Save the Redwoods/Boycott the Gap: Boycott the Gap: Rise Up!!!

Save the Redwoods/Boycott the Gap

Boycott the Gap: Rise Up!!!
Posted by Mary Bull (chalicenew@earthlink.net)
Wednesday, May 16, 2001

Greetings, Forest Defenders and Social Justice Activists Around the World!

***All Hail, Returning FTAA Protestors!!!!***

On April 21 there were over 200 protests throughout the Western Hemisphere
against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), the worst trade policy
agreement of all time. By all accounts, the violence perpetrated on
30,000--50,000 members of civil society at Quebec City--in the form of tear
gas, two-inch rubber bullets, water canons, and batons--makes Seattle look
like a picnic! Still, we emerged triumphant--the Word is Out: the Deal is
Bad. Corporate Capital persists, and we must formulate a long-term strategy
(see below for what you can do right now!).

In our struggle to save 28 watersheds--350 square miles of redwood
forestland--from the Fishers of Gap, Inc, and to guarantee Gap contract
workers un salario digno--a living wage--we also have our adversaries on the
defensive--and again, EVERYWHERE, people are rising up:

***HATS OFF to GAP ORGANIZERS AROUND THE COUNTRY, especially Karlen in
Cincinnati, Mike Rhodes & the Gap 20 in Fresno, Jenifer in Santa Rosa, Arinn
in Edmonton, Alberta (courageous, if foiled!), Kelly & Jonah in SF, and the
SRBG Core Group & Friends in San Diego & SF for pulling off EXEMPLARY GAP
ACTIONS in late April and early May!!! (Look for a new feature coming soon
at the gapsucks web site, where report-backs of Gap actions from around the
world will be posted! Send your reports to chalicenew@earthlink.net!)***

As Gap profits plummet overall (down 12%), the Fishers are anxious to turn
public opinion around--however, they are not yet willing to REALLY change
their policies (which would cut into their obscene profit
margin--$1.1billion off $11.6 billion in sales in 1999), only to make it
APPEAR that they are changing their policies: a phony "green label" for
their lethal logging practices, and most recently a puff piece on the front
page of the NY Times in an attempt to whitewash their disgusting
contract-labor practiceshttp://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/24/world/24SWEA.html

***CALL FOR GAP BOYCOTT OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS: Can you commit to 10 phone
calls to get the Gap Boycott Message out to local enviro and social justice
groups, school activist clubs, and progressive religious groups in your
town??? If so, we will WIN for Redwoods and Workers THIS YEAR!!! Download
the Outreach Packet from the Action Packet page at http://www.gapsucks.org
and /or contact 415-731-7924 chalicenew@earthlink.net for guidance!***

Meanwhile, Capitol Weekly News reported in March that CA Governor Davis has
accepted nearly $2,000,000 in campaign contributions from the Timber
Industry, including the Gap Fishers, from 1987--2000. Last summer California
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (CalPEER) issued a 21-page
report criticizing Davis for instructing state agencies to ignore
environmental law and approve timber harvest plans as rapidly as possible.
Davis just designed a rate-payer bail-out of So. Cal. Edison--YES, in
addition to the PG&E SWEET-HEART DEAL, we are now commanded to pony up to
another multi-billion-dollar Utility--both utilities are heavy contributors
to Davis's campaign (see below for what Californians can do about this!)

WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING on our return from the A21 Mass Protests--there
have been SO MANY TERRIFIC ACTIONS confronting Corporate Exploitation and
Anti-culture ON SO MANY FRONTS--from May Day to Mumia--that there's been no
time to get the May newsletter out--as the following partial calendar of
non-stop actions and events attests:

