STARTS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2008 OUTSIDE
THE WHITE HOUSE
END THE WARS AND BUILD THE FUTURE WE KNOW IS
POSSIBLE
NEW DATE - JOIN THE TENT CITY PROTEST WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6 AT
NOON OUTSIDE THE WHITHE HOUSE IN LAFAYETTE PARK
We are very sorry
about the change in date. Problems with the food and logistics. If Bush
starts bombing Iran before August 6th we plan to start the Tent City two
days later.
HELP BRING PEACE AND JUSTICE TO OUR
WORLD
Iran strike in the air as US and Israeli military chiefs
meet
June 24, 2008
Israel Prodding U.S. To Attack Iran
Bush Administration
Weighs Striking Iran's Nuclear Complex, Which Could Trigger 3rd War In
Region June 24, 2008
END THE OCCUPATIONS AND STOP BUSH'S THREAT OF WORLD WAR III
AGAINST IRAN - WORK FOR SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE, POVERTY AND
HUNGER.
We can start
building a world with peace, healthcare, education, food, housing, a
safe environment, and democracy. Experience the power of nonviolent
social change and the joy of building a community of resisitance.
Activists with an number of organizations including the Washington Peace
Center, CodePink DC, Washington Homes Not Jails, Propositon One and Food
Not Bombs met this May in Washington DC to plan some of the logistics
for the Tent City Protest. Proposition One has been protesting everyday
outside the White House for over 25 years. We agreed to start the main
action the August 6th to give us more time to plan. Everyone is invited
to gather at outside the White House at noon. WHY DO WE NEED
A TENT CITY PROTEST
The U.S. and Israel are planning to
bomb Iran. This could cause the global economy to crash. We are facing a
crisis. Millions of Americans are losing their homes and jobs as the
federal government spends billions on illegal wars and domestic
repression. The presidential candidates are offering no solutions to the
failing economy or addressing the crisis of climate change. They are
calling for war against Iran which could bring the world to economic
crisis. Twenty percent of the world's oil would be cut do to this
conflict. Oil prices are already causing hunger and driving millions
into extreme poverty. Barack Obama delivered a speech on Wednesday, June
4, before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee restating he is
willing to attack Iran if he is elected. Barack Obama delivered a speech on Wednesday, June 4,
before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee claiming he will
bomb Iran but said nothing about the domestic economic crisis.
"That starts with ensuring Israel's qualitative military
advantage. I will ensure that Israel can defend itself from any threat
from Gaza to Tehran. Defense cooperation between the United States and
Israel is a model of success, and must be deepened. As president, I will
implement a Memorandum of Understanding that provides $30 billion in
assistance to Israel over the next decade investments to Israel's
security that will not be tied to any other nation. First, we must
approve the foreign aid request for 2009. Going forward, we can enhance
our cooperation on missile defense. We should export military equipment
to our ally Israel under the same guidelines as NATO. And I will always
stand up for Israel's right to defend itself in the United Nations and
around the world. Finally, let there be no doubt: I will always keep the
threat of military action on the table to defend our security and our
ally Israel."
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is an
extream right-wing group aggressively calling for total war against Iran
even using nuclear weapons. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee
also promoted war on Iraq.
LOCATIONS TO MEET IN WASHINGTON DC
We
invite you to join us outside the White House at Lafayette Park at the
Proposition One Vigil.Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park
located directly north of the White House on H Street between 15th and
17th Streets, NW. When arriving in Washington DC you can stop at the
CodePink House at
712 5th St NE between G&H (5 blocks from Union Station- Red Line) Please
call the house at 202.290.1301 or email the house at
dc[at]codepinkalert.org. The house will be closed on June 28th through
July 4th but you are free to stop by before the Tent City Protest or
during the rest of the summer. You can also check in at the Washington
Peace Center at 1233 12th Street, NW,
downstairs.¬¨¬®¬àˆù¬¨ˆÝ¬à¬ƒ¬¨¬®¬¨¬Æ¬¨ˆÝ¬à¬ºCall the Washington Peace
Center at 202/234-2000¬¨¬®¬¨¬Æ¬¨ˆÝ¬à¬º or email them at
wpc(at)igc.org
WHAT YOU CAN BRING TO THE TENT CITY PROTEST
At first because of the laws against camping in Washington DC we invite
you to bring a life size card board image of a tent as well as a pop-up
tent that you can set up on the street. Food Not Bombs plans to provide
vegetarian meals so a bowl, cup and silverware is helpful. Also bring a
sleeping bag and plastic to cover yourself in the rain. if you can help
cook and have a propane stove, pots, spices and other cooking equipment
that is also helpful. Those interested in First Aid can bring medical
supplies. Bring a sign to announce the name of your organization.
