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Tuesday Decemeber 2, 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. Schwarzenegger'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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Wednesday December 3, 2003
ICUJP presents the powerful film
Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War
All Saints Church
132 N. Euclid
Pasadena
directions
7:30 pm
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.
The screening will be followed by a PANEL DISCUSSION among the movie's producers, representatives of Military Families Speak Out and others.
Suggested donation of $10
(proceeds benefit ICUJP).
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
For further information: 626-683-9004.
Admission on a first come-first served basis.
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Sunday December 7, 2003
Pax Christi Sunday at St. Camillus
Season of Advent Peace Retreat
St. Camillus
Center for Pastoral Care
in the Chapel
1911 Zonal Ave
(at State St)
Los Angeles
directions
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Facilitated by Ann Fields S.S.S.
Immediately following the retreat, Father Chris Ponnet will celebrate Mass in commemoration of his 20th Anniversary as a priest of God.
Join us for potluck supper!
Bring your favorite dish and join in the celebration of a great priest and friend!
Please download a flyer with a schedule of other Pax Christi-St. Camillus events during the holiday season, including:
Monday, December 1st:
WORLD AIDS DAY
Sunday, December 21st:
Christmas Party Fundraiser for St. Camillus Pastoral Care Center at Msgr. Barry’s home in Newport Beach. Watch the Christmas Parade, enjoy good food and drink in the holiday spirit.
RSVP to Chris/Mary 909 596-4708
Sunday, January 18th: Pax Christi Sunday at St. Camillus, 4PM. Join Cardinal Roger Mahoney and concelebrants in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the founding of St. Camillus Church. Potluck will follow.
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Saturday December 13, 2003
No More Victims, Veterans For Peace & Addicted To War
Present an Afternoon with
Kathy Kelly
of Voices In The Wilderness
Patriotic Hall
1816 South Figueroa Street
(near corner of Figueroa & Washington)
Los Angeles
directions
2:00 pm
download a flyer
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:
Blase Bonpane
Office of the Americas
Sonali Kolhatkar
KPFK
Don White
CISPES-LA
Theresa Bonpane
Office of the Americas
Cole Miller
No More Victims
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:
323-644-2889
or 310-838-8131
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Saturday December 13, 2003
Topanga Peace Alliance and People of Color Anti-Globalization Network
Present an Evening with
Scott Ritter
Author and former U.N. Weapons Inspector
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles
(at Berendo St., west of Vermont)
directions
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:
Julie Levine
Topanga Peace Alliance
310-455-9389
Stella Cervas
People of Color Anti-Globalization Network
213-250-4353
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