Fwd: Ant-War Demonstration June 5th, San Francisco

Ethel Tobach (tobach who-is-at amnh.org)
Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:05:41 -0400

>From: Ethel Tobach <tobach who-is-at amnh.org>
>Subject: Fwd: Ant-War Demonstration June 5th, San Francisco
>
>
>>
>>From: Ethel Tobach <tobach who-is-at amnh.org>
>>Subject: Fwd: Ant-War Demonstration June 5th, San Francisco
>>
>>Please let your folks and everybody else know.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> National Day of Protest JUNE 5
>>>> Pentagon and San Francisco
>>>>
>>>> San Francisco:
>>>> SAT. JUNE 5, 11:00 am
>>>>
>>>> Gather at UN Plaza
>>>> March to Dolores Park, 12 noon
>>>> Rally at Dolores Park, 1:00 pm
>>>>
>>>> Emergency Mobilization to Stop the War, (415) 821-6545
>>>> Volunteers and Funds Urgently Needed! Please Call!
>>>>
>>>> E-mail: emobe who-is-at actionsf.org Web: www.iacenter.org
>>>>
>>>> U.S./NATO bombs and cruise missiles are raining down on Belgrade,
>>>>Pristina, Novi Sad and
>>>>other cities, towns and villages in Yugoslavia, falling on Serbs,
>>>>Albanians, Hungarians, Romanis,
>>>> and Montenegrins alike. In the name of "peace," NATO has killed
>>>>thousands and destroyed
>>>> hospitals, homes, schools, universities, bridges, power and water
>>>>treatment plants, factories, and
>>>> more. In the name of "protecting human rights," the launching of the
>>>>air war has triggered a
>>>> refugee crisis, displacing hundreds of thousands of
people.
>>>>
>>>> As the bombing and its terrible toll escalates, the threat of a U.S.
>>>>ground invasion of Yugoslavia
>>>> looms. A ground war will mean the deployment of hundreds of
>>>>thousands of troops.
>> >>>
>>>> Now is the time to act! People in the U.S. helped end the Vietnam War
>>>>thirty years ago. We must
>>>> go into the streets to stop the expansion of this
new war.
>>>>
>>>> Yugoslavia is the fourth country-along with Iraq, Afghanistan and the
>>>>Sudan -- bombed by U.S.
>>>> military forces in the past eight months. Now we are at the edge of an
>>>>even wider and more
>>>> destructive war. We must act urgently to build a broad and deep movement
>>>>that says "NO" to this
>>>> madness.
>>>>
>>>> This Call to Action has been endorsed by hundreds of individuals and
>>>>organizations including:
>>>>
>>>> Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General; Angela Davis; Howard Zinn,
>>>>Historian; Alice
>>>> Walker; Rev. Lucius Walker, Exe. Dir., IFCO/Pastors for Peace; United
>>>>Serbs of America;
>>>> Bishop Thomas Gumbleton; Pam Africa, Int'l Concerned Family & Friends of
>>>>Mumia Abu-Jamal
>>>> S.F. Labor Council; Edith Villastrigo, Leg. Dir., Women Strike for
Peace;
>>>>International Action
>>>> Center; Peace Action; Yuri Kochiyama; John Dear, Exec Dir, Fellowship
>>>>of Reconciliation;
>>>> Mumia Abu-Jamal, author, MOVE supporter, political prisoner; Geronimo ji
>>>>Jaga (Pratt), Leslie

>>>> Feinberg, Author; Michael Parenti, Author; Manning Marable, Editor in
>>>>Chief, Souls, Columbia;
>>>>Women's Int'l League for Peace & Freedom; Ad Hoc Coalition Coalition to
>>>>Stop U.S./NATO War
> >>>> in the Balkans; Rev. Djokan Majstorovic, Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of
>>>>St. Sava, NYC; S.F.
>>>> Coalition on Homelessness; Vernon Bellecourt, American Indian Movement;
>>>>Sani Rifati, Voices
>>>> of Roma; Dorsey Nunn; S.F. Tenants Union; Keith McHenry, Food Not Bombs;
>>>>Sonoma Center
>>>> for Peace & Justice; Middle East Children's Alliance; ACTUP, East
Bay;
>>>>U.S.-Vietnam
>>>> Friendship Association; Green Party (S.F.); Gray
Panthers
>>>>
>>>> Contact Emergency Mobilization to Stop the War
>>>> 2489 Mission St. #28,
>>>> San Francisco, 94110
>>>>
>>>> UN Plaza is located on Market St. in San Francisco, just east of Eighth
>>>>St. and Hyde St. It is
>>>> nearest to the Civic Center BART or MUNI stations (1/2 block). The
nearest
>>>>parking is the Civic
>>>> Center Garage, entrance located on McAllister between Carlton B. Goodlett
>>>>(Polk St.) and Larkin.
>>>> Cost for the day is less than $10.
>>>>
>>>> The march route is approximately 2 miles, and will terminate in a rally
>>>>at Dolores Park. Dolores
>>>>Park is located on Dolores between 18th & 20th Streets. MUNI J-Church line
>>>>is located at the west
>>>> side of Dolores Park, and will return you to Civic Center. Fare is $1
>>>>exact change, coins or bill.
>>>>
>>>> Please bring sunscreen, water and food for the afternoon. We anticipate
>>>>food and drinks will be
>>>> available for sale at Dolores Park. The march is fairly level (for S.F.),
>>>>but there is one gentle hill
>>>> along the route. Call for information about disabled
>>>>transportation on the march.
>>>>
>>>> Organizer's Packets, flyers, posters, buttons and other materials are
>>>>available from the Emergency
>> >>> Mobilization. Please send an e-mail message if you would like to
receive
>>>>an Adobe Acrobat PDF
>>>> version of the flyer (file size 31K). Speakers and video are available
for
>>>>teach-ins and meetings.
>>>>
>>>>Volunteers are needed in the office, and donations are also urgently
>>>>needed. Please make checks to
>>>> the International Action Center, or for tax deductible donations to the
>>>>People's Rights Fund/No
>>>> War.
>>>>
>>>> Please call or write for the IAC book NATO in the Balkans, $20 each,
>>>>including postage.
>>>>
>>>> NATO Targets video is $19, including postage.
>>>>
>>>> Emergency Mobilization to Stop the War
>>>> 2489 Mission St. #28
>>>> San Francisco, 94110
>>>>
>>>> Phone: (415) 821-5782,
>>>> Fax: (415) 821-5782
>>>> E-mail: emobe who-is-at actionsf.org
>>>> Web: www.iacenter.org

>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Click Here for June 5 Pentagon Demonstration
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>JUNE 5 ORGANIZING CENTERS
>>>>
>>>>'WHAT YOU CAN DO'-NATIONAL
>>>>
>>>>'WHAT YOU CAN DO'-NYC
>>>>
>>>>Back to: NO to NATO
> >>>>
>>>>Back to: Protests
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Ralph Metzner, Ph.D.
>>>>Green Earth Foundation
>>>>e-mail: rmetzner who-is-at svn.net
>>>>fax: 707-935-8567
>>>>tel: 707-935-7257
>>>>P.O. Box 327, El Verano, CA 95433
>>>>website: http://www.rmetzner-greenearth.org
>>>>
>>>
>>> in Peace
>>>Marc Pilisuk, Ph.D.
>>>494 Cragmont Ave.
>>>Berkeley, CA 94708
>>>510.526.0876 voice/fax
>>>