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• Common Dreams News Center (Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community)
• Cursor.org
• Democracy Now!
• Pacifica Radio
• FAIR,the national media watch group
• MotherJones magazine online
• From the Wilderness Publications (News & Views from the left)
• InformationTimes.com (America's Daily International Newspaper)
• TomPaine.commonsense(mostly commentary)
• T R U T H O U T  (news, politics)
• CounterPunch("the stories that the corporate press never prints")
• Al-Jazeerah in English
• Howard Zinn (commentary)
• What Really Happened ("The history the goverment hopes you don't learn." A great source for news, updated frequently.)
• INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE ("News you won't find on CNN or Fox.")
• Keystone Report (The real alternative news source for the people of Pennsylvania)
• AlterNet.org
• "BuzzFlash provides headlines, news, and commentary for a geographically-diverse, politically-savvy, pro-democracy, anti-hypocrisy web audience, reaching a million visitors a month and growing."
• Spin of the Day ("Daily reporting on public relations, propaganda and media spin.")

April 16

Quotes
• "Stuff happens," Rumsfeld said. (in reaction to criticism on Iraq looting)
• "It's untidy. And freedom's untidy. And free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things," stormed Rumsfeld, his hand chopping the air for emphasis in response to reporters' questions at a Pentagon briefing. (Reuters)
• "I'm happy that Saddam Hussein is gone. I don't care if the Americans are here or not. But nothing has changed for me. I am out of jail, but I have no job, nowhere to live."

MEHEDI JEBEL ABED, who was jailed under Saddam Hussein for complaining about food.
• "Peace cannot be kept by force,  it can only be achieved by understanding."-- Albert Einstein
• "Unless someone like you cares a whole lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."-- Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
News
• House Endorses Oil Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

April 11, 2003
By CARL HULSE
• Gay Student Claims School Forced Him To Read Bible Verses

Student's Mother Files Federal Lawsuit
POSTED: 9:34 a.m. EDT April 10, 2003
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A 14-year-old Arkansas boy who says he's gay claims that his public school teachers forced him to read from the Bible and suspended him for talking about homosexuality.
• Chicago and Police Face Suit Over Jailing of War Protesters

April 11, 2003
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
CHICAGO, April 10 - The local chapter of the National
Lawyers Guild filed a class action lawsuit against the city
and its police department today for what it called the
unlawful arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of people in
an antiwar protest last month.
• U.S. Plans to Run Iraqi Oil for a While

Fri Apr 11,12:55 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to run Iraq (news - web sites)'s oil industry until an Iraqi interim authority can be formed to take it over, sources familiar with the evolving plan said on Friday.
• U.S. Reacts to Criticism on Iraq Looting

By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - The military on Friday rejected criticism that it is allowing a wave of looting and violence in its wake in Iraq (news - web sites), saying troops must remain focused on combat, not restoring order.
• Congress Completes $2.27T Budget Outline

By MARY DALRYMPLE, AP Tax Writer
WASHINGTON - Congress approved a record $2.27 trillion federal budget Friday, winning a razor-thin Senate victory after Republican leaders promised to limit new tax cuts to half the amount President Bush has proposed.
• House Passes Pro-Development Energy Bill

By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - The House approved nearly $19 billion in tax breaks Friday for energy companies and power producers and set up a showdown with the Senate over energy policy, particularly oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge.
• Worldwide Executions Down in 2002

Fri Apr 11,12:53 PM ET
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - The number of people executed by governments worldwide fell dramatically last year, but increased in the United States, which is the only known country to apply the death penalty for crimes committed as juveniles, Amnesty International reported Friday.
The report, "Death Penalty Worldwide: Developments in 2002," said that 1,526 people were known to be executed in 31 countries in 2002. China, Iran and the United States accounted for 81 percent of all executions.
• See related story, next.
• U.S. Won't Reproach China on Human Rights

By GEORGE GEDDA, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Two weeks after declaring that China had a poor human rights record, the State Department said Friday it will not seek a resolution criticizing China in the top United Nations rights forum.
• AND the next story.
• Inattention Common in Many Local Lockups

