[Sosfbay-discuss] STOP THE WAR NOW! EMERGENCY PROTESTS CALLED!

[Curt Wechsler]

Congress’s Supplemental Appropriations Bill gives Bush
$124 billion more for the Iraq war -- MORE money than
he asked for, and enough to fund the war well into the
next administration. But because it also has a
timetable to begin withdrawing troops Oct. 1st, Bush
is set to veto it. (Note: acccording to the media,
this is most likely to happen Wednesday, May 2nd.)
The bill itself is an outrage. It does not condemn
the unjust war on Iraq. It takes no real steps to end
the occupation and bring the troops home from the
region. Yet Bush demands even more. His veto means he
demands absolute unchecked power to continue and
escalate the war.
 
As long as Bush’s malicious hubris and Congress’s
enabling complicity in endless war and Orwellian
repression goes on - it goes on in your name. 
 
It’s time to bring all this to a halt! We call on all
people of conscience to drop the convenience and
cynicism of daily life in America -- drop the
complacency of waiting for change to fall from on high
– and take meaningful action to stop this war and
remove the regime that started it. 
 
If the people do not pour into the streets in protest,
if we do not demand STOP THE WAR NOW! Bush's veto will
stand and Congress will return to its business as
usual: continuing the war, the torture, the detention
without due process, more troops in Afghanistan,
giving Bush the green light to attack Iran.
On Wednesday May 2nd -- OR WHATEVER DAY BUSH VETOS THE
BILL: 
 
1) At every college and high school campus, RALLY AT
NOON and then MARCH to converge -- downtown, at town
centers or at military recruiting stations for 5:00 pm
RALLIES. 
2) IN SAN FRANCISCO: Converge and Rally at 5:00 PM in
San Francisco at Fifth & Market (Powell Street BART). 
Bring pots and pans to bang on, noisemakers, everyone
you know – and bring your sense of outrage and urgent
responsibility for all the lives hanging in the
balance. 
Enough! The World Can’t Wait! 
Drive Out the Bush Regime!
Impeach Bush for War Crimes!
www.worldcantwait.org (415) 864-5153
sf at worldcantwait.or