Rally Against Iraq Escalation Friday March 9th from 4-7 PM To be followed by
acts of war resistance down at the port
In Tacoma, Washington, we are witnessing Bush's "surge" right here, right NOW.
The armored Strykers are being brought from Ft. Lewis to the Port of Tacoma. We
expect the Strykers of the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry will be loaded onto
military ships bound for the Persian Gulf starting Friday, which normally takes
three days. That gives us less than a week to act. By slowing or stopping the
Strykers from being loaded, we are drawing attention to the criminal escalation
of the Iraq War against the will of the American people. Join the Port
Resistance!! KEEP THE 4TH HOME!!! Tues. March 6th to Sun. March 12th or until
Strykers have left the port.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7th
4-6 PM Vigil Against Escalation and War Over I-5 Called by the Tacoma
Puppetistas. Come one, come all! Pacific on bridge over I-5 [Driving Directions:
Take Exit 133 to City Center Take 21st St. Exit, take LEFT On Pacific Ave, take
another LEFT Take Right on 28th St. and park. Walk a bit up the hill and wave at
the 1,000s of cars driving past. Public Transport is an excellent way to arrive
just a few minutes walk from the courthouse. Simply step off the bus or Sounder
train, walk on Puyallup Avenue TOWARDS downtown, take a LEFT on Pacific and walk
up the hill a couple blocks to the bridge over I-5.]]
THURSDAY, MARCH 8th
4-6 PM Vigil Against Escalation and War Over I-5 Called by the Tacoma
Puppetistas. Come one, come all! Pacific on bridge over I-5 [Directions same as
above.]
FRIDAY, MARCH 9th
4-6 PM Rally and March Against Escalating the Iraq War
Called by the Tacoma and Olympia Port Militarization Resistance (PMR) Federal
Courthouse at 1717 Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. (directions below) Large
Banners visible from nearby freeway welcome.
6-7 PM Strategy and Affinity Group Discussion at or near Federal Courthouse
[Driving directions: Take Exit 133 to City Center...Take 21st St. Exit, take
LEFT...Continue on 21st past Pacific and look for a spot to park. Then come back
down the hill to Pacific and look left. Public Transport is an excellent way to
arrive just a few minutes walk from the courthouse. So are AMTRAK and Greyhound.
Simply step off the bus, Sounder or AMTRAK train, walk on Puyallup Avenue
TOWARDS downtown, take a LEFT on Pacific and walk four blocks to the Federal
Courthouse. Or ask anyone where the LINK streetcar is (one block off Puyallup)
and take it (for FREE) from the Dome Station TWO STOPS to the Federal
Courthouse/WA State Hist. Museum. Mass transit is a really great option to get
to this Tacoma action.]
Events are developing rapidly--MORE TBA soon!
Need or offering housing in Tacoma? Contact facilitator@tacomasds.org
The Iraq war is now being brought home in profound ways. Protests began late
Sunday night as the Army started moving Stryker vehicles through the port of
Tacoma . Monday morning three individuals, one veteran and two students were
arrested for trying to block a shipment of Stryker Brigade armored vehicles and
were held in jail on $10,000 bail. Caitlin Esworthy, was arrested within seconds
after the Tacoma Police Disorder Response Team confronted the protesters. Wally
Cuddeford, a navy veteran, was then brutally dragged on his stomach just after
his arrest was captured on video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PdJDRzQEU0
Another protester, Jeff Berryhill was later shot by a rubber bullet as he
nonviolently held a sign at the edge of the street. Police also aimed shotguns
and tasers directly at protesters. The Tacoma police appeared to become less
violent after the TV media finally arrived. Media who want eyewitness testimony
of the arrests should call Zoltan Grossman at 360-359-8871 or Patrick Edelbacher
at 925-518-9060.
OUR ACTIONS ARE NOT AGAINST THE TROOPS.
Block the Strykers; save the troops from escalation of the war. Approximately
300 Stryker vehicles that are being shipped to Iraq from the Port of Tacoma IN
ADVANCE of the deployment of the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort
Lewis . The 4th Brigade is being deployed earlier than planned, as part of
George Bush's suicidal "surge." They are being deployed so quickly that they are
forced to skip their final desert training in California . THE WORST THING that
will endanger the troops is to ship them over to Iraq. Our actions are being
conducted out of concern for the lives of US soldiers and, equally, the lives of
Iraqi people. The protests are part of a continuation of actions that begun last
year against the use of the Port of Olympia to ship offensive weapons to Iraq .
(Background information http://www.omjp.org click Port 2006.) Last year the
shipments were made during broad daylight and the Olympia community responded
with strong resistance. This year the military decided to avoid the Port of
Olympia instead using the port of Tacoma under the cover of darkness. We expect
the Strykers will be loaded onto military ships bound for the Persian Gulf on
Friday. That gives us less than a week to act. By slowing or stopping the
Strykers from being loaded, we are drawing attention to the criminal escalation
of the Iraq War against the will of the American people. Join the Port
Resistance!!
For more Port Militarization Resistance information check:
http://www.ufppc.org
http://www.tacomasds.org
http://www.omjp.org
http://www.seattle.indymedia.org
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/taxonomy/term/14
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acts of war resistance down at the port
In Tacoma, Washington, we are witnessing Bush's "surge" right here, right NOW.