By TIM WHITMIRE, Associated Press Writer
MURPHY, N.C. - Lee Wood was locked up in the Cherokee County Jail last summer on charges of possessing marijuana and stolen goods. He ended up dead on the jailhouse floor in less than a week.
• Bush: Syria Must Deny Refuge to Saddam Loyalists

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) said on Friday Syria must deny refuge to any loyalists of Iraq (news - web sites)'s toppled leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), as a U.S. official said Syria was understood to have closed its border with Iraq.
• See related story, next.
• Most Americans say they don't want or expect another war

Fri Apr 11, 5:40 AM ET
Richard Benedetto USA TODAY
WASHINGTON -- Two-thirds of Americans have little stomach for extending the Iraq (news - web sites) war to other so-called rogue nations that might aid terrorists or develop weapons of mass destruction, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows.
• Syria Says Willing to Work with U.S. to Help Iraqis

By Inal Ersan
DAMASCUS, Syria (Reuters) - Syria said Wednesday it was willing to cooperate with the United States in the interest of Iraqis but would not close the offices of militant Palestinian groups, one of Washington's long-standing demands.
• Split-second, no-choice decision haunts unit

Fri Apr 11, 5:39 AM ET
Gregg Zoroya USA TODAY
BAGHDAD It wasn't supposed to be this way. They weren't supposed to kill one of their own. But each night, soldiers in the Headquarters Company, 4/64 Task Force, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, go to sleep thinking about Capt. Ed Korn -- a man they barely knew but now can never forget.
• Judge Upholds 'Dolphin-Safe' Definition

Fri Apr 11, 5:23 AM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has upheld the current definition of the "dolphin-safe" tuna label and barred the Bush administration from altering it, handing a victory for environmentalists.
• Indian defence minister joins Pakistan pre-emptive strike chorus

Fri Apr 11, 5:53 AM ET
JODHPUR, India (AFP) - Defence Minister George Fernandes reiterated Indian warnings that Pakistan was a prime case for pre-emptive strikes.
• Kim Jong-Il visited China, won nuclear crisis backing -- report

Fri Apr 11, 3:46 AM ET
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il paid a secret visit to China last month, shortly after the start of the war in Iraq, according to a US-based global intelligence consultancy citing Russian intelligence sources.
• More DC Cameras To Eye Protesters

Thu Apr 10, 9:21 PM ET
(Washington) - Protesters who make their way to the District this weekend will face not only TV cameras, but a less obvious breed of cameras, as well. DC Police are setting up eight temporary cameras to keep an eye on the thousands expected to protest against both the Iraq war and the World Bank.
• Group Says DuPont Withheld Risk of Toxic Chemical

By Christopher Doering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - DuPont Co., the second-largest U.S. chemical company, withheld from the government an internal study linking a toxic chemical in Teflon to birth defects in some children, an advocacy group charged on Friday.
• Japan Closer to Bringing Cloned Meat to Market

Fri Apr 11, 3:29 AM ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government says meat and milk products made from cloned cattle are safe for human consumption, moving the nation one step closer to becoming the world's first to allow such goods on the market.
• War planned 'long in advance'

09/04/2003 21:25  - (SA)
Madrid - The invasion of Iraq was planned a long time in advance, and the United States and Britain are not primarily concerned with finding any banned weapons of mass destruction, the chief UN weapons inspector, Hans Blix, said in an interview on Wednesday.
• Patriots Raise Their Voices

A new colulumn by Brent Stavig --   I’ve never been a big fan of the Dixie Chicks. But several weeks ago, when lead singer Natalie Maines announced at a London concert, “We’re really ashamed of being from the same state as President Bush” I became an admirer.
• Not to be missed Clear Channel reference.
• Writer Cancels Over Cooperstown 'Bull Durham' Snub

Fri Apr 11, 3:16 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sportswriter Roger Kahn has canceled an appearance at baseball's Hall of Fame after the museum scrubbed a 15th anniversary tribute to the film "Bull Durham" because of the anti-war stance of its stars.
• Kids Searched at La. H.S. After Killing

By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS - Police and security guards searched handbags and backpacks and used metal detectors Tuesday at a high school where gunmen armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and a handgun killed a student and wounded three others a day earlier.
• S.Africa Plans Payment to Apartheid Victims

By Gershwin Wanneburg
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Tuesday his government would make a one-time payment of $3,890 each to more than 19,000 victims of apartheid identified by the country's truth commission.
• Abortion Wait Period Bill Signed in Minn.

