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Daily Fact & Act #27
Wednesday, October 16 1991*
From Santa Barbara
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*This is 1991, right? Recession, war on Iraq, lower markets, low employment, low job creation, weak dollar, a "president" who is out of touch-- "It's the economy stupid" --with the people, lies and rumors being touted by politicians and the press as truth, government actions causing mass protests in the streets.
Analysis
ADDITIONS TO THE LMNOP EVER GROWING LIST OF THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT THIS WAR
http://lmno4p.com/articles_iraq.htm#lis
1). Europe does not want this war.
America's European allies are reacting with alarm at a plan being prepared in Washington to install a United States general to govern a newly liberated Iraq.
The proposal is an implicit acknowledgement that America's long-running effort to identify an immediate and credible successor to Saddam among the ranks of the Iraqi opposition has foundered.
Diplomats say that the suggestion, made by senior Bush administration officials on Friday, has endangered frantic American and British efforts to secure a United Nations Security Council resolution backing tough new weapons inspections inside Iraq.
Alarm in Europe at US plan for general to govern Iraq
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/13/wirq13.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/10/13/ixnewstop.html
2). American cities do not want this war.
Berkeley and Sebastopol have joined the list of local governments opposing a U.S. military attack on Iraq.
The city councils of both cities approved resolutions Tuesday night in favor of U.N.-sponsored inspections and other peaceful means to resolve the conflict that are consistent with a resolution introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland.
San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz and Ithaca, N.Y., have taken similar stands, and Santa Cruz County supervisors also voted to support Lee's resolution.
More Cities Join Ranks of those Opposed to War
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/10/10/BA176482.DTL
3). Iraqi dissidents don't want this war.
"This is not what we were told," said Hamid al-Bayati, a representative of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, a leading Shiite-led opposition group.
"We were told by American officials that they want a broad-based Iraqi government ... with no direct American role," al-Bayati said.
Iraqi Dissidents Dismayed at Reports of Postwar Plans for Iraq
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021011/ap_wo_en_po/us_iraq_occupation_plans_reax_1
4), YOU DO NOT WANT THIS WAR!
The Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal Washington think tank, had compiled a list of more than 250 anti-war events planned throughout the country over the next two weeks, only to discover it had missed at least 150 others. "People are organizing at all levels," said Amy Quinn, co-director of the institute. "I'm hearing from the older generations that there was nowhere near this level of activism at this stage in the Vietnam War. I'm not surprised that people are coming out against the war. I am surprised at how organized and vocal people are."
Anti-War Protests Get Louder In California
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21785-2002Oct13.html
44 Arrested at S.F. War Protest/Demonstration at Federal Building over Congressional Votes
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/10/12/MN121765.DTL
War Worries - Support for Attacking Iraq Begins to Wane Across the U.S.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/DailyNews/war_opposition021014.html
Action
Contact a local Peace Center for a calendar of events. Participate. Get local.
Mount Diablo Peace Center
Walnut Creek
peacehost.net/mdpc
Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
Palo Alto
peaceandjustice.org
Resource Center for Nonviolence
Santa Cruz
rcnv.org
San Jose Peace Center
San Jose
http://www.sanjosepeace.org/
Sonoma County Center for Peace and Justice
Santa Rosa
http://www.sonic.net/~peacentr
Women For Peace
Berkeley
http://www.womenforpeace.org/
From LMNOP Resources | Actions | Peace Centers
http://lmno4p.org/actions.htm#pea
Fact
"The questions before the members of this House and to all Americans are immense, but there are clear answers. America is not currently confronted by a genuine, proven, imminent threat from Iraq. The call for war is wrong.
And what greatly saddens me at this point in our history is my fear that this entire spectacle has not been planned for the well-being of the world, but for the short-term political interest of our president."
Delivered on the floor of the House (last) Wednesday by veteran California Democrat Rep. Pete Stark
http://salon.com/politics/feature/2002/10/10/stark/index.html
Deficit Watch
From LMNOP Stockwatch page
10/11/2002 -$6,239,556,841,863.96 (trillions)
10/10/2002 -$6,240,299,505,760.08 (trillions)
Day Difference: +$742,663,896.12 (millions)
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Air pollution is increasing. Recently released data indicate that the number of times that air quality exceeded the health standard for ground-level ozone, or smog, almost doubled between 2000 and 2002.
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Undernews
http://www.prorev.com
Calendar
TODAY, Wednesday, October 16
6:30p
Berkeley Peace Walk & Vigil
http://www.geocities.com/vigil4peace/vigil.html
6:30p
Reception
7:30p
Screening "Unprecedented"
http://www.gregpalast.com/unprecedented.htm
8:20p Discussion
UC San Francisco
Laurel Heights Conference Center
3333 California St
San Francisco
Free
415 476 8050
TOMORROW, Thursday, October 17
7:30p
Patriot Act Video
Bill Moyers documentary
Steve
468A Hanover Street
Oakland
510 763 8712
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