-->Sun-Tue, May 13-15, SF: Protest the Cancer Industry!!!
-->Wed, May 16, SF: Support Affirmative Action: March & Rally!!!
-->Wed, May 16, SF: Youth on Fire: Environmental Justice March & Rally!!!
-->Wed, May 16, SF: PG&E Shareholders Meeting Demo!!!
-->Thu, May 17, SF: Public Power Pow-wow & Party!!!
-->Fri, May 18, Berkeley: Cross-Border Organizing Meeting: Next Steps!!!
-->May 19, 20, 26, 27, SF: ***Close the Gap at Haight/Ashbury Gap!!!***
-->Sat, May 19, Lompoc: Confront the Warmakers at Vandenberg!!!
-->Sat, May 19, SF/DC: Voters Rights March to Restore Democracy!!!
-->Mon, May 21, Daly City: ***PROTEST GAP FISHER CANCER BENEFIT!!!***
-->Mon, May 21, SF: Bay Area Coalition to Stop the FTAA - General Meeting!
-->Sat, May 26, Tijuana: ****Bi-National Solidarity Organizing Meeting!!!***
-->Jun 22-27, San Diego: ***BIOTECH FESTIVAL OF RESISTANCE!!!!***
-->URGENT, Nat'l: STOP FTAA/Fast Track NOW: Contact Your US Reps!!!
-->URGENT, Humboldt: Battle for the Mattole Escalates/Call for Volunteers!!!
-->URGENT, CA: Stop the Edison Bail Out: Contact State Legislators!!!
Other Important Upcoming Actions & Events:
------Wed, May 16, Sac: Senate Hearing on Internat'l Trade Policy!
------Fri, May, 18, SF: Stop the FTAA with Effective Media: Workshop!!!
------Fri. May 18, SF: Quebec City/FTAA Forum & Report-back!
------Fri, May 18, Internat'l: Deadline for Delegation to Guerrero!
------Sun, May 20, SF: Rehearse for Carnaval Zapatista Float!!!
------Wed, May 23, Nat'l: Cancel the Debt Congress Call-in!
------May 25-29, Nevada City: Earth First! Rendezvous!
------May 27--30, Dallas: Corporate Campaigner's Conference!
------May 27, SF: CARNAVAL: Join the Zapatista Carnaval Float!!!
------Sat, Jun 2, San Jose: Globalization, FTAA, World Debt Teach-In!!!
------Sun, Jun 3, Humboldt: ***Rally for the Mattole!!!***
------Jun 8-10, SC: World Social Forum 2002 Organizing Conference!
------Wed, Jun 20, HUM: Mega-mobilization for the Northern CA Forests!
------Jun 22-27, Barcelona: ***Protest the World Bank!!!***
------Ongoing, Long Beach: Support 1st Amendment Rights/May-Day Arrestees!
------Ongoing, Internat'l: Save the Whales!!!!
------Ongoing, Internat'l: Petition to Stop Wolf Hunt Auctions on EBay:
http://www.thePetitionSite.com/takeaction/999999991

Sun--Tue, May 13-15, SF: PROTEST THE CANCER INDUSTRY!!!
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Join courageous Breast Cancer Action activists as they protest corporate
cancer profiteering at the Oncologists Convention at Moscone Center. BCA
calls for INVESTING IN PREVENTION -- a healthy environment!!! -- rather than
lucrative treatments--corporate profiteering at its rankest!!! The same
industry that manufactures the treatments, manufactures the toxins that
cause cancer. These chemical and pharmaceutical executives sit on the Board
of the American Cancer Society--no wonder the ACS sides with Industry in
denouncing the precautionary principle! ***Drop Your Membership with ACS and
join BCA!!!!*** 12 NOON, Moscone Center, Mission between 3rd and 4th. More
info: www.bcaction.org (toll-free) 877-2-STOPBC. BCA ARE OUR NEW ALLIES!!!
See Related Fisher Herbicide Protest on May 21!!!

Wed, May 16, SF: Support Affirmative Action: March on UC Regents Meeting!!!
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Gather at 8AM, 3333 California (California and Presidio) TO STORM the
Regents meeting at UCSF Laurel Heights campus and demand Affirmative Action
NOW!!!

Wed, May 16, SF: YOUTH ON FIRE: SHUT DOWN PG&E PLANT!!!
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Youth activists are leading this kick-off campaign for environmental justice
in Bayview/Hunters Point, calling for total clean up of the Hunters Point
area, renewable energy for the city of San Francisco, and closure of the
antiquated and polluting PG&E power plant!!! They are also calling for the
support of the greater Bay Area in this struggle! LET'S BE THERE FOR
THEM!!!! March, 2:30, Herons Head Park/Pier 98 (eastern end of Cargo Way,
one block south of Cesar Chavez, off Third Street). Rally, 3:00, Hunters
Point Power Plant/India Basin Park- Evans Street. Youth-led activities, such
as mural painting, at Herons Head Park 11AM-6PM. More info: Literacy for
Environmental Justice (415) 508-0575.

