7:00pm, May 26
CODEPINK DC House, 712 5th St, NE, between G&H (5 blocks from Union Station- Red
Line)
Help set the date and logistics of this important action. Please attend this meeting
and forward this announcement to as many interested people and organizations as
possible. http://www.consensus.net/tent_city_protest.html TENT CITY PROTEST Summer
2008 BUILD THE WORLD WE KNOW IS POSSIBLE- Washington DC Peace, healthcare,
education, food, housing, a safe environment, and democracy. END THE OCCUPATIONS
AND STOP WORLD WAR III Students and activist are starting to make plans for a summer
of Tent City Protest to stop the U.S. attack on Iran, to end the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan while showing that we can create world free from domination, coercion
and violence. Thousands of people are making plans to set up a tent city outside the
White House and Capital Buildings in Washington D.C, as soon as final exams are over
this May. Tent City Protests have been powerful. The tent city during the
Orange Revolution in the Ukraine brought down the government. Camp Casey in
Crawford, Texas, and the 600 day farmer's action at the Bosnia and Herzegovina
Square in Sarajevo had huge impact. Activists are also planning to organize Tent
City Protests outside military installations, federal buildings and U.S. embassies.
All peace and social action groups are invited to join in the tent city protest. There
is a vigorous debate about what strategy might work to end the crisis caused by the
"war on terrorism." Rallies, marches and petitions haven't done enough to stop
torture, secret prisons, the use of cluster bombs against civilians, wire tapping and
data collection, laws such as the Military Commissions Act and the Violent
Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. At the same time actions
to protect the environment, healthcare, education and housing haven't been successful.
One strategy that has proven effective at bringing positive social change has been
the tent city protest. We are facing an urgent crisis. Bush is talking of World War
III against Iran using nuclear weapons, the global economy is failing for most,
climate change continues to become more urgent and the U.S. empire
is using every measure possible to protect its power. Join us in participating in the
Tent City Protest. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL PROGRESSIVE GROUPS AND ORGANIZE A MEETING IN
YOUR COMMUNITY! Endorsed by: Code Pink DC, Food Not Bombs, The Iraqi Moratorium,
Voices for Creative Nonviolence Please contact us to endorse. http://www.consensus.net/tent_city_protest.html