Drew SherlockMarch 19, 2010 at 9:49pm Subject: Brink your bike out tomorrow! Hey all,

Just letting everyone know that at least a few of us are going to be riding our bicycles today at the ANSWER march. if that interests more people we can be a funky rad bike bloc!

See y'all soon!

xo Drew

 

http://www.oly-wa.us/iraqmemorial/Home.php


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This Picture . . . took place - Friday, March 20 & Saturday, March 21, 2009

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Representing the desire for peace and reconciliation, the Memorial presents markers for the civilians whose deaths have been documented to be a result of the US-led invasion that began March 19, 2003.

The Iraq Memorial to Life - Photo Journals

Construction of the Memorial is being planned for the lawn near the Washington Monument on the National Mall for a nine-day period including a Saturday set-up and Sunday afternoon take-down; the permit dates are being finalized for some time after May 1, 2009.

Your help is needed.
Make a marker for one of the people - or several markers for a group that died in an incident.
* Select an individual or an incident for which you will make a memorial marker(s).

Look at the plans for the Iraq Memorial to Life.
* Sign onto to help build the memorial in Washington DC.

Learn about other ways you can help the project be successful.
* View related links
* Please donate to build the fund needed to make this memorial. 

Iraq Memorial to Life

Seventh Anniversary of US-led invasion Commemoration in Washington D.C.

February 19, 2010
One month from today marks the seventh year since the US-led invasion of Iraq exploded into the lives of everyone on earth. Over 1,300,000 civilians are dead as a result.

The Iraq Memorial to Life remembers the lives of these civilians now gone forever. It will be installed on The Mall, Washington D.C., on the north side of the Washington Monument facing the White House on the seventh anniversary, March 19, 2010.

Please help build this memorial; make as many markers as you can. The small database of the Iraq Body Count (IBC) has been used to make markers for the Iraq Memorial to Life. Visiting the website Markers you will see the list of markers yet to be made.  It takes about 5 minutes to choose and make a marker.  The memorial has grown slowly, but as more people understand the importance of taking a stand – more markers are being made.  Now at about 5,000 markers; 94,000 more markers would need to be made to build a memorial to the 7.5% of the total civilian deaths that have been documented to standards by the IBC. Send markers as soon as possible to: Peace of the Action – IMTL, PO Box 21591, Washington DC 20009

Listen to Dahr Jamail and Sam Husseini; help set up the memorial, participate in the candlelight procession, attend the dedication, and walk the memorial.

Thursday, March 18, at 6:30 – 8:00 pm. Remembering Iraq - 7 years of Occupation and Counting
Dahr Jamail and Sam Huseini will present: at Busboys and Poets (V St.)

Friday, March 19th, the seventh anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, the Memorial will be set-up on the Mall. Nearby, a memorial to the American soldiers who have lost their lives will tell another story of the cost of this war.  Memorial volunteers will join a candlelight procession at 9:30 pm to light luminaries throughout the memorial for a 10:34 pm observance of the beginning of the invasion.

Saturday, March 20, at 10:00 am Dahr Jamail, Josh Stieber, Salam Hassan and Mark Johnson will speak as the memorial is dedicated.  (time, only, is yet tentatively)


  • Beyond the Green Zone

    Dahr Jamail's books,

    and

    The Will to Resist

    , carry rare accounts of what was - and is - happening in the wars.  Jamail is a respected journalist dedicated to speaking the truth. His "dispatches" are carried by many independent media outlets and can found at his blog

    http://dahrjamailiraq.com/
  • ContagiousLoveExperiment

    Josh Stieber, along with Conor Curran, both Iraq War veterans, established the

    and traveled the country on foot, then on bicycle, to share their experiences.  A read of the opening page of their journal is well worth your time and will lead you to explore their experiment. 

  • Salam Hassan assisted Dahr Jamail in Iraq as a translator, and works with media outlets to tell the real story of Iraq. Salam's brother, Ali, was shot in Baghdad as a result of the war in Iraq while driving to work.

