[Marxism] Speeches given by Carole Seligman and Bonnie Weinstein September 24th in San Francisco on behalf of Bay Area United Against War

[Bonnie Weinstein <giobon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

SEPTEMBER 24TH SPEECH BY CAROLE SELIGMAN AT THE

COLLEGE NOT COMBAT CONTINGENT RALLY ON BEHALF

OF BAY AREA UNITED AGAINST WAR:



The people of the U.S. are joining

the rest of the world majority to oppose

the U.S. government's gang rape and

looting of Iraq. So, the government is

taking drastic measures to recruit

new cannon fodder for the military. We are

campaigning to deny the military our

young people. We want the military out of our

schools and out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Now!



The people are joining the movement

because the gang behavior and looting of

the U.S. government stands exposed:

The bipartisan government failed to safely

evacuate the working people of New Orleans;

it failed to save people from the

hurricane; it failed to safely evacuate

residents of Texas from the path of

Hurricane Rita; it even failed to pick

up the corpses of those they failed to

rescue.



These failures were preventable. And

so is the piling up of corpses in Iraq

and Afghanistan; and the grievous injuring

of civilians and soldiers, and the

poisoning from depleted uranium. More

and more Americans know that the U.S. is

in Iraq to loot oil for corporate profits.



They know that the $7 billion dollars

a month the U.S. spends on this gang

rape and looting war could be used for

life, not death. It could provide 9-1/2

million students 4-yr. scholarships

at public universities. It could build

almost 2 million homes. It could feed

the hungry of the world for 8 years. It

could fund worldwide AIDS programs

for 19 years. It could provide Head Start

programs to almost 26 million children

for a year, or health insurance for 117 and

a half million children. It could have

rebuilt the New Orleans levees and

rebuild New Orleans.



You will help end this war just as the

people helped to end the war in

Vietnam. Demand government spending for

relief and life saving; not for war and

killing. Bring the troops home now!

Carole Seligman, College Not Combat

Contingent, 16th & Mission Sts.



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SEPTEMBER 24TH SPEECH BY BONNIE WEINSTEIN

AT DOLORES PARK ON BEHALF OF BAY AREA UNITED

AGAINST WAR:



According to Dianne Spearman of the United Nations-sponsored

World Food Program, "a principal source of global conflict,

chronic hunger, could be cut in half for the comparatively

modest sum of $24 billion."



The war in Iraq alone cost taxpayers over $7 billion

a month. And the overall cost of war expenditures in the

U.S. is running into the trillions of dollars, yet our

Government can't even safely evacuate people from

a hurricane.



They ordered millions of people to evacuate Houston,

Texas to escape Hurricane Rita. Everyone obeyed and

they all got caught in a giant traffic jam and ran

out of gas without going more than three miles!

The world has never seen such incompetence!



They even announced, in the face of this war

and these monumental human catastrophes, that they

plan to spend $200 billion on a new manned mission

to the moon to search for water and billions more

for "Star Wars"-projects that will give billions in

lucrative defense contracts to weapons research

developers and manufacturers-and all the while they

plan to continue to wage war, tear down forests,

gouge out the earth and pollute this world's water

supply in search of another way to make a quick buck!



Well, we do not want to see one more dime spent

war and occupation and ridiculous projects! We are

tired of war, corporate welfare, tax cuts for the

rich and tax increases for working people. We need

to turn this around and tax the rich and fund programs

for the poor. We need to let this criminal government-

run by both Democrats and Republicans who represent

the interests of big business-know what our priorities are.



We want our schools rebuilt and hospitals fully

staffed. We want healthcare, decent housing and real

opportunity for our children. We don't want to see

another child forced into JROTC because they need

a Gym class, or forced into the military because they

need a job. We need to get rid of JROTC, get the

military out of our schools, stop the insanity of

this war and bring all the troops home now. We need

to use our resources to end human suffering not cause it!



Join with us to demand that the San Francisco Unified

School District cut all ties to the military. Picket

the Board of Education Tuesday, Sept. 27, 6:30 p.m.

at 555 Franklin St. Those of you who are registered

to vote in San Francisco, be sure to vote Yes on

College Not Combat Proposition I on November 8th!

Get involved and volunteer your time and skills to

help stop this insanity. It will take all of us working

together to defeat the warmongers! By working together

we can force this beastly government to bring all the

troops home now! End the occupation from Iraq to

Palestine! And Fund Human Needs not War!



And one more thing, we demand the right of return from

Palestine to New Orleans! People have a right to come

home after being displaced and to have their homes

and lives rebuilt!

-Bonnie Weinstein, Sept. 24, 2005, Dolores Park


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