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SF Antiwar March to ’Demand End to Iraq Occupation & Link To Fight Against Union Busting
The anti-war January 27, 2007 march will link up to the fight against union busting against
Hornblower Yachts at Pier 33.
Hornblower Yachts at Pier 33.
San Francisco Antiwar March to Say No to Proposed Troop ‘Surge,’ Demand End to Iraq Occupation
March To Link Up With Labor Struggle For Justice On SF Docks
MEDIA ADVISORY
January 15, 2007
Contact: Snehal Shingavi
(510) 575-8052
What: Protest against the war in Iraq and Bush’s proposed troop "surge" & Protest At Pier33 Against Union Busting
When: Saturday, January 27 @ Noon
Where: Powell and Market Sts. with march to San Francisco to Pier 31/33 for mass picket line
Antiwar activists throughout the Bay Area are planning a protest rally and march in response to President Bush’s plan to escalate the Iraq war with an additional 21,500 troops. In addition to calling for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, protesters will demand an end to racist attacks on Arabs and Muslims and a halt to U.S. support for Israel’s occupation of Palestine and in defense of bay area workers who are under attack. The march will also focus on union busting and the defense of IBU-ILWU/MMP workers who are under attack at Alcatraz Tours on Pier 33 which is owned by Terry MacCrae and the Hornblower Tours outfit. They have been awarded a 10 year contract by the Bush administration and are discriminating against union members. Trade unionists and many other organizations are working on building union contingents to join this march.
The protest, which begins at Noon and the march route will take the demonstration to a rally at Pier 31/33 where Alcatraz Tours is located. The march and rally has been endorsed by the San Francisco Labor Council, the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and several local activist groups, and will coincide with a national protest in Washington, DC organized by United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ). March organizers are urging union and other groups to speak about about how the war is harming their members and the costs of this war to education, housing and healthcare. Already over half a trillion dollars have been spent on the wars in the Middle East.
"Bush's announcement that 21,500 additional troops will be sent into Baghdad proves that he cares little about the lives of Iraqis," said Snehal Shingavi, a protest organizer, "or about the opinions of Americans, who are overwhelmingly against the ‘surge.’"
"This ‘surge’ will mean the massacre of innocent Iraqis in Sadr City. It will also mean the unnecessary deaths of American soldiers, who are increasingly against the war," continued Shingavi. "With neither major political party willing to speak to the majority of Americans’ desire to end the war, we must make our voices heard."
March To Link Up With Labor Struggle For Justice On SF Docks
MEDIA ADVISORY
January 15, 2007
Contact: Snehal Shingavi
(510) 575-8052
What: Protest against the war in Iraq and Bush’s proposed troop "surge" & Protest At Pier33 Against Union Busting
When: Saturday, January 27 @ Noon
Where: Powell and Market Sts. with march to San Francisco to Pier 31/33 for mass picket line
Antiwar activists throughout the Bay Area are planning a protest rally and march in response to President Bush’s plan to escalate the Iraq war with an additional 21,500 troops. In addition to calling for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, protesters will demand an end to racist attacks on Arabs and Muslims and a halt to U.S. support for Israel’s occupation of Palestine and in defense of bay area workers who are under attack. The march will also focus on union busting and the defense of IBU-ILWU/MMP workers who are under attack at Alcatraz Tours on Pier 33 which is owned by Terry MacCrae and the Hornblower Tours outfit. They have been awarded a 10 year contract by the Bush administration and are discriminating against union members. Trade unionists and many other organizations are working on building union contingents to join this march.
The protest, which begins at Noon and the march route will take the demonstration to a rally at Pier 31/33 where Alcatraz Tours is located. The march and rally has been endorsed by the San Francisco Labor Council, the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and several local activist groups, and will coincide with a national protest in Washington, DC organized by United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ). March organizers are urging union and other groups to speak about about how the war is harming their members and the costs of this war to education, housing and healthcare. Already over half a trillion dollars have been spent on the wars in the Middle East.
"Bush's announcement that 21,500 additional troops will be sent into Baghdad proves that he cares little about the lives of Iraqis," said Snehal Shingavi, a protest organizer, "or about the opinions of Americans, who are overwhelmingly against the ‘surge.’"
"This ‘surge’ will mean the massacre of innocent Iraqis in Sadr City. It will also mean the unnecessary deaths of American soldiers, who are increasingly against the war," continued Shingavi. "With neither major political party willing to speak to the majority of Americans’ desire to end the war, we must make our voices heard."
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1. Because my guess is that, murderous as the occupation is for Iraqi civilians, the level of violence against civilians -- especially women -- is going to escalate sharply after the invaders have cut and run. And...
2. The current US role in Iraq has a tremendous potential to erode and even help destroy the United States as a global superpower. And if the ever-escalating mountain of debt that the US is sagging under leads to a collapse in the value of the dollar, or an economic collapse comparable to Argentina in 2001, then the sky's the limit for all the grief that a protracted military quagmire could help deliver to the owners and rulers of the United States.
In any case like so much of what happens in life I am not likely to get what I want here. My understanding is that the US won't completely withdraw from Iraq in any case. The US will bail on its commitment to policing duties for its current crop of Iraqi stooges, and will build several very large, super-secure miltary bases that no suicide car bomber will be able to touch. The US will then maintain a series of permanent military outposts in Western Asia, which was one of the three main goals of the invasion, while the rest of the country collapses into an Islamic fundamentalist version of Mad Max.
2. The current US role in Iraq has a tremendous potential to erode and even help destroy the United States as a global superpower. And if the ever-escalating mountain of debt that the US is sagging under leads to a collapse in the value of the dollar, or an economic collapse comparable to Argentina in 2001, then the sky's the limit for all the grief that a protracted military quagmire could help deliver to the owners and rulers of the United States.
In any case like so much of what happens in life I am not likely to get what I want here. My understanding is that the US won't completely withdraw from Iraq in any case. The US will bail on its commitment to policing duties for its current crop of Iraqi stooges, and will build several very large, super-secure miltary bases that no suicide car bomber will be able to touch. The US will then maintain a series of permanent military outposts in Western Asia, which was one of the three main goals of the invasion, while the rest of the country collapses into an Islamic fundamentalist version of Mad Max.
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