Weds, May 16, SF: PG&E SHAREHOLDER DEMO!!!
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This is supposedly the biggest bankruptcy in history--the media will be
there and so will we!!! The meeting starts at 3PM and will go until 6PM, at
least--as will our protest. So, head on down after the Hunters Point Rally
for Environmental Justice (see above): PG&E HQ, Beale and Market Street, SF.

Thu, May 17, SF: PUBLIC POWER NOW - POW-WOW & PARTY!!!
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Find out the status of the Campaign for Public Power, and what our Next
Moves Should Be to Reclaim Energy from Corporate Profiteers and establish
clean, efficient, affordable, renewable publicly-controlled power!!! 8PM,
Dylan's Pub in San Francisco, 19th Street and Folsom.

Fri, May 18, BERK: Cross-Border Organizing Meeting: Next Steps!!!
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On the heels of our successful Stop FTAA Rallies at the San Diego/Tijuana
Border, we are gathering to plan the next steps toward Building Solidarity
with our Sisters and Brothers of Mexico and the Global South, and ending
border militarization!!! 5:45pm, La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck
Ave, Berkeley, 2 blocks from Ashby BART.

May 19, 20, 26, 27, SF: Close the Gap at Haight/Ashbury Gap!!!
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Youth activists who bottomlined the Gap Vigil outside Gap HQ in SF last fall
(19 days, 7X24!!!), have been leafletting the Gap at Ashbury and Haight
every weekend. Hours are roughly 1--6 PM, Sat & Sun. The Haight is a Great
Place for Gap Boycott Outreach: Receptive Tourists from all over the country
and the world take the GAP BOYCOTT message back home with them!!!
THREE CHEERS FOR THESES TERRIFIC ACTIVISTS!!!!

Sat, May 19, LOMPOC: Confront the Warmakers at Vandenberg!!!
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Join the non-violent security zone occupation at Vandenberg Air Force Base,
the largest US Command Space Facility in the World! Lompoc, Santa Barbara
County, California. Come to Resistance Camp, May 18--23. More info:
831-423-1626 x 104 pnut119@hotmail.com www.geocities.com/vafb_m19/

Sat, May 19, SF/DC: Voters Rights March to Restore Democracy!!!
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A continuation of the Inauguration Protests... A simultaneous event is
planned for Washington, DC. Assemble Justin Hermann Plaza 10am, March to
Civic Center; Rally at Civic Center 12 NOON. More info or to volunteer:
www.voterwest.org www.votermarch.org (510) 287-9406
sanfrancisco@voterwest.org.

Mon, May 21, Daly City: PROTEST FISHER-SPONSORED CANCER BENEFIT!
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Yes, you heard right, Don and Doris Fisher are co-sponsoring a golf
tournament to benefit the Northern California Cancer Center. We say, but if
the Fishers really want to do something about the cancer epidemic, they
should STOP USING TOXIC HERBICIDES on their clearcuts in Mendocino and
Sonoma Counties!!! This has been an explosive issue around their logging
operations since they bought the land in 1998: THEY REFUSE TO STOP USING
HERBICIDES, and REFUSE TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC when they are using them. In the
90's, Mendocino was reportedly the 4th highest county in both cancer rate
and use of herbicides /pesticides (am researching for current statistics).
Lake Merced Golf and Country Club, 2300 Junipero Serra Blvd, Daly City.
Tournament starts at 10 AM; Gala Reception & Dinner, 5PM. If I can get
enough volunteers (at least 2--4) I will be taking CARPOOLS to protest in
two shifts: 10AM and 5PM. Hopefully your work/school schedules can
accommodate one of those protests!

Mon, May 21, SF: Bay Area Coalition to Stop the FTAA - General Meeting!
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Plug Into the Global Movement!!! Come to the Bay Area Stop FTAA General
Meeting. Centro del Pueblo. 474 Valencia at 16th Street, SF. 6:30--9 PM. To
join the listserve: send email to with the
following command in the body of the message: subscribe stop-ftaa. For more
information, check out www.stopftaa.org

Sat, May 26, Tijuana: ****Bi-National Solidarity Organizing Meeting!!!***
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Define the Next Steps to Build Bi-national Solidarity and De-militarize the
Border!!! 12 NOON, Frente Zapatista (FZLN) office @ Tijuana, BC, Calle 10 #
8175, Downtown Tijuana, Phone: 685-5401, From the US: 011-526-685-5401.
Public transportation: It is easy to get FZLN office. Go to San Ysidro
trolley station and take a bus to Tijuana downtown. The bus will cross the
border and go to Ave. Revolucion. You will walk on Ave. Revolucion to find
the calle 10, (also called Juan Sarabia). Turn right on Calle 10 and you
find the office in the first building (PRD office), second floor. The
building is near to Ave. Revolucion.

