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Monday, March 31, 2008
Reel Bad Arabs

How Hollywood Vilifies A People

Dear all,

Our Eyes Wide Open documentary film series continues Sunday, April 6 at
8pm with "Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People" by Sut Jhally. 

Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People (2006)
Sunday, April 6, 8pm
Arcobaleno
Via Pullino, 1 (metro Garbatella, see directions below)

Film synopsis: "This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous
aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged from the
earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters.
Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, the film explores a long line
of degrading images of Arabs -- from Bedouin bandits and submissive
maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-wielding "terrorists" -- along the way
offering devastating insights into the origin of these stereotypic images,
their development at key points in US history, and why they matter so much
today. 

Shaheen shows how the persistence of these images over time has served
to naturalize prejudicial attitudes toward Arabs and Arab culture, in the
process reinforcing a narrow view of individual Arabs and the effects of
specific US domestic and international policies on their lives. By inspiring
critical thinking about the social, political, and basic human consequences
of leaving these Hollywood caricatures unexamined, the film challenges
viewers to recognize the urgent need for counter-narratives that do justice
to the diversity and humanity of Arab people and the reality and richness of
Arab history and culture." 

More on the film at: http://www.reelbadarabs.com

Join us for this interesting documentary followed by a lively discussion!

Arcobaleno requires a 5 Euro/year membership card, which is good for
discounts at exhibitions, theatres, etc.) Drinks and/or a light dinner available
during the screening. 

GETTING TO ARCOBALENO (see map: http://tinyurl.com/2cfl3m)
- By metro: Take the B Line to the Garbatella stop, exit towards via Pullino,
turn right and continue (200mt) across Piazza Albini to Arcobaleno.
- By bus: Buses 673 from the Colosseum area and 716/715 from Piazza
Venezia. See the ATAC web site for more options: http://www.atac.roma.it/ 

Upcoming films:
May 4 - The Fog of War (2004 Oscar for Best Documentary)
May 18 - The War on Democracy (John Pilger)

See our web site for more information and the full program, which runs
through May 2008: http://www.peaceandjustice.it/film-series7.php

See you Sunday!

Chérine, David, Gene and Ilona (Film Committee)
--
U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice - Rome
info@peaceandjustice.it
http://www.peaceandjustice.it

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iraq, culture, war, resisters

Thursday, March 27, 2008
Obama

Obama, Philadelphia 17th March 2008

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This is where we are right now. It’s a racial stalemate we’ve been stuck in for years. Contrary to the claims of some of my critics, black and white, I have never been so naïve as to believe that we can get beyond our racial divisions in a single election cycle, or with a single candidacy – particularly a candidacy as imperfect as my own.

But I have asserted a firm conviction – a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people – that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice is we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union.

For the African-American community, that path means embracing the burdens of our past without becoming victims of our past. It means continuing to insist on a full measure of justice in every aspect of American life. But it also means binding our particular grievances – for better health care, and better schools, and better jobs - to the larger aspirations of all Americans -- the white woman struggling to break the glass ceiling, the white man whose been laid off, the immigrant trying to feed his family. And it means taking full responsibility for own lives – by demanding more from our fathers, and spending more time with our children, and reading to them, and teaching them that while they may face challenges and discrimination in their own lives, they must never succumb to despair or cynicism; they must always believe that they can write their own destiny.

Ironically, this quintessentially American – and yes, conservative – notion of self-help found frequent expression in Reverend Wright’s sermons. But what my former pastor too often failed to understand is that embarking on a program of self-help also requires a belief that society can change.

The profound mistake of Reverend Wright’s sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It’s that he spoke as if our society was static; as if no progress has been made; as if this country – a country that has made it possible for one of his own members to run for the highest office in the land and build a coalition of white and black; Latino and Asian, rich and poor, young and old -- is still irrevocably bound to a tragic past. But what we know -- what we have seen – is that America can change. That is true genius of this nation. What we have already achieved gives us hope – the audacity to hope – for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

See here the entire speech.

