[SDCPJ] Join us at Congressional offices for Jobs Not Cuts - Wed., Aug 10th

MoveOn - American Dream Movement is sponsoring rallies and event at all the Congressional offices.  Please join us at one of the rallies on Wed, Aug 10th. Events in your area: click on an event name to sign up Wednesday, 10 Aug 2011, 12:00 PM Jobs Not Cuts - Duncan Hunter's Office, El Cajon, CA 1870 Cordell Ct El Cajon, CA 92020 Directions: Take Cuyamaca St. - one block N. of the intersection of Bradley and Cuyamaca, turn west on Gillespie Way. Go up the hill to Cordell. The Congressman's office is at the top of the driveway at 1870 Cordell Ct. Hosted by Mary Karyl Sweeney, Frank Gormlie Description Let's Rebuild the American Dream! Bring your energy and ideas about how to create jobs to this important event. What do you think we can and should do to create jobs in East County, the San Diego region and across our great country? Wednesday, 10 Aug 2011, 4:00 PM Jobs Not Cuts - Susan Davis' Office 2700 Adams Avenue San Diego, CA 92116 Directions: Susan Davis' office is on Adams Avenue, between Texas Street and 30th Street. Hosted by Frank Gormlie Description Calling all citizens who are tired of seeing cuts and no jobs. Please join us at Congresswoman Susan Davis' office to press for jobs not cuts. It's time we stand up to the very rich and large corporations, take our country back from them, re-establish our democracy - all the while demanding jobs for our country, and not more cut-backs to the safety net. This is in the 53rd Congressional District. Wednesday, 10 Aug 2011, 12:00 PM Sick of the super-wealthy and corporations not paying their fair share? - Representive Brian Bilbray Office 380 Stevens Avenue Solana Beach, CA 92075 Hosted by Joanna Welch Lasken, Joan Stroh Description We're facing a massive jobs crisis in our country, and the folks in Washington, D.C. aren't listening. On Wednesday, August 10, we're taking our fight to the streets with a national day of action. Americans in every corner of the country will gather at congressional offices to ask our elected officials: Where are the Jobs? We'll call for an immediate solution to the jobs crisis in our country and let Congress know that we're ready to work. We'll also tell Congress that we've found the money—and we're sick of the super-wealthy and corporations not paying their fair share. Frank Gormlie, Council Coordinator

[SDCPJ] S. Brian Willson with his book "Blood on the Tracks" Journey of an American Peacemaker ; Sunday, Sept. 4th

THE UNIMAGINABLE JOURNEY

of an American Peacemaker

Activist San Diego

&

Veterans for Peace

present

A Talk & Book Signing with

S. Brian Willson

Sunday, September 4th
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Joyce Beers Community Center

4065 Vermont Street, San Diego, CA 92103

Special introduction by

Frank Dorrel

 

Doors open at 5:30. Brian Wilson will be available to autograph books prior to and following the program. Copies of Blood on the Tracks will be available for $20 at this event.

 

For more information: www.activistsandiego.org

[SDCPJ] Craft Against Corporate Welfare - Labor Beat on bliptv

Craft Against Corporate Welfare

Watch it on bliptv:
http://blip.tv/labor-beat/craft_corpwelf2-5446066

For the June 14, 2011 march to protest a big meeting of corporate executives at Chicago's Hyatt Regency Hotel, a group of banner makers created Craft Against Corporate Welfare. As part of the general Stand Up! Chicago mobilization, this merry band of students, teachers and activists put together an impressive selection of giant puppets, signs, and huge banners to be used in the protest. We visit with them as they discuss their mission, spray paint and staple gun over three days, and pull off some impressive deployments during the scheduled event. More info: craft@standupchicago.org.  Length - 19:23

Craft Against Corporate Welfare activists prepare the visuals
Photos: ©2011 Labor Beat

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Labor Beat has regular cable slots in Chicago, Evanston, Rockford, Urbana, IL; St. Louis, MO; Princeton, NJ; and Rochester, NY. For more detailed information, send us a request at mail@laborbeat.org

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Craft Against Corporate Welfare

Watch it on bliptv:

http://blip.tv/labor-beat/craft_corpwelf2-5446066

For the June 14, 2011 march to protest a big meeting of corporate executives at Chicago's Hyatt Regency Hotel, a group of banner makers created Craft Against Corporate Welfare. As part of the general Stand Up! Chicago mobilization, this merry band of students, teachers and activists put together an impressive selection of giant puppets, signs, and huge banners to be used in the protest. We visit with them as they discuss their mission, spray paint and staple gun over three days, and pull off some impressive deployments during the scheduled event. More info: craft@standupchicago.org.  Length - 19:23

Craft Against Corporate Welfare activists prepare the visuals

Photos: ©2011 Labor Beat

Produced by Labor Beat. Labor Beat is a CAN TV Community Partner. Labor Beat is a non-profit 501(c)(3) member of IBEW 1220. Views are those of the producer Labor Beat. For info: mail@laborbeat.org, www.laborbeat.org. 312-226-3330. For other Labor Beat videos, visit Google Video, YouTube, or blip.tv and search "Labor Beat".

