Huge Anti-War Event in LA Tonight! Last minute notice!

[Hapameli]

Military Voices Against Endless War, 7 PM Los Angeles

Featuring veterans of the Iraq War, military family members of
service persons killed in Iraq, and military resisters: Aidan
Delgado, Dr. Gene Bolles, Pablo Paredes, Camilo Mejia, Cindy
Sheehan and Bill Mitchell, Tim Goodrich, and Stephen Funk.
Special Bay Area host Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and musician Mat
Callahan.

Saturday, May 28 - Los Angeles, California
7 PM at Immanuel Presbyterian Church. 3300 Wilshire Blvd. (map)

Sunday, May 29 - Berkeley, California
6 PM at King Middle School. 1781 Rose St. (map)

Los Angeles: $10 Door (o.b.o. Students)

Ray McGovern (LA)
Special Los Angeles host Ray McGovern is a former CIA analyst
and founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity

Aidan Delgado
Aidan Delgago's uncensored slide show presentation documents
his one-year combat tour of Iraq from his deployment and the
initial invasion of Iraq, to his six-month assignment at the
infamous Abu Ghraib prison. Aidan was later discharged as a
conscientious objector from the Army. He currently attends
college in Sarasota, Florida. More information.

Dr. Gene Bolles
Dr. Gene Bolles, is a neurosurgeon from Boulder, Colorado. He
was hired as a private contractor as the chief of neurosurgery
at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center where he over saw the
treatment for thousands of US military casualties from Iraq and
Afghanistan. Dr. Bolles was the surgeon who repaired the broken
back of Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch. More information.

Camilo Mejia
In May 2004 a US military court sentenced Staff Sergeant Camilo
Mejia Castillo of the Florida National Guard to one year
imprisonment for desertion. He had refused to return to his
unit in Iraq, citing the conduct of US troops towards Iraqi
civilians and prisoners. More information.

Cindy Sheehan (B), Bill Mitchell (LA), and Fernando Suarez (LA)
Members of Gold Star Families for Peace, these three parents
have each lost a son serving in the US military in Iraq.
California.

Tim Goodrich
Co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Army reservist Tim
Goodrich was stationed in Saudi Arabia during the months
leading up to the Iraq war providing navigation and
communications support to recognizance planes patrolling Iraq
and Afghanistan. More information.

Stephen Funk
Marine Corps reservist LCpl Stephen Eagle Funk was the first
military objector imprisoned for opposing the current Iraq War.
A hero to anti-war activists for his outspoken opposition to
the war, Stephen served six months in a North Carolina military
prison. He is currently attending college in San Francisco,
California. More information.

With award presentations by 1991 Gulf War military resisters
Jeff Paterson and Aimee Allison (B). Marine Corporal Jeff
Paterson, the first public military objector to the war,
resisted deployment to the Middle East by sitting on a airbase
runway. Army reservist Aimee Allison was a vocal opponent of
the Gulf War and was eventually discharged as a conscientious
objector. She is currently running for Oakland City Council.

(LA) - Los Angeles only appearance
(B) - Berkeley only appearance.

PRESENTED BY
Not in Our Name
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Gold Star Families for Peace
Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools (LA)

ENDORSED AND SUPPORTED BY
A.N.S.W.E.R. LA (LA)
Arlington West Film.com - A Marr/Dudar Film (LA)
Bay Area United Against War (B)
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
CodePink
Frank Dorel - Addicted to War.com (LA)
Frente Unidos (LA)
Global Exchange
Global Resistance Network.com (LA)
International Socialist Organization
Middle East Children’s Alliance (B)
National Lawyers Guild (LA)
Office of the Americas (LA)
The Oil Factor.com - A film by Gerard and Audrey Ungerman (LA)
Palisadians for Peace (LA)
Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles (LA)
US Tour of Duty.com (LA)
Revolutionary Communist Party
St. Lukes Peace and Justice Ministry (LA)
Valley Democrats United (LA)
Vanguard Foundation
Veterans for Peace
and media sponsor KPFK 90.7 (LA)

These events made possible by the generous support of the LEF
Foundation and the Funding Exchange

MORE INFO
www.notinourname.net/mv
1-800-95-NOWAR ext. 710

[Nite Owl]

1. Hope it gets some coverage

local at least.

[Hapameli]

2. Can some DUer's MEDIA BLAST this to the LA & SF markets?

The Progressive Democrats of America has a great media blaster:

http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/dbq/media/


PLEASE help!! Thanks!!

[Wilms]

3. Done.

I did the Weekly, Times, Daily News, KABC, and KCBS.