In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination - and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past - are real and must be addressed. Not just with words, but with deeds – by investing in our schools and our communities; by enforcing our civil rights laws and ensuring fairness in our criminal justice system; by providing this generation with ladders of opportunity that were unavailable for previous generations. It requires all Americans to realize that your dreams do not have to come at the expense of my dreams; that investing in the health, welfare, and education of black and brown and white children will ultimately help all of America prosper.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
An Election Without Meaning

An Election Without Meaning

 By Peter Phillips
 
Will November 2008 bring a meaningful change to America? Will getting rid of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney without impeachment or indictment really make a difference? Will a 600 billion dollar war/defense budget be cut in half and used for desperately needed domestic spending? Will the ninety-three billion dollars profits in the private health insurance companies­­—those parasitic intermediates between you and your doctor—be used instead for full health care coverage for all? Will Habeas Corpus and Posse Comitatus be restored to the people? Will torture stop? Will all students in public universities be able to enroll for free? Will the US national security agencies stop mass spying on our personal communications? Will the neo-conservative agenda of total military domination of the world be reversed?
 
The answer to these questions in the context of the current billion dollar presidential campaign is an absolute no. Instead we have a campaign of personalities and platitudes. There is a race candidate, a gender candidate and a tortured veteran candidate, each talking about change in America, national security, freedom, and the American way. The candidates are running with support of political parties so deeply embedded with the military industrial complex, the health insurance companies, Wall Street, and corporate media that it is undeterminable where the board rooms separate from the state rooms.
 
The 2008 presidential race is a media entertainment spectacle with props, gossip, accusations, and public relations. It is impression management from a candidates’ perspective. How can we fool the most people into believing that we stand for something? It is billions of dollars of gravy for the media folks and continued profit maximunization for the war machine, Wall Street, and insurance companies no matter who is determined the winner in November.  
 
We must face the fact that the US government’s primary mission is to protect the wealthy and insure capital expansion worldwide. The US military—spending more than the rest of the militaries of the world combined—is the muscle behind this protect-capital-at-all-costs agenda, and will be used against the American people if deemed necessary to support the mission.
 
Homeland Security, the North American Command, mass arrest practices with the FALCON raids, new detentions centers, and broadened “terrorism” laws to included interference with business profits are all now in place to insure domestic tranquility through extra judicial means if needed. 
 
The two party corporate political system is having a HOMELAND presidential campaignHillary, Obama, McCain, Election, Lacking, Actual, National, Debate. It is time for real change, but it will only come with a social movement of reform in the tradition of the progressive, labor, civil rights, anti-war movements of the last century. We need to use all of our activist, legal, and political resources to reverse these threats to freedom. Naomi Wolf says it is not too late to prevent totalitarianism, but we have to act fast.
 
 
Peter Phillips is a Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University and director of Project Censored. Access to verifying facts and analysis for the issues mentioned above is available at www.projectcensored.org

 
If  US cry, Italy doesn’t laugh
 
 

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democracy, war, torture, censored news, world trade, resisters

Robert Kennedy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e51JnJPPY0E

Robert F. Kennedy challenges Gross Domestic Product
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Forty years ago, Robert Kennedy, gave a speech about the real wealth of Nations and GDP. Three months later he was assassinated.

What is the GDP, the Gross Domestic Product? A measure of the growth of society? The transformation into money, an abstract concept, of our health, of our time, of the environment? No one has ever calculated the COST of the GDP. The damage of empty sheds, of useless merchandise, of lorries that run around empty like maddened insects, of the destruction of the planet. No one has ever estimated the value of wasted time in queuing, the wasted years working to produce useless objects. Of the years thrown away to buy useless objects created by advertising. The time, The Earth, the life, the family (the only important ones) are concepts that are too simple for the GDP. A monster that devours the world. It eats it and accumulates it. It digests it and transforms it into nothing. The equation GDP=wealth is an enchantment. The useless products do not become useful because someone buys them.