Music, puppets, street theater is also welcome. Water jugs are also very
important as the summer is very warm in Washington DC.
Join the Tent City Protest to stop the U.S. attack on Iran, to end the
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while showing that we can create world free
from domination, coercion and violence.
WHY ARE TENT
CITY PROTEST EFFECTIVE
While marches, vigils and
rallies are important the Bush administration has shown it can ignore
these one day events. On the other hand long ongoing actions are
impossible to turn a blind eye too. Tent City Protests during the
Orange Revolution in the Ukraine, Camp Casey in Crawford, Texas, the 27
day Tent City Actions in San Francisco and the 600 day farmer's
action at the Bosnia and Herzegovina Square in Sarajevo were powerful
and inspired change. Activists are also planning to organize Tent City
Protests outside military installations, federal buildings and U.S.
embassies. All peace and social action groups are invited to join in the
tent city protest.
There is a vigorous debate about what
strategy might work to end the crisis caused by the "war on
terrorism." Rallies, marches and petitions haven't done enough to
stop torture, secret prisons, the use of cluster bombs against
civilians, wire tapping and data collection, laws such as the Military
Commissions Act and the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2007. At the same time actions to protect the
environment, healthcare, education and housing haven't been successful.
One strategy that has proven effective at bringing positive social
change has been the tent city protest.
We are facing an urgent
crisis. Bush is talking of World War III against Iran using nuclear
weapons, the global economy is failing for most, climate change
continues to become more urgent and the U.S. empire is using every
measure possible to protect its power. Bush has pointed to the power of
tent city protests to bring political change. Lets show him that we can
also bring democracy and peace to the United States. Join us in
participating in the Tent City Protest. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL PROGRESSIVE
GROUPS AND ORGANIZE A MEETING IN YOUR COMMUNITY!
LOOK
AT THE POWER OF PAST TENT CITY PROTESTS - The 2005
Palestinian / Israeli Peace Camp and actions to plant olive trees for
peace united the community
- The tent city protest outside the
Parliament Building in Kiev during the Orange Revolution restored the
democracy of the Ukraine.
- Thousands of protesters joined Cindy
Sheehan's Camp Casey outside Bush's Ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Her tent city protest brought our opposition to the war to world
attention.
- The National Coalition for the Homeless organized 250,000
to appear in Washington, D.C., in October 1989 with its Housing Now!
March.
- A coalition of homeless and peace groups organized the 27
day Tent City protest for homeless peoples rights in San Francisco in
1989 which ended the police violence and opened additional homeless
programs.
- The 600 day tent city action at the Bosnia and
Herzegovina Square in Sarajevo. The action was organized by the
Sarajevo collective 'food-not bombs!,' with the goal to support
the informal citizen group that has been gathering as of December 2005
in front of the Square of the earlier BH Parliament, and in order to
simply discuss and publicly talk about the problems that bear a heavy
weight on the majority of the Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens, female,
male, and surely all others.
Imagine a tent city that provides
universal healthcare, education, cultural events, free organic meals,
solar energy and provides an example of the world we can have if we stop
spending our wealth on war.
BUILD THE WORLD WE KNOW IS
POSSIBLEPLEASE JOIN US THIS SUMMER
STARTS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6,
2008 OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE
YOU CAN MAKE THE
DIFFERENCE!
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Protest in Ukraine |
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THE TENT CITY PROTEST IS ENDORSED BY: Voices for Creative
Nonviolence, Venice Santa Monica Food Not Bombs, Code Pink DC, The Iraq
Moratorium, Arlington Food Not Bombs, PeaceMajority Report, A Window on
the Peace Community in America, The Food Not Bombs Menu, Dayton Food Not
Bombs, Moscow Food Not Bombs, Proposition One, Washington Homes Not
Jails. Please contact us to endorse this powerful action.
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