  • Mark Johnson, Executive Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, is recognized as an International change agent committed to social justice and economic and environmental sustainability.

For more information contact: Douglas Mackey, IMtL Coordinator (360) 485-3764 mailto:douglas.mackey@iraqmemorialtolife.org

Iraq Memorial to Life
Traditions Fair Trade
300 5th Ave SW
Olympia WA 98503

IMtL Schedule in Washington D.C.

Thursday, March 18 Memorial Preparation


  • 9am - 3pm teach-in, learn-about; final marker making, POTA Camp on the Mall, north of Washington Monument

  • 6:30pm Dahr Jamail and Sam Husseini present at Busboys & Poets (V St)

. . . . . Remembering Iraq: 7 years of Occupation and counting

Friday, March 19


  • 8:00am - 5:00pm Build the memorial  - 7:00 – 9:30pm Complete memorial, prepare & place luminaries for candlelight

Opening of the memorial


  • 9:30pm Silent vigil, candle light procession, lighting luminaries  - 10:34pm "The still silent voice" moments in remembrance of Baghdad / Iraq.

Saturday, March 20
10:00am Memorial Dedication
Speakers


  • Opening remarks, Douglas Mackey, FOR-IMtL Coordinator

  • Josh Stieber, Iraq War Veteran

  • Salam Hassan, Iraqi with family survivors and a brother killed in Iraq

  • Dahr Jamail, Journalist, Author

  • Mark Johnson, Fellowship of Reconciliation - Executive Director

10:45am Lighting of the Chalice: Cindy Sheehan, Salam Hassan, Dahr Jamail, others

7:00pm Memorial Closing (Memorial may extend into more days if permit allows) 
 

 

March 18, 8PM join the Funk the War crew for the last and best pre-party before the street party against empire. Yes, it's on the national mall, right by the Washington Monument (the tall thing), in a BIG TENT at the "Camp OUT NOW!" anti-war encampment .......   featuring:

:: t h e . C o r n e l . W e s t . T h e o r y ::  organic, border-breaking, type 1 dc hip-hop, moving your feet and provoking your mind: "we must bring culture or hip hop is over"
:: D J . U n d e r d o g :: the turn-tableist behind Afrobeat night at Bossa, dropping the phat funkies to get you hyped for Friday's street party


Funk the War updates:

http://dc-sds.org
FtW: Bad Romance Street Party:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=362862220644
The Cornel West Theory:

http://www.thecornelwesttheory.com/

Suggested $10-->$5 sliding scale donation at the door to help us keep funking the war until we bring it down


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OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS:

MONDAY, MARCH 15:   KEVIN ZEESE (NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF VOTERS FOR PEACE) AND DR. MARGARET FLOWERS (SINGLE-PAYER ACTIVIST) SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ALWAYS LINKING THE U.S. WAR ECONOMY TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE REST OF THE ECONOMY AND HOW WE NEED TO END THE WARS TO HAVE POSITIVE SOCIAL PROGRAMS HERE AT HOME.


TUESDAY, MARCH 16:   EX-CIA AGENT, RAY MCGOVERN, TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING RACHEL CORRIE’S DREAM ALIVE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HER MURDER WHILE TRYING TO PROTECT PALESTINIAN’S HOMES FROM DESTRUCTION.


 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17:  DAVID SWANSON (AFTER DOWNING STREET ) AND DEBRA SWEET (NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF WORLD CAN’T WAIT) SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLDING U.S. WAR CRIMINALS ACCOUNTABLE–FROM THE TOP DOWN. ENTERTAINMENT BY BANJER DAN.


THURSDAY, MARCH 18:  CINDY SHEEHAN SPEAKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RAMPING UP THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT TO PERFORM COURAGEOUS AND COMMITTED ACTS OF CIVIL RESISTANCE.


FRIDAY, MARCH 19:  SOME OF US WILL BE LEAVING CAMP TO GO DOWN TO CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA TO PROTEST WAR CRIMINAL, JOHN YOO, WHO IS SPEAKING AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA (FROM: 1PM TO 6PM) AND WE WILL BE MAKING SIGNS AND GETTING READY FOR THE MARCH ON DC SPONSORED BY ANSWER.