”only when the last river dries up
when the last tree is torn down
when the last animal is killed
only then will you understand that money cannot be eaten.”
Creek Prophecy

Speech by Robert Kennedy, 18 March 1968, University of Kansas.
”We will never find a purpose for our nation nor for our personal satisfaction in the mere search for economic well-being, in endlessly amassing terrestrial goods.
We cannot measure the national spirit on the basis of the Dow-Jones, nor can we measure the achievements of our country on the basis of the gross domestic product (GDP)
Our gross national product counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage.
It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for those who break them. It counts napalm and the cost of a nuclear warhead, and armored cars for police who fight riots in our streets. It counts Whitman's rifle and Speck's knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children.
Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials.
It measures neither our wit nor our courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it tells us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans.
It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it tells us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans.”
(From Beppe Grillo)

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democracy, war, world trade

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Mission not yet accomplished

Not yet

The March 20, 2008 US Declaration of War on Iran

John McGlynn

March 20, 2008, destined to be another day of infamy. On this date the US officially declared war on Iran. But it’s not going to be the kind of war many have been expecting.

No, there was no dramatic televised announcement by President George W. Bush from the White House oval office. In fact on this day, reports the Washington Post, Bush spent some time communicating directly with Iranians, telling them via Radio Farda (the US-financed broadcaster that transmits to Iran in Farsi, Iran’s native language) that their government has "declared they want to have a nuclear weapon to destroy people." But not to worry, he told his listeners in Farsi-translated Bushspeak: Tehran would not get the bomb because the US would be “firm.”

Continua qui 

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war

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Send a fax


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Mission not yet accomplished? Heil, Congress of US!

Dear peace activists,

(Please forward widely!)

Today marks the beginning of the 6th year of the occupation of Iraq. In Washington DC, actions of mass civil disobedience are planned as well as protests throughout the country.

Despite the fact that public opinion has long turned against the war, Congress continues to fund it. The past Saturday, we held a protest in Rome with the "Ides of March: Et tu, Congress?" street theatre (see photos: http://www.peaceandjustice.it/g-march-15-2008.php)

Today, we are calling on all of you to send a fax -- with just one click from our web site -- to Clinton and Obama demanding they use their roles as Senators to block funding requests to end the war NOW, something both claim should happen immediately on their presidential campaign sites. Let´s hold them accountable!

SEND A FAX: http://www.peaceandjustice.it/filibuster/ (includes sample letters for both that you can personalize)
Send this message to your friends and family asking that they join in and  send a fax from our site. Let´s keep those fax machines ringing!
On Sunday, we also held a fundraiser for Iraq Veterans Against the War  and raised Euro 252 ($400) in support of their Winter Soldier investigation.  Thanks to everyone who contributed. We urge you all to watch the riveting testimony in which 50 veterans and active duty soldiers describe the reality  -- that we rarely, if ever, hear or see -- of the occupations of Iraq and  Afghanistan: http://www.ivaw.org/

If you weren´t able to make it to the fundraiser but would like to support the work of these courageous soldiers speaking out to end the war, and truly at the forefront of the anti-war movement in the US, you can donate online via the IVAW web site: http://ivaw.org/support

And finally, this is also marks the 3rd anniversary of our group. Over the
past three years we have organized and participated in numerous protests,
screened over 40 documentaries, written letters, sent faxes, including 1,700
to Rep. Conyers calling for impeachment, worked together with the Italian
anti-war movement and met people from all over the world. We´ve grown
stronger as a group and are as determined as ever to continue to do our
part to change this world. Thanks to everyone for all you do!

Peace,

Anna, Gene, Maria, Maria Chiara and Stephanie
U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice - Rome
info@peaceandjustice.it
http://www.peaceandjustice.it

...more than 1 million Iraqis and nearly 4,000 U.S. servicepeople killed, 2 million Iraqis living as refugees in other countries, with another 2.5 million displaced within Iraq, more than 1 trillion dollars spent ...

Mission not yet accomplished? Heil, Congress of US!

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iraq, peace, war, torture, nineleven, resisters

Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Stand up!

Stand up!

http://events.unitedforpeace.org/5yearstoomany

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iraq

5 years too many

19 March 2003-19 March 2008

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/

...more than 1 million Iraqis and nearly 4,000 U.S. servicepeople killed, 2 million Iraqis living as refugees in other countries, with another 2.5 million displaced within Iraq, more than 1 trillion dollars spent ...

Mission not yet accomplished?