Tue Apr 15,12:27 AM ET
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty swiftly signed into law a bill requiring that women in Minnesota wait 24 hours before having an abortion and be told information about the procedure including details on risks and alternatives.
• New Patient Privacy Rules to Take Effect

Mon Apr 14, 7:29 AM ET
By LAURA MECKLER, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - File cabinets with medical records are being locked. Callers to hospitals are getting little, if any, information about sick friends and relatives.
• Activists Shut Down Senate to Protest War Spending

by Liberated Information 12:05pm Fri Apr 11 '03 (Modified on 5:56pm Mon Apr 14 '03)
phone: 301-314-6208 liberatd@wam.umd.edu
Activists interrupted the Senate during a vote yesterday protesting the new Budget and military allocations, yelling-
"Senators!! Our taxes/ are not for bombing nations/ nor foreign occupations/ to profit corporations!" and "No money for war!"
• Farmers Put Live Chickens in Wood Chippers

Mon Apr 14,10:32 AM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two California poultry farmers who fed some 30,000 live chickens into wood chippers will not face criminal charges because they had permission from the U.S. Department of Agriculture , prosecutors said on Friday.
• Rumsfeld's Old Flame

Everyone's heard of Vice President Dick Cheney's ties to Halliburton, a company standing on the brink of a bonanza as the government doles out post-war reconstruction dollars. But not enough has been revealed about Bechtel, a reported finalist for the first round of contracts, and its connections to another of the war's architects: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. It's a sordid little tale, and one that calls into question the depth of Rumsfeld's virtuous claims about his intentions to liberate the Iraqis.
• Taxes Driving Some Elderly From Their Homes

By YILU ZHAO
ARVARD, Mass. — St. John Lane, a rural road here lined with colonial-style houses, is named after the family of Shirley St. John's husband. But soon, there will be no more St. Johns in Harvard. Mrs. St. John, 62, a widow, will move, no longer able to afford the rising property tax.
• Lawyers for Sniper Suspect Raise Issue of Chemical Exposure

By JAYSON BLAIR
Lawyers for a defendant in the Washington-area sniper attacks told a judge yesterday that their client might have been exposed to nerve gas or other chemical agents while serving in the first gulf war.
In a hearing in Prince William County, Va., Circuit Court, lawyers for the man, John Muhammad, 42, said the chemicals might have affected Mr. Muhammad's mental health.
• Poll Shows Bush Ahead in California '04 Vote

Wed Apr 16, 9:01 AM ET
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites), trounced in California during the 2000 election, would win the country's most populous state if the next vote were held today, according to a poll released on Wednesday.
• Estimate of Agent Orange Use Is Increased

By JOSEPH B. VERRENGIA, AP Science Writer
A study has increased the estimate of how much Agent Orange and other dioxin-tainted defoliants the U.S. military sprayed during the Vietnam War. But it remains unclear whether the increased amount raises the illness risk of those exposed, scientists say.
• HOW WE LOST THE IRAQ WAR

Tue Apr 15,10:02 PM ET
By Ted Rall
After Saddam, the Deluge
NEW YORK--We wanted it to be true. It wasn't.
• Iran Won't Recognize U.S.-Led Iraq Gov't

Wed Apr 16, 8:51 AM ET
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (news - web sites) said Wednesday his country will not recognize a U.S.-installed interim administration in Iraq (news - web sites) and will support Syria if it is attacked.
• Six Gulf States Seek End to U.S. Threats to Syria

Tue Apr 15, 4:42 PM ET
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Gulf Arab states, key regional U.S. allies, Tuesday rejected U.S. accusations that Syria was developing chemical weapons and harboring Iraqi officials, and said a foreign occupation of Iraq (news - web sites) should end quickly.
• Pentagon Muslims Angered by Rev. Graham Invitation

Tue Apr 15, 2:49 PM ET
By Sue Pleming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Muslims at the Pentagon are incensed by what they say is an insensitive invitation to evangelist Rev. Franklin Graham, who has called Islam an "evil religion," to preach on Good Friday at the Defense Department.
• White House seeks to expand DNA database