Labor Beat has regular cable slots in Chicago, Evanston, Rockford, Urbana, IL; St. Louis, MO; Princeton, NJ; and Rochester, NY. For more detailed information, send us a request at mail@laborbeat.org

Learn More About Labor Beat:

www.laborbeat.org/3/aboutlaborbeat.pdf

To order this dvd from Labor Beat (Committee for Labor Access):

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[SDCPJ] Community Labor Coalition Economic Summit in San Diego Aug 27th

Community and Labor Economic Summit to be Held in San Diego – Aug. 27th  (Click on headline) by Frank Gormlie on August 6, 2011 ·  Focusing on jobs, quality of life, prosperity, equality and fairness, the San Diego Community-Labor Coalition wants to change the narrative in San Diego, getting away from the right-wing dominance of discussion of issues in the media, moving away from, for example, a monopolization of the pension issue to more everyday issues like 'where are the jobs?' and other quality of life concerns. And now the combined coalition plans to hold an economic summit in San Diego later this month. Entitled "A Better San Diego", the coalition will sponsor a day long conference at a local middle school on August 27th at Horace Mann Middle School. (Click on above headline for the rest of the article.)

[SDCPJ] some thoughts for Hiroshima/Nagasaki Days and Nuclear Free Future Month

1.Why Anti-Nuclear Belongs in All of Our Movements
Betsy Hartman
http://www.nuclearfreeplanet.org

Labor rights, reproductive rights, climate justice, nuclear weapons, peace- Betsey Hartmann makes a strong case for how they are all interconnected in the issue of nuclear power. Everyone's future depends on our moving away from nuclear power and weapons production and use. This is the time to put aside partisanship and work towards a truly sustainable energy policy. Read rest of article:
http://www.nuclearfreeplanet.org

2.NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE MONTH
TIME TO PHASE OUT NUCLEAR POWER AND START NEGOTIATIONS
ON A TREATY TO BAN THE BOMB
Action Call from UFPJ Nuclear Free Future Working Committee

August 6th and 9th 2011 will mark the 66th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the wake of the catastrophic events in Fukishima, with over 200,000 people evacuated from their homes and radioactive toxins circling the globe, poisoning our water, soil and air and contaminating the global food supply; with brave workers risking their lives to stop the ongoing devastation at the six nuclear reactors overcome by the chaos of cataclysmic earthquakes and a colossal tsunami, let us use these August days of remembrance to continue our work in this third year of United for Peace and Justice's Nuclear Free Future Month. Read rest of Call to Action:
http://www.nuclearfreefuture.org/
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[SDCPJ] Nuclear Free Future Month ~ Today, Aug 6th, Hiroshima

August is Nuclear Free Future Month.

For this, the Peace Resource Center of San Diego is hosting a month long commemoration of Japan's nuclear experiences (Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Fukushima) with a focus on remembering the past while educating about nuclear issues that persist and need to change. 

~ Sat, Aug 6th ~
For this day, the 66th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, we open the new PRC space from 2-7 pm with a memorial exhibit and invite the public to visit, view, ask questions, read books, listen, remember, and reach for peace.

While you are on campus, the Brethren are also hosting a Neighborhood block party, which you are also welcome to join. There will be fun, food, and friends! Let the kids play games, run through the sprinklers, enjoy summer. Bring a picnic potluck dish if you are able.

~ Tues, Aug 9th ~
For the anniversary of Nagasaki, we are starting our film series with a FREE Special Screening of "Atomic Mom." This feature-length documentary is not otherwise available to the public! Come see this powerful film about two women, both mothers, who have very different experiences of the atom bomb. http://atomicmom.org
   6:30 pm Light refreshments
   7:00 pm Movie starts
   Bring a friend!

We will have additional movie nights throughout August covering other nuclear issues, such as depleted uranium.

Stay tuned for more details! www.prcsd.org

Citizens of the Explorartory Committee Reject the Development of Super Committee as Unconstitutional

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
8/5/2011

Contact:
Walter Davis
Exploratory Committee

Phone: 760-917-1251 email: wdavis@walterdavisenterprises.com

CITIZENS OF THE EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE REJECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPER COMMITTEE AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
San Marcos, CA - 5 August 2011
The newly developed Exploratory Committee, a non-partisan national citizens group, denounces the recent formulation of a Super Committee as unconstitutional. Earlier this week congress and the President signed into law a budget plan that assigned a Super Committee and gave it rights to automatically cut defense spending, Medicare and other programs. The powers granted to this Super Committee reflect a delegation of authority in direct violation to the Constitution.

The president, for example, checks the power of Congress with his power to veto, or reject, laws passed by Congress. In turn, Congress checks the president's power with the power to override a presidential veto by a two-thirds vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The judiciary, which refers to the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, checks the power of both Congress and the president with the power to review government action to make sure it does not violate the Constitution.