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iraq

Winter Soldier

Hi,

I usually don't send videos around (as I said once before), but this one -- the testimony of a soldier during the Winter Soldier hearings -- is something to see and hear, indeed. 
The guy does not describe atrocities (committed in Iraq) of the magnitude that other soldiers have described during the hearings.  But
his social consciousness is exceptional.  It's in two parts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i5ZUfpxnV0&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iTdxBECos8&feature=related

Patrick

P.S.  You can hear the live hearings at http://ivaw.org DON'T enter "www.wintersoldier.com" since that is a right-wing site, set  up to make the real winter soldiers (of the '70's and today) look bad.

18/03/2008  (17.54.32)
______________________
       Patrick Boylan
   Dip.to di  Linguistica
  Università di Roma III
      via Ostiense 236  
    00146 Roma (Italia)
Tel:  (+39) 06.5733.8353
  Fax:    06.233.213.106
  @:  patrick@boylan.it
  Web:   www.boylan.it
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iraq, war

Sunday, March 16, 2008
No End in Sight

Dear all,

Reminder: Tonight, Sunday, March 16 at 8pm join us for the Oscar
nominated documentary "No End in Sight" by David Earnhardt.

This is also our Winter Soldier Fundraiser! During the screening we will
collect donations for "Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan" event organized
this weekend in Washington by Iraq Veterans Against the War. "Americans
have heard from the generals, they've heard from the politicians, they've
heard from the media... but they haven't heard the from the veterans." See
live and archived video at: http://www.ivaw.org/

Join us for this interesting film and bring your friends and family to support
these soldiers working to get the truth out about the occupations of Iraq and
Afghanistan!

No End in Sight (2007)
Sunday, March 16, 8pm
Arcobaleno
Via Pullino, 1 (metro Garbatella, see directions below)

Film synopsis:
"The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq´s descent into
guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, No End in Sight is a jaw-
dropping, insider´s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and
venality. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid
retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking
officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage,
Ambassador Barbara Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the Spring of
2003), Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell,
and General Jay Garner (in charge of the occupation of Iraq through May
2003), as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and prominent analysts.
No End in Sight examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S.
policy largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today."

See reviews on Rotten Tomatoes
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/no_end_in_sight/

Arcobaleno requires a 5 Euro/year membership card, which is good for
discounts at exhibitions, theatres, etc.) Drinks and/or a light dinner available
during the screening.

GETTING TO ARCOBALENO (see map: http://tinyurl.com/2cfl3m)
By metro: Take the B Line to the Garbatella stop, exit towards via Pullino,
turn right and continue (200mt) across Piazza Albini to Arcobaleno.
By bus: Buses 673 from the Colosseum area and 716/715 from Piazza
Venezia. See the ATAC web site for more options: http://www.atac.roma.it/

Upcoming films:
April 6 - Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People
May 4 - The Fog of War (2004 Oscar for Best Documentary)
May 18 - The War on Democracy

See our web site for more information and the full program, which runs
through May 2008: http://www.peaceandjustice.it/film-series7.php

See you Tonight!

Chérine, David, Gene and Ilona (Film Committee)
--
U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice - Rome
info@peaceandjustice.it
http://www.peaceandjustice.it

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iraq, war, torture, nineleven

Thursday, March 13, 2008
CITY LIGHTS NEWSLETTER

CITY LIGHTS NEWSLETTER

The International Zapatista Campaign at City Lights

City Lights is proud to announce the release of THE FIRE AND THE WORD, a comprehensive, illustrated history of the Zapatista movement, available in the U.S. for the first time in both English and Spanish-language editions. 2008 commemorates the 25th anniversary of the clandestine founding of the Zapatista movement in the jungles of Chiapas — and in that time a small group of dedicated activists and indigenous organizers has grown into an international movement, the inspiration for countless direct-action groups around the world. The Zapatista International Campaign will heighten its call to action in the coming months on the U.S. leg of its tour, which will include musical concerts and recordings, a photo exhibit, and the release of THE FIRE AND THE WORD, which captures the personal stories, political actions, and thoughts of the movement's prime participants. In the past four years, the Campaign has been presented in over 150 cities around the globe; now, for the first time, this border-crossing activist movement will travel through U.S. cities, hosted by community collectives and literary organizations.

