Upcoming Bay Area Events - SBM Calendar 5-3-06

SOUTH BAY MOBILIZATION TO STOP THE WAR CALENDAR - 5/3/2006
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Events Sponsored or Endorsed by South Bay Mobilization

Thu 5/4-SBM Activists Meeting - San Jos?

Sun 5/7-America Muslim Voice Annual Solidarity Open House: Justice for All - Palo Alto

Fri 5/726-WetBack: A Film About Immigrants - San Jos?


Other Events

Thu 5/4-Bush, Big Business and Bechtel, Take Your Wars and Go to Hell! - San Francisco

Thu 5/4-Speaking the Unspeakable: Is the Bush Administration Guilty of Torture and
War Crimes?-Stanford

Thu 5/4-A.N.S.W.E.R. Film Series: 'Voces Inocentes' (Innocent Voices) - San Francisco

Fri-Sun 5/5-5/7-Prologue and Epilogue: Arab Feminism Past and Present - San Francisco

Sun 5/7-A New Civil Rights Movement! And a New Peace Movement? - Palo Alto

Wed 5/10-Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Author- Santa Clara

Thu 5/23-Film: The Big Buy - How Tom Delay Stole Congress - Palo Alto


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Events Sponsored or Endorsed by SBM

Thursday, May 4

SBM Activists Meeting - San Jos?

San Jose Peace Center
48 S. 7th Street

Bring your ideas and your thoughts about how to connect the anti-war and immigrant
rights movments. Come to hear reports on and join in a discussion of the continuing
upsurge of immigrant rights actions around the country including reports on the May
1 National Boycott. Also hear brief reports on past and future SBM activities and
how you can get involved. Call 408-998-8504 for more info or visit
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Sunday, May 7

America Muslim Voice Annual Solidarity Open House: Justice for All - Palo Alto
It is time to nurture the seeds of friendship

1 to 4 p.m.
120 Park Avenue

Last year hundreds of our old, new and future friends helped us sow the seeds of
friendship at AMV's open houses. We held these open houses at many locations
throughout our nation. Some people were surprised when they realized that the open
house was actually at our homes. AMV is very serious about creating the atmosphere
of acceptance, mutual respect, understanding, kindness, peace, harmony and
friendship and we need all of you to nurture these seeds of friendship throughout
the world.

Last year so many of you wanted to contribute towards food but I wanted to do it as
my great religion teaches me to be hospitable. So I said maybe next year you can do
that but I am having a hard time to do away with my traditions and nature. So if you
must contribute, you can do so by donating to AMV or AMV-Foundation ( 501-C3).

Please RSVP by April 29, 2006 at samina_faheem [at] yahoo.com, so we can serve you better.

At AMV we believe in the power of human connection and thought we can sow the seeds
of friendship even under the current political climate of fear, hate, anger and
division and we will call it "The Miracle Movement." We are paving the path for this
movement and need your help. Please join us.

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Friday, May 26

WetBack: A Film About Immigrants - San Jos?

7 p.m.
First Unitarian Church
160 N 3rd St

With special guest speaker Ann Aurelia L?pez, Ph.D.
On the failure of NAFTA and its impact on Mexican farmers

Wetback, an award-winning documentary, follows in the footsteps of immigrants
traveling from Nicaragua to America. On their journeys, they encounter gangs and
vigilantes, as well as the border patrol. But these immigrants navigate real-life
nightmares with uncanny calm, grace, even humor.

Sponsored by: First Unitarian Church Global Justice Group and South Bay Mobilization

Suggested donation $5-15 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

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Thursday, May 4

Bush, Big Business and Bechtel, Take Your Wars and Go to Hell! - San Francisco
((((( students & activists & everyone welcome! )))))

12 noon Students and activists will depart various campuses, such as SFSU, City
College, and Berkeley
1 p.m. Join the rally! Come to Bechtel's Int'l Headquarters, at 50 Beale St, San
Francisco, near the Embarcadero BART, for a rally and march to circle the building!

Ever since Bechtel executives advised President Bush to invade in 2003, Bechtel has
made a killing in Iraq, doing reconstruction in the same cities they told Bush to
bomb. It's time to stick it to Bechtel and Bush and tell them, "US military out of
Iraq, and war profiteers like Bechtel, too!"

We cycle to tell Bush & Bechtel we don't want your oil wars.
We cycle to say no to wars fought for corporate profit.

What does Bechtel have to do with the war in Iraq?

Several Bechtel bigwigs played an important role in urging Bush to go to war in the
first place. A few of the worst bigwigs:

Riley Bechtel, CEO, is on Bush's Export Council, and advises Bush on trade issues
such as procuring sources of oil.
George Schultz, Bechtel board member and senior counsel, is advisory board Chairman
of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, which played a key role in leading to
the U.S. invasion.
Jack Sheehan, Senior Vice President, is on the influential Defense Policy Board with
close ties to the White House.
Bechtel was handed one of the first contracts for "construction" in Iraq - an
insider contract of $680 million - for public works projects. But the first project
they worked on, while Iraqis were left without hospitals, water, or sewage, was the
drudging and upgrading of Umm Qasr seaport. In essence, Bechtel said, "Iraqis may be
suffering, but at least Iraq and its oil fields are open for business!"

