Take It To The Bridge UPDATE

Upcoming Actions/Meetings:
Thursday, May 30th, Noon Press Conference, 455 Eighth
St., San Francisco with the Council of American
Islamic Affairs and other groups.

Saturday, June 1st, Gathering at the Lake Merritt
Columns near Grand Ave and Lakeshore in Oakland,
3-5pm.

Monday, June 3rd, All Peeps Meeting 7pm at the
Fellowship Hall, 390-27th St., Oakland.

From the All People's Coalition to Stop US Terror and Occupation, we want to express our profound appreciation to all the people who participated in this fantastic mobilization. Not only did we send a message of opposition to US policy to the world, we also let the world know that we are serious and courageous when it comes to challenging the cold, repressive US war machine that is wrecking havoc on the peoples of the world and is trying to stop people from speaking out against it.

Most moving were the people who took the stand and got arrested, particularly the young people, some of whom were thrust into events beyond their control and knowledge. The GG bridge authorities and National Park Service clearly set us up for a confrontation and despite their attempts to smear us and blame us for stopping the traffic, we came out the winners in almost every report on the news because we exposed their brutality and our bravery. Please send your court appearance info to allpeepsco [at] yahoo.com so it can be made public and people can attend your court date with you.

Currently everyone has been released from jail. Many people are facing court dates even this week. We are organizing a press conference along with Arab and Muslim organizations and civil rights attorneys and anyone else who wants to join us for Thursday at noon at the office of the California Highway Patrol, 455 Eighth St.in San Francisco.

We have a great campaign ahead of us to charge the CHP with police brutality and unnecessary force. We have to turn around the charges of our people blocking the sidewalk and charge the CHP with blocking the sidewalk. Most importantly, we have to expose the CHP's attack on the Palestinian family by their brutalization of a child and ridiculous arrest of Sophia's brother for "child endangerment." There are charges that the CHP illegally detained two Palestinian men including Jess Ghannam, a leader in this coalition for waving the Palestinian flag on the bridge. As everyone knows, the US flag is flown freely every day from the same bridge.

Everyone is invited to attend the press conference on Thursday. We look forward to the Saturday summation of our mobilization and to talk about the strengths, weaknesses and how we might move forward. We will gather at the Lake Merritt columns at 3pm on this Saturday, June 1st and have a meeting on Monday, June 3rd at 7pm at 390-27th St at the Fellowship Hall.

Looking forward to building our next mobilization, deepening this struggle and building this anti-war movement.

All Power to the Peeps!
http://www.takeittothebridge.org http://www.allpeeps.org
All People's Coalition to Stop US Terror and Occupation
allpeepsco [at] yahoo.com