A Rally Near You Next Thursday
A coalition of human rights organizations too lengthy to list here but available on the website has planned a day of action: Torture Accountability Action Day, June 25th, 2009. That’s next Thursday.
In Washington, D.C., we will gather for a rally at 11 a.m. in John Marshall Park (501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW) and march at noon to the Department of Justice. If the DOJ does not agree to appoint a special prosecutor or to meet with us and discuss it, those who are so inclined will engage in nonviolent protest led by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance.
Also on June 25th, there will be rallies in San Francisco, CA; Pasadena, CA; Boston, MA; Salt Lake City, UT; Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Las Vegas, NV; Honolulu, HI; and Anchorage, AK. Details here: http://tortureaccountability.w…
In Washington, D.C., more actions will follow, organized by the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International. There’s a congressional hearing following the rally and protest, and then an evening speaker on the 25th, an all-day conference on the 26th, and a 24-hour vigil at the White House on Saturday the 27th. Details here: http://tassc.org/index.php?sn=309
Check the websites of the ACLU, Amnesty International, and other groups in the coalition for other actions in Washington and around the country this week.
Jun 18 2009
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for EVERY ISSUE ON THE BOOKS!
March begins promptly at 10am, and will dramatize these issues:
10:00 – 10:15 Health insurance fiasco
10:15 – 10:30 Abrupt climate change
10:30 – 10:45 Obscene bailouts for banks
10:45 – 11:00 Military-Industrial Complex in Iraq
11:00 – 11:15 Torture
11:15 – 11:30 Monsanto’s perversion of food
11:30 – 11:45 Palestine/ Israel screwup
11:45 – 12:00 No Testing Corporation Left Behind Act
12:00 – 12:15 Homophobia in “defining marriage”
12:15 – 12:30 Punitive war on drugs
March followed by DOZENS OF FAMOUS SPEAKERS — ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO 500 WORDS OR LESS!
CHANGE THE WORLD IN A BRIEF FEW HOURS!
just saw this…
Health Care for AmericaNow, the largest health care campaign in the country, will have a large scale rally and lobby day on June 25th in Washington, DC.
via front page, DK, MB.
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Accountability: Find them
right here .
…on warrantless wiretapping, Senator Russ Feingold asked A.G. Eric Holder if he felt the practice had been legal.
Dodging in the true manner of DC, Holder replied that he felt the action had been “unwise.”
Feingold said that he hadn’t asked about the wisdom of the action, he had asked about legality. Did Holder think these actions were legal?
Holder repeated the word “unwise” several times before saying that, due to the new FISA legislation, it’s a moot point. It’s legal now!!!
Doesn’t look good for the accountability team.