April, 2006

Imagine a War Crimes Tribunal!
Actual Prison Bars from
Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq
Shown Above

Stop the Lying!
Stop the Spying!
Stop the Dying!

Breaking News!
NOTE THE LOCATION CHANGE:

Join us to give Bush the Unwelcome he so deserves!

LOCATION CHANGE: 1:00pm: Gather at: Cisco Way and Tasman Dr., San Jose The permitted protest area is from Cisco Way west along Tasman Drive to Morgridge Way all along the north side of Tasman Drive. You will have to walk to this location from the east. Access from the west all the way along Tasman Drive to Morgridge Way will be blocked. The only access will be from the east. Park at the "I-880 / Milpitas Light Rail Station" at Tasman Drive and Alder and walk 3/4 mile west to Cisco Way and Tasman Drive for the Rally and Protest! There are no facilities for the public here. Bring your own water!

Maps: Click here for Yahoo map... This map shows where we should all gather at 1:00pm. Click here for aerial map that shows where Bush will be, at Cisco Building 9 at 260 Tasman. Our protest area is to the right. Access to building 9 will be blocked. Be sure to arrive early by 12:30pm to have time to walk to the protest area. Bring your signs and your outrage to the rally and protest!

California Unwelcomes
George W. Bush - War Criminal!

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No WAR - On Immigrants!
No WAR - On Iraq!
No WAR - On Iran!

Money for Jobs,
Health Care & Education
NOT for War & Occupation!

- Read these articles in the Mercury News:
4/19/06: Bush to visit silicon valley and Cisco
Governor to Greet Him; Levee Fixes, Immigration Funding Will Be Sought
4/14/06: Bush plans low-key visit to California

Sponsored by: South Bay Mobilization,
Peninsula Peace & Justice Center,
International A.N.S.W.E.R.-San Francisco,
Students for Justice, Not In Our Name,
Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF),
Global Exchange, The World Can't Wait,
Progressive Alliance of Contra Costa County,
Students for Justice, Think First!, Code Pink,
Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance,
Peninsula Raging Grannies Action League,
Gold Star Families For Peace, California Peace Action,
and others...

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TRANSPORTATION INFO:

Carpools: If you can provide a ride or need a ride,
please call (415) 821-6545 (North Bay)
or (408) 998-8504 (South Bay).

Driving Directions:
From San Francisco, take 101 South to the Great America Parkway exit.
Turn LEFT onto Great America Parkway (going North).
Follow for 2 miles to Tasman Drive.
Turn RIGHT onto Tasman Drive and follow for a mile or so
crossing over both the Caltrain tracks and the Guadalupe River.
Building "170" is on your right, set back from the road, on the South
side of Tasman Drive across from the Champion Light Rail Station.

From San Jose, take 101 North to the Great America Parkway exit.
Turn RIGHT onto Great America Parkway (going North).
Follow for 2 miles to Tasman Drive.
Turn RIGHT onto Tasman Drive and follow for a mile or so
crossing over both the Caltrain tracks and the Guadalupe River.
Building "170" is on your right, set back from the road, on the South
side of Tasman Drive across from the Champion Light Rail Station.

From Oakland, take 880 South, then take the Rt. 237 exit.
Follow 237 (going West) to the Great America Parkway exit.
Turn LEFT onto Great America Parkway (going South).
Follow for a mile to Tasman Drive.
Turn LEFT onto Tasman Drive and follow for a mile or so
crossing over both the Caltrain tracks and the Guadalupe River.
Building "170" is on your right, set back from the road, on the South
side of Tasman Drive across from the Champion Light Rail Station.

Public Transportation:
From San Francisco, you can take CalTrain to Mountain View.
At CalTrain's Mountain View Station, take the Valley Transportation
Authority (VTA) Light Rail to the Champion Station (at Cisco Systems).
See the Light Rail map here...
Click here for further information...

From San Jose, take the VTA Light Rail North to the
Champion Station (at Cisco Systems).

Parking: - The vicinity of Cisco Systems is mostly corporate parking. - 1/2 mile west of the Champion Light Rail Station is Lick Mill Blvd, which has plenty of parking available on the street. - 1 mile west of the Champion Station is the Santa Clara Convention Center, which has a big parking lot on the south side of Tasman Dr. - There may be additional parking to the east on First St as well, but we haven't checked yet.

KPFA Local Station Board (LSB) Meeting

Come find out how KPFA's Local Station
Board (LSB) conducts business!

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Attend and Speak out about KPFA's
lack of coverage of the South Bay!

For more information:

http://www.kpfa.org/lsb

First KPFA LSB meeting outside of Berkeley in several years!

Give feedback to KPFA board members:

· How can they improve the coverage of the South Bay, Peninsula,
and Santa Cruz area?
· Let KPFA know about your ideas & concerns
· What kinds of programming do we want?
· We are a significant part of their listening audience
– it’s time they listened to US!

Winner of over 20 international awards, this fascinating documentary records the coup attempt against Hugo Chavez, in 2002, supported by the upper 20% of the economic class in Venezuela and by the Bush administration. The coup attempt failed two days later as the nation’s working class took to the streets and military officers loyal to Chavez restored the people's elected government. 74 min, 2003

Friday, April 28th, 7:30 pm

Location:
First Unitarian Church
160 North Third St.
San José, CA

7:30 pm - Movie
9:00 pm - Talk

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Movie Followed by Talks by:

Louise Auerhahn will show slides from her six months in Venezuela, examining poverty there and how Venezuela’s poor and working classes are rising up.

Dan Mayfield, recently returned from a National Lawyers Guild trip to Venezuela, will talk about Venezuela’s new Constitution – the first ever to be ratified by popular vote – and how Venezuelans are developing a political system that is on the side of the people.

Hugo Chávez, surrounded by resolute supporters,
makes a dramatic return to power on April 13, 2002
after the collapse of the first Latin American coup
of the 21st century.

"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
Directed and Photographed By
Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain
Ireland, 2003
74 minutes

IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

HUGO CHAVEZ, elected President of Venezuela in 1998, is a colorful, unpredictable folk hero, beloved by his nation's working class and a tough-as-nails, quixotic opponent to the power structure that would see him deposed. Two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace on April 11, 2002, when he was forcibly removed from office. They were also present 48 hours later when, remarkably, he returned to power amid cheering aides. Their film records what was probably history's shortest-lived coup d'état. It's a unique document about political muscle and an extraordinary portrait of the man The Wall Street Journal credits with making Venezuela "Washington's biggest Latin American headache after the old standby, Cuba."