By Richard Willing, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — DNA profiles from juvenile offenders and from adults who have been arrested but not convicted would be added to the FBI's national DNA database under a Bush administration proposal.
• U.S. Plans to Limit Protected Wilderness to 23 Million Acres

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASHINGTON, April 12 — The Interior Department wants to limit Bureau of Land Management lands eligible for wilderness protection to 23 million acres nationwide, a figure environmental groups say leaves millions of acres vulnerable to development.
• Scandal-hit US firm wins key contracts

Antony Barnett
Sunday April 13, 2003
The Observer
A US military contractor accused of human rights violations has won a multi-million-dollar contract to police post-Saddam Iraq, The Observer can reveal.
• Advocates' Groups to Fight Local Pursuit of Immigrants

By RACHEL L. SWARNS
WASHINGTON, April 13 — A coalition of immigration advocacy groups is challenging the Justice Department's decision to allow state and local police departments to pursue illegal immigrants as part of the war on terror.
• Mocking the White House at War

By ALAN COWELL
LONDON, April 13 — In the run-up to the war with Iraq, when Justin Butcher's "Madness of George Dubya" was playing at a fringe theater in north London, Mr. Butcher began to sense that some Americans might bridle at his virulent lampoon of the Bush administration and its readiness to go to war.
• A Senseless Salute

By JOHN LUKACS
HOENIXVILLE, Pa.
Soon after Ronald Reagan assumed his presidency, something new appeared with his image on the television screen. When given a salute by uniformed military personnel, Mr. Reagan would return it, shooting his right hand up to his bare head, his smile suggesting that this was something he liked to do. This unnecessary and unseemly habit was adopted by Mr. Reagan's successors, including Bill Clinton and especially George W. Bush, who steps off his plane and cocks a jaunty salute.
• A Man of Substance

Posted: Wednesday March 19, 2003 9:45 AM
Which of this country's greatest sports legends is clenched-teeth against the Iraq war and the death penalty and is for gay rights?
Bill Bradley? Jim Brown? Bill Walton? Try Dean Smith.
• Group Of York College Students Protests Santorum Visit

UPDATED: 12:03 p.m. EDT April 16, 2003
YORK, Pa. -- A small group of York College students turned out Tuesday to protest a campus visit by Republican Sen. Rick Santorum for his support of military action in Iraq.
• Free to Protest, Iraqis Complain About the U.S.

By IAN FISHER
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 15 — Protests against the American forces here are rising by the day as Iraqis exercise their new right to complain — something that often landed them in prison or worse during President Saddam Hussein's rule.
Events(Newest events are in red.)
 
• Vigil Fridays, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. York Square Contact: Leada, alt-leadadietz@blazenet.net
• Supporters of the Carlisle Peace College have received a permit to assemble the second Saturday of every month. From the square in Gettysburg continue south on Baltimore St to the third traffice light. Bear right on Steinwehr Ave and continue several blocks. The entrance to the military park is opposite the train museum. Tho park, turn right on Culp Street next to the musuem and left on Johns Ave. Contact: Janet Powers, jpowers@gettsyburg.edu
• Penn Square Vigil group on the 2nd Saturday of the month

PENN SQUARE (Lancaster) SATURDAY 11-NOON
PLEASE ENCOURAGE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TO COME AND JOIN US
FOR A SILENT VIGIL AND WITNESS FOR  P E A C E!
• Mondays Noon-1 p.m. Peace vigil, 3rd & Walnut, across from the Federal Bldg., Harrisburg
• Tuesdays 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Women in Black Harrisburg

Silent vigil at County courthouse steps
• Weekly Peace Prayer Vigil at Harrisburg Peace Garden on Wednesdays 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Location: Front Street between MacClay and Emerald Streets Please come for as much time as you can- five minutes to an hour. We will be gathering in the middle of the garden by the Fredrick Franck sculptures. Contact Ruby Stickel at 599-5410, rubys717@aol.com
• Franklin County Citizens for Peace Vigils Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Location: Chambersburg Square

Every Wednesday at the square from 12noon to 1pm and 5:30 to 6pm. Please bring signs.
• Peace Prayer Vigil Wednesdays Time: 5:15 pm

