Tacoma SDS

Tacoma-Olympia Mayday Calendar 2008: NOTE: UPDATED

OLYMPIA:
Noon Mayday Rally —Sylvester Park (Legion & Capitol Way, Oly)
2 PM Olympia March

TACOMA: (NOTE: UPDATED)
7 PM Working Families, Not War program—1911 Pacific Ave. Washington State History Museum, Tacoma
8:30 PM Candle-light Vigil at Federal Courthouse, 1717 Pacific Ave.

Background:

NO PEACE - NO WORK
End the war now - bring our troops home safely
Join workers from the Puget Sound in protesting the war on May 1, International Worker's Day

Thursday, May 1st
12:00 noon
Jack Perry Memorial Park
1729 Alaska Way South, Seattle
(between Pier 30 and Pacific Maritime Institute)

March along the waterfront to Pier 66

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

I want to invite you to join with labor and our allies in a march
and rally for peace. The International Longshore & Warehouse Union
(ILWU) has called for united labor action on International Workers Day,

Tacoma Mall Demo
Tacoma Mall / Military Recruiting Center Parking Lot
Saturday March 15 2008
12:30 PM

Why Protest at the Mall?

Because Tacoma has so few community spaces, the mall has become one of the key cultural, economic, social hubs of Pierce County

The Tacoma Mall is the single most trafficked site in Tacoma

The mall and the recruiting center on its property target youth: the mall for their allowances and the military for their lives

Make it impossible for business as usual to continue as the Iraq War approaches its 5th year.

SYDNEY (AFP) — Australian prime minister-elect Kevin Rudd said Friday he would pull the country's 550 combat troops out of Iraq by the middle of next year, marking a significant shift in Canberra's role in the conflict.

Rudd was elected in a landslide on Saturday that ousted veteran conservative prime minister John Howard, a staunch supporter of the US-led war in Iraq and a friend of US President George W. Bush.

According to an e-mail received by facilitator@tacomasds.org, this direct action was inspired by recent actions in Olympia by many activists, including Tacoma and Olympia SDS chapters.

The CIA was scheduled to hold an “infosession” for students interested in jobs with the agency. Right as the session began, four activists entered the room and began to demonstrate waterboarding, a torture technique used by the CIA. After only one minute of the waterboarding demonstration the room was plunged into chaos by a group calling itself the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army. The Rebel Clowns, joined by several dozen antiwar organizers took over the meeting room and began passing out information on the CIA’s use of illegal torture techniques and literature related to the agency’s long history of subverting foreign governments, assassinating foreign leaders and subverting democracy.

the whole indybay post

November 10th, 2007 - Thirteen anti-war demonstrators were arrested while attempting to contain Stryker vehicles from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division from moving through the streets of Olympia, Washington. Three of the arrests took place at the intersection of 4th and Plum St. in downtown Olympia. Ten arrests took place at Union Street and Plum Street near the on ramp to I-5 North where anti-war demonstrators were in lock-down with PVC pipes locking their arms together.

Defendants in the Port of Tacoma trial have another mesmerizing, spell-binding hearing this week! Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday...at 1:30 pm in the Tacoma County-City building in room 233, but let's be honest it changes every single time we appear. It would be greatly appreciated if you would come (with all of your friends) and show public support for these supposed social deviants. Hope to see you there.

The Port Militarization Resistance is hosting its 2nd Annual Pizza Party to raise funds for our legal defense efforts. It will be held September 22nd at Fertile Ground beginning at 6 pm and lasting until 10 pm. We are asking for 10-30 dollars (which isn't that bad for all-you-can eat pizza;). We hope to see you there and please extend invites to all of your friends and associates.

Peace activists in Olympia, Washington have been campaigning to prevent the military from shipping Stryker armored vehicles to Iraq. We speak with Phan Ngyuen about why they chose this tactic and what success they've had with it. Produced by an independent media collective, broadcasting over 25 years on Vancouver Cooperative Radio.

More information. MP3 direct link.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 7 pm.
Rausch Auditorium, McIntyre Hall, University of Puget Sound.
Free.

Hear from the author of Going Down Jericho Road, Michael K. Honey, as he speaks about the history behind the Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King Jr., and more.