The development of the Super Committee circumvents this process giving a committee power to take actions without the oversights and safeguards guaranteed by the Constitution.

The Super Committee is not included in the charge “To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof” which grants powers to the branches of government.

Members of the Senate and members of the House have the opportunity under the Constitution to debate items that are sent to them and to modify items that are sent to them. “To force them to vote just yes or no with no debate, not to follow the rules of the House, which permits amendments, not to follow the rules of the Senate, which permits a filibuster, is such a substantial removal of the authority the Constitution gave them that this legislation is treading in waters that might not be constitutional” states Shirley Moore, founder of the Exploratory Committee.

There is an assault on the American family. The Exploratory Committee seeks to raise public awareness and develop a unified voice demanding change in our national institutions.
“The war on the American family by corporations, discriminatory laws and policies that perpetuate staggering poverty cannot continue” states Walter Davis a TV Producer and columnist. “We are calling for the American people to march on Washington in protest of the continued support of the wealthy/lobbyists, violations of the constitution, aggressive attacks on the American family, the poor, the weak and under represented. We are not going to allow business as usual and we are going to hold our government accountable for its responsibility to protect American citizens from enemies foreign, AND DOMESTIC. This now includes the powers of the corporatetocracy who seek to undermine the Constitution, human rights, social justice and the right for American citizens to pursue happiness and security” Davis states strongly.
The Exploratory Committee is open to the public. Presentations will televised on streaming Internet Television and Internet Radio.
For more information:
"Exploratory Committee of the People" email: exploratorycp@gmail.com
"Exploratory Committee of the People" Links:
Blogspot: http://exploratorycommitteeforthepeople.blogspot.com/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/exploratorycp
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/exploratorycp
Ongoing "Exploratory Committee of the People" Membership Drive Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139015926178260
"Exploratory Committee of the People" LIKE page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Exploratory-Committee-2012-Election/221705734531037

Walter Davis
760-917-1251 sdcommunitycoalition@gmail.com
197 Woodland Parkway
San Marcos, CA 92069
Organizer, The San Diego County Community Coalition http://www.meetup.com/sdcommunitycoalition
CommunityCoalitionYouTubeChannel
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Walter Davis, Executive Producer, Progress in San Diego Television Show, National Communications Director Exploratory Committee

Donna Dymally, President Exploratory Committee

Dr. Shirley Moore, National Chair Exploratory Committee

[SDCPJ] The Debate on US Debt Ceiling Limit and US Subsidies to Israeli Colonies

Sharing my latest article on the above subject, please read and hare!

http://www.intifada-palestine.com/2011/08/the-debate-on-us-debt-ceiling-limit-and-us-subsidies-to-israeli-colonies/

... raising US debt ceiling, allowing the US government to borrow money to pay for its obligations has been a standard procedure. In fact, since 1917 when the statuary limit was passed by US Congress, the US government raised the debt limit 78 times, 49 of which were under Republican administrations and 29 under a Democratic presidents... the US debt ceiling was raised, routinely, more by Republican than Democratic presidents. In fact, under the latest Republican president, Bush, federal spending rose from $1.9 trillion a year to $3.2 trillion. While under current Democratic president, federal spending went from $3.2 trillion to $3.8 trillion.

... The US can contribute to peace in the Middle East and save more than $50 billion in ten years if it cuts its superfluous aid granted to the non taxpaying state of Israel. US tax payers are certainly more deserving of the money than the subsidized illegal Israeli colonies over Palestinian land

You can access my articles at: http://jamalkanj.com/My-Latest-Spiel-%28website-Articles%29.php

Thanks

Jamal   

[SDCPJ] Movie Night at the new home of the Peace Resource Center!

MOVIE NIGHT AT THE PRC 
FOR PEACE & SOCIAL JUSTICE

REMEMBERING

HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI

Tuesday, August, 9th (Nagasaki Day)

starting at 6:30PM Movie at 7:00PM

at the new home of the
PEACE RESOURCE CENTER
in the
SAN DIEGO FRIENDS CENTER
3850 Westgate Place San Diego 92105

FREE - FREE - FREE

LIGHT REFRESHMENTS

ATOMIC MOM, A DOCUMENTARY

Atomic Mom is a feature-length documentary film about two women, both mothers, who have very different experiences of the atom bomb. 

One is the filmmaker's mother, Pauline Silvia, who was a biologist in the Navy in the early 1950's and was sent to the Nevada Test Site where she participated in five detonations. At 23 years old, she was one of the few women scientists on an elite team of researchers. After decades of silence, Pauline is in a crisis of conscience about the work she did, work that involved animal testing. In our present moment of Wikileaks, Pauline is a similar whistle-blower having been cowed by the silencing machine of the US military. She reveals some of the grim and dark secrets of the U.S. atomic testing program.