Location: St. Stephens Episcopal Cathedral
Street: 221 North Front Street Harrisburg, PA
• Lancaster Women in Black Vigil Wednesdays Time: 5:30pm-6:00 pm

Location: Steps of the Lancaster County Court House
All women and men of peace welcome to join.
Contact: Mary, Dmlev3@aol.com
• Worship in the Quaker style focus on Peace Wednesdays

Time: 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Meeting room of the Friends Meetinghouse
Street: 1100 North Sixth (and Herr Sts.)Harrisburg, PA
Contact: Blair Seitz 238-7878, seitzinc@aol.com
Tent for Lent April 13-14
Location: Eisenhower Lawn, Messiah College
Students will be sleeping in tents and holding services in solidarity with Palestinian and Iraqi refugees.
Contact: Janelle, js1377@messiah.edu
• The Role of a Peace Church when the Empire is in Crisis is the theme of a conference at Grace United Methodist Church, 216 State St, Harrisburg Friday April 25, 7 pm and Saturday April

26 8:30am- noon. Sponsored by Every Church a Peace Church, the event features Rev. Graylon Scott Hagler, a prominent African American preacher in Washington D.C., as the keynote speaker Friday evening. For more information log onto the website (www.ecapc.org) and look under "Events" or contact Kristin Carll
796-4920 to pre-register or ask questions.
Washington Post article,  and picture of Graylan Scott Hagler http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37843-2003Apr5.html
April 25, 26 conference details
http://www.ecapc.org/scheddetail.asp?control=33
• Dear MoveOn member,

We're holding our first (and possibly only) focus group in your town: York, PA. This is not a form letter! This email is only going out to 40 people in York. This is the only focus group we have scheduled as of now.
This discussion will give you the chance to personally influence the work of a 2,000,000-member organization. There are still spots left for both Saturday discussions. Don't miss this opportunity! Sign up here:
http://moveon.org/talks/
If you don't have time to fill out that form, just email me and tell me you're coming. Please consider attending one of the discussions on Saturday, April 26th in York. One is 12:00 Noon, one is 3:00 PM. The location is not set yet, but we'll find a comfortable place. Food and beverages will be provided. I'm coming to York to sit down with a total of 20 folks on our mailing list to get your feedback on our work so far. Are you excited about MoveOn, or just annoyed by our emails and simply haven't bothered to unsubscribe? Either way, come tell us. I also want to talk about big picture questions such as: In your opinion, what are the biggest problems facing the nation and your community? How can Americans fix those problems? Are the solutions mysteries, or are they staring us right in the face? Do we need better leaders to fix these problems? Or do our current leaders just need a push from their constituents? How can MoveOn help? And what do you think MoveOn should be doing as we approach the 2004 elections?
Please sign up to attend or just reply to this email.
Sincerely,
--Zack Exley MoveOn.org April 16, 2003
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• Join MMM FL Rally at Orlando NRA Convention on April 26th

All Million Mom March members and supporters who share our concern for the safety of America's children are cordially invited to join in the public demonstration on Saturday April 26th at the Orlando Convention center. This is the National Rifle Association's annual convention where they will be featuring Jeb Bush as their Keynote Speaker on Saturday night.
The MMM Florida State Council is sponsoring this rally to expose theextremist NRA agenda and to show our support for sensible gun laws.  The NRA opposes the ban on assault weapons.  We must enforce, renew and strengthen the federal assault weapon ban that is due to expire in 2004. We must keep weapons of war, like Uzis and AK-47s, out of our neighborhoods. Shame on Florida!  Florida has received a D+ rating by the Million Mom March for their failure to enact even the most basic laws to protect our children.  We will be calling upon Jeb Bush and Florida legislators to enact common sense gun laws that protect the lives of our children. The program begins a 9 a.m. We will have more concrete details on our activities and where we will meet on next week's E-News. Million Mom March chapters from around the country will have memorial displays at the site as we honor and remember the lives of those lost to gun violence.  Nine young people die every day in America from gun violence.  Please join us as we make our voices heard around the country at this important public demonstration to expose the extremism of the NRA leadership and advocate for sensible gun laws. For more information, including information on bus transportation to the staging area, please e-mail us at our local Orlando command site at: exposetheNRA@millionmommarch.org.
• Earth Day Event Date: Sunday April 27, 2003

