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ICUJP Announcements Sunday December 7, 2003 Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace http://icujp.org see the icujp.org calendar for meeting times, local events and other Peacemaking opportunities |
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"Real patriots don't attack immigrant rights, privacy and the Constitution. I'm happy to add my voice to the burgeoning movement against this erosion of liberty, sold to the American people as bad medicine against our real fears..." Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles City Council member seconding Council member Jan Perry's resolution against the PATRIOT Act "The Goose Creek, S.C., facility that houses Mr. Padilla– mostly empty since it was designated in January to hold foreigners captured in the U.S. and facing military tribunals – now has a special wing that could be used to jail about 20 U.S. citizens if the government were to deem them enemy combatants, a senior administration official said." The Southern California Grocery Strike Continues into Holiday Season: Action! from Department of Homeland Security Announces Termination of 30 Day and Annual Re-registration Requirements Affecting Some 83,000 Individuals Threat of Deportations Still Hangs Over Those Already Affected by the Flawed Policy "...the elimination of the call-in requirements is a positive step, and helps move us away from a system which discriminates against individuals based solely on their national origin. However, we are still very concerned about the thousands of people who unreasonably face possible deportation as a result of a policy that is increasingly recognized as having been ill-conceived." "...deporting thousands of individuals for trivial reasons resulting from the poor implementation of a flawed policy will not make our country any safer. We urge the government to continue to correct problems associated with Special Registration and to drop plans to pursue deporting thousands of individuals who came forward to voluntarily comply with the registration program."
Take Action! Mass deportations and discriminatory treatment based solely on national origin do not serve to increase the security of the United States. Please let Attorney General John Ashcroft know that you oppose further deportation proceedings against those unjustly caught in the ill-considered Special Registration Program dragnet. phone 202-353-1555 Read more... Saturday December 13, 2003 Eyewitness to Iraq and Ft. Benning Patriotic Hall 2:00 pm Cole Miller will tell the story of Iraqi mother Um Haider and her son Mostafa, who was injured in a U.S. missile attack. Also on the program will be: Three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly helped initiate Voices in the Wilderness, a campaign to end the UN/US sanctions against Iraq. For bringing "medicine and toys" to Iraq in open violation of the UN/US sanctions, she and other campaign members were notified of a proposed $163,000 penalty for the organization, threatened with 12 years in prison, and eventually fined $50,000, a sum which they've refused to pay. Kelly has been to Iraq twenty times since January 1996, when the campaign began. In October 2002, she joined Iraq Peace Team members in Baghdad where she and the team maintained a presence throughout the invasion, bombardment and occupation. Kelly left Iraq on April 19, 2003. more information:
Saturday December 13, 2003 Immanuel Presbyterian Church 7:00 pm a presentation and discussion. The keynote speaker will be former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter. FTAA organizers will also be reporting back from the Miami protest, and next steps will be discussed. Time permitting, we will also show a short segment from the documentary, "Uncovered".. more information: Sunday December 14, 2003 Throop Memorial Church 12:30 pm Constitutional lawyer Steve Rohde is one of the foremost experts on the rapidly eroding state of protections for our Civil Liberties as a result of legislation such as the PATRIOT Act and other Executive Orders and Justice Dept. policies. Learn what the current trend portends for all of us and how we can stand up to reject this tragedy. more information: and before the presentation, a book discussion... Before the address by Mr. Rohde, Chris Delacruz will begin a book discussion group Sunday, December 14 at 10:00 am. Discussion of 'Dude! Where's My Country,' 'Lies and the Lying Liars That Tell Them' and more. Further session times will be discussed.
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