From: UNAC <unacpeace@gmail.com>

Date: May 17, 2012 11:09:33 PM EDT

To: unac@lists.riseup.net

Subject: [unac] Chicago Police attacks on anti-NATO protesters – Help UNAC on May 20

(please forward widely) Take the Peace Train to Chicago We have worked out a 10% discount with AMTRAK for anyone traveling to the Chicago demonstration on May 20. You can use this discount to travel to and from Chicago on an AMTRAK train from anywhere in the country during the period from May 17 to May 23. To get the special rate, you need to make a reservation and give them the “Convention fare code number of X50K-949.” If they ask you what organization you are from, it is UNAC. AMTRAK fares go up the closer it gets to the day of departure. So, to get the lowest fare, it is best to reserve a seat as soon as possible. There are other discounts for seniors and youth that may be cheaper.  In this email      1.     CANG8 opposes Chicago Police Department attack on anti-NATO protesters      2.     Protest NATO & Banks at Greek Consulate Sat, May 19 – 6:30 – 7:30pm      3.     UNAC needs your help on May 20          1.     CANG8 opposes Chicago Police Department attack on antio-NATO protests   To all who support our right to protest: Below (at the bottom of this email) is the press release issued by the National Lawyers Guild about the criminal actions of the Chicago Police Department against prominent Occupy Chicago activists. CANG8 stands in solidarity with the victims of this violent police action.  They have done nothing wrong.  They have the right to protest against NATO. As of this hour, the CPD have not admitted to the lawyers that they have the eight people in custody.  Call Mayor Emanuel 312-744-5000 and Police Superintendent McCarthy 312-744-4000:  Demand the immediate release of the activists. If you see police misconduct, or are harassed or stopped, call the NLG Hotline:  312-913-0039 And remind all who want to protest with us on Sunday, May 20th:  The police acted last night under the cover of darkness, while we’ll be marching in the light of day while the whole world will be watching.  Don’t be afraid to come out and raise your voices! Joe Iosbaker Pat Hunt Joe Lombardo Coalition Against NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda     PRESS RELEASE: Chicago Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild National Lawyers Guild Condemns Preemptive Police Raids & Unlawful Searches on the Streets. Early morning house raid in Bridgeport and harassment of activists indicates intolerance of free speech rights. NOTE: Press conference to be held TODAY at 5:30pm at 3340 W. Fillmore Street, the Chicago Police Department’s Organized Crime Division Chicago, IL — The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) condemns a preemptive police raid that took place at approximately 11:30pm Wednesday in the Bridgeport neighborhood, and instances of harassment on the street, in which Chicago police are unlawfully detaining, searching, and questioning NATO protesters. The Bridgeport raid was apparently conducted by the Organized Crime Division of the Chicago Police Department and resulted in as many as 8 arrests. According to witnesses in Bridgeport, police broke down a door to access a 6-unit apartment building near 32nd & Morgan Streets without a search warrant. Police entered an apartment with guns drawn and tackled one of the tenants to the floor in his kitchen. Two tenants were handcuffed for more than 2 hours in their living room while police searched their apartment and a neighboring unit, repeatedly calling one of the tenants a “Commie faggot.” A search warrant produced 4 hours after police broke into the apartment was missing a judge’s signature, according to witnesses. Among items seized by police in the Bridgeport raid were beer-making supplies and at least one cell phone. “Preemptive raids like this are a hallmark of National Special Security Events,” said Sarah Gelsomino with the NLG and the People’s Law Office. “The Chicago police and other law enforcement agencies should be aware that this behavior will not be tolerated and will result in real consequences for the city.” In another incident, 3 plainclothes police officers unlawfully stopped, handcuffed, and searched a NATO protester on Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive at approximately 2pm today. According to the protester, he did not consent to a search and there was no probable cause to detain him. The police also photographed and questioned him about where he was from, how he got to Chicago, how long it took, what he was doing here, where he was staying, who he was with, and how long he was planning to say in Chicago. The protester refused to answer any questions and was eventually released. The NLG has received reports that at least 20 people have been arrested so far this week, and two people are still in custody, not including the Bridgeport residents who are still unaccounted for. One of the protesters currently being detained, Danny Johnson of Los Angeles, has been accused of assaulting a police officer during an immigrant rights rally on Tuesday afternoon. However, multiple witnesses on the scene, including an NLG Legal Observer, recorded a version of events that contradict the accusations of police. During the week of NATO demonstrations, the NLG is staffing a legal office and answering calls from activists on the streets and in jail. The NLG will also be dispatching scores of Legal Observers to record police misconduct and representing arrestees in the event the city pursues criminal prosecutions. Contact: NLG Legal Worker Kris Hermes 510-681-6361 or NLG Attorney Sarah Gelsomino 773-520-8246          2.     Protest NATO & Banks at Greek Consulate Sat, May 19 – 6:30 – 7:30pm NATO & BANKS, HANDS OFF GREECE! Emergency Protest at the Greek Consulate Solidarity with Greek workers against EU Banks and & NATO austerity. SATURDAY, May 19 6:30 to 7:30 pm 650 North St Clair, Chicago (Corner of Erie St – Take Red Line to Grand) Today as the NATO military alliance meets in Chicago, Greece faces an unprecedented political, social and economic crisis. The Greek people are refusing the UE bankers austerity measures. Events in Greece could have a domino effect throughout Europe. Greece is the 4th largest importer of arms in the world. This means billions to U.S., French and German military corporations and mass poverty for Greek people. The bankers bail-out loans are structured to continue payments for still more weapons. It is paid with cutbacks, lay offs and austerity measures so extreme that it is literally starving the Greek people. NATO from its foundation has been an aggressive U.S. dominated military alliance. A U.S./British military intervention against the revolutionary Greek workers created a bloody civil war in 1948 – 49 to force Greece into the western military alliance. In 1967 to 1974 with full NATO support a right-wing Greek general organized a brutal military dictatorship. Today NATO’s agenda is to once again back up the bankers and the rule of the 1%. As thousands of antiwar, anti-imperialist and anti-NATO activists gather in Chicago: Join an emergency action in solidarity with the resistance of the Greek people        3.     UNAC needs your help on May 20. Please join us at the Petrillo Bandshell (Corner of Jackson & Columbus) at 9 am on May 20 in Chicago.  We will need help with assembling placards, distributing them, carrying UNAC banners and distributing literature.  If you can not make it at 9 am, please look for our banner when you arrive to march with UNAC.  The rally will start at noon.  Please go to www.CANG8.org for more information.       .   click here to donate to UNAC Click here for the Facebook UNAC group.    To remove yourself from the UNAC listserv, please send an email to:      UNAC-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net   To add yourself to the UNAC listserv, please send an email to:       UNAC-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