Location: Millersville University
Contact: Anthony Robalik, arobalik@conestogaclub.org
• Spoutwood Farm Center, an organization dedicated to bringing people and nature together, presents The 12th Annual May Day Fairie Festival. This year’s May Day Fairie Festival will be held at Spoutwood Farm on May 3rd and 4th from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day. Admission is $10 for adults (over 12), $5 for kids (ages 3 to 12), and free for those under 3. Those who decide to volunteer when they arrive at the festival can request a 2-hour job assignment; upon completion, the admission fee will be refunded.
• York Jewish Community Center

2000 Hollywood Drive
York, PA 17403
PH (717)843-0918
FAX (717)843-6988
jcc@yorkjcc.org
5/7/2003 Wednesday  7:45 PM
Terrorism and Its Impact on Our Civil Liberties
The JCC's Prejudice Reduction Task Force features a presentation from the Pennsylvania's Office of the Attorney General. Does profiling work? What is terrorism and the face of hate? How does the USA Patriot Act affect you? Can we balance our inalienable rights with personal and public safety needs? How can we reduce hate in our community? While there is no cost for this program, please register by May 2.
http://www.yorkjcc.org/
• Peace Everyone,

As some of you may already know, we are beginning to plan a Community Peace & Non-violence event at Roberto Clemente Field for May 17th, a Saturday, from 2 - 6 pm.  I am asking that those who will be having a table for this event, please get in touch with me so I can begin a planning schedule.  I will also be seeking some speaking and singing talents in a short time.  I prefer a call, but you can also e-mail me with information.  Thanks so much...
Love & Compassion,
Mary L. Ries (717) 295-0239
People's Peace Project for Youth
Lancaster Peace Coalition, actions group
buddahchild104@yahoo.com
• NATIONAL CONFERENCE

AGAINST WAR, COLONIAL OCCUPATION & IMPERIALISM
MAY 17-18
New York City
Activists and organizers will be traveling from across the
East Coast, Midwest, South and West Coast to attend the
May 17-18 National Conference Against War, Colonial
Occupation & Imperialism. (The date has been changed from
what was announced at the April 12 demonstration -- please
note new date.) This is an extremely important meeting for organizers and activists. It will include analysis, assessment,
evaluation and strategizing, both in workshops and in full
plenary sessions. This will be the first opportunity for
the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition and its affiliate organizers to
meet since our conference that was held in New York City a
year ago (June 1, 2002). Activists and organizers with the
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition have been at the forefront of the
struggle against the Bush administration's
ultra-militaristic foreign policy as well as its assault
on civil rights and civil liberties at home. The invasion and occupation of Iraq has created a U.S. military dictatorship in a country that possesses 10 percent of the world's oil supply. This occupation is meeting widespread resistance throughout Iraq. A.N.S.W.E.R. and others around the country and the world
have been at the center of a new worldwide movement
against endless war and imperialist conquest. This global
movement showed its power even after the seizure of
Baghdad when demonstrations took place on April 12 in over
60 countries in response to a call issued by A.N.S.W.E.R.
and other international coalitions. Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are aggressively pursuing a design for World Empire. We believe they will fail not because some other force possesses superior military power to stop them, but instead because of the worldwide resistance that will intensify in the months and years to come. The purpose of the upcoming May 17-18 conference is to
provide the evaluation, analysis, political program and
action plan for this coming struggle.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
AGAINST WAR, COLONIAL OCCUPATION & IMPERIALISM
MAY 17-18
New York City
Where is Bush going? What's next for our movement?
Join anti-war organizers and activists from around the
country for
- Strategy
- Analysis
- Evaluation and Assessment
- Plenaries and Workshops
Including:
- U.S. plans for war and occupation: Iraq, Syria, Iran,
Lebanon, Palestine
- The U.S. and Iraq in Historical Perspective
- The U.S., Israel and the Palestinian National Liberation
Movement
- "National Security Strategy of the USA:" Blueprint for
Global Domination
- Fighting for national liberation and the right to
sovereignty from the Philippines to Zimbabwe to Colombia
- Why working people of all nationalities -- in the U.S.
and around the world -- have nothing to gain from Bush's
war for Empire
Organizers and activists will travel to New York City from
across the East Coast, South, Midwest and West Coast to
attend the National Conference. If you are planning to
organize transportation, please fill out the form at
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/m3/index.html#transp
A list of cities organizing transportation will be available soon. A flyer (half sheet, available in English and Spanish) for the conference is available at:
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/resources/index.html
Updated flyers will be available soon.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
Act Now to Stop War & End Racism
http://www.InternationalANSWER.org
info@internationalanswer.org
New York 212-633-6646
Washington 202-544-3389
Los Angeles 213-487-2368
San Francisco 415-821-6545
To make a tax-deductible donation, go to
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• Fifty-Five Ways for Board Members to Raise $500

