Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 03:40:18 UT From: bush_stole_elect@fastmail.fm ("Mr.LiberalIII") Subject: [azpeace] Fwd: Protest War and Resident Bush with Sidewalk Chalk Arizona Indymedia To: azpeace@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: azpeace@yahoogroups.com
Somebody outside Arizona posted the following,but reminds me,IS ANYTHING being done in Arizona next week to Protest bushie???........Speaking of protests,there where 3 people that toke pictures at McCains protest rally last week,but nobody posted the pictures at http://arizona.indymedia.org what happened?????? > Protest War and Resident Bush with Sidewalk Chalk : Arizona Indymedia
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> http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2002/09/3678.php
> Protest War and Resident Bush with Sidewalk Chalk
> by Anonymous Anti-War Dude Sunday September 01, 2002 at 12:07 AM
> USA
>
> Resist War and Corporate media bias/ censorship with SideWalk Chalk!
>
> In the week prior to this coming September 11, we can make the
> sidewalks and blacktops of America our media to get the message that is
> blocked by the corporate/government controlled media through to the
> American people, with sidewalk chalk!
>
> Between Sept. 4 and Sept. 11 write out quotes, clues, excerpts from
> books, questions that have been raised, and all in all information that
> is being blocked and/or is not clearly getting through to the majority
> of Americans, all over your city/town using sidewalk chalk. This way
> the cities will be covered in chalked information that cant be
> censored on September 11, 2002, when all kinds of people will be
> remembering 9/11/01. On each chalking site the source (in chalk of
> course) for the information whatever it may be.
>
> Below are some examples of what to write in chalk all over town;
>
> Why did the Bush Administration block the FBI from investigating
> Al-Qaeda before September 11, 2001?
> -FBI AND US SPY AGENTS SAY BUSH SPIKED BIN LADEN PROBES BEFORE 11
> SEPTEMBER The Guardian (London)
> Wednesday Nov 7, 2001
> Officials told to 'back off' on Saudis before September 11
>
> by Greg Palast and David Pallister
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_2022000/2022452.stm
>
> http://www.gregpalast.com
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> In the days following September 11, when all non-military aircraft were
> grounded, one non-military aircraft was given permission directly by
> the white house to fly around the country and pick up a dozen members
> of the bin Laden family and escort them out of the country to the
> objection of the FBI.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/cta/progs/newsnight/attack22.ram
>
> An article in the New Yorker Magazine by Jane Mayer, November 12 issue.
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> What was discussed at the meetings between the delegation of about 160
> Taleban sent to Texas to stay at the Unocal Headquarters in Sugarland,
> Texas, and the heads of several corporations, including the head of
> Unocal and Dick Cheney of Halliburton, in 1997 while th Talebanwee
> under suspicion fo arboring terrorists including Osama bin Laden?
> The Taleban in Texas
>
> http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/west_asia/newsid_37000/37021.stm
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> Why... of course the people dont want war. Why should some poor slob
> on a farm want to risk his life in a war, when the best he can get out
> of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally the common
> people dont want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that
> matter in Germany, that is understood. But, after all, it is the
> leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a
> simple matter to drag the people along; whether it is a democracy, or a
> fascist dictatorship, a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice
> or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the
> leaders, that is easy. All you have to do is tell them that theyre
> being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and
> exposing the country to danger, it works the same in any country.
> -Hitlers number two man,
> Herman Gourling
>
> The book, Another World is Possible; Conversations in a Time of
> Terror, and December 18, 2001 broadcast of Democracy NOW! in Exile
> with Amy Goodman.
>
> http://www.webactive.com/pacifica/demnow/dn20011218.html
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> in an ABC News Special Report John Cochran reported; Peter, as you
> know, the presidents down in Florida talking about education. He got
> out of his hotel this morning , was about to leave, reporters saw the
> White House chief of staff, Andy Card, whisper into his ear. The
> reporter said to the president, Do you know whats going on in New
> York? He said he did, and he said he will have something about it
> later. His first event is about half an hour at an elementary school in
> Sarasota, Florida.
>
>
> http://emperor.vwh.net/9-11backups/abc911.htm#mybust
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> N E W Y O R K, May 1 In the early 1960s, America's top military
> leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit
> acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war
> against Cuba.
