nion nationwide events
Los Angeles, California
5 p.m., gather at Pershing Square (5th and Hill Street) in Downtown Los Angeles for pre-mass Pledge taking activities, including cultural performances, music, spoken word and guerilla theater.
"We are calling for people to bring their own displays, artwork and statements to create a Not in Our Name Memorial to the victims of the U.S. war against the world's people and a tribute to acts of resistance to the U.S. war and repression. Then special guests will start things off by each making a short statement about why they are taking the Pledge and reading a stanza from it. The event will culminate with a mass taking of the Pledge of Resistance at 8 p.m. in Pershing Square. "
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The Pledge to Resist
Join with thousands nationwide on JUNE 6, 2002
to take this pledge of resistance.
We believe that as people living
in the United States it is our
responsibility to resist the injustices
done by our government, in our names
Not in our name
will you wage endless war
there can be no more deaths
no more transfusions of blood for oil
Not in our name
will you invade countries
bomb civilians, kill more children
letting history take its course
over the graves of the nameless
Not in our name
will you erode the very freedoms
you have claimed to fight for
Not by our hands
will we supply weapons and funding
for the annihilation of families
on foreign soil
Not by our mouths
will we let fear silence us
Not by our hearts
will we allow whole peoples
or countries to be deemed
evil
Not by our will
and Not in our name
We pledge resistance
We pledge alliance with those
who have come under attack
for voicing opposition to the war
or for their religion or ethnicity
We pledge to make common cause
with the people of the world
to bring about justice freedom and peace
Another world is possible
and we pledge to make it real
NO EN NUESTRO NOMBRE
Creemos que como habitantes de los Estados Unidos
Tenemos el deber de
Resistir frente a toda injusticia
Hecha por nuestro gobierno en nuestro nombre
No en nuestro nombre
Emprenderán una guerra sin fin
Ni habrá más muertes
No más transfusiones de sangre por petróleo
No en nuestro nombre
Invadirán países
Bombardearán civiles, matarán más niños
Dejando que la historia se escriba
Sobre lápidas sin nombre
No en nuestro nombre
Destruirán la misma libertad
Que dicen defender
No saldrán de nuestras manos
Ni armas ni dineros
Que aniquilen a familias
En suelos extranjeros
No serán nuestras bocas
Silenciadas por el miedo
No permitirán nuestros corazones
Que de otras naciones pueblos enteros
sean llamados malditos
En contra de nuestra voluntad
No en nuestro nombre
Juramos resistencia
Juramos solidaridad con los que sufren
Por decir no a la guerra
Por su religión
Por el color de su piel
Juramos una causa común
Con todas las gentes de la Tierra
Hacia la justicia, la libertad y la paz
Otro mundo es posible
Y juramos hacerlo real
Original: NION 6/6-LA- Guerilla Theatre !