The Board of Directors Grassroots Fundraising Journal Reprint Collection by Stephanie Roth and Kim Klein
Emails (Forwards/Actions)
 
• Attention:  Friends in Dauphin, Cumberland, Lebanon, Perry & Northern York Counties:

Every campaign needs money, and mine is no exception.  Here is an opportunity to help me raise funds and you get a great deal on The Patriot News.  I've been challenged to a contest to sell the most Patriot News Home Delivery Subscriptions. You get the paper delivered to your door by 6 AM, 7 days a week, for 1/2 price ($2.15 a week including Sunday), and I get $18 per subscription.  Please help.  My goal is 200 (the person I have to beat had 185 subscriptions last year - and she wasn't running for office!).
What you need to do is: Call the Patriot News TODAY at 717-255-8150 (or 800-692-7207 if long distance) anytime from 5 AM to 5 PM (5 AM to Noon Sat & Sun). Tell them, "Loretta Barbee-Dare told me to call you for my 1/2 price paper delivery". Give them your information and, Give them my Contractor Number 033110 if they ask for it, and my home phone number of 717-234-6012. That's it - sit back and enjoy.  They will send you a bill or you can pay by credit card. Help spread the word - If you already have 7 day service, or even if your don't, please pass this along to someone who doesn't and let them take advantage of it.  Thank you for your support.  Hope to see you on April 30 at the Hershey Library "Meet The Candidates" night.
Loretta Barbee-Dare, Candidate
Dauphin County Clerk of Courts
P. O. Box 1415
Harrisburg, PA 17105-1415
h - 717-234-6012
c - 717-439-7956
fax 503-213-8837
email - loretta@consultant.com
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The paper regularly costs 50 cents per day, $1.75 on Sunday - and you have to spend your gas and time to go get it. Regular home delivery cost $2.70 per week, or $4.30 per week including Sunday <<--- your 1/2 price is on home delivery...more discounts for you
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Ahmed Deyari, 14 year-old who suffered wounds in one arm and his face Wednesday during in shooting in Mosul, lies in Republican hospital of Mosul, northern Iraq  on Wednesday, April, 16, 2003. Three Iraqis were killed and 11 wounded Wednesday during a shooting in Mosul, and some victims said U.S. troops shot at them. U.S. Central Command said seven Iraqis died a day earlier when American troops opened fire to keep an angry crowd from storming a government complex. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

Statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein stands in front of gutted National Library in Baghdad Wednesday, April 16, 2003. Looters and arsonists ransacked and gutted Iraq's National Library and the country's principal Islamic library, dealing another terrible cultural blow to a society that prides itself on its universities, literature and educated elite. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Family members of U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Brian M. McPhillips, left to right, father David McPhillips, mother Julie, sister Carrie and funeral director William Quealy follow Brian McPhillips' flag draped casket out of Holy Family Church in Rockland, Mass., Wednesday, April 16, 2003, as a U.S. Marine officer salutes. McPhillips, 25, of Pembroke, Mass., who was killed April 4, 2003, as coalition forces advanced on Baghdad. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)

Retired Marine Master Sgt. Robert Williams, center, salutes the casket of Navy medic Michael Vann Johnson, Jr. during funeral services at Agape Church in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, April 16, 2003. Johnson, the lone Arkansan killed in the Iraq  war, died March 25 while attending to wounded Marines in battle. Standing to the left is Corpsman Billy Sandoval who served with Johnson and gave a eulogy at the funeral.(AP Photo/Brian Chilson)




 













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