Press Release announcing the Oct 6 Not In Our Name Demonstration in Westwood

by Not In Our Name Sunday, Oct. 06, 2002 at 8:45 PM

Come One! Come All! Be There: Westwood Federal Building, 1pm Sunday October 6, 2002. For a major showing of defiance and resistance by the people of L.A. to this whole machine of war and repression. War Without End? Not In Our name!

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FROM: NOT IN OUR NAME

www.notinourname.net/la

Email: notinourname@hotmail.com

CONTACT: Henry Howard, Tel. (310) 980-5708

WHAT: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2002, on the eve of the one year anniversary of the United States bombing of Afghanistan

A National Day of Action to Stop Bush’s war without end, detentions and roundups of immigrants, and police state restrictions with rallies and demonstrations in NEW YORK CITY, SAN FRANCISCO, CHICAGO, SEATTLE, and in

LOS ANGELES:

1PM, Westwood Federal Bldg.

(corner of Wilshire and Veteran in West L.A.)

RALLY with Speakers and Music

and Pledge of Resistance

MARCH to U.S. ArmyReserve/California

National Guard Training Center

(corner of Wilshire and Federal in West L.A.)

SPEAKERS:

Ron Kovic, author, Born on the Fourth of July

Reverend George Regas, Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP)

Sonali Kolhatkar, Afghan Womens Mission

Stephen Rohde, civil liberties attorney

Hussam Ayloush, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations, So.Cal.

Angelica Salas, Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights, Los Angeles (CHIRLA)

Blase Bonpane, Office of the Americas

BAYAN International, USA

MEChE,de Santa Monica City College

Kevin McKeown, Mayor Pro Tem, Santa Monica (Other speakers to be announced) -end-

Original: Press Release announcing the Oct 6 Not In Our Name Demonstration in Westwood