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Tuesday Novemebr 4, 2003
Protest Bechtel Corp
Vigil and Protest
Every Tueday Evening
Who Is this Bechtel Corporation Anyway?
Bechtel Corporation's
LA Offices
707 Wilshire Blvd.
(at Hope St)
Downtown Los Angeles
directions
5:00 pm
Bechtel, along with Halliburton, recieves billions to implement US control over Iraq's resources.
Their efforts to privatize water in many countries was, in Bolivia, defeated by a grassroots rebellion.
Women, hardest hit by their policies,
are central to the fight against Bechtel, starting with grandmothers from Big Mountain who fought displacement.
Bechtel oversees the nuclear dumpsite at Yucca Mountain
Former Secretary of State George Shultz is currently on the board of the Bechtel Corporation. Shultz is California Gov.-elect Schwartzeneger's economic advisor.
Last April, the Bush administration gave Bechtel the first big Iraqi reconstruction contract, a prized $680 million deal over 18 months.
Join a front line against Bechtel Corporation which, as the second largest recipient of money to 'rebuild' Iraq, is implementing US control of Iraq's resources. We'll be holding a weekly protest at 5pm on Tuesdays outside Bechtel's offices in downtown Los Angeles. Bechtel is the world's largest contractor, profiteering from war, human suffering and destruction of the environment. Bechtel made cluster bombs and other weapons of mass destruction, has built nearly half of the world's nuclear power plants and overseas the nuclear dumpsite at Yucca Mountain, and has tried to privatize water in many countries - in Bolivia Bechtel's efforts were defeated by a grassroots rebellion led by women. Women, who are hit hardest by Bechtel's genocidal policies, are holding Bechtel accountable for its crimes.
People who are refusing occupation in Iraq are depending on us to challenge Bechtel, Halliburton, Bush and their destruction of people and the planet. Your presence and support are urgently needed!
Join women and men
Tuesday November 4, 5pm at 707 Wilshire Blvd
for the anti-occupation protest against Bechtel under the banner "No Military/Corporate Occupation"
Let your voice be heard!
Parking after 4pm for $2 at Hope & 9th or
Olive & 8th
For more information call (323) 292-7405, or e-mail la@crossroadswomen.net
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Saturday November 8, 2003
Peacemaking in the Middle East:
The Role for U.S. Christians
Fuller Theological Seminary
180 N. Oakland Ave
Pasadena
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9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Topics & Workshops:
What is the Role for U.S. Christians
in Middle East Peacemaking and why?
Israel and Palestine:
Crises and Solutions
How U.S. Policy Is Shaped
and How You Can Shape U.S. Policy
What the U.S. Public Believes
and How to Influence Public Opinion
Christian Zionism:
What It Is, and Its Influence
Connecting with the
Christians in the Middle East
Peacemaking Options for Congregations and Individuals:
Concrete Ways to Make a Difference
Panelists:
Frederic Bush
Professor Emeritus
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
Derek Duncan
Global Ministries
United Church of Christ & Christian
Church (Disciples)
Serge Duss
Director of Public Policy & Advocacy
World Vision
Washington, DC
Brice Harris
Professor of Middle East Studies
Occidental College
Los Angeles, California
Ann Kerr
Coordinator, Visiting Fulbright Program
University of California
at Los Angeles, CA
Jim Wetekam
Media Director
Churches for Middle East Peace
Washington, DC
Corinne Whitlatch
Executive Director
Churches for Middle East Peace
Washington, DC
Registration
Registration fee is $18 per person; student rate is $10.00 (includes box lunch)
A limited number of scholarships are available.
To register, contact Gwen Fleming at
(626) 584-5426
gwen@fuller.edu
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Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Office of the Americas, KPFK, Veterans for Peace, Military Families Speak Out, ICUJP, American Friends Service Committee, National Lawyers Guild and Global Womens Strike
Invite You To A Special Screening:
Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War
Sponsored by Moveon.org and The Center for American Progress
Laemmle Theatre Santa Monica
1332 Second Street
Santa Monica
Seats Available on a First Come First Served Basis
directions
7:30 pm screening
8:30 pm Panel Discussion with
Robert Greenwald
producer/director
Robert Scheer
LA Times columnist
and political pundit
Veterans for Peace
Military Families
Speak Out
This controversial and arresting film takes you behind the walls of government, as CIA, Pentagon and foreign service experts speak out, many for the first time, detailing the lies, misstatements and exaggerations that served as the reasons to fight a "preemptive" war that wasn't necessary. This documentary offers an in-depth look at the unsettling distortion of intelligence presented to the American people, the Congress and the press. Fighting wars to bring about regime change is in breach of international law. Yet, throughout the fall of 2002, and into the weeks preceding the war in Iraq, the Bush administration systematically distorted intelligence evidence and misled the public in order to turn opinion favor of "regime change" in Iraq.
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Sunday Novemebr 16, 2003
USC's Mark Taper Hall
3501 Trousdale Pkwy
Los Angeles
directions
registration: 12:30 pm
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
an educational forum
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Admission:
$10.00 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
with Special close of Ramadan meal $20.00
Keynote Speaker
Chip Berlet
Senior Analyst
Political Research Associates
Co-Author with Matthew N. Lyons of
Right Wing Populism in America:
Too Close for Comfort
Religious Leaders Speak Out including
Dr. Maher Hathout
Islamic Center of Southern California
Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak
Executive Director, HaMifgash
Rev. Zelda Kennedy
All Saints Church, Pasadena
Workshops for participants
from various faith backgrounds
Film, Artistic Expression, etc.
Special Meal Breaking the Ramadan Fast
Individual Group Discussions On Issues of Religious Extremism in Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Muslim Communities
Seating is limited,
please RSVP to:
icujp@pacbell.net
or call 626 683-9004
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