Posted on 01/06/2003 5:45:59 PM PST by PetroniDE
Message Found in E-Mail. Leftists in the Houston area are planning an anti-war protest. Message is in Unedited Form.
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Hello, Everyone--
The deployment of scores of thousands of U.S. troops to the Persian Gulf region is an ominous signal. After killing more than one million Iraqi people through "low-intensity warfare" and economic sanctions during the last decade, the U.S. Government appears ready to launch an illegal, immoral, and imperialist invasion of Iraq.
At the same time, immigrants in the U.S.--especially from Arab, Muslim, and South Asian backgrounds--are facing a growing wave of government repression. Surveillance, profiling, and detentions based on national origin, race, or religion are increasing. Basic legal rights are being denied to more and more people.
The Progressive Workers Organizing Committee believes that all working class, oppressed, and democratic-minded people should work together to stop the war on Iraq and the mounting repression here at home. The Progressive Workers Organizing Committee is sponsoring a march and rally against war and repression on Saturday, January 25. We will assemble in the Fiesta Grocery Store/Dollar Store parking lot at 75th Street and Lawndale, Houston, at 1:30 pm. We will then march down 75th Street to Mason Park. The rally will be held in the front section of the park, which is bordered by 75th Street and Tipps St.
The main "demands of the day" will be: No War on Iraq! Stop Racist Detentions and Attacks on Immigrants! Money for Jobs, Not for War! The rally will feature speakers, musicians, and poetry. We hope you will join us--and bring your family, friends, and co-workers. The Progressive Workers Organizing Committee invites the endorsement and participation of the broadest possible range of organizations and individuals. Please contact us at (281) 534-7638, (832) 498-5795, or (832) 594-7052.
In Solidarity and Struggle,
Rona Smith
David Michael Smith
I did a Google Search for PWOC, and found this. They look like busy boys, Sheesh !....
Houston Independent Media Center
Anti-war education events
by repost • Tuesday November 26, 2002 at 02:27 AM
Hello, Everyone-- We would like to inform you about three upcoming anti-war educational events.
On Tuesday, December 3, at 12:30 pm, "Oppose the War
on Iraq! An Educational Forum" will be held in the Learning
Resource Center, Room 255, at College of the Mainland
in Texas City. This event is sponsored by the Progressive
Workers Organizing Committee. Speakers will include
Beth Henry and Kelly Norman from PWOC, and Mark Muhich from the Galveston Peace Action Network. For
more information, please call (832) 498-5795 or (281)
534-7638.
On Saturday, December 7, at 7 pm, "No Blood for Oil:
An Educational Panel" will be held in the Atlantic Room,
University Center, Downstairs, at the University of Houston. This event is sponsored by the Houston Global
Awareness Collective, the Progressive Workers Organizing Committee at UH, and the International Socialist Organi-
zation. Speakers will include Bob Buzzanco, Associate
Professor of History at UH; Ahmed Shawki, Editor of the
International Socialist Review, and David Michael Smith,
Professor of Government at College of the Mainland. For
more information, please call (832) 498-5795 or (832)
493-0508.
On Saturday, December 14, at 2 pm, "Iraq Teach-In" will
be held at the Rosenberg Library, 23rd St. and Sealy St.,
in Galveston. This event is sponsored by the Galveston
Peace Action Network. There will be speakers from several
organizations. For more information, please call (409)
763-0482.
We urge you to join us at these events. Political education is a vital imperative for building a larger, more powerful anti-
war movement!
In Solidarity and Struggle,
Rona Smith
David Michael Smith
Progressive Workers Organizing Committee
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As always, a FReep mail will get you on or off this Houston topics ping list.
75th Street and Lawndale
Given the location, I would probably revert to an anti illegal immigration FReep. Remind to relate a recent language barrier incident in the same area.
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Yes, but it's on a weekend. Even better, it's not on a weekend when I'm working. I hope. ;)
My UofH Degree is in Political Science and there were lots of liberal profs. I was just out of the Army and had been an active Republican for ten years when I started there and at the time felt sure I could kick the heck out of the entire Department if need be. I believe I gave several of them high blood pressure and only one (Arab) had the nerve to give me a B.
15 posted on 01/08/2003 6:40 PM CST by Xenalyte (Xena is a hawk!)
Well I never saw a fox hawk before ...........
Where on earth is that? Sounds vaguely familiar...like I read it in the "Area Briefs" (local crime) section of the Chronic-Ill. Sounds like maybe if we FReep, I'd want to go with another FReeper (safety in numbers.) Anyone live in the west (Beltway 8 and Briar Forest-ish) area?
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