** Heads up! Protest Bush "library" dedication on Sunday 11/14 **

EFerrari

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Tue Nov-09-10 04:39 PM
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Edited on Tue Nov-09-10 04:46 PM by EFerrari

and other events through the 17th.

It's good to see that the torture president's airbrushing is being bucked by SOMEBODY.

Also, if you haven't seen it already, there's a non violent direct action out of FaceBook here:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=126089424106953

with a thread just for DU (come in and represent!):

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=126089424106953#!/topic.php?uid=126089424106953&topic=153

The People's Response
to the George W. Bush Library & Policy Institute

Accountability for the past. Democracy for the future!

Accountability is the hallmark of a mature democracy: no one is above the
law! Remind past, present and future administrations that the
truth cannot be buried or changed, and remind the public that the same
ideologues who crafted the Bush policies of the last decade will be writing
a script for our future. Will this think-tank develop the same kinds of
policies that brought us pre-emptive war, economic crisis, environmental
disaster, unprecedented presidential power and diminished civil and human
rights? Act now to prevent history from repeating itself!

A peaceful, nonviolent march & rally will coincide with the George W. Bush
Presidential Center groundbreaking. Join us for a series of events that
will move us toward accountability for the past and democracy for the
future!Dallas, Texas

Programs/Events: November 14 - 17 (full schedule below)
Updates, sign-up & more info at www.thepeoplesresponse.org.

On Facebook: Invite your friends at
http://www.facebook .com/#!/event.php? eid=109135409149 090.

Post the book you'd most like to see in the Bush Library at
http://www.facebook .com/pages/ The-Peoples- Response/ 155965691105205#!/pages/Dallas- TX/What-book- do-you-want- in-the-George- W-Bush-President ial-Library/ 163745263644112.

"Like" The People's Response at http://www.facebook .com/pages/ The-Peoples- Response/ 155965691105205

Speakers include:

Dr. Robert Jensen - author and professor at University of Texas School of
Journalism

Col. Ann Wright - US Army, (29 years); Foreign Service Officer, Department of
State (16 years)

Diane Wilson - environmental activist, author, and shrimp-boat captain

Coleen Rowley - former FBI Special Agent and Legal Counsel, TIME Person of the
Year

Hadi Jawad - activist, organizer, and former Dallas Peace Center Peacemaker of
the Year

Ray McGovern - US Army Intelligence Officer; Directorate of Intelligence, CIA
(30 years)

Lon Burnam - Texas State Representative and immediate past director of the
Dallas Peace Center

Medea Benjamin - author, activist, and co-founder of Global Exchange and Code
Pink Women for Peace

Rev. Dr. William McElvaney - author and Professor Emeritus, Southern Methodist
University School of Theology

Debra Sweet - activist, writer, and director of The World Can't Wait

Elliott Adams - Past President, Veterans for Peace

Marjorie Cohn - author, professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and
immediate past president of the National Lawyers Guild

Kathy Kelly - activist, writer, and director of Voices for Creative Nonviolence

David Swanson - author, co-founder of AfterDowningStreet. org/WarIsACrime. org

Cynthia Papermaster - accountability activist, director of National
Accountability Action Network, CODEPINK Women for Peace Golden Gate Chapter

State & local sponsors and endorsers include: Texans for Peace, The Dallas
Peace Center, North Texas Progressive, North Texas Veterans for Peace, Peace
Action Denton, Code Pink Greater Dallas, Waco Friends of Peace, Code Pink
Houston, Austin Veterans for Peace, Rational Broadcasting, Code Pink Ft. Worth,
Dallas ISO, The Austin Center for Peace and Justice, Code Pink Austin, Iraq
Veterans Against the War - Austin, University of North Texas Campus Anti-war
Network, Under the Hood Cafe

National & regional endorsers include: United for Peace and Justice, Veterans
for Peace, Progressive Democrats of America, After Downing Street/War Is A
Crime, The World Can't Wait, the Robert Jackson Steering Committee, The
National Lawyers Guild, TexOma Region, Operation Awareness