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From: Lisa Savage <lsavage3@gmail.com>

Date: May 16, 2012 5:51:20 AM EDT

To: Lisa Savage <lsavage3@gmail.com>

Bcc: judy@robbinsandrobbins.com

Subject: $642 Billion for the Military? This Year? You Must Be Kidding! TIME SENSITIVE

The FY 2013 military budget (NDAA) is up for a vote in the House this Friday. It contains more than $642 billion of taxpayer money to pay for a war the majority of Americans oppose; nuclear upgrades that threaten non-proliferation agreements; programs and weapons that even the Pentagon doesn’t want. The bill also promotes reckless threats on Iran, enables reckless actions by Israel and prohibits the transfer of prisoners from Guantanamo to the United States.

 

It’s not just the Republicans, who are at fault. The majority of Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee have voted in favor, producing a lopsided 56-5 margin for an outrageous bill. Partisan rhetoric should not obscure the reality that if this over-sized military budget passes the Congress, it will be paid for by programs that affect the most vulnerable- food stamps, school lunches, health insurance for low income children, “Meals-on Wheels” for the elderly.

 

With $88 billion authorized to continue the war in Afghanistan. Barbara Lee has introduced a clear amendment (#158) to cut all funding except for the purpose of withdrawing all of our troops safely from Afghanistan. Representatives McGovern, Conyers, Kucinich, Frank and others have introduced strong amendments aimed at stopping the war, preventing a military confrontation with Iran, curtailing the use of drones and cutting the size of the budget. (Not certain which of these amendments the Republican majority will allow on the floor.)

 

Members of Congress need to hear from you today

Call the Capitol Switchboard 1-877-429-0678. (*toll free number provided by FCNL)

*Ask your Representatives to support ALL amendments designed to end the war in Afghanistan, avoid a military intervention in Iran, curtail drone attacks and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in the military budget.

 

*And when it comes time for a vote on the entire Pentagon budget bill (H.R. 4310) let your Representative know that the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act does not reflect the priorities of their constituents. The only reasonable vote on a $642 billion Pentagon bill is a NO vote.

 

Please circulate this message widely to family and friends.

And please share any feedback rustiandgael@unitedforpeace.org

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PENINSULA PEACE & JUSTICE

TO CREATE ANNUAL IRAQ WAR DEAD MEMORIAL

 BLUE HILL –  On Memorial Day weekend, Peninsula Peace & Justice invites the community to participate in planting the Iraq War Dead Memorial Field on Main Street in downtown Blue Hill.

This memorial, first established in 2005 to remember the lives lost in the Iraq War, now also recognizes U.S. military fatalities in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The field, located on the property of Rufus Wanning, is planted annually with white flags, representing the now over 6,400 US soldiers killed.

The thousands of flags planted in late May this year will include Dirigo flags representing the 51 Maine soldiers killed since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2011.  A sign in the field periodically updates the number of US lives lost.  It also acknowledges the loss of more than 1.3 million civilians in the course of these operations.

The event will take place on Saturday, May 26, from 10:00 to 12:00, right between the Blue Hill Library and the Blue Hill Congregational Church. Everyone is invited to participate in part or all of this action. (A rain date will be Sunday May 27.) For more information, contact 326-4405.

 Peninsula Peace & Justice, P.O. Box 1515, Blue Hill Maine 04614

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