As a companion to THE FIRE AND THE WORD, City Lights presents THE SPEED OF DREAMS by Mexico's enigmatic Zapatista leader, Subcommandante Insurgente Marcos. From a retelling of indigenous myths and legends to searing critiques of the U.S. war in Iraq and clandestine radio broadcasts from the jungles of Chiapas, THE SPEED OF DREAMS is a profound selection of writing that gives voice to the literary and critical genius of Latin America's greatest living writer/rebel. 
 
WORDS AGAINST WAR:
FIVE YEARS TOO MANY!

11:00 am, March 19, 2008
Montgomery and Market Streets (Montgomery BART), SF

featuring
Jack Hirschman, SF Poet Laureate
Guillermo Gómez-Peña, performance artist
Rebecca Solnit, author and activist
Youth Speaks poets
MC James Kass of Youth Speaks

It's been five years since the United States government invaded Iraq. Most Iraqis and most of the US public oppose the occupation. The US has spent $2.8 trillion on war and the military since 2003. Over 600,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed according to a recent Johns Hopkins study, and nearly 4,000 US troops have lost their lives. It's time to take action and speak out loudly to stop the war, end the occupation and bring the troops home now.

On March 19, the 5th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, there will be demonstrations around the world and a number of direct action protests throughout downtown San Francisco. Please join a selection of San Francisco Bay Area poets and writers who will be reading in the streets and joining the protests. We encourage everyone to come out to show their support for a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and an end to this senseless war. City Lights and Direct Action to Stop the War invite you to an anti-war read-out, featuring SF Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman, performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña, author and activist Rebecca Solnit, and MC James Kass of Youth Speaks who'll bring along a posse of dynamic Youth Speaks poets. Join us at 11:00 am at the corner of Montgomery and Market Streets, and then join a noontime action at the SF offices of California Senator Diane Feinstein.

For more information, visit ActAgainstWar.net, email takedirectaction@riseup.net, or call (510) 984-2566

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culture, resisters

Monday, March 10, 2008
But the wind still blows

Eppure il vento soffia ancora

But the wind still blows

 

Pierangelo Bertoli

P: A. Bertoli

(1977)

Http://www.seeklyrics.com/ 
 
 
 E l'acqua si riempie di schiuma il cielo di fumi
 And the water is filled with foam the sky of smoke
 la chimica lebbra distrugge la vita nei fiumi
Chemistry leprosy destroys life in rivers
 uccelli che volano a stento malati di morte
A bird sick barely death
 il freddo interesse alla vita ha sbarrato le porte
 Cold interest in life has crossed the doors 
un'isola intera ha trovato nel mare una tomba
An entire found in the sea a tomb
 il falso progresso ha voluto provare una bomba
 False progress has wanted to try a bomb
 poi pioggia che toglie la sete alla terra che è vita
Then takes away the rain to the thirsty earth,  life
 invece le porta la morte perché è radioattiva
Instead brings death because it is radioactive
 Eppure il vento soffia ancora
 But the wind still blows
 spruzza l'acqua alle navi sulla prora
 Spray water on the ships bow
 e sussurra canzoni tra le foglie
Whispers and songs between the leaves
 bacia i fiori li bacia e non li coglie
 Kisses them flowers and kisses not seen them
 Un giorno il denaro ha scoperto la guerra mondiale
One day the money has discovered the World War
 ha dato il suo putrido segno all'istinto bestiale
He gave his rotten to sign bestial
 ha ucciso, bruciato, distrutto in un triste rosario
 Killed, burned, destroyed in a sad rosary
 e tutta la terra si è avvolta di un nero sudario
 And the whole earth has been wrapped in a black shroud 
e presto la chiave nascosta di nuovi segreti
 And soon the new key hidden secrets
 così copriranno di fango persino i pianeti
 Thus cover mud even planets 
vorranno inquinare le stelle la guerra tra i soli
Want to pollute the stars war among themselves
 i crimini contro la vita li chiamano errori
Crimes against life call them mistakes
 Eppure il vento soffia ancora
But the wind still blows
 spruzza l'acqua alle navi sulla prora
 Spray water on the ships bow 
e sussurra canzoni tra le foglie
 Whispers and songs between the leaves
 bacia i fiori li bacia e non li coglie
 Kisses them flowers and kisses not seen them
 eppure sfiora le campagne
Yet nearly campaigns
 accarezza sui fianchi le montagne
 Caresses the mountains on the sides 
e scompiglia le donne fra i capelli Scompiglia
and women between the hair 
corre a gara in volo con gli ucce
it's running a race with flying birds
 Eppure il vento soffia ancora!!!
 But the wind still blows!
 