The armored Strykers are being brought from Ft. Lewis to the Port of Tacoma. We
expect the Strykers of the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry will be loaded onto
military ships bound for the Persian Gulf starting Friday, which normally takes
three days. That gives us less than a week to act. By slowing or stopping the
Strykers from being loaded, we are drawing attention to the criminal escalation
of the Iraq War against the will of the American people. Join the Port
Resistance!! KEEP THE 4TH HOME!!! Tues. March 6th to Sun. March 12th or until
Strykers have left the port.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7th
4-6 PM Vigil Against Escalation and War Over I-5 Called by the Tacoma
Puppetistas. Come one, come all! Pacific on bridge over I-5 [Driving Directions:
Take Exit 133 to City Center Take 21st St. Exit, take LEFT On Pacific Ave, take
another LEFT Take Right on 28th St. and park. Walk a bit up the hill and wave at
the 1,000s of cars driving past. Public Transport is an excellent way to arrive
just a few minutes walk from the courthouse. Simply step off the bus or Sounder
train, walk on Puyallup Avenue TOWARDS downtown, take a LEFT on Pacific and walk
up the hill a couple blocks to the bridge over I-5.]]
THURSDAY, MARCH 8th
4-6 PM Vigil Against Escalation and War Over I-5 Called by the Tacoma
Puppetistas. Come one, come all! Pacific on bridge over I-5 [Directions same as
above.]
FRIDAY, MARCH 9th
4-6 PM Rally and March Against Escalating the Iraq War
Called by the Tacoma and Olympia Port Militarization Resistance (PMR) Federal
Courthouse at 1717 Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. (directions below) Large
Banners visible from nearby freeway welcome.
6-7 PM Strategy and Affinity Group Discussion at or near Federal Courthouse
[Driving directions: Take Exit 133 to City Center...Take 21st St. Exit, take
LEFT...Continue on 21st past Pacific and look for a spot to park. Then come back
down the hill to Pacific and look left. Public Transport is an excellent way to
arrive just a few minutes walk from the courthouse. So are AMTRAK and Greyhound.
Simply step off the bus, Sounder or AMTRAK train, walk on Puyallup Avenue
TOWARDS downtown, take a LEFT on Pacific and walk four blocks to the Federal
Courthouse. Or ask anyone where the LINK streetcar is (one block off Puyallup)
and take it (for FREE) from the Dome Station TWO STOPS to the Federal
Courthouse/WA State Hist. Museum. Mass transit is a really great option to get
to this Tacoma action.]
Events are developing rapidly--MORE TBA soon!
Need or offering housing in Tacoma? Contact facilitator@tacomasds.org
The Iraq war is now being brought home in profound ways. Protests began late
Sunday night as the Army started moving Stryker vehicles through the port of
Tacoma . Monday morning three individuals, one veteran and two students were
arrested for trying to block a shipment of Stryker Brigade armored vehicles and
were held in jail on $10,000 bail. Caitlin Esworthy, was arrested within seconds
after the Tacoma Police Disorder Response Team confronted the protesters. Wally
Cuddeford, a navy veteran, was then brutally dragged on his stomach just after
his arrest was captured on video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PdJDRzQEU0
Another protester, Jeff Berryhill was later shot by a rubber bullet as he
nonviolently held a sign at the edge of the street. Police also aimed shotguns
and tasers directly at protesters. The Tacoma police appeared to become less
violent after the TV media finally arrived. Media who want eyewitness testimony
of the arrests should call Zoltan Grossman at 360-359-8871 or Patrick Edelbacher
at 925-518-9060.
OUR ACTIONS ARE NOT AGAINST THE TROOPS.
Block the Strykers; save the troops from escalation of the war. Approximately
300 Stryker vehicles that are being shipped to Iraq from the Port of Tacoma IN
ADVANCE of the deployment of the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort
Lewis . The 4th Brigade is being deployed earlier than planned, as part of
George Bush's suicidal "surge." They are being deployed so quickly that they are
forced to skip their final desert training in California . THE WORST THING that
will endanger the troops is to ship them over to Iraq. Our actions are being
conducted out of concern for the lives of US soldiers and, equally, the lives of
Iraqi people. The protests are part of a continuation of actions that begun last
year against the use of the Port of Olympia to ship offensive weapons to Iraq .
(Background information http://www.omjp.org click Port 2006.) Last year the
shipments were made during broad daylight and the Olympia community responded
with strong resistance. This year the military decided to avoid the Port of
Olympia instead using the port of Tacoma under the cover of darkness. We expect
the Strykers will be loaded onto military ships bound for the Persian Gulf on
Friday. That gives us less than a week to act. By slowing or stopping the
Strykers from being loaded, we are drawing attention to the criminal escalation
of the Iraq War against the will of the American people. Join the Port
Resistance!!
For more Port Militarization Resistance information check:
http://www.ufppc.org
http://www.tacomasds.org
http://www.omjp.org
http://www.seattle.indymedia.org
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/taxonomy/term/14
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Can you please remember that your against the war and not our troops and our police officers. Our police officers are there to protect the troops, to protect you, and to protect the community. I don't see the point (I have watched all the youtube videos) in hurling insults and vulgar words at the police officers who say nothing in response. Your "peaceful protesting" looks like pure hate and evil. It's scary to watch. When I watch those videos I feel fear. Not fear of the police...fear you you. You all appear out of control and very dangerous to someone who is looking from the outside. If I was there I would be afraid of you. The police appear much more peaceful and calm and in control of themselves in that video than you all. It's sad. I think you are only pitting brother against brother, spewing hate, and setting us up for something tragic to happen at these protests.
ReplyDeleteIf you are anti-war....then stay focused on that.....don't spew your rage out on our police officers who are just doing their job and many of them don't even agree with the war either, but they value keeping the peace and order, and they put their lives on the line everyday to protect yours.