>
> Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the
> possible assassination of Cuban migrs, sinking boats of Cuban
> refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship,
> and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities.
> The plans were developed as ways to trick the American public and the
> international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's then new
> leader, communist Fidel Castro.
> -ABC news
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/jointchiefs_010501.html
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> The Saudi bin Laden family was a major financial backer of the Carlyle
> corporation until days after September 11, 2001. George Bush Sr. is the
> senior advisor to Carlyle, and has close family ties to the Saudi bin
> Laden family.
>
> http://www.gregpalast.com
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> Those were just some examples, they are long but its worth it. Soar
> hands and feet are a small sacrifice. The more info provided and the
> more space taken up the better. Notice how I sited the sources of the
> info. You dont have site sources but it helps for credibility. Write
> whatever you feel is necessary. There are plenty of questions, clues
> and tidbits of information, quotes, facts etc. There is plenty of info
> which does not get through to the majority of people in the US.
>
> Here is a list of sources for stuff to write in chalk all over your
> city, it is not every source thats out there but hopefully it will
> come in handy;
>
> the BBC
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/
>
> the work of Greg Palast
> http://www.gregpalast.com/
>
> The book
> Another World is Possible; conversations in a time of terror
> http://www.anotherworldispossible.net/
>
> The book
> Stupid White Men, by Michael Moore.
> http://www.michaelmoore.com/
>
> The Independent Media Center
> http://www.indymedia.org
>
> The New York Times
> http://www.nytimes.com
>
> The New Yorker magazine
> http://www.newyorker.com
>
> The work of George Szamuely and Illarion Bykov and Jared Israel
> http://emperors-clothes.com/indict/urgent.htm
>
> Common Dreams News Center
> http://www.commondreams.org/
>
> From the Wilderness Publications
> http://www.fromthewilderness.com/
>
> Guerrilla News Network
> http://www.guerrillanews.com/
>
> CBC News
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/
>
> Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez
> http://www.democracynow.org/
>
> Freespeech TV
> http://www.freespeech.org/
>
>
> Free Speech Radio News
> http://www.fsrn.org/
>
>
> The above sources are just where I have found plenty of info that
> doesnt get all the way through to the majority of people in the US. If
> you know of more info that isnt gettingthrough, and/or other sources
> for info, please feel free to post them on the net and/or use them for
> things to write in chalk all over town.
>
> This action is not endorsed by any group, and I didnt really have the
> time to organize it all over the US, so I decided to throw the idea out
> into the public via the Independent Media Center and just ask the whole
> world openly to participate in chalking the info that isnt getting
> through to everyone in the US all over OUR US cities and towns.
> Sidewalks, courtyards, blacktops, parking lots, everywhere that its
> legal to chalk. They cant block Sidewalk Chalk!
>
> On September 11, 2002, millions of people could be motivated to act,
> speak, think, ask questions, get involved, or even just not get spun
> into blind patriotism, if they were to all be exposed to information
> that doesnt normally get all the way through to them. If only more
> people knew about the airplane that flew around the country and picked
> up all the bin Ladens when all nonmilitary planes were suppose to be
> grounded, if only more people knew about the family ties between the
> Bushs and the bin Ladens, or the CIAs Operation Northwoods and the
> similarities that exist, they may just not blindly trust Bush and the
> Government/Corporations so much. The People of the United States of
> America need to Wake Up to whats going on in the world, that has been
> acknowledge by most progressives and people of conscience since long
> before the protests in Seattle in 1999. After what the American people
> have been through in the past two years there is no better time to
> really start mobilizing efforts to get information and important voices
> that are censored by corporate/government controlled media through to
> the eyes and ears of the people of the USA. If a lot of people
> participate than on Sept. 11, 2002 millions of people will see
> information all over their cities, written in chalk, that they dont
> normally see on corporate TV, radio, or written in corporate ink! Dnt
> hate the media, Be the media!
>
>
>
> If your civil liberties are violated contact the American Civil
> Liberties Union (ACLU), your lawyer, or Copwatch is helpful too if you
> know of a chapter in your community.
>
> http://www.aclu.org/
>
>
> Sincerely Anonymous Anti-War Dude
>
> Peace
>
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> Feel free to print this and pass it out all over. The more people out
> chalking in the week leadingup to 9/11/02 the more effective this will
> be. Good luck!
>
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