In an attempt to reconcile with her own mother's past, her daughter, filmmaker M.T. Silvia, meets Emiko Okada, a Hiroshima survivor trying to resolve her own history in Japan. She was eight years old when the bomb was dropped and her twelve-year-old sister was never found. After many years of silence, Ms. Okada gives testimony of her atomic bomb experience and her commitment to education and disarmament. The film follows these survivors, each on a different end of atomic warfare, as they "meet" through the filmmaking process, and as they, with startling honestly, attempt to understand the other.

CLICK BELOW TO VIEW THE TRAILER

http://youtu.be/PA5lnhQSyH8

OUR NEXT FILM WILL BE "THE FORGOTTEN BOMB" (TRAILER http://goo.gl/tHa41)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16TH

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT www.prcsd.org

[SDCPJ] OB Rag - Best of the Week

Here is the Best of the Week from July 24th through July 30th. Click on headlines to see the articles. Need Money? El Cajon Young Republicans San Diego GOP operatives Pay "Activists"! by Anna Daniels Still Advocating for Children After All These Years by Ernie McCray The Saga of the Del Mar Ave. Benches Not Over Yet by Andy Cohen The Douche Distraction: Hail to the V, bye-bye Roe V Wade? by Anna Daniels Memorial Benches Returned to Ocean Beach by Frank Gormlie Ask OB Convert: "I still haven't found a job in OB." by OB Convert OB Rag Challenging Assumptions Over At The Union Tribune by Doug Porter Sustainability 101: Repurposing & Upcycling by Terrie Relf NFL Lockout Officially Ended. A Look Back at the Issues and the Settlement by Andy Cohen Bench Tour of South Ocean Beach by Citizen Cane ComicCon 2011: Saturday costume session by Shane Finneran

[SDCPJ] Legislation to Phase Out Private Military Contractors is Filed in Senate and House

July 27, 2011
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) today introduced legislation that would phase out private security contractors in war zones.

Rest of article is at:
http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/index.cfm?id=abb93486-e575-49ba-a805-1cc08f0becc5
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[SDCPJ] show support for the Peace movement on Facebook

Show your support for the Peace movement by visiting the San Diego Veterans for Peace Facebook page and clicking the "Like" button.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Diego-Veterans-for-Peace/184073184953581

We need your support to show the rest of the community and the elected officials that the Peace movement has a strong community support. We invite you to share on this page information and comments directly related to the organization's effort to end US military foreign occupations and the US foreign policy directed at perpetuating the ongoing wars.

Peace,
Sergey Gratiy,
associate member of SDVFP

Left Hook: July 2011 - Debt Crisis

Left Hook

By Walter Davis

27 July 2011

The Debt Crisis: Artificial, Immoral, Preventable

"I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." -Woodrow Wilson, after signing the Federal Reserve into existence (1)…

This quote, though replete on the Internet and many other sources, is argued not to be an actual quote by Woodrow Wilson.

Whether or not the President uttered this quote or it is a conspiracy theory, the words ring of truth. Less than 5% of America’s population is in control of more than 90% of the wealth. Poverty levels are increasing and the middle class is disappearing. American families are weighed down by the shackles of debt.

“I have never seen more Senators express discontent with their jobs….I think the major cause is that, deep down in our hearts, we have been accomplices in doing something terrible and unforgivable to our wonderful country. Deep down in our heart, we know that we have given our children a legacy of bankruptcy. We have defrauded our country to get ourselves elected. ” - John Danforth (R-Mo) (Ibin)

Schools are closing and college graduates cannot get jobs. Highly educated people are performing manual labor jobs and happy to get them. Families are losing their homes in unprecedented rates. Banks and other major corporations are bailed out with tax payer money while police and fire services are cut back; citizens’ safety is being critically set back.

“From now on, depressions will be scientifically created.” -- Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. , 1913
(Ibin)
Prices skyrocket, salaries stagnate, jobs are sent overseas and replaced by robots while one thing remains true consistently; the rich get richer. Citizens in developing countries are victimized by the modern day versions of slave plantations. Some are driven off of their lands. They come to America where they are reviled as illegal immigrants while they work for slave wages landscaping homes and working in kitchens.

America’s education system is falling behind other nations while the infrastructure crumbles. Young people are sleeping on the couch as they return home to their parents; some have never left home to begin with…further, older people are returning to the homes of their parents too. Few opportunities exist for young people other than the opportunity to join the military by the millions and fight for the interests of bankers worldwide.

“Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.”- James A. Garfield, President of the United States (Ibin)

Herman is an electrician who cannot find work so he works at a Seven Eleven as a cashier after his job at Walmart where he stocks. Susan is a military retiree who is 100% disabled; she does not know if she is getting her retirement and disability check in August 2011 because of the political posturing in Washington. There is so much uncertainty in this country with so much promise. There is too much poverty and inequality in our society for it to stand. Sadly, most Americans do not understand the banking system or their power to stop the banks from victimizing them anymore.

