Come on people. We can get the signatures. Its a pleasure gathering signatures when everybody wants to sign!!!! People love I 1001! Keep up the good work. Remember, you can reload on blank forms at www.votehope.wordpress.com . So far, our progress has been incredible, but we can't even slow down for a breath. Keep up the great work!!

One of two weekly Honk To Impeach protests held by the IMPEACH COLORADO COALITION http://ImpeachCO.com in Denver Co. The location is in front of the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News building. See our Colorado Impeach Calendar for additional events. You may have your impeach event listed here as well. We have a 2nd weekly Denver Honk To Impeach on Saturdays at Noon-1pm at E 6th & Speer in Denver in front of 2 TV Stations and Rep. DeGette's office..

How Did the US Government Lead Its People to War?

How Did the US Government Lead Its People to War?

A new film just released: http://www.leadingtowar.com documents how Bush, Cheney, and gang took the U.S. into Iraq five years ago.

It can be viewed free online, or a DVD purchased.

Have a house party, show this film!

Email this page to family and friends!

One of two weekly Honk To Impeach protests held by the IMPEACH COLORADO COALITION http://ImpeachCO.com in Denver Co. The location is in front of 2 TV Stations and Rep. DeGettes office. See our Colorado Impeach Calendar for additional events. You may have your impeach event listed here as well. We have a 2nd weekly Denver Honk To Impeach on Wednesdays at Noon-1pm at East Colfax & Broadway in Denver in front of the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News building.

Troops Out Now Coalition

* ENDORSE the call to unite and march together on May 1 http://www.may1.info/endorse.shtml
* DONATE to help with organizing expenses http://www.may1.info/donate.shtml

There are only a few days left until the May 1 Mass Rally and March for Immigrant & Workers Rights

We need your help assembling placards, painting banners, and preparing materials for this important event.

Please join us:

Tuesday & Wednesday: Work Sessions from 1 pm to 9pm at the Solidarity Center, 55 W. 17th St. #5C, in Manhattan, between 5th and 6th Avenues

Thursday May 1:

* Meet at 9:30 am at the Solidarity Center, 55 W. 17th St. #5C, in Manhattan, between 5th and 6th Avenues to help load materials for the demonstration
* Meet at 11:00 am at Union Square to help unload the truck
* Rally begins at 12:00 pm
* Help load materials after the march and rally

As you may be aware, the Longshoremen are stopping work on the west coast on May 1st to protest the continued war in Iraq.
Since we were not aware of any "official" union actions in support of ILWU locally, the ad hoc May Day committee, made up of members of the Reno Antiwar Coalition, took it on ourselves to call for a solidarity demonstration outside the Federal Building at 10 a.m. on May 1st, demanding an end to the occupation.  Please join us there.  Any help you can provide is appreciated.
Paul Lenart

MAKE MAYDAY A "NO PEACE, NO WORK HOLIDAY"!

The following was written by Jack Heyman a longshoreman who works on the Oakland docks.

Longshoremen to close ports on West Coast to protest war

While millions of people worldwide have marched against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and last week's New York Times/CBS News poll indicated that 81 percent believe the country is headed in the wrong direction - key concerns being the war and the economy - the war machine inexorably grinds on.

Amid this political atmosphere, dockworkers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union have decided to stop work for eight hours in all U.S. West Coast ports on May 1, International Workers' Day, to call for an end to the war.

Stop the Raids & Deportations
Legalization Now • Justice for all

MASS RALLY for IMMIGRANT & WORKER RIGHTS

Thursday May 1st
12 p.m. Gather at Union Square
14th Street and Broadway
4 p.m. Rally & March

May Day 2008 is critically important. Will the optimism and hope expressed around the Presidential elections translate into an end of immigrant raids & deportations? Will it bring an end to the foreclosures of homes, the lowering of gas and food prices, or an end to lay-offs?

Whatever the outcome in November, the May 1st Coalition for Immi­grant and Worker Rights will be marching once again on May Day, International Workers Day, to say no to all the attacks against workers here and around the world.

We call on the progressive community, the anti-war movement, the women’s & lgbt movement, and especially on the labor movement, to come out for May Day 2008. March for solidarity, because an injury to one is an injury to all!

We say:

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Five Years after "Mission Accomplished"

On the 5th anniversary of President Bush's declaration of "Mission Accomplished", the Center for American Progress will reflect on the past five years at war.

This event is part of the Center for American Progress Series, The Impact of Five Years in Iraq

The Center for American Progress will host a series of events and produce several analyses in the coming weeks examining the course of the war in Iraq and proposing the next steps for U.S. policy in Iraq. The series will include speeches by prominent policymakers and panel discussions on important aspects of Iraq policy and its effects on U.S. national security. The Center will also release updated analyses examining the current policy in Iraq and providing an alternative direction.

Hear professors, students and staff speak about the truth behind five years of war and colonial occupation that are destroying Iraq and Afghanistan.

Learn more about the real history of this and other wars, and struggles for workers rights going back to the origins of “May Day,” when immigrant and U.S.-born workers joined together to fight for the eight-hour day.

Today, history is being made by workers in the United States using their power against the war: the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has decided to shut down all 29 West Coast ports for a full 8-hour shift against the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We will show solidarity with this exciting action of the Longshore workers, who have a long history of fighting against racism, repression and war.
And we will discuss what we can learn from this crucial event and where we go from here.

Sponsored by the Hunter chapter of PSC-CUNY. Endorsed by the Adjunct Project.

Contact: tamigold@mindspring.com

A Day of Action for Immigrant Rights
Thursday, May 1st

Pickets at the RNC and DNC offices on Capitol Hill:

Gather at the Capitol South Metro at 12:30 pm

Mass Rally in Malcolm X Park: 4PM
March through the Community: 6PM
16th and Euclid Sts. NW Washington D.C.
Metro: Columbia Heights

With national elections underway, this is a critical time for advocates of justice for immigrant communities to raise our voices in solidarity. Raids and deportations continue to tear families apart, both across the country and within the Washington metropolitan region. We aim to challenge the climate of fear that these raids have produced and to show that the immigrant community will not be silenced. We invite all organizations committed to the struggle for social justice to join us in making this mobilization a success.

Our demands include:

* Immigration Reform with Justice and Dignity for All
* Stop the Raids, Deportations, and Use of No-Match Letters