[Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: I'm Going to Court - We Need Your Support!]

[Gerry Gras]

Please read,

Gerry


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Subject: I'm Going to Court - We Need Your Support!
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:00:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: SF Bay Area WORLD CAN'T WAIT - DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME!
<sf at worldcantwait.org>
Reply-To: sf at worldcantwait.org


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       August 4th, in Oakland is My Pretrial Hearing for Protesting at
       the Recruiting Station
       See below for details


     A Letter to the WCW Community and Friends
      >From Stephanie Tang

     Dear Friends,

     Next week I go to court for a pretrial hearing in a case stemming
     from World Can't Wait's ongoing Berkeley protests at the Marine 
Recruiting
     Station (MRS). I write to ask for the support of our whole community
     to fight for this politically-charged and motivated case to get
     dropped, right now. There is no way I should be threatened with a
     year in jail for organizing protest and resistance against the
     military recruiters, this endless and murderous war/occupation,
     torture, and the whole Bush regime program.

     As readers of this e-list know, during WCW's persistent and spirited
     protests at the MRS, the Berkeley police have repeatedly attacked us
     with harsh and often violent tactics (that by the way, totally belie
     Berkeley being a city officially opposed to the war!). Both WCW and
     Code Pink have received much repressive harassment. And WCW's 
rallies and
     actions (which have all been nonviolent, and usually have permits)
     have been repeatedly assaulted by the police. In lovely downtown
     Berkeley, cops in full riot gear charge the crowd, destroy sound
     equipment, and generally create a whole scenario meant to intimidate
     both the protestors and our public support.

     It was in one of these WCW protests on February 22 that I was
     injured by a Berkeley police officer, who hit me so hard I flew head
     first into a brick wall. Some days later, I received notification by
     mail that I was being charged with obstruction of an officer. The
     charge carries a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. My pretrial hearing
     is set for Monday, August 4, at the Alameda County Superior Court.

     World Can't Wait fully supports me in fighting to get this totally
     trumped-up charge dropped. It is important to note that although
     several protestors have been arrested at the MRS (either for civil
     resistance/civil disobedience or other nonviolent actions), 
everyone else's
     charges have either been dropped or never even filed. So I am the
     only protestor actually facing any charges. I am known as a leader
     of the local World Can't Wait movement by the community - and by 
the police -
     which may factor into the authorities' approach to my case.

     I know all of you on this e-list (if not personally, yet) because
     together we have been working tirelessly: to stop this intolerable
     war and occupation - to prevent the next U.S. escalation in the Middle
     East; the threatened war against Iran - to refuse the complicity of
     silence in the face of state-sanctioned torture - to say the whole
     Bush Regime program must be repudiated, resisted, and reversed. And
     although Bush himself may be nearing the end of his White House
     residency, our determination and our demands will have to grow even
     stronger, more than ever, whoever the next president of the empire
     may be.

     So, friends, I'm asking you to join me to take my court case and 
make it
     yet another way all of us can stand up to resist this intolerable
     war and occupation, and the whole Bush trajectory along with it.


       What can you do to help?

     * PACK THE COURTROOM -- be there with me for the pretrial hearing.
     When anyone faces criminal charges for political activism, it is so
     important to show that this is not a lone individual, but that we
     are a large, united community. Your presence makes visible that our
     protest and resistance will not be silenced, because it's absolutely
     right to oppose these recruiters and this war.

         MONDAY, AUG. 4, 2008
         9:00 AM
         Dept. #104, Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse Criminal Div.
         661 Washington St.
         Oakland, CA 94607

     * CONTRIBUTE TO THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND today. Several thousand
     dollars in legal fees and expenses must be covered very soon. We ask
     you to DONATE WHAT YOU CAN and forward this email ASKING OTHERS to
     join you.

         Write checks to "World Can't Wait"
         - write "legal fund" in the memo line
         Mail to World Can't Wait, 2940-16th St., Rm. 200-6,
         San Francisco CA 94103

     * EMAIL ME at: sf at worldcantwait.org <mailto:sf at worldcantwait.org> if
     you can help in other ways - WCW wants to get this case widely known
     through the press and through outreach to many communities. Let me
     know how we can work together to do this.


     The World Can't Wait!
     Stephanie Tang
     Organizer, SF Bay Area WCW
     415-864-5153


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Enough! The World Can't Wait!
Drive Out the Bush Regime!
Impeach Bush & Cheney for War Crimes!


Donate generously . . .

- An East Bay homeowner just donated $250 toward the "Fire John Yoo"
billboard.
- Another woman who can't afford to miss work for the protest sent a 
check for
$100.
- Two local business owners continue to generously donate their space
for WCW events.

WCW is an all volunteer organization. It is a vehicle for the change we
need NOW. Funds from you are the fuel this vehicle needs. Give all you can.


NOTE: Tax deductible contributions are not available with this PayPal
"Donate Button"


Make checks payable to: "SF World Can't Wait"

Mail to: 2940 16th Street, Room 200-6, San Francisco, CA 94103,
or donate on-line at worldcantwait.org.
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To make a tax deductible donation of $100 or more in support of WCW's
educational activities, checks should be made out to: "The Alliance for
Global Justice," a 501(3)(c) organization, and designate "for WCW" in
the check memo line. The Alliance for Global Justice latest financial
report is available at their offices: 1247 E St. SE, Washington, D.C. 20003
MAIL ALL CHECKS TO:
SF World Can't Wait
2940 16th St., Rm 200-6
San Francisco, CA 94103

www.sfbaycantwait.org

415-864-5153
sf at worldcantwait.org <mailto:sf at worldcantwait.org>

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SF Bay World Can't Wait

sf at worldcantwait.org <mailto:sf at worldcantwait.org>

415-864-5153
2940 16th Street, Room 200-6
San Francisco, CA 94103

www.sfbaycantwait.org

IMPORTANT!!!

Your help is always needed for publicity and outreach. We have posters
and flyers to get out everywhere, as well as programs, media,
decorations, and literature tables. Call the WCW office (415) 864-5153
to volunteer!



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