“Most Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders. The accounts of the Federal Reserve System have never been audited. It operates outside the control of Congress and manipulates the credit of the United States.” – Sen. Barry Goldwater (Rep. AZ) (Ibin)

The bankers who planned this gigantic Ponzi Scheme (Central Banking System) were so confident that they bragged: “The few who understand the system, will either be so interested from its profits or so dependent on its favors, that there will be no opposition from that class.”- Rothschild Brothers of London, 1863 (Ibin)

Ponzi Scheme Defined: A fraudulent investment scheme which pays out returns to investors using their own money or new investor money rather than from actual profit earned on an investment. Returns offered are unusually higher than an average comparable investment, and for the Ponzi Scheme to work, needs an ever increasing cash-flow of deposited money from new investors to keep the Ponzi Scheme perpetuating. (2)

The quotes by President Wilson, Congressman McFadden and Congressman Lindbergh may appear to be true to some. Our current economic crisis is another indication that this system does not work for most people, thus, it is unethical. Conversations with Herman and Susan will reveal that this system does not work for them or millions of other Americans who want to simply earn a living and take care of their families. For far too many families even both parents working is not enough. This is all due to the greed of a few powerful people. The Federal Reserve must be disbanded, if America is ever to be out of debt. The American government must produce its own money and not continue to feed the giant Ponzi Scheme of the Central Banking system.

“Some people think the Federal Reserve Banks are the United States government’s institutions.
They are not government institutions. They are private credit monopolies which prey upon the people of the United States for the benefit of themselves and their foreign swindlers”– Congressional Record 12595-12603 – Louis T. McFadden, Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency June 10, 1932(1)
Congressman McFadden was poisoned at a banquet after making this statement. Congressman Lindbergh suffered the kidnapping of his son. The American people have the power to stop this band of ruthless, greedy bankers who systematically victimize the America.

“This [Federal Reserve Act] establishes the most gigantic trust on Earth. When the President [Wilson} signs this bill, the invisible government of the monetary power will be legalized....the worst legislative crime of the ages is perpetrated by this banking and currency bill."- Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr., 1913(Ibin)

One thing for certain: What the ruling elite in this country want, they get. If they wanted all American families to get what they needed to live fulfilled and descent lives, they would.

1. Charting Stocks: Real Stock Market News and Insight. 10 December 2008. 25 July 2011. http://www.chartingstocks.net/2008/12/famous-quotes-regarding-the-federal-reserve/

2. Wall Street Survivor: Where Great Traders Begin. 25 July 2011. 25 July 2011. http://education.wallstreetsurvivor.com/ponzi-scheme

[SDCPJ] Anti-Militarism Activist School -- Online!

Hi, folks,

The Alliance for Global Justice has offices in Washington, DC, and Tucson, along with me doing work for the Nicaragua Network (a project of the AGJ) here in San Diego.  To find out more about the on-line activist school, read below; to find out more about the AGJ, go to: http://afgj.org.

In the struggle for justice,

Katherine Hoyt

Imperial Beach

Online Activist School Announces First Session Courses The Alliance for Global Justice is proud to present our first session of courses for the AFGJ Online Activist School. This first session we will be offering five courses, designed for both new activists to develop skills and knowledge to become organizers and for long-time organizers looking to hone their skills in particular areas or to increase their knowledge base. Please click on any of their titles to read more. Click here to register today!  Course Title Description Journalism from the Grassroots In this course, activists will be taught the key precepts of journalism, specifically writing for the web, developing sources, doing background research and how to have their work be read by a wider audience. Using the Freedom of Information Act to Support Organizing This course will introduce activists to the Freedom of Information Act and walk them through the process of filing and pursuing a request. Organizing for Alternatives to Military Recruitment in the Schools This course teaches activists about the relationship between militarism and our education system and focuses on how to educate youth and build alliances to raise awareness about what military service entails and alternatives to it. Privatization of War: The Role of Private Military Companies in US Foreign Policy Learn more about the modern day mercenaries used by the US government and the impact these private military contractors will have on the future of militarization. The Marriage of Neoliberalism and Militarism This course explores the relationship between the neoliberal economic ideology and militarism. Back to top We're Still Hiring We are currently looking for instructors to teach during our second session, Jan. 13th - Feb. 17th, 2012. We have extended the application deadline to July 22nd. If you are interested in applying, please read more here and make sure to download our application. Back to top Like the work AFGJ is doing? Please consider supporting us today. Quick Links Read More About the Program Register Now! See Course Offerings Apply to Teach

[SDCPJ] AGENDA - Monday July 25 SDCPJ Meeting

Come to our meeting and help plan for October action - meeting agenda follows and is attached.  THANKS

 

Craig

 

SAN DIEGO COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

                             3850 Westgate Place, San Diego, CA 92105

                             Monday, July 25, 2011 – 7:00 PM

Agenda

 

