ILWU to Oakland Council: We want to know
The following is testimony given to Oakland City Council, April 8. I am Steve Stallone, ILWU Communications Director. I am here representing the ILWU International officers and I am here to register our dismay and anger at the conduct of the Oakland Police Dept. yesterday.
Stop the war in Iraq; Stop the war on us!
OAKLAND, Calif. – In the largest protest in East Bay memory, nearly 20,000 demonstrators thronged Telegraph Ave., April 5, as dignitaries and youth led the march from north Oakland’s Mosswood Park to a downtown rally at City Hall.
Does the Bush administration support the troops?
Opinion In the March 25 Chicago Sun-Times, columnist Mary Mitchell had the absolute gall to accuse those who do not support this war of not supporting the military men and women, many just teenagers, who have been deployed to Iraq.
Starting a ruckus was the right thing to do
Opinion A word of advice to future Oscar winners: Don’t begin Oscar day by going to church. That is where I found myself this past Sunday morning, at the Church of the Good Shepherd on Santa Monica Boulevard, at Mass with my sister and my dad.
Stop this war now
Opinion Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), a leader of the opposition to the war in Iraq within the House, issued the following statement April 1 on the House floor:
War tax resisters launch campaign
Mary Loehr works out of a small office in Ithaca, N.Y., where she coordinates a national campaign to build support for those who choose to withhold federal income taxes in protest against war.
Police attack injures protesters, workers
OAKLAND, Calif. – Outraged witnesses and community leaders used words like “preemptive,” “premeditated,” and “brutal” during an emotionally charged meeting of the Oakland City Council to describe the Oakland Police Department’s attack on anti-war demonstrators and longshore workers near the gate of the Stevedoring Services of America dock on Monday, April 7.
Texas House debates war
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas House of Representatives on April 2 passed a resolution supporting the war in Iraq, but not before some spirited debate and a demonstration in the House gallery against the war.
Stop this disastrous war against Iraq
This is a slightly edited version of a March 22 statement. With the launching of rocket attacks by U.S. military forces in the early morning of March 20, the war against Iraq aimed at a “regime change” entered its final stage.
Peace is theme in Chavez celebrations
Celebrations of the life of Cesar Chavez, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, have spread acrsoss the country since his death ten years ago. They include protests, marches, teach-ins and festivals as well as official city, county and state holidays aimed at keeping his legacy alive.
