Assemblyman Mark Leno: "The horror, lies, corruption, deceit, death, and

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destruction of the Bush-Cheney administration have all evolved to a scale beyond any of our worst
nightmares. Our once-great nation has been reduced to a preemptive war machine, squandering our
limited national resources on its imperial conquests while our domestic needs are left unattended."

Bottom line: "Let's hold Bush accountable. Engage today. The world can't wait!"

http://www.sfbg.com/40/12/x_oped.html

Mr. Leno will be speaking on Thursday, January 12, at Oakland's beautiful and historic Grand Lake
Theater. The occasion will benefit WorldCantWait, a national organization arranging mass rallies in
the following weeks to demand "Bush Step Down, and Take Your Program With You!"

Please attend if you can. You can download a poster here: http://www.worldcantwait.net/flier/voicesofconscience.pdf

Please copy and post these posters if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area.


The performers list will feature the following:

>> Medea Benjamin has worked twenty years for human rights, social
justice, and peace. A Senatorial candidate in 2000, founder of the
anti-war group Code Pink, and author of eight books, she was ejected in
2004 from the national conventions of two political parties.

>> Marc Bamuthi Joseph has three times been the San Francisco Grand Slam
champion, and won the National Poetry Slam in 1999. Bamuthi has appeared
on the HBO "Def Poetry" series and on the Broadway stage, and has written
three plays.

>> Sunsara Taylor, an initiator of WorldCantWait and writer, has appeared
on Fox News and CNN as a commentator on world events.

>> Mark Leno is a California State Assemblyman for San Francisco. His
recent call to action against the Bush regime appeared in the San
Francisco Bay Guardian.

>> devorah major has been Poet Laureate of San Francisco. Her book of
poems, "street smarts," was awarded a PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award.
Ms. Major has published two novels, and last year edited an anthology of
poetry, "The Other Side of the Postcard."

>> Will Durst, a five-time Emmy-nominated political satirist, has appeared
on Letterman, Comedy Central, HBO and Showtime. He has described his
audience as "sick, twisted, paranoid toads who read--my kind of people,"
and once caused Bill Clinton to spit water out his nose laughing.

The performances will be followed by a reception and auction.

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