Stay Informed | Spread Truth | Act Daily Fact & Act #27 Wednesday, October 16 1991* LMNOP - Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace http://lmno4p.org *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. +=+=+=+ ANALYSIS +=+=+=+ ADDITIONS TO THE LMNOP EVER GROWING LIST OF THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT THIS WAR http://lmno4p.org/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 http://www.peacehost.net/mdpc Peninsula Peace and Justice Center Palo Alto http://www.peaceandjustice.org/ Resource Center for Nonviolence Santa Cruz http://www.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 Stock Watch http://lmno4p.org/stockwatch.htm#men 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) ***** 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. ***** Undernews http://www.prorev.com +=+=+=+ CALENDAR +=+=+=+ ***** TODAY, Wednesday, October 16 ***** Ongoing: Non-violent tent-city at SF Federal Building http://lmno4p.org/actions.htm#bul 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 ***** Ongoing: Non-violent tent-city at SF Federal Building http://lmno4p.org/actions.htm#bul 7:30p Patriot Act Video Bill Moyers documentary Steve 468A Hanover Street Oakland 510 763 8712 http://lmno4p.org/calendar.htm More in the Resources section at LMNOP http://lmno4p.org/resources.htm +=+=+=+=+ LMNOP http://lmno4p.org archives of Daily Fact & Acts: http://lmno4p.org/fa/ +=+=+=+=+