Free Speech in Corte Madera July 4th Parade
ALL PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE INCLUDED NEXT YEAR!!!
 
Stan Hoffman of, Corte Madera Business and Development Org., and once a year Parade Man said the Impeachment Banner was negative and he asked me to secede from the festivities or we would not be included in the Parade next year.  And I said..."Impeachment is indeed a POSITIVE message which will benefit the whole world."
 
Since the Mill Valley parade organizers let 11 phone calls determine the extinction of free speech I encourage us to phone Stan at 924 2961 and explain about the positive nature of peace, troops at home and impeachment in the White House.  Tell him how great the parade was especially the free speech contingency waving the Impeach Banner. Keep the Fourth of July Parade centered around the revolution and the birth of democracy. Don't let the parade become a "Hallmark" event promoting false nationalism and local commercialism.  
 
Please ask your friends to participate in this local action for neighborhood free speech.
 
B. Emily  Local Free Speech Committee

Ford Greene's Political Sign
FREE SPEECH Petition
Ford Greene has been putting up a political message on the side of his building near the Hub in San Anselmo since the fall 2003 elections. The town has repeatedly tried to stop him and is currently moving forward to stop him.
Please copy and paste the petition below into a word document, complete filling it out and mail it to: THE HUB LAW OFFICE of FORD GREENE
711 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BOULEVARD
SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA 94960
 
PETITION TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH AT THE HUB
WE THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY AFFIRM AND BELIEVE THAT "THE FREEDOM TO THINK AS YOU WILL AND SPEAK AS YOU THINK ARE MEANS INDISPENSABLE TO THE DISCOVERY AND SPREAD OF POLITICAL TRUTH."  [1] 
       WE THE UNDERSIGNED SUPPORT FORD GREENE'S ERECTION OF 100 SQUARE FOOT POLITICAL OPINION SIGNS ON THE WALL OF HIS BUILDING LOCATED AT THE HUB LAW OFFICES OF FORD GREENE, 711 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BOULEVARD, SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA.
 
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Signature                                            Name                                 Street              Town
 
Date:                              Email:


Section 8 Housing subsides are threatened
Emergency housing crisis looming
Many of the two million disabled, seniors and poor families in this country, including hundreds in Marin will soon be homeless. HUD has already cut back Section 8 housing assistance funding, and if Bush is re-elected billions of dollars will be slashed. The City of Alameda has already put many out on the street. Write to your local representatives, Boxer, Feinstein and Woolsey and tell them to keep funding for housing and tell all your friends living in other parts of the country especially republican areas to write their representatives. Check out these websites for more information: www.savehud.org and www.nlihc.org or contact Marion Brady at 415/847-3829 or marion204@juno.com for actions here in Marin.
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As you may have heard, a movement has been launched to convince theater owners not to show Michael Moore's new film, Fahrenheit 9/11.  The "movement", called "Move America Forward", has launched a page on its Web site that calls Michael Moore a "domestic enemy" and provides a list of theater chains that are planning to show Moore's new movie. The page provides e-mail addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers and addresses for these theater chains.  The page states: "We need these executives to be overwhelmed with letters, phone calls and FAXes in addition to emails."

Move America Forward is not grassroots.  It is the brainchild of what Richard Leiby, the Washington Post's "Reliable Source" calls a "Republican-friendly PR and political strategy firm". The firm is Russo Marsh & Rogers.  What is Russo Marsh & Rogers most recently famous for? They were the ones who led the charge to oust Gray Davis. They were also the ones who pushed CBS to cancel "The Reagans" miniseries.

Turnabout is fair play.

Russo Marsh + Rogers, Inc.
770 L Street, #950
Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: (916) 441-3734
Fax: (916) 441-6057
Sal Russo: srusso@rmrwest.com
Ron Rogers: rrogers@rmrwest.com
Teri Smith O'Rourke: torourke@rmrwest.com
Joe Wierzbicki: jwierzbicki@rmrwest.com
Kelley Afghari: kafghari@rmrwest.com
Douglas Lorenz: dlorenz@rmrwest.com
Corey Sparks : csparks@rmrwest.com

Let them know what you think about their efforts to stop the showings of  Fahrenheit 9/11.

Feeling angry about the sad state of affairs BUSH and Co has gotten us into?  Ready to do something?

6 THINGS YOU (yes, you!) CAN DO
TO OPPOSE WAR and ENCOURAGE PEACE:

1.Gather signatures for UFPJ's Congressional petition drive. The form can be downloaded at: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/downloads/Iraq_Petition.pdf.
Add the contact information for our local group, make copies, and use the petition to organize a campaign to reach new people. Get actual signatures on a real peace of paper! Before you turn the petition over to your Congressional representatives be sure to make two copies: one to keep for our group and one to send to the national office of UFPJ.

2. Call your representatives at least once a week. Make the commitment as an individual, as families, and as local groups. To make this easier, use the talking points we will be posting and updating regularly on our website.