Oppression in Latin America. Bechtel has privatized water in Bolivia, hiking costs
to thirsty Bolivians. Following massive riots, Bechtel fled, but sued Bolivia for
"damages."

Event organized by an ad hoc group from Students Against War at SFSU, United
Students for Global Justice at City College, and others. Q&A:
Contact Lacy MacAuley, (703) 850-5542, Butterfly [at] Lacy.com.

bikes not bombs - mother earth not daddy warbucks - need, not corporate greed


Thursday, May 4

Speaking the Unspeakable: Is the Bush Administration Guilty of Torture and War
Crimes?-Stanford

7:30 p.m.
William Hewlett Teaching Center
Rm. 200
Stanford University

This past October and January in New York City, an unprecedented people's Commission
of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity by the Bush Administration
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took place. Nationally known whistleblowers, expert witnesses, and victims of the
Bush policies presented rigorous and dramatic evidence on war, torture, global
environment, global health programs, and the abandonment of New Orleans. It found
the Bush Administration guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity - acts
that, by their scale or nature, shock the conscience of humankind.

"I'd rather die than have anyone tortured to save my life." Craig Murray

Speakers:

BRIGADIER GENERAL JANIS KARPINSKI
Former U.S. Brigadier General whose 800th Military Police Brigade was in charge of
Abu Ghraib and 17 other prison facilities in Iraq. General Karpinski has testified
that torture and other crimes committed upon detainees in Abu Ghraib and elsewhere
in Iraq were authorized and directed by officials at the highest levels of the US
government.

FORMER UK AMBASSADOR, CRAIG MURRAY
Former British ambassador to Uzbekistan who was fired for exposing the US and
British governments' complicity in torture and illegal detention in the US backed
government of Uzbekistan. "I went to meetings with colleagues of mine, people I had
known for over 20 years, ordinary, nice people who were setting down on paper
strategies by which what we were doing could be said not to circumvent the U.N.
Convention against torture. . . . At that moment I understood how some civil servant
ended up writing out the orders for cattle trucks to go to Auschwitz and felt they
were only doing their job."

ALSO APPEARING: LARRY EVEREST
Journalist and author of Oil, Power, and Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda.
"There is no 'war on terror.' The invasion and occupation of Iraq are not part of a
'war on terror'.....What does exist is a horrific and criminal U.S. war of terror
against the people of the world for greater empire."

Sponsors: ? Stanford Faculty Against the War ? Muslim Students Awareness Network ?
Peninsula Peace & Justice Center ? World Can't Wait-Drive Out the Bush Regime!

Also Stanford chapters of: Physicians for Human Rights ? Physicians for Social
Responsibility ? National Lawyers Guild

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Thursday, May 4

A.N.S.W.E.R. Film Series: 'Voces Inocentes' (Innocent Voices) - San Francisco

7:30 p.m.
ATA (Artists' Television Access)
992 Valencia St at 21st
Near 24th St BART/parking garage on 21st St between Valencia and Bartlett Sts
$5 donation

With a report and discussion on the history of U.S. involvement in El Salvador by an
activist from the FMLN and A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition

More than 300,000 children presently serve in armies in over 40 countries.

Based on the true story of screenwriter Oscar Torres's embattled childhood, Luis
Mandoki's Innocent Voices is the poignant tale of Chava (Carlos Padilla), an
eleven-year-old boy who suddenly becomes the "man of the house" after his father
abandons the family in the middle of a civil war.

In El Salvador in the 1980s, the government's armed forces are already recruiting
twelve-year-olds, rousting them out of their classes at the local middle school. If
he is lucky, Chava has just one year of innocence left, one year before he, too,
will be conscripted to fight the government's battle against the peasant rebels of
the FMLN. Chava's life becomes a game of survival, not only from the bullets of the
escalating war, but also from the dispiriting effects of daily violence. As he
hustles to find work to help his single mother pay the bills, and experiences the
pangs of first love for a beautiful classmate, Chava's tiny home village becomes
both playground and battlefield. 2004, Mexico, Spanish with English subtitles, 120
min.

