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A.N.S.W.E.R. Speakers Available Interested in spreading the word about the war administration in the United States and building a movement to stop it? Organize a teach-in or an event. A.N.S.W.E.R. has a number of speakers who are available to speak at events. Call 415-821-6545 for more info. Why We Say Bring the Troops Home Now Anti-War Candidate Forum — San Francisco Wednesday, October 15, 7 p.m. Featuring:
In this election year, the issue of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan needs to be central. The death and destruction continues along with a price tag in the hundreds of millions of dollars per day! As the U.S. economy crumbles, the war remains fully funded. We need money for people’s needs, not the war machine and Wall Street. Proposition V in San Francisco is also on the ballot, in an attempt to contine JROTC programs in city high schools, despite city and state policies forbidding it. Join us in a non-partisan forum focusing on anti-war positions, open to all San Francisco candidates. $5–$10 donation (no one turned away for lack of funds) Local Endorsers: Protest at Mortgage Bankers Associates Annual Conference — San Francisco
Moscone West
Sunday, Octobrt 19, 3 p.m. Protest during the Opening Ceremony of Conference Monday, October 20, 8 a.m. Protest during the Opening General Session where Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Chairmen will speak from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.. Initial sponsors: A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, Cindy Sheehan for Congress, Cynthia McKinney—Green Party candidate for President, Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines, Justice for Filipino Veterans, Code Pink, Nathalie Hrizi for Congress, Gloria La Riva/Eugene Puryear—Party for Socialism and Liberation Presidential Campaign, West County Toxics Coalition and Peace and Freedom Party. To endorse, please call 415-821-6545. half-page flyer PDF poster PDF A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition. To co-sponsor, please reply to this email or call 415-821-6545. VoteNoBailout.org/ answer@answersf.org DVD available for purchase: 'Palestine, Sudan and the Myth of a Humanitarian U.S. Foreign Policy'
At exactly the same time that the U.S. government is pretending to be concerned about suffering in the Darfur region of Sudan, it has joined with the European Union (EU) and Israel in seeking to strangle the Palestinian people. While calling for armed intervention to relieve the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, the U.S. and EU have cut off food, medicine and other critically needed materials to the Palestinian people. Israel has sealed off Gaza, one of the most densely populated and impoverished parts of the world; hospitals have run out of many medicines, malnutrition is spreading rapidly and poverty is soaring. Now, signs have begun to appear at anti-war demonstrations reading, “Out of Iraq In to Darfur.” What are the common aims that link together these seemingly contradictory U.S. policies? What should the position of the anti-war movement be? Speakers include Jess Ghannam, Free Palestine Alliance and A.N.S.W.E.R.; Isma’il Kamal, co-founder, Sudanese-American Society, and Richard Becker, Western Regional Coordinator, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition. $15 — DVD (28 min) To purchase a copy, call 415-821-6545 or email answer@actionsf.org. Statements of Five Cubans Sentenced in Miami for Defending Cuban and U.S. Citizens From Terrorism — A Must Read!
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RESISTING THE EMPIRE
Ongoing Campaign The U.S. Blockade of Cuba
Free Mumia Abu Jamal The struggle to free Mumia on Death Row www.mumia.org "We stand with Mumia as we stand with the Palestinian people, with the Colombian people, with the people of Cuba. We stand with Mumia as we stand with our brothers and sisters who rebelled in the streets of Quebec against the imperialsist world order and in the streets of Cincinnati against racist police. "We stand with Mumia as we stand with all those around the world who are resisting the U.S Empire." —Gloria La Riva, Western Co-Coordinator of the IAC The Case of the Angola Three National Coalition to Free the Angola Three The National Coalition to Free the Angola Three was formed in 1999 to find justice for three innocent and wrongfully convicted men locked down at Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, for nearly three decades. All three men—Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King Wilkerson—fought for prison reform in the early 1970s. As a result, they were targeted by prison officials who eventually framed them for crimes they did not commit. Each has remained principled and politically active in spite of their brutal, long-term confinement. We have had one victory: Robert King Wilkerson was released on February 8, 2001. Today, Wilkerson— along with this coalition—is dedicated to finding justice for Woodfox and Wallace, and exposing the prison industrial complex for what it is. Meanwhile, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox remain locked down in 6’ by 9’ cells, for 23 hours a day, at Angola. "Arbitrary Cruelty, Louisiana Style" (PDF version) Protest at Angola Prison Court of Appeals Ruling
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