Fresno Against the War! Rally in the Valley: March 18 - By N.L. Belardes
This in from KFCF 88.1 FM myspace bulletin...
RALLY IN THE VALLEY
Hopefully for the last time, the people of the Central Valley and the Foothills will again gather for the annual march and "Rally in the Valley for Peace and Justice: Bring the Troops Home Now" to insist that our government end this unjust, immoral, and illegal war against the Iraqi people which has already claimed the lives of 3,127 American military personnel (2/14/07), 256 military from other countries, an estimated 655,000 Iraqi civilians and an unknown number of American civilians.
The Rally is scheduled to take place at the new Eaton Plaza at Mariposa and ‘N' Streets in downtown Fresno near the historic Water Tower on Sunday, March 18, from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm .
So far, Rally cosponsors include The Central Valley Counter Recruitment Coalition, The Fresno Center for Nonviolence, The Fresno Free College Foundation (KFCF), La Raza against War, The Peace and Freedom Party of Fresno County, Peace Fresno, and The South Valley Peace Center. Death Penalty Focus, Humanists of the San Joaquin Valley , and Sun Mt. are endorsing the Rally. Additional cosponsors and endorsers are expected to join in, and numerous peace and social justice organizations will table at the event.
Green Machine will supply music along with Lonesome Jem and Frank Moschella. Dolores Huerta will be our leadoff speaker. She will be followed by David Swanson of afterdowningstreet.org. And Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, Representative from the Sixth Congressional District north of San Francisco , has agreed to address the Rally as the third speaker.
A really large turnout at Rallies around the country on this fourth anniversary of the war will help convince the 110th Congress to end this war. We are working to get more than 1000 people to participate in The Rally in the Valley in Fresno . Put it on your calendar now!
RALLY IN THE VALLEY
Hopefully for the last time, the people of the Central Valley and the Foothills will again gather for the annual march and "Rally in the Valley for Peace and Justice: Bring the Troops Home Now" to insist that our government end this unjust, immoral, and illegal war against the Iraqi people which has already claimed the lives of 3,127 American military personnel (2/14/07), 256 military from other countries, an estimated 655,000 Iraqi civilians and an unknown number of American civilians.
The Rally is scheduled to take place at the new Eaton Plaza at Mariposa and ‘N' Streets in downtown Fresno near the historic Water Tower on Sunday, March 18, from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm .
So far, Rally cosponsors include The Central Valley Counter Recruitment Coalition, The Fresno Center for Nonviolence, The Fresno Free College Foundation (KFCF), La Raza against War, The Peace and Freedom Party of Fresno County, Peace Fresno, and The South Valley Peace Center. Death Penalty Focus, Humanists of the San Joaquin Valley , and Sun Mt. are endorsing the Rally. Additional cosponsors and endorsers are expected to join in, and numerous peace and social justice organizations will table at the event.
Green Machine will supply music along with Lonesome Jem and Frank Moschella. Dolores Huerta will be our leadoff speaker. She will be followed by David Swanson of afterdowningstreet.org. And Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, Representative from the Sixth Congressional District north of San Francisco , has agreed to address the Rally as the third speaker.
A really large turnout at Rallies around the country on this fourth anniversary of the war will help convince the 110th Congress to end this war. We are working to get more than 1000 people to participate in The Rally in the Valley in Fresno . Put it on your calendar now!
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Friday, March 09, 2007.
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Not again... BANG!
lame, this rally wont do anything. waste of time and money.
Hey Dobbler are you saying bang because this is the location of the cop shooting? Or another reason? I was trying to remember if this was the place or not. I'm actually going to be in Clovis that weekend. Hmmmm I am thinking of showing up just to check it out. I've been in or near a protest. But I'm not trying to get shot, either.
What do you think? Safe? or not safe?
I'm not attending, but I think it's newsworthy for the Noveltown blog to let people know there is a protest in the Central Valley, especially since there was one anti-war protest in downtown Bakersfield last year.
Let me know when there is a pro-war rally. I want to go.
There was a mini pro-war event last Thursday in Bakersfield. Did anyone go?
More...
Lot's of "war" in my hood! Every stinkin week...graffiti war...drug war...gang war...murders on the street...pick one and it's happenin'...good news is I'm movin' soon...bad news is I don't know where it's safer? Anyone have a good hood out there?...Iraq what?
we should hold a protest in your neighborhood, d.w.
I'm saying bang, because I'm about one more protest away from shooting myself in the face. Want to do something worthwhile?
Protest the gas prices.
Funny how we get a Democratic upgrade in progress and they haven't done shit about that as they said they would.
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