home to Fort Bragg - ground zero for the 82nd Airborne
Division and many of the Army's elite units. It
is also home to a growing base of anti-war activists
and organizations: military folks, veterans, families
of active-duty soldiers and veterans, students,
workers, housewives, clergy, educators, all are
part of a vibrant, and growing, statewide network.
For details on the protest, visit the website of
the North
Carolina Peace & Justice Coalition, one
of the groups spearheading the event. | More
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August 27, 2004
Immigrant Workers Day of Action and Speak Out!
First of the week-long Counter RNC Mobilization,
New York City
Friday, August 27 4:00 AM - 10:00 PM
New York City, NY
Web: http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org
Information Hotline: (212)330-8172
Sponsered by National Immigrant Solidarity Network
August
29 - September 2, 2004
New York City Counter RNC Mobilization
Web: http://www.NoRNC.org
http://www.counterconvention.org
Books Not Bombs
Day of Action! - March 4th 2004
Called by: The National Youth
and Student Peace Coalition
URL: http://www.nyspc.net/home.html
SATURDAY, APRIL
12 2003:
NATIONAL MARCH on WASHINGTON
STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ!
Called by International ANSWER
TIME
FOR PEACE! TRANSLATIONS OF MEANING OF THE HOLY QURAN
March
15 03: Protest in Washington DC, San Francisco and
Los Angeles
March 5 03: Books
Not Bombs! National Student Strike
300 US schools expected to organize walkouts
More
Details Call
to Action
March
5 03: Latest Updates from Iraq
American Force in Gulf Approaches 300,000, In
New York,
Man Arrested for Wearing Peace T-Shirt
March
4 03: Latest Updates from Iraq
Iraq says US-UK raid kills six civilians in Basra,
also British uncover US dirty tricks to
win vote on Iraq war Secret document details American
plan to bug phones and emails of key Security Council
members...
Feb 15, 2003 News
February 12 03: News Updates from Iraq
Useful
Web Links, Information, Articles about Iraq
January
18 03:US Again Bomb Iraq, More US Troops, Chicago
Passed antiwar Resolution!
News
Summary
Jan
17 03: UN Says they Inspector Found Empty Warheads
in Iraq! US
Rejects March UN Report on Iraq, and 3 more aircraft
carriers head to Gulf Region...
News
Summary
Dec
10, 02: International Human Rights Day Americans
Tell Bush:
No War with Iraq!
News
Summary
Antiwar
Protests | Military
Situation | Cost
of the War
From Goshen, Ind., grannies collecting
relief kits to a "die-in" on an Ivy League
campus, Americans took to the streets Tuesday in mostly
small, low-key events to protest a possible war on
Iraq. More
than 100 people were arrested.
Yet, the Bush and Military still playing
their War Drums, desperately
looking for War, according from the latest calculations,
Experts, including Senator Joseph Biden, Chair of
the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, indicate
that the war may cost
as much as $80-$100 billion. In the worst case,
a war with Iraq could
cost the United States nearly $2 trillion, almost
as much as the government spent in the last budget
year - according to new projections.
While United
Nations' inspections in Iraq is still going on,
and the
oil-for-food programme still rolling. US and UK
Continue accusing Iraq human rights abuse for the
justification for the war, while double standards
on Iraq's
neighboring countries' human rights issues. Even
worse, sleeping with the same bad, corporate
media are manufacturing hoax and bias to support
and cheerleading upcoming war in Iraq.
Nov
8: Text of UN Resolution on Iraq
Nov
10, 02: Updates From Iraq
Nov
9: Hundreds of Thousands People in Italy Says No to
War in Iraq!
DÉJÀ
VU ALL OVER AGAIN
By: Phyllis Bennis
(Z-Net, October 15)
Feb 26 03: Virtual
March on Washington Agaainst the War with Iraq!
F15
2003: Millions March Worldwide To Denounce Bush's
War Plans!
Feb 15: Over One Million in Hyde Park, London
Feb 15, the day after Valentines Day,
the world witnessed an unprecedented and truly massive
outpouring of love in cities all over the world. I
speak, of course, about the peace demonstrations that
took place globally.
It was I've now read in various sources
the single largest day of protest in world history.
How many people does it take to set a record like
that? Estimates are that between 8 to 11.5 million
people took to the streets in peace to demonstrate
against the United States going to war against Iraq.
Our sheer numbers are now changing the
debate. We have assumed our rightful position as citizens
who demand that our leaders lead with morality, equanimity
and peace. Make no mistake about it: we are changing
the world right now by embracing peace and we will
continue to shape future political debate by continuing
to embrace peace.
F15
Reports from Selected Countries
News:
F15 March from Around the World
2002
PeaceNoWar/ActionLA Suggests Holiday Reading/Film/Music
Lists
Nov
17, 02: School of Americas Protest-Ft Benning , GA
Ten
Q&A On Antiwar Organizing
By Z-Magazine, USA
Oct
29, 02: New York City Support Immigrant Detainees'
Protest
Vote in peace referendum
http://www.votenowar.org
Help stop the war
The following link will take you to a web page that
allows you to send an E-Mail Fax to the
French Ambassador to the United Nations. Its automated
for your convenience.
Help stop the war. Thanks (it only takes a minute)
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/Iraq/StopWar101502.html
Oct
26, 02: Antiwar Protest Reports From Around the World
Major Coverage
Around the World by Indymedia:
IMC-DC | IMC-SF
| IMC-Germany
| IMC-Italy
| IMC-Barcelona
Afghanistan
April
30, 02 News: Afghan Warlord Fighting Kills 25
Recent
News from Pakistan/Afghanistan
GloboalizeWatch
March 15 03: Hungry
Farmers ... Speak Out
Oct
19 02: Tobacco, Cloning, Coke Vs. HIV/AIDS, Water..
MilitaryWatch
Nov
18 02: Big Brother is Watching Everyone
1) GROUNDED: The Feds DO maintain an air travel
blacklist (Salon)
2) You Are a Suspect (New York Times)
3) DARPA'S TOTAL INFORMATION AWARENESS (SECRECY
NEWS)
4) THE MYTH OF CYBERTERRORISM (SECRECY NEWS)
5) US Hopes to Check Computers Globally (Washington
Post) |
Nov
10, 02 Updates
US Department of Defense
Contracts for the Week of Nov 4 - 8, 2002
Total Amounts: 756,070,983!
Also: UN Report on Child Soldiers
Ignores Worst Offenders
Venezuela
May
17, 02: How Chavez Foiled The U.S.-Supported Coup
Please also visit Argentina IMC:
http://argentina.indymedia.org/
An extraordinary investigative report
by Greg Palast has revealed that Venezuela President
Hugo Chavez had advance warning of the April 11th
military coup and that US military officers participated
in his attempted overthrow.