Citizens for Peace In Space and other groups protest
The protest was to counter the message of the military industrial complex’s annual celebration of greed and secrecy and this year highlighted America’s favorite weapons system, the killer Drones.
Annual Memorial Day BBQ
Serenity Park Parrot Sanctuary
Invites All Veterans to Our Annual Memorial Day BBQ
Free for All Veterans
$10.00 for All Other Guests
Monday May 26, 2014
11am to 3pm
Memorial Day
Menu: BBQ Ribs, BBQ Chicken, Steaks, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Corn on the Cob, Baked Sweet Potatoes, Potato Salad, Pasta Salad, Fruit Salad, Desserts and Soft Drinks
Great Food, Music and Relaxation in Honor of Our Vets – Plus Gift Bags for all Vets from Operation Gratitude and Free Sacks of Food from the Westside Food Bank
LOCATION: Serenity Park Parrot Sanctuary – – Just Behind Jackie Robinson Baseball Stadium at the Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center – West Los Angeles
Fundraiser To fund a new Veteran’s Homeless Shelter.
Veteran’s benefit by the American Burlesque Troupe.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/312326
Fundraising for veterans to build their homeless shelter with special vocational training. To help returning veterans with a hand up, helping to provide money needed for a homeless Shelter with vocational training.
The situation is that there are 250 cocktail seats (includes one free house drink) available per show, there are two shows in one night, a 7:30 p.m. and an 11 p.m. They are still short about 470 ticket sales to reach their goal. They have a timeline also, that they must have the minimum sales of 100, this end of this week, or the theater could cancel the show.
Tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/312326
The American Burlesque Troupe performs their black tie burlesque revue
“Classic American Follies”
One Night Only in Glendale, California! Veteran’s Benefit!
Showtimes for “Classic American Follies” are: 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m.
LOCATION: the Beyond the Stars Palace Theater, in Glendale, California
DATE: Friday, June 6, 2014, two cocktail shows; the early show begins at 7:30 p.m., the late show begins at 11 p.m.
Regular Tickets (Support the Veteran Ticket): $35.00 per ticket.
VIP Table: $350.00* (*includes table with reserved, front of the house, seating for four, and bottle service.
Provocative, Nostalgic, Elegant, Classy, Funny, Exciting, a bit bizarre, a bit naughty, a sexy circus of exceptional dancers, and it is here in Glendale on for limited engagement.
“Classic American Follies”, a black tie burlesque revue, performed by the world famous “The American Burlesque Troupe”, features some of the Greatest Burlesque Acts in the World. The bee knees of old time shows, the razor’s edge between naughty and nice.
This show is a nostalgic and fantasy laced adult musical revue with multiple variety acts. This is Burlesque at its best, performed by America’s longest running, burlesque troupe, The American Burlesque Troupe.
New Novel about young vet returning home from Iraq
Out is the fictional story of a mostly-Native, 24-year-old, poet who returns home from two tours of duty in Iraq believing that the novel he carried with him across the
ocean and desert (One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez) saved his life. He–Jefferson Long Soldier–borrows his cousin’s motorcycle and rides to Mexico City to find the great writer. It is a story of one soldier beginning to heal. Of one soldier who lives to tell his story.
The novel was inspired by a student of mine at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) who was the first veteran of Iraq I ever met. That student’s name was Reuben Santos and he changed any previous stereotypical notions I may have had of veterans. In the end, Reuben lost his battle with war memories, taking his own life. When I discovered this news, I had already been writing the novel for two years and, of course, was devastated. Eventually, though, I found a way through the darkness, and a new mission for my novel. This was to write the story of a soldier who begins to see light in his darkness. This was to write a story of one veteran’s intense personal efforts to begin to heal.
http://www.amazon.com/Out-There-novel-Sarah-Stark/dp/0991410505
David Swanson is working to end all war with WorldBeyondWar.org
David Swanson To Speak on Ending All War May 10.
His books include: War No More: The Case for Abolition, War Is A Lie, When the World Outlawed War, and The Military Industrial Complex at 50.
