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  • $17M slated for inaugural security would be better spent on armoring the troops
    21 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Their sons killed in Iraq, women speak out on whether $17M slated for inaugural security would be better spent on armoring the troops BY MARTIN C. EVANS STAFF WRITER
    January 20, 2005
    In November, Jeanette Urbina’s soldier son telephoned from Iraq with a simple request.
    It was cold there, Army Spc. Wilfredo F. Urbina told her. Could she send him a sweater?
    Three days later, he was dead. An explosive device had sliced into his Humvee while he was patrolling in Baghdad.
    Yesterday, (…)

  • Call for the 2nd National Assembly of United for Peace and Justice
    20 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Because the war in Iraq represents the U.S government’s unchecked drive towards global domination, and wreaks havoc on poor and working people at home and around the world, with ramifications so drastic we can barely imagine;
    Because this is a war, at home and abroad, against people of color and it must be ended in all its manifestations;
    Because the majority of people in our country and throughout the world oppose the war;
    Because hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been and continue (…)

  • Group to protest voter fraud during inauguration
    19 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    President George W. Bush will receive a bitter inauguration welcome on the Ithaca Commons this Thursday. A protest rally with speakers, music and an open mike is being held Jan. 20 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Bernie Milton Pavilion.
    "The umbrella reason we are doing this," organizer Fay Gougakis said,"is so we will unite people and point out the voting irregularities that happened in this election. I’m tired of the phrase ’conspiracy theory.’ There is legitimate concern that Bush (…)

  • Jan. 20 media coverage & more updates
    17 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    January 20 Update:
    Media coverage from NYTimes, NPR, AP & Reuters (see below)
    Funds needed for bleachers, sound, stage & more
    Spread the word about antiwar bleachers at 4th St. & Pennsylvania Ave. NW!
    Please share the following articles from the mass media with your friends.
    "On inauguration day Pennsylvania Avenue is where the action is" was the lead of the January 13 Morning Edition on National Public Radio. The NPR news story is among hundreds covering plans for the (…)

  • eFax Senators to Demand They Investigate the Election Fraud
    27 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
    10 comments

    Dear Americans, please act now, nothing else matters. George W and his cronies have lied to start a war, they lied about 9/11 and now they’ve BLATANTLY stolen the election. For those that have been following the ’voting irregularities’ since Nov 2nd, there is no doubt that this was a fraudulent election.
    If we don’t step up and demand our Congress investigate this and give us a re-vote, then Bush is America’s first dictator. It really is that bad. What will it take for you to stop your (…)

  • Save Our Votes March — Baltimore, Maryland, to Washington DC — Jan. 4th - Jan. 6th!
    26 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Save Our Votes March
    "From SELMA to WASHINGTON: 40 Years Marching For Our Voting Rights"
    Jan. 4th, 2005 through Jan. 6th, 2005
    Baltimore MD to Washington DC
    Begins Tuesday at 10AM, January 4th, Arrives Thursday January 6th at the Rally to Defend Democracy at the Federal Capitol in Washington DC.
    51capitalmarch is sponsoring Save Our Votes March, From Selma to Ohio to Washington a re-enactment the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights. The following is a brief description (…)

  • January 6, 2005 — Washington, DC — Defend Democracy Rally and Vigil
    26 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Defend Democracy Rally and Vigil is planned for Washington, DC, on January
    6th, the day the two houses of Congress meet in joint session to select the next
    president of the United States.
    It is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
    Upper Senate Park. "Make some noise and show the world how .... many of us there are!"
    Please join ReDefeatBush and the We Do Not Concede Coalition on 1/6/05
    outside the U.S. Capitol as we cheer on and then honor the leaders of the Constitutional (…)

  • Jan 3: Defend Democracy in Columbus, Ohio
    26 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    UFPJ joins Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in organizing Jan. 3 Pro-Democracy/Count Every Vote Rally
    On Election Day, problems throughout Ohio were reported all day long. In the days and weeks that followed, people throughout the state continued to point to many irregularities in the presidential vote. The voting machines were susceptible to glitches, mistakes and hacking, and even the Ohio Secretary of State Blackwell (who chaired the Ohio Bush-Cheney election campaign) admitted (…)

  • Anti-War Actions in Washington, DC, January 20, 2005
    26 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The DC Anti-War Network (DAWN) has called for a permitted anti-war rally and march, and it has called separately for nonviolent civil disobedience die-ins to draw attention to the dead at the hands of the Bush Administration. These actions have been called for January 20, 2005. We invite the entire world to participate in these events, which have been endorsed by Unite for Peace and Justice
    DAWN has applications and has general assurances from the authorities for permits for march and (…)

  • Denver : Martin Luther King rally, Monday, January 17. Rally at 9 am, march at 10 am City Park
    26 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    "For the sake of the hundreds of thousands trembling silently under our violence,
    I cannot be silent." Martin Luther King Jr.
    Speak Out, Bring the troops Home
    Billed as the largest Martin Luther King Jr. march in the United States, this
    annual event draws upward of 30,000 participants, gathering at City Park and
    proceeding to Civic Center Park for a rally.