3. Get your Congressperson to sign a "Dear Colleagu"" letter calling for withdrawal. Several groups are working with Congressional representatives to draft a "Dear Colleague" letter to allow representatives to show where they stand on the occupation. This can be a great organizing tool and a way to widen the debate in Congress. We ask that when you call, write, or visit your representatives to ask them to sign on to the letter. The letter should be ready within a few weeks; we'll keep you posted.

4. Plan to make Memorial Day a day of awareness. March with MPJC members in Mill Valley's Memorial Day Parade in our fantastic Peace Procession!  Additionally, Veterans for Peace is working with the National Council of Churches to call on local clergy to consider delivering sermons on peace and Iraq over the Memorial Day weekend. We suggest that military families and veterans be invited to speak at local group meetings and/or local places of worship. To maximize the impact of these events, start contacting local publications now to get the word out. In addition, ask local congregations to ring their bells for peace at 12 noon on Memorial Day so that your community can hear the sound of people of faith standing up for peace in solidarity with each other.

5. Join thousands on June 5th for the International Day of Emergency Protests.  Bring the troops home now - all foreign troops out of Iraq!  Also Haiti, Korea, Afghanistan, Philippines, Columbia, Cuba and Venezuela.  End the colonial occupation of Palestine and support the right to return.  Money for jobs, education, housing, and healthcare - not for war!  Defend civil liberties and civil rights.  San Francisco, 11am, UN Plaza on Market between 7th and Hyde, Civic Center BART.

6. June 5-11: End US Support for Israel's Occupation!  National Week of Action
June 2004 marks the 37th anniversary of Israel's illegal military occupation of Palestine's West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem. This occupation denies the Palestinian people the right to self-determination, fuels bloodshed, and prevents the establishment of a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Our government provides Israel the military, economic, and diplomatic support Israel depends on to sustain its military occupation. Join with United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) and UFPJ member coalition US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation to demand that our government end its military, economic, and diplomatic support for Israel's illegal military occupation.  Visit www.unitedforpeace.org for details

Get Involved! Volunteer, we need your assistance.
MPJC Tabling season is upon us, and we are accepting applications from our members for our tabling staff. We are looking for talented, energetic, and dedicated individuals to work at MPJC's Tabling Events. Work in fast-paced environments and learn new skills, while contributing to an extraordinary effort to provide the public with the means to make prudent decisions on Election Day and in their daily lives. If you have good people skills, can listen to other points of view and can articulate the issues and concerns of the progressive agenda, then we want you. Oh baby do we want you!
What do we do at our tabling events? Our direct actions include: registering voters, gathering signatures for initiative petitions such as GMO Free Marin , and signing up visitors to our coalition and Weekly Email Bulletin. We also provide educational materials on important issues facing Marin, the Bay Area, and California as well as national and worldwide concerns.
If you like people and like fun events, send us your contact information, and we'll arrange an orientation meet-up.
Contact Pat "Wonder Woman" Palmer - everevolving@earthlink.net or call 415 472-3834


KORISSA RUSSELL’S CASE
Local social justice and race issue
Her 2nd court date was 5/19 at 10:30 am in courtroom M. Future court dates will be announced in the future on the calendar. People familiar with the case are encouraged to write letters to the DA regarding her case (#CR134221). The letters can be sent to District Attorney Paula Kamena, Marin County District Attorney, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Rm 130, San Rafael, CA 94903-4196.  Please stress how this is an all-too-common problem, race-related, and how the charges need to be dropped against Korissa.
Contact Jessamyn Sabbag  at jessamyn_delight@yahoo.com or 383 -2544 for more information and how you can help solve some local race related problems here in Marin.

Add Your Name to our New York Times Ad Opposing CAFTA
Would you trade away democracy, your environment and your rights to save 50 cents on your next T-shirt?
If not, we invite you to add your name to our full page add in the New York Times. Its message-- we, the undersigned, stand united in rejecting the Central American Free Trade Agreement, an expansion of NAFTA that gives undue power to greedy corporations at the expense of human rights, fair trade and the environment.
The Quixote Center is raising the $44,000 it takes to run this New York Times ad from small donors like you-- engaged citizens who proudly and publicly have declared their opposition to CAFTA. Together, we can send a powerful message to the corporate interests behind CAFTA-- Another World is Possible!
Go to http://www.quixote.org/cafta/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=101 and sign up!
CAFTA will
Expands corporate rights to sue governments over environmental laws if they lessen profit, while denying individual citizens the right to effectively petition for environmental and labor rights concerns.
Expands failed agricultural policies that feed biotech firms and agribusinesses at the expense of family farmers in the U.S. and Latin America.
Expands the race to the bottom, for lower wages and lower environmental standards.
Let your representative know you oppose expanding NAFTA to Central America. No CAFTA!

June 5, 2004 Int'l Day of Emergency Protests