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Friday, May 6 - Sunday, May 7

Prologue and Epilogue: Arab Feminism Past and Present - San Francisco

Blue Studio Gallery
2111 Mission St (at 17th St)

Opening Event:
Saturday, May 6, 7:30 p.m.
Night of Art, Live Poetry, & Music
$10-25 sliding scale (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Gallery Hours:
Friday 11-6; Saturday 11-4; Sunday 11-6
Admission: Free, donations welcome

Featured artists:
May Hariri Aboutaam, Andrea Ali, Doris Bittar, Sandra Estafan, Simone Fattal, Kinda
Hibrawi, Dima Hilal, Happy Hyder, Hiba Kalache, Kendall Karam, Aisha Mershani,
Maysoon Salah, Nada Shalaby

Prologue and Epilogue: Arab Feminism Past and Present is an art exhibition on the
theme of Arab feminism and its impact on Arab women artists. Curated by Sunbula:
Arab Feminists for Change, this exhibition highlights Arab/Arab American women
artists in California. Arab and Arab American women make a sizable community in the
US. Yet, Arab feminism is rarely visible in American culture and excluded from
public discussion, dialogue and decision-making. This exhibition will promote
knowledge by and about Arab and Arab American feminists that is not disguised by
archaic Orientalists and patronizing discourses. Prologue and Epilogue is a
multi-disciplinary visual presentation that consists of sculpture, painting,
installation, live poetry reading, and photography engaging Arab/Arab American women
artists in an intergenerational, creative dialogue about issues addressing Arab
feminisms.

Sponsored by: ADC-SF, Arab Cultural and Community Center, Arab Film Festival, Center
for Middle Eastern Studies-UCB, Free Palestine Alliance, Global Institute for
Technology Advancement, Golden Thread Productions, Incite: Women of Color Against
Violence, KPFA, La Pena Cultural Center, LEF Foundation, National Council of Arab
Americans, Network of Arab American Professionals, Palestinian American Women's
Association, RAWAN, SUSTAIN, Zawaya. Endorsed by: Voices of the Middle East and
North Africa, KPFA.

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Sunday, May 7

A New Civil Rights Movement! And a New Peace Movement? - Palo Alto
No a la Migra! No a la Guerra!

3 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall
1140 Cowper Street
Palo Alto
$7 - 15 Sliding scale admission
Contributions to Proyecto Guerrero Azteca will be solicited.
No one turned away for lack of funds ~ Wheelchair accessible

Fernando Suarez del Solar
Father of a Marine killed in Iraq
Founder of Proyecto Guerrero Azteca, a counter-recruitment organization

Rev. Sal Alvarez
Chaplain, United Farm Workers

The massive marches in support of immigrant rights were the largest people's
mobilizations in the history of the country. This historic outpouring of people
power will forever change the political landscape of the United States. In San
Francisco, marchers vigorously chanted, "No a la Migra! No a la Guerra! (No to the
INS! No to War!)".

Can this massive new movement for civil rights be a force to help end the war in
Iraq? How can peace activists and non-immigrants support this growing new movement?

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Wednesday, May 10

Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Author- Santa Clara

Commonwealth Club - Silicon Valley
Santa Clara Convention Center
Ballroom J/K
5001 Great America Parkway
6:30 p.m. Check-in
7 p.m. Program
8 p.m. Book signing

As Iran's nuclear activities continue to set off alarms worldwide, come hear from
one of Iran's most tireless and controversial crusaders for reform. The first woman
in Iran's history to serve as a judge, and a Nobel Prize-winning champion for human
rights, Ebadi has endured government repression, repeated arrests and an
assassination attempt, while remaining a beacon for hope amongst the oppressed in
her culture. She will share her vision of democracy in the Islamic world.

$15 for Members, $25 for Non-members, $7 for Students (with valid ID; to reserve
student tickets call 415-597-6705)

Co-sponsored by the Middle East Member-led Forum; media sponsor: Metro Newspapers.


Thursday, May 23

Film: The Big Buy - How Tom Delay Stole Congress - Palo Alto

7:30 PM PDT
Fellowship Hall, First Presbyterian Church
1140 Cowper Street
Palo Alto
$5 - 15 Suggested Donation
Wheelchair Accessible
No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds

"By the time we finish this poker game, there may not be a federal government left!
Which would suit me just fine." -Tom DeLay, 1994

A new production from the studios of Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films. A film by
Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck

In a stunning 1994 interview, Tom DeLay sat down and laid out his vision for
America: to destroy the Department of Education, HUD, OSHA, the NEH,
the NEA, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Energy.

Presented by
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Friday

WEEKLY PEACE VIGILS AT TWO LOCATIONS - San Jos?

Fridays: 4:30 - 6 p.m.
Federal Building, Second and San Carlos

Saturdays & Sundays: 11-1:30 a.m.
Winchester and Stevens Creek

Please attend as you are able. Support our local peace activists in making sure
their voices are heard and more Iraqi, American and other lives are not lost.
Endorsed by United for Peace and Justice, San Jose Peace Center, San Jose Friends
Meeting, Global Exchange, Green Party of Santa Clara County, School of the Americas
Watch West - San Jos?, VFP, and South Bay Mobilization>

Sunday

FOOD NOT BOMBS FEEDS THE HUNGRY - San Jos?

Food Not Bombs feeds the hungry in protest of the war every Sunday at 5 p.m. at
Cesar Chavez Park stage at Market and San Fernando. In case of rain, call John at
947-7834.


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