SATURDAY, MARCH 20:  MARCH ON DC—MEET AT CAMP AT 10AM AND WE WILL BE GOING TOGETHER TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE MARCH—AFTER THE MARCH, OUR FRIEND, CYNTHIA MCKINNEY, WILL BE VISITING US AT CAMP.


SUNDAY, MARCH 21:  POTA DAY OFF: ON OUR “DAY OFF” WE WILL BE PROTESTING AT THE AIPAC (AMERICAN-ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE) CONVENTION AT THE DC CONVENTION CENTER FROM 8AM TO ABOUT 8PM. WAR CRIMINALS, TONY BLAIR AND BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE CONFERENCE.


MONDAY, MARCH 22:: OUR ACTIONS BEGIN (STEALTH–INFO WILL BE GIVEN AT CAMP).

 

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Many tens of thousands of children have died directly as a consequence of Bush's war that was based exclusively on lies and deceit. In addition to the spike in birth defects, a whole generation of Iraqi children will face a lifetime of physical and emotional wounds. Seventy percent of children are suffering from trauma-related symptoms reports the Iraqi Society of Psychiatrists and the World Health Organization. That conclusion was based on a survey of 10,000 primary school students.

On March 20, 2010 supporters of theIndictBushNow movement are forming a contingent in the national anti-war March on Washington protesting the Iraq and Afghanistan war.

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Funk the War 9: Bad Romance

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Funk the War 9: Bad Romance


Student power against Obama's recession empire



Funk the War, light the bed on fire, and break free from this bad romance! Washington, DC. March 19, the 7th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.



Student mutiny against the War on Terror: Fund Education, Not War & Occupation.



Obama's got us singing like Lady Gaga, “I want your love and all your lover's revenge.” Thousands of anti-war youth fell in love with Obama and dropped everything to build his campaign. He seduced us with promises of hope and change from Bush's abuses, all the while refusing to give up his lust for the War on Terror.



We've been together a while now and Obama keeps expanding the War on Terror in the Middle East and Central Asia. He's taking advantage of record youth unemployment and skyrocketing college costs to drag young people into a war we've got nothing to gain from. More soldiers trapped in the War on Terror are committing suicide than ever before. Obama, “Baby, you're sick.”



March 19th is the 7th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq and the occupation's going strong. It's time to Funk the War, light the bed on fire, and break free from this bad romance.



“Walk, walk, fashion baby, work it!” DC SDS is calling for a massive student power dance party against empire to disrupt the corporate-political war machine in streets of the capital city. We refuse to let another year of war in Iraq and war on our youth pass by without resistance. Join us in the streets and help build an unstoppable student & youth anti-war movement in 2010.


Assemble your crew, practice your moves, and throw on them dancing shoes. We'll be hosting anti-imperialist education events, direct action trainings, dance floor mayhem, and smaller actions in the lead up to March 19th. Get in touch if you'd like to attend or host an event or if we can help support your resistance efforts: strategic planning, action trainings, logistical support, we'd love to help. We'll see you in the streets.



Upcoming events in Washington, DC:


* January 29: Funk the Warming – Down with the Fossil Hawks


* February 13: Funk the War 9 Consulta & Bad Romance Weekend


Consulta @ 4pm, RSVP to funkthewar9@gmail.com for more info.


* March 18: Schoolhouse Funk, pre-action teach-in hosted by the Washington Peace Center


* March 19: Funk the War: Bad Romance


* March 20: Mass march against the war; Funk the War post-action meet-up 


 

Funk the War 9: Bad Romance


Student power against Obama's recession empire



Funk the War, light the bed on fire, and break free from this bad romance! Washington, DC. March 19, the 7th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.



Student mutiny against the War on Terror: Fund Education, Not War & Occupation.



Obama's got us singing like Lady Gaga, “I want your love and all your lover's revenge.” Thousands of anti-war youth fell in love with Obama and dropped everything to build his campaign. He...

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