Mickey Z

Cool Observer

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Strike for Peace, Prison for Bushies, Amnesty for Tookie, CXB for Mayor, & more

Activist Brian Bogart asked himself: “Our top industry has been the manufacture and sale of weapons-and we’re a peace-loving nation?”

Inspired by this paradox, Bogart created Strike for Peace...described on its website as an attempt “to highlight for everyone’s sake the dominant role of the military industry in America’s economy. We stand for a future of shared resources instead of a future of resource wars.”

“The action I’m taking is not about political parties,” Brian declares. “It’s about deadly priorities that have been ruining this country for 55 years and causing a world of suffering, even here at home, and even to our soldiers abroad.”

To read my interview with Brian, please click here:
http://tinyurl.com/8mlth

To see what our leaders (sic) think about stuff like this, please click here:
http://tinyurl.com/3gyyk
(Thanks, Michael)

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With Saddam Hussein about to face trial for his war crimes, here’s a NYC event with a striking synchronicity:

The 2005 International Commission of Inquiry on War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity by the Bush Administration & Special Hearing on Katrina

(Exhibit A: http://tinyurl.com/7v9f3)

Where: Grand Ballroom of the Manhattan Center 311 W. 34th Street, NYC
When: Friday, October 21, 6pm & Saturday, October 22, 10:00 AM
Contact: Heather Hurwitz 212-941-8086 or Larry Everest 510-472-8484
Website: http://www.bushcommission.org
Email:

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On October 11, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that it will not hear the case of Stanley “Tookie” Williams, the most famous inmate on San Quentin’s death row. The office of California State Attorney General Bill Lockyer has announced December 13, 2005, as the execution date Williams. The countdown has begun, and the only thing that can stop it is a massive campaign by supporters around the state and around the world.

For more info, please click here:
http://www.nodeathpenalty.org