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PRESS RELEASE
HUMBOLDT COUNTY CALIFORNIA
July 5th, 2004
This
Friday, July 9th, 2004, representatives
of Veterans For Peace Chapters 22 and 56
will kick off the National Stop The War
Bus Tour. The first stop on the tour will
be at the Veterans Memorial Hall in San
Francisco, CA. There they will pick up
Bay Area chapter members and hold a press
conference announcing the cross-country
tour to Boston for the annual Veterans
For Peace Convention July 22-25 and
Democratic National Convention July
26-29. The Roadtrip needs your help
to be a success! Sponsor a member,
contribute towards the trip and help
riders make a documentary of the entire
trip at http://www.vetsforpeace.org/roadtrip/default2.asp.
The goals
of the cross country roadtrip are to
raise awareness of the true costs of war
and to bring national attention to
veteran rights issues and the costs that
the public and veterans are paying for
continuing the war.
Other stops on the tour include;
Santa Monica, CA, Albuquerque
NM, Northern Texas, Kansas City & St
Louis MO, Indianapolis IN,
Pittsburgh, PA,Philadelphia, PA,
Washington DC, New York City, and Boston
MA.
Locations, times, and supporting tour
information is available in this National
Stop The War Bus Tour Website:
Your
donations and support for the VFP
Roadtrip are appreciated! Please
contribute at http://www.vetsforpeace.org/roadtrip/default2.asp
AMY
GOODMAN IN CA TOMORROW AND MORE
****PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY***
FORWARD
TO LOCAL LISTSERVS, FRIENDS AND GROUPS
- AMY
GOODMAN SPEAKS IN CALIFORNIA
www.uua.org/ga
Hopland,
CA
Sunday, August 22
Solfest: http://www.solfest.org
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Amy Goodman, host of the national,
independent, daily radio/TV program
Democracy Now!, is on a national tour to
mark the launch of her first
book "The Exception to the Rulers:
Exposing Oily Politicians, War
Profiteers, and the Media That Love
Them" (co-written with her brother,
journalist David Goodman).
Spread the word! For event details and a
complete schedule of tour
dates, and how to order a book as a gift,
for yourself, or for a
library
or a prison book program, go to
http://www.democracynow.org/book. The
book tour website has downloadable
posters, flyers, and an easy
event-by-event Email A Friend option.
Hope to see you there!
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About "The Exception to the
Rulers!"
"Hard-hitting, no-holds barred brand
of reporting... fierce and
tireless." -Publishers Weekly
"What journalism should be: beholden
to the interests of people, not
power and profit." -Arundhati Roy,
author, The God of Small Things
"Amy Goodman has taken investigative
journalism to new heights." -Noam
Chomsky, author, 9/11 and Hegemony or
Survival
"Amy Goodman [carries] the great
muckraking tradition of Upton
Sinclair, George Seldes, and I.F. Stone
into the electronic age."
-Howard Zinn, historian and author, A
People's History of the United
States
"Pick up this book, shake your head
in disbelief and disgust as you
read it, and then...go raise some
hell!" -Michael Moore, Academy-award
winning director, Bowling for Columbine
And the rulers take exception!
"Hostile, combative, and even
disrespectful." -President Bill
Clinton
"A threat to national
security." -The Indonesian military
"Not easy-listening." -The New
York Times
"I have advised my mother to talk to
no reporters because of ... people
like you." -Former House Speaker
Newt Gingrich
Join the Roadtrip Media
Team!
We will accept video
files of the bus on tour, veteran and
family members interviews, personal
comments, and of the events during the national tour
for peace.
Web ready files:
Text: email only (no
document attachements)!
Images: .jpg, gif,.pdf
Size: 300 X 240 72 dpi
Movies: QuickTime
Size: 320X240 (1-3 minutes)
Further information about
the Roadtrip Media Team...
JOIN The VFP
National "STOP THE WAR" MEDIA
TEAM:
www.fahrenheit911.com
What can
you do after the movie? (Click Here)
June 24,
2004
What's their problem? Are they worried
about something? (More...)
From: Michael Moore
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