The ILWU is striking a blow for Peace, Health and Prosperity for Everyone….You can and should help!

April 28, 2008

Thursday May 1, the ILWU is shutting down all west coast ports in protest of the continued occupation of Iraq.

Now that ought to get some attention!  It will have an even bigger impact if you take a personal day off work and join them.

This is a California labor protest against an unjustified war. The ILWU and Immigrants rights groups need a huge turnout so that the media will have to stop ignoring the fact that most Americans want to end this war.

May 1, the ILWU, INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION is stopping work to protest the continued occupation of Iraq.

Thursday May 1st

See http://maydayilwu.googlepages.comfor more information

March with Longshore workers in San Francisco

10:30 AM assemble at ILWU Hall in the Embarcadero area near Mason and Beach

NOON rally at Justin Herman Plaza

Bring good shoes, extra water, a hat and probably some lunch!

March for Immigrant rights in San Francisco

2 PM assemble in Dolores park and march to Civic Center

5 PM rally at Civic Center


March for Immigrant Rights in Oakland (and carry an Anti-War sign)

3 PM assemble at Fruitvale Bart, march to Oakland City Hall

6 pm rally and community celebration at Frank Ogawa Plaza

Can’t join us on May 1?  Please write letters to the editor and support groups that are working to support veterans and get us out of this horrible occupation.

"Anyone seeking to preserve America’s fragile democracy must first understand the scope and magnitude of the powers aligned against it." -Jim Hightower

Janet Flint

510-377-4545

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Here is some polling data….You all know how I luvs me some polls…

April 28, 2008

….and why the hell not? It’s the best way we currently have of finding out what the people think. You don’t seriously think blowhard bloviators like Keith Olbermann, he of the recent death threat, or Lou Dobbs, enemy of all that is brown except UPS, know do ya?

Good, ya had me worried there for a minute.

Here’s the latest from the California Field Poll:

AS INSECURITIES WITH THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM GROW, CALIFORNIANS
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATE’S FAILURE TO ENACT HEALTH REFORM
LEGISLATION.

Read it and get informed.

Thanks to our good pal Frank Russo at California Progress Report for this.

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