Facilitator: Josh

Welcome, Introductions

Note taker for this evening's meeting will be ________________

Next regular SDCPJ meeting: Monday, August 8 (to be confirmed).  Facilitator_____________

 

 

Accept Minutes from June 27 meeting (see below)

New Business/Report Backs/Updates/Discussion Items

-- Report Back: July 16 Gay Pride Parade

-- Update: BDS campaign in San Diego

-- Update: SDCPJ Financial Report (current account, collection on March 19, other)

-- Update: High School Leafleting Project

-- Update: San Diego Community Radio Project

 

Upcoming Actions/Events

PLANNING FOR OCTOBER SAN DIEGO ACTION

 

Break Outs (as needed) 

 

Announcements

 

***NOTE:  Information about events listed here can be found on SDCPJ's website www.sdcpj.org  or at www.prcsd.org/webcalendar or at www.ActivistSanDiego.org

[SDCPJ] Call for Agenda Items - Monday July 25

All,

 

There WILL be a meeting of the San Diego Coalition for Peace & Justice this Monday evening, at the Church of the Brethren.  The major agenda item (likely to have most of the meeting time) will be planning for an October San Diego regional antiwar/anti-empire/anti-all-the-threads-that-connect-the-multiple-wars-to-political/economic-imbalance-and-injustice, event. 

 

BRING YOUR IDEAS and your body for this brainstorming/planning!

 

Please also reply back with any other items which should be on the agenda; the final agenda will be e-mailed out Sunday evening. 

 

THANKS ALL!

 

Craig

858-354-1785

[SDCPJ] Tijuana Maquiladora Tour -- August 6th <> 6 de agosto

TIJUANA MAQUILADORA TOUR

 

(Versión en español, ver abajo)

 

Tijuana Maquiladora Tour

 

Come to learn about Tijuana communities and workers' conditions and struggles!

 

Saturday August 6th, 9 am to 3 pm

 

 

Important Notice:

 

Citizens returning from Mexico should present an U.S. passport. (Otherwise, they need an official ID, birth certificate, and waiting in line when returning to the U.S. for a period of time to be decided by the border gate officer.) More information: the U.S. State Dept. web site:  http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_970.html#entry_requirements

 

All tour participants must read the US travel alert to Mexico and sign the tour waiver. Please read the attached file.

 

 

Schedule (There may be slight variations from tour to tour.)

 

9:00 am sharp- San Ysidro/Tijuana border-bus station. We will walk together to cross the border gate and travel to our locations in Tijuana using chartered buses for transportation.

 

9:45 am- The crosses at the border: More than 7,000 immigrants have died trying to cross the border.

 

10:30 am- Otay Industrial Park, Sanyo, Douglas Furniture, other maquiladoras: workers' labor conditions, labor rights and struggles

NOTE: We will visit the Tijuana industrial area but won't enter any factory.

11:30 am- Community Ejido Chilpancingo-Rio Alamar: industrialization, health, environment

 

12 pm- Metales y Derivados, a story of struggle and success for environmental justice

 

12:30 pm- Lunch

 

1:15 pm:- Group dialogue about the experience; time for questions and comments.

 

2:15 pm- Working women in Tijuana are organizing artisan cooperatives and promoting an alternative economy. They will bring their handcrafts to the tour. To learn in advance about these cooperatives, please go to http://www.ollincallicm.blogspot.com/

 

3 pm- Return to the bus station

 

Donations

 

$30 regular, $20 students, $ 50 solidarity

 

Donations cover the bus, lunch, and a donation to the workers' organizations.

 

To reserve a place, please go to www.sdmaquila.org

 

If you prefer to use the postal system, or for more information, please contact: Herb Shore: sdmaquila@cox.net, (619) 287-5535

 

Sponsored by Colectivo Ollin Calli Tijuana, Colectivo Chilpancingo for Environmental Justice, San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network, Environmental Health Coalition, and Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras

 

 

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MAQUILADORAS  EN TIJUANA: UN RECORRIDO

 

Conoce las luchas y condiciones de trabajo de los y las trabajadoras de las maquilas

 

Sábado 6 de agosto, 2011, 9 am a 3 pm

 

Nota importante:

 

Ciudadanos de EUA necesitan pasaporte para regresar a EUA.

 

Ciudadanos de EUA tienen que leer la alerta del Departamento de Estado y firmar el waiver. Please see the alert in an attached file.

 

AGENDA DEL TOUR (PUEDE VARIAR UN POCO DE UNO A OTRO TOUR)

 

9:00 am en punto en la estación del trolley de San Ysidro o la estación de taxis de la entrada a Tijuana desde San Ysidro. Desde la estación de trolley cruzaremos la frontera a pie para abordar un autobús particular que nos transportará en Tijuana

 

9:45- Visita a las cruces en la frontera: Más de 7,00 emigrantes han muerto tratando de cruzar la frontera.

