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EVENTS
ALAMEDA
Alameda Peace
Network Monthly
Meeting
Sunday, June 1st,
2008, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Flores/Martin
Residence, 1216 Versailles, between Encinal & San Jose,
Alameda
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HELP ALAMEDA PEACE NETWORK COLLECT
SIGNATURES FOR THE IRAQ WITHDRAWAL INITIATIVE!
We have an unprecedented opportunity to
intervene in this election and make
the war the deciding issue
in upcoming months. As
of March 5, most of the American people
will have already voted in the primaries and will
no longer be focused as much
on who the presidential
nominee will be. We have a
choice: We can wait to see who
is elected and see if
they fulfill their promises to end the war, or we can take advantage of this window of
opportunity to place antiwar
initiatives on state and local ballots here and throughout the country and
support a referendum
on Iraq withdrawal. To that end, Alameda Peace Network, under the
auspices of the Ecumenical Peace
Institute
which originated the project, will be collecting signatures from
Alameda residents to persuade the City Council to put
the following proposition on
the ballot in November. If you can help with this project by
picking up a petition package
to collect signatures, please
contact Pat Flores at 769-9469, mskeels64@alamedanet.net.
Signed
petitions need
to be returned by June 15th. Instructions and materials are provided in the packages.
Shall the Congress and
the President of the United States end the U.S. Occupation of
Iraq and immediately begin the safe and orderly withdrawal of all U.S.
troops and
military bases, to be completed no later than November 4, 2009?
Shall the
taxpayers money being spent on the war be used instead to care for
our veterans, help reconstruct Iraq, and provide funding for unmet needs here at
home?
If
you believe, as we do, that the Iraq War should be the central issue in
this
election, a widespread
initiatives campaign is the best way to make our call to
end the war so compelling that the candidates and
the Congress will not be able
to ignore it. These initiatives will create an unprecedented grassroots
national
referendum for peace and help elect many more candidates who share our
views. It may be the
single best way to defeat John McCain, forcing voters to
choose between supporting withdrawal
and supporting a candidate who favors
endless war in Iraq.
If the cities and counties that have already
passed
resolutions against the war would simply put the issue
on the ballot, 25
percent of California
voters could vote to end the war.
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Norman
Solomon--Marin author of "Made Love, Got War" and "War Made Easy" will
be the guest
speaker at the Alameda Democratic club on June 11, 7PM.
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Weekly
Vigil at Oakland Federal Building
Tuesdays at Noon, 1301 Clay Street
(2 blocks west of 12th St. BART station)
This vigil began in the Spring of 1998, when Madeline Albright tried to
gain support for a war against Iraq. The
focus has changed over time,
and is now calling for an end to the Iraq
War and the occupation.
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BAY AREA
Thursday,
May 15, 7 pm
Cody's
Books, 2201 Shattuck Avenue at Allston Way
Berkeley 94704 510-559-9500
www.codysbooks.com
SHEILA
WELLER talks about GIRLS
LIKE US: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon—And the Journey
of a
Generation, a
groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most
important
musical artists, who remain among
the most
enduring and important women in popular music. Their epic stories trace
the arc
of the now mythic sixties generation. GIRLS
LIKE US is an epic look at three women who dared to break
tradition and
become what none had been before them—confessors in song, rock
superstars, and
determined adventurers. The Boston Globe
notes "Sheila Weller's new book…is a page-turner of the first order.
Weller stretches ambitiously to create three overlapping biographies of
these
pop stars. She succeeds by sheer force of will and by inner-circle
access that
helps her to interview seemingly all the friends, colleagues, and
family
members who knew them."
Sheila
Weller
is a New York Times
bestselling author and award-winning magazine journalist. She is the
author of
five previous books. She is the senior contributing editor at Glamour,
and a contributor to Vanity Fair.
Friday, May 16, 7 pm
Cody's
Books, 2201 Shattuck Avenue at Allston Way
Berkeley 94704 510-559-9500
www.codysbooks.com
RAJ PATEL
discusses STUFFED AND
STARVED: The
Hidden Battle for the World Food System.
Half the world is
malnourished,
the other half obese—both symptoms of the corporate food monopoly. To
show how
a few powerful distributors control the health of the entire world, Raj
Patel
conducts a global investigation. What he uncovers is shocking—the real
reasons
for famine in Asia and Africa, an epidemic of farmer suicides, and the
false
choices and conveniences in supermarkets. Yet he also finds hope—in
international resistance movements working to create a more democratic,
sustainable, and joyful food system. From seed to store to plate, STUFFED
AND STARVED
explains the steps to regain control of
the global food economy, stop the exploitation of farmers and
consumers, and
rebalance global sustenance.
Raj
Patel,
former policy analyst for Food First, a leading food think tank, is a
visiting
scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for African Studies. He has written
for the Los
Angeles Times and
the Guardian,
and though he has worked for the World Bank, WTO, and the UN, he's also
been
tear-gassed on four continents protesting them.
| Sat, May
17, 2008 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
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Armed
Forces Day - National World Can't Wait Day of Action Against Military
Recruiters
Berkeley Marine Recruiting Station
64 Shattuck Square Berkeley |
| Sat, May
17, 2008 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
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John
Yoo protest 5/17 at Boalt Hall Graduation
Hearst Greek Theatre
east side of campus, on Galey Rd. Berkeley |
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| Fri, May
23, 2008 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
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Our
Dreams Will Not be Recruited!
Eastside Cultural Center
2277 International Blvd. Oakland
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Monday,
May 26, 7:15 PM
Memorial
Day Vigil
Crosses
of Lafayette, Deer
Hill Rd. & Oak Hill Rd., Lafayette (across from Lafayette BART)
We will gather to honor those who have lost their lives in this immoral
war,
grieve the continued violence and destruction in the region.
Please no
candles. Please use crosswalks
| Sat, May
31, 2008 9:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
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Why
Socialism? Bay Area conference
Intertribal Friendship House
523 International Blvd. (near Lake Merrit BART/AC Transit 82, 82L,
801) Oakland |
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE CONVERGENCE FOR PEACE
2nd
Sunday of Every Month

Gather at 11:45am and begin walk at NOON
from north or south side on east walkway.
PINK ACTION
East Bay - Fridays 7:30-8:30a.m.
Passionate Pink Rush Hour Freeway
Please join us this & every Friday as we send a strong message of
protest to East Bay morning commuters. (Rain cancels). We will meet at
the foot of the pedestrian bridge of Addison in Berkeley. Wear your
warmest hot pink! For more info email
Norma at billnorma@igc.org. if enough folks show up,
we spread out to other overpasses!
NATIONAL
End
the War -- Bring All the Troops Home Now...Turn This Country Around


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