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STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
Post Office Box 7213
Ann Arbor, MI 48107
www.newsds.org
info@studentsforademocraticsociety.org

CALL TO ACTION

Contact:
Pat Korte 860.912.3524
Thomas Good 347.524.5631

2006-06-12

STOP US WAR CRIMES: JOIN SDS IN A PROTEST AT THE US MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY

New York, NY - George W. Bush is speaking at the 2006 commencement at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY on the morning of June 19. Join Students for a Democratic Society and friends in confronting Bush’s criminal acts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The recent revelations of atrocities in Haditha and Ishaqi and elsewhere clearly reveal the barbarity of the US Government’s actions. In an effort to end the US war crimes, stop the use of torture and eliminate “pre-emptive” invasions, SDS New York City is calling for a nonviolent protest at the Vickery (Main) Gate of the USMMA at 10:00 AM on Monday, June 19, 2006.

Doug Viehmeyer an event organizer with Bergen County SDS (NJ), said: “The architects of the Iraq and Afganistan wars and occupations are clearly war criminals. While the military personnel are directly responsible for the recent atrocities in Iraq the ultimate responsibility lies with the civilian and military leadership that orchestrated the wars. They must be confronted - and stopped.” Viehmeyer added: “This is a nonviolent act of civil resistance and we urge everyone to join us in the streets.”

“We are asking people to bring noisemakers: pots and pans and other weapons of mass democracy,” said Thomas Good of Movement for a Democratic Society, the post-grad wing of SDS. “We are nonviolent but we will not be silent - what we are seeing here is not a liberal democracy gone somehow wrong. This is an emerging fascism and it is our duty as residents of the US to stop the madness,” he added.

The action has been endorsed by Cindy Sheehan, AfterDowningStreet.org, Left Turn magazine and is open to the public.

To get to the US Merchant Marine Academy:

By Train:
>From Penn Station (34th St & 7th Ave), take the Port Washington branch of the Long Island Railroad to the Great Neck Station (about 35 minutes). Take the “N58″ Long Island Bus to the Academy ($2.00 - exact change).

By Car:
Long Island Expressway to Exit 32/Little Neck Parkway. Left (heading north) onto Little Neck Parkway for 3/4 mile, to Northern Boulevard. Right on Northern Boulevard/Route 25A. Go east through the village of Little Neck for several traffic lights to the intersection with Great Neck Road. Go left (north) on Great Neck Road, then straight (bearing left as roads fork off to the right). Continue north. The road becomes Bayview Avenue, then West Shore Road (total distance: 2.5 miles). At end of West Shore Road, turn right on to Kings Point Road. At the next stop sign turn left onto Steamboat Road. The main gate is one block ahead.

SDS is an education and social action organization dedicated to increasing democracy in all phases of our common life. It seeks to promote the active participation of young people in the formation of a movement to build a society
free from poverty, ignorance, war, exploitation, racism and sexism.

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For more information: contact SDS at info@studentsforademocraticsociety.org or call 347.524.5631. To endorse the action drop us a line at the above address.

Don’t forget your black flags.

Addendum:

A personal request from Thomas Good of SDS, a man I’m proud to call comrade, for endorsements of the action:

Dear Friends,

Please excuse this impersonal letter, we in SDS are very, very busy in what has fast become a long, hot summer of protest. And today we need your help.

This coming Monday, June 19th, George W. Bush will be speaking at the commencement ceremonies at the US Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. SDS New York (Metro Area) has called a nonviolent protest at the main gate to the USMMA.

Please join Cindy Sheehan, Left Turn Magazine and AfterDowningStreet.org in endorsing this action - whether as individuals or organizations.

If you plan to attend please do give us a call at 347.524.5631

Thanks very much for your support!
Thomas Good - SDS New York

I endorse the protest and regret that it’s not feasible for me to attend.

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