 

10:30-  Parque Industrial de Otay: Sanyo, Douglas Furniture, otras maquiladoras: condiciones laborales, derechos laborales y luchas en las maquilas

 

NOTA: Visitaremos una zona industrial de Tijuana pero no entraremos a ninguna fábrica.

 

11:30 am- Comunidad Ejido Chilpancingo-Rio Alamar: industrialización, salud, medio ambiente

 

12 pm- Metales y Derivados, una historia de lucha y éxito por justicia ambiental

 

12:30- Lunch

 

1:15 pm- Dialogo con el grupo sobre la experiencia del tour; preguntas y comentarios

 

2:15 pm: Trabajadoras de Tijuana están organizando cooperativas que promueven una economía alternativa. Ellas traerán su producción al tour. Para saber desde antes sobre esas cooperativas, favor de visitar: http://www.ollincallicm.blogspot.com/

 

3 pm- Regreso a la estación de autobuses

 

 

DONACIONES

 

Para reservar, favor de escribir a maquilatijuanasandiego@earthlink.net. O si prefiere, puede reservar en la página web (en inglés) at http://sdmaquila.org.

 

USA: $30 regular, $20 students, $50 solidarity

 

México: $20 regular, $10 estudiantes, algunas becas a estudiantes $5, gratis a trabajadoras/es

 

Las donaciones cubren el autobús, almuerzo y una donación a las organizaciones de trabajadoras

 

Invitan: Colectivo Ollin Calli Tijuana, Colectivo Chilpancingo por Justicia Ambiental, Red de San Diego en Solidaridad con los y las Trabajadoras de las Maquiladoras, Coalicion pro Justicia Ambiental, Coalición Pro-Justicia en las Maquiladoras

[SDCPJ] REMINDER- Monday July 25 - MAJOR SDCPJ planning session

Save this date and ATTEND:  The next San Diego Coalition for Peace & Justice meeting, Monday July 25, 7:00 PM at the Church of the Brethren -

 

We will be planning for a MAJOR October event in San Diego; this event will raise hell about not only the perpetual wars STILL being waged, but also all the threads of injustice and inequity woven into the war/empire economy and political structure.  "At long last, sir, have you no sense of decency?"  That verbal indictment of Joseph McCarthy decades ago applies a thousand-fold today to

• perpetual wars for profit
• horrible apartied in Palestine
• domestic war on the American middle class
• destruction of health and welfare safety nets

AND MORE -

 

Come with us on July 25 to make sure this event represents YOU

[SDCPJ] Obama's Expanded Militarism

Drones are the perfect weapons for the post-Cold War world of globalization that has radically compressed our notions of time and space and made a formerly predictable international environment chaotic.

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[SDCPJ] Anti-militarist Web site recently updated

This is to let you know that NEW articles and updated content have recently been posted at http://www.comdsd.org/, the Web site of the San Diego-based Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (COMD).

 

Included in the current update are three articles from the latest issue of COMD's printed newsletter, Draft NOtices:

- "A New Generation of Activism Brings Hope," a report by Paula Hoffman-Villanueva on local high school students who received a special award for their activism from the statewide Peace and Justice caucus of the California Teachers Association.

- "California DMV/Draft Registration Bill Headed for Another Defeat," an update by Rick Jahnkow on the fifth attempt in the state legislature to make Selective Service registration a prerequisite for males seeking a drivers license.

 

- "Rekindling the Fire — Now That Would Be Great!," by retired school principal Ernie McCray, explaining why greater  involvement in high school leafleting is especially critical right now.

 

In addition to the above three articles, the current printed version of Draft NOtices includes an article on creative approaches used to challenge military indoctrination in schools, an exposé on the use of STEM programs to track K-12 students into the military, and a review of the movie Hidden Battles.

 

To order the complete printed version of Draft NOtices, visit the Web site's Draft NOtices page.

[SDCPJ] Rekindling the Fire -- Now That Would Be Great!

http://comdsd.org/article_archive/RekindlingTheFireJuly2011.html

 

Rekindling the Fire -- Now That Would Be Great!

 

-- Ernie McCray

 

I was asked to see if I could rekindle (though I can barely keep a campfire going) energy for leafleting our high schools with information to help students understand and respond to attempts to militarize them. They encounter this not only in their schools but also in their communities and beyond, as anyone can see in commercials, video games, and every form of media.

 

Well, it should be obvious that there's a tremendous need for us, especially those of us who dare to refer to ourselves as "community activists." We look out for our children when Uncle Sam comes after them with his zest for war, even though some of the organizations and activities that counter the militarization of young people are shrinking nationwide.

 

For instance: the American Friends Service Committee no longer has staff in its national office working full time on youth and military recruitment. The work of the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) ceased in 2008 when the venerable, decades-old organization folded. And, for a brief while, Project YANO (Youth and Non-Military Opportunities) recently had to cut its sole paid organizer's position to half-time.

 

As I settle into my rekindling assignment, I do so with thoughts of children on my mind and I find myself humming and singing lines from my favorite song of all time: "War! Hunnh! Good God! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!" Truer lines were never sung.