Schedule of Events -
Sunday, November 14
3:00-4:00 p.m. -- Interfaith Service of Lamentation & Hope - McCord Auditorium,
Dallas Hall, SMU (parking @ SMU Blvd & Airline)
6:00 p.m. -- The People’s Response Reception - McCord Auditorium, SMU
6:30-8:00 p.m. -- “Accountability for the Past; Democracy for the Future
McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall, SMU
Speakers: Kathy Kelly - Keynote Address; Dr. Robert Jensen - “Projecting
Power or Promoting Peace: A Call for Justice, Kindness, Humility

Monday, November 15
10:30 a.m. -- The People's Response Press Conference & opening of Eyes Wide
Open boot display - NW corner of Mockingbird & Airline Rd in front of Ford
Stadium, SMU
2:00 p.m. -- Peacemaker Workshop - Venue TBA
Peacekeeper training; sign-making; pre-rally briefing; etc.
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. -- “Symposium on Truth and Democracy - Speakers and
Truth-brary Book-signing - McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall, SMU (parking at SMU
Blvd & Airline Rd)
Speakers:Lon Burnam - moderator, David Swanson, Ray McGovern, Ann Wright, Diane
Wilson, Medea Benjamin, Coleen Rowley

The People’s Response Truth-brary Books and Book-signing:
Dissent: Voices of Conscience by Ann Wright
An Unreasonable Woman by Diane Wilson
Stop the Next War Now by Medea Benjamin
Becoming a Justice Seeking Congregation by Bill McElvaney
Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang has Defied the Law by Marjorie Cohn
Daybreak and War is a Lie by David Swanson
All My Bones Shake and Citizens of Empire by Robert Jensen

Tuesday, November 16
9:00 a.m. -- The People's Response March & Rally - Meet at DART Mockingbird
Station (NE of Mockingbird and I-75) and march to NW corner of Mockingbird &
Airline Rd. Please wear black!Speakers: Rich Hancock-moderator, Hadi Jawad,
Lon Burnam, Ann Wright, Ray McGovern, Charles Grand, Diane Wilson, Elliott
Adams, Medea Benjamin, Debra Sweet
2:00-4:00 p.m. --Forum on Torture, Human Rights, and the Law Cathedral of
Hope, Fellowship Hall
Speakers: Ray McGovern - Moderator, Marjorie Cohn, Debra Sweet, Ann Wright,
Coleen Rowley, Cynthia Papermaster

Closing Remarks
Wednesday, November 17
5:00 p.m. Truth & Accountability Teach-In, Gateway Center, Rm 132,
University of North Texas, Denton (off North Texas Blvd, across from stadium).
Ann Wright, Ray McGovern, Coleen Rowley, Medea Benjamin

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Other events of interest in DFW area:
Friday, November 13 --3:00-5:00 p.m.
Jobs Today, Jobs Tomorrow: Moving from a Military to Peacetime
Economy,presented by the North Texas One Nation Working Together Coalition.
Speakers are Dr. Lloyd Jeff Dumas, professor of economics at UT-Dallas and an
internationally renowned expert on economic conversion and military economies;
and Nancy Hall, legislative secretary of the Communication Workers of America
(CWA), Local 6215. At Interfaith Peace Chapel, 5910 Cedar Springs Rd., Dallas.
Wednesday, November 17 -- 7:00 p.m.
UNT student-led protest Don't Pay Bush In the midst of budget cuts, the
$100,000 George W. Bush is being paid to speak this evening will be taken out
of student-paid activities fees. At University of North Texas, Denton.
Thursday, November 18 -- 7:00 p.m.
The Embrey Human Rights Program with the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and
Public Responsibility presents Dead Man Walking -- The Journey Continues with
Sr. Helen Prejean. At Prothro Great Hall, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas.
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