He is the host of Talk Nation Radio. He helped plan the nonviolent occupation of Freedom Plaza in Washington DC in 2011. He has worked as a newspaper reporter, as press secretary for Dennis Kucinich’s 2004 presidential campaign, and communications coordinator for ACORN. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsaCrime.org and works for RootsAction.org Swanson is Secretary of Peace in the Green Shadow Cabinet.
When:
May 10, 2014
12:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Free Admission, Open to All.
Where:
United University Church
817 W 34th Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90089
Exposition Light Rail: Jefferson / USC Station
Parking in the UUC lot and Lot M. Access to UUC parking is through Gate 5, McClintock/Jefferson entrance to USC. Get a parking permit at Gate 5 kiosk. Tell them you are going to the church. Turn left onto 34th Street and then next left onto Watt Way. Turn right into Lot M and go through Lot M to UUC Lot.
Wheelchair accessible.
Sponsored by: California Peace Alliance, Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, Military Families Speak Out, MLK Coalition LA, Peace Center of United University Church, Project Great Futures, Topanga Peace Alliance, United Teachers of Los Angeles Human Rights Committee, and Veterans For Peace.
Emily Yates was brutally arrested for standing in the wrong place in a public park.
Emily Yates was brutally arrested for standing in the wrong place in a public park. She was assaulted FROM BEHIND by some cowardly law enforcement men, and is now facing charges for assaulting THEM!!!!
http://www.change.org/petitions/eric-holder-insist-my-case-be-tried-in-a-veterans-court
Thou Shall Not Kill / In the Shadows of the Dead
Gregory G. Abati recently completed a book about his experiences during the Vietnam War titled Thou Shall Not Kill / In the Shadows of the Dead. The book is a personal story which takes a Stand Against War and is a Cry For Peace.
Please review the free Excerpt: http://www.amazon.com.thoushallnotkill
Content is intended for a Mature Audience; It is graphic in both content and language.
San Diego “Drone Days of Action” May 15-17, 2014
Join us in San Diego, May 15, 16 and 17, 2014 for action and education against US global drone wars, drones violating civil liberties, and the US “pivot to the Pacific” San Diego continues to be the US capital of spy and killer drone production.
Stand Up and Speak Out!
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY, following last year’s “No Drones Days” in April, to be a part of moving this nation away from mechanized warfare and military empire, toward a better future!
– PLANNED EVENTS –
Thursday May 15
4-7 PM – San Diego Veterans for Peace Demonstration: Federal Building, Front and Broadway, downtown San Diego; Street Theater staged aerial “drone attack” by Artful Activist San Diego
8 PM – 9:30 PM – Overpass Light Brigade, light/sign demonstration at Clairemont Drive overpass at I-5 freeway
Friday May 16
8 – 10 AM – Demonstration, including street theater against drones, Northrop Grumman, 9326 Spectrum Center Blvd. and Ruffin Road, San Diego 92123
4-6 PM – Women Occupy San Diego, Demonstration at SPAWAR, Pacific Highway (gather at 3:30 at parking lot of Old Town transit center, Pacific Hwy. just south of Rosecrans/Tayor St.)
Saturday May 17
9:30 AM – 2 PM – Stop the Drones Convergence! Registration 9:30 AM; 10 AM – 2 PM: Issues panel, break-out groups to discuss and plan NEXT STEPS! First Church of the Brethren, 3850 Westgate Place, SD 92105
2014 Anti-Drone Days of Action is a collaborative action of: San Diego Coalition for Peace & Justice; Peace Resource Center of San Diego; Veterans for Peace San Diego Chapter; San Diego Overpass Light Brigade; Women Occupy San Diego (WOSD); Occupy San Diego; Artful Activist San Diego; Canvass for a Cause (CFAC); Back Country Voices; San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality (SAME); San Diego BDS; United Against Police Terror San Diego; Green Party of San Diego; Code Pink; San Diego International Socialist Organization (Contact us if your group would like to be a sponsor).
For more info/action updates:
http://www.sdcpj.org info@sdcpj.org nodrones@prcsd.org
http://www.facebook.com/events/630247980379475/