 

Those words were written with children in mind, but the spirit of the message certainly doesn't reside in the minds of our "representatives" in DC, who fan the flames of war from one side of their mouths while decreeing that we are the "Greatest Nation" in the world from the other side. There's nothing great about war that's detectable to the naked eye, that's for sure.

 

And right now Uncle Sam, who has pretty successfully armed so many of our young people the last few years, is licking his chops to hustle more of them with sweet talk about how they will have an opportunity to "make a difference" as mature, disciplined, prideful warriors: that 18-year-old who just graduated the other day, and some young DREAM Act youth, if that law ever gets underway. Innocent prey to a war machine.

 

Now what would be great is if we were to line up around the corner, in that "it takes a village" kind of consciousness and enthusiasm, to leaflet our youth at their schools with relevant, life-affirming news and views they can use.

 

It's the simple acts that will turn this world around, and there's nothing more simple than getting up in the morning and spending about an hour leafleting at a high school to help young people think critically and become thoughtful, loving, caring, and moral human beings.

 

And if we also think critically, we'd see that it's crucial to get behind such work while our so-called leaders let our children down, playing word games like defining "reducing the war" as bringing home the warriors they sent over to bolster the units already there -- the "surge" forces. Deception through semantics.

 

Our young people, soon to be the creators and keepers of whatever our society is to become, need such "truths" explained so that they can plan their lives accordingly rather than going off somewhere killing other youth who also harbor misguided dreams and themes so that "we can live free."

 

I don't know of any outreach that has touched more young people than the leafleting that's taken place in the past -- a human touch initiated by passionate, anti-war peace activists, often through smiles and hellos and an occasional handshake. This contact can enable young people to walk away with information about how they can protect themselves. They learn facts like these from one of the leaflets we handed out in San Diego last year:

 

·        They and their parents must give fully informed permission before they can be enrolled in JROTC.

·        It was young people like them and older allies who ended weapons training in San Diego City Schools.

·        They may be asked to take a test called the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), which someone might say is a "career exploration" exercise, but it's really a test used for military recruiting that they don't have to take.

·        If they know somebody in the military who needs help, there's an 800 number they can call.         

·        They have the right to hand out leaflets in their schools.

 

I think it's easy for us to do the right thing if we keep in mind the images the Temptations put in our minds when they sang about what war means:

 

Destruction of innocent lives. . .

Tears in thousands of mothers' eyes . . .

War has caused unrest within the younger generation . . .

Induction then destruction. Who wants to die?

War have [okay, a point off for grammar] shattered many a young man's dreams,

Made him disabled, bitter and mean...

Peace, love and understandin',

Tell me, is there no place for them today?

 

Yes, there is a place for peace, love, and understanding today, all across the country. Thousands of our youth have already been reached, and with more people involved we can easily touch the lives of thousands more. We owe it to our children to help them create a better world, a world that gives peace a chance. Let's get on it. Let's rekindle the energy that's enabled so many young people to get a better understanding of how their world operates.

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Ernie McCray is a retired school principal and member of the Project YANO Community Advisory board. Note: If you'd like to volunteer for leafleting at high schools or other activities in San Diego, please contact COMD, comd@comdsd.org. If you live in another part of the country, visit www.nnomy.org for a directory of over 140 grassroots groups working to counter military recruiting and demilitarize schools.

 

Reprinted from the July-September 2011 issue of Draft NOtices, the newsletter of the Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft (www.comdsd.org).

[SDCPJ] 2 simple ways to promote Peace

There really are two ways that YOU can help peace work move forward!

Okay, there is a catch...
We mean help us, the Peace Resource Center, with our work promoting peace. But, you're on this list, so you know it's good work and your help really does matter... So, which one will you do?!

1. Volunteer with the PRC
There's actually a lot going on behind the scenes right now. We are IN the Friends Center now. Yes, the PRC is OPEN! But, we're still getting organized and we need YOUR help to make it the best resource we can - for YOU and the San Diego community!

-- Coming up --
Thur 7/18 and Mon 7/25 during the day (approx 10:30am-3:30pm) we will be organizing our materials, files, papers, periodicals, books, etc. Come see what we've got and help us figure out what to keep and what to pass on/recycle. And if you can't do those dates, please contact us and let us know when and how you want to volunteer with us.

2. Donate to the PRC
Luckily, we are dedicated and know how to stretch a buck, but we do continually need financial support... Any amount you can give will help us continue our work for peace, social justice, and the environment. You can send a donation by mail to the PRC or do it online! Go to http://prcsd.org -- you can even use a credit card! We'd love for you to become a member, renew your membership, or even giving a one time donation of any amount. Every bit helps.

In Peace, With Gratitude,

Mariah Gayler
mariah@prcsd.org
Peace Resource Center of San Diego
3850 Westgate Pl, San Diego CA 92105
www.prcsd.org / 619-263-9301