Push the picture for YouTube

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culture, civil rights, environment, peace, war, resisters

Zapatero

Zapatero

click the girls.

 

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europe, democracy

Thursday, March 06, 2008
Cynthia McKinney

Push the foto..

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Phillips
To: project-censored-L@sonoma.edu
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:34 AM
Subject: [Project-Censored-L] US Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney toSpeak March 13 in Rohnert Park, CA
Green Party Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney will discuss the authentic election issues we all think about — but seldom hear

Thursday March 13— 7:00 PM

Holy Family Episcopal Church

1500 East Cotati Ave.   (At Snyder)

Songwriter and Singer Peter Tracy will open the evening with songs from his album Eat the Rich.

$5-$10 Donation for Students for Media Democracy and Project Censored

Free for Students Non one turned away

Cynthia McKinney is a six-term former Member of Congress from Georgia running for President of the United States as an anti-war candidate.

She has consistently opposed funding for bloated military and secret intelligence budgets.

—Introduced Articles of Impeachment in Congress for George Bush , Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice.

—Championed, and passed in the U.S. House the Arms Trade Code of Conduct, prohibiting the sale of arms to known human rights abusers

-—Authored legislation to end the use of deleted uranium weapons;

-—Passed legislation to extend health benefits for Vietnam War veterans

—Challenged Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld on the missing Pentagon $2.3 trillion

—Questioned Rumsfeld on the military war games taking place on 9/11/01.

 

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civil rights, democracy, peace, censored news, nineleven, resisters

Monday, March 03, 2008

Dear peace activists,

Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 4, at 6pm there will be a candlelight march
organized by the Palestinian Community of Rome and Lazio calling for an
immediate end to the massacre taking place in Gaza and for a just peace in
Palestine. The march will be from Piazza San Marco (Piazza Venezia) to
the Colosseum.

Since last Wednesday, 110 Palestinians have been killed, including 22
children. Israel carries out its air strikes with US made Boeing F-15´s and
Lockheed F-16´s, Boeing Apache and Bell Cobra attack helicopters as well
as air-to-surface missiles produced by Hughes, Raytheon, General
Dynamics, and Lockheed Martin - all paid for by U.S. tax dollars.

USC4P&J endorses this march and we urge all US citizens and our
international friends to join us tomorrow in Rome. Meet at P. San Marco at
6pm. Look for our US peace flag or call 333 11 03 510.

See below the appeal from the Palestinian community, inclding the
endorsing organizations.

Thanks also to everyone who replied regarding the letter to the
Appropriations Committee opposing U.S. military aid to Israel. The
response was unanimously in favor of endorsement.

Join us tomorrow in Rome!

Anna, Gene, Maria, Maria Chiara and Stephanie
U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice - Rome
info@peaceandjustice.it
http://www.peaceandjustice.it


Roma 4 marzo

Fermiamo il massacro a gaza
Cessate il fuoco

La Comunita´ palestinese di Roma e del Lazio invita tutti/e a partecipare alla
manifestazione"fiaccolata", che si terra martedi 4 marzo alle ore 18.00 da
piazza San Marco al Colosseo.

Per una pace giusta in palestina.

Prime adesioni

Rete ebrei contro l´occupazione, Comitato con la Palestina nel cuore,
Associazione Amici della Mezza Luna Rossa Palestinese, Associazione
Wael Zuaiter, Forum Palestina, La rinascita della sinistra, PRC Nazionale,
PDCI Federazione di Roma, PDCI Nazionale, Donne in nero, FIOM Roma
nord (Fabio Palmieri)

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civil rights, israel, peace, war, palestine, resisters

 

About me

User: Whitebeard
Name: Urbano Cipriani
A retired teacher of history and litterature.

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