Jun 22-27, San Diego: ***BIOTECH FESTIVAL OF RESISTANCE!!!!***
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BIOJUSTICE 2001!!! Stop Patents On Life! End Corporate Control! San Diego,
California, June 22-27-2001. ***Protest Bio2001, the largest ever convention
of the Biotechnology Industry Organization!!!*** Join thousands of
activists, scientists farmers, and concerned communities from around the
world for a week of education, strategy, and empowerment! Be part of the
growing global movement to stop genetic engineering. From June 24th-27th,
leaders of multinational biotech, pharmaceutical corporations, industry
scientists, bureaucrats, and marketers will meet at the Biotechnology
Industry Conference (BIO - see www.biotech.org). June 22-27: Days of
Education and Action: Thousands of people will CONVERGE to learn about the
threats of biotechnology and to create a FESTIVAL OF RESISTANCE to genetic
engineering and the commodification of life. COME CELEBRATE the global
campaign for a just and sustainable food system! TAKE BACK our communities
and our biodiversity! Non-violent DIRECT ACTION, STREET THEATER, and ARTS
PREPARATIONS will take place in San Diego the week leading up to Bio. Be
there! RESIST! More info: (619) 237-5496 biojustice@riseup.net
www.biodev.org

URGENT, NAT'L: Stop FTAA/Fast Track NOW: Contact Your US Reps!!!!!
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From Global Trade Watch Alert Re the FTAA and Fast Track: ...All the
presidential palaver about freedom, protectionism, noisy protestors and the
‘moral imperative’ is just political cover for a corporate agenda of lowered
consumer protections, diminished labor rights, ecologically unsustainable
development and sweatshops. This agenda requires Fast Track (ed: Congress
abdicating their authority over trade policy decisions to the executive
branch). We urge you to go to our website – www.tradewatch.org -- and click
on the Action Page where you will find sample letters to your congress
members and to the editors of your local and regional newspapers, along with
a ‘primer’ on congressional office visits. If you would like to coordinate
your efforts with established Fair Trade coalitions (as we encourage you to
do), then click on the U.S. map and track down the organizers whose email
addresses we have posted there.

URGENT, CA: Stop the Edison Bail Out: Contact State Legislators!!!
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Paraphrased from TURN Alert: Gray Davis recently announced a deal with
Southern California Edison to provide a ratepayer-funded bailout in exchange
for the transfer of the utility’s transmission lines to the state. This
back room deal contains a variety of shocking giveaways to Southern
California Edison and its parent corporation. The deal is a complete
bailout. It provides no significant benefits for the people of California,
and threatens to saddle consumers with billions of dollars in costs while
providing a huge and undeserved windfall to Southern California Edison.
(TURN has analyzed the deal and presented their analysis to the legislature.
You can access their full detailed analysis on the “News” section of TURN’s
web site http://www.turn.org.) ***The governor needs the state legislature
to sign off on the deal. PLEASE contact your state legislators and tell
them to do everything they can to SCRAP THE DEAL and STOP THE BAILOUT!!! For
your specific legislator’s contact information, check the government pages
of your phone book, call the State Government information line at (916)
657-9900 or contact Project Vote Smart at (888) VOTE-SMART or on-line at
http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml

URGENT, HUM: Battle for the Mattole Escalates! Call for Volunteers!!!
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There have been 44 arrests so far during the defense of one of California's
last ancient Doug fir forests, which is being destroyed in violation of
environmental law!!! In the face of shameless state and federal corruption,
we the people have to defend our public trust resources! Logging has begun,
nearly 68 acres of ancient forest have been clearcut. If you cannot be
there, send donations to "Mattole Forest Defenders" POB 28, Arcata, CA
95518. For more information: 707-825-6598, Bay Area Coalition For Headwaters
(510)-835-6303 http://www.mattoledefense.org/ http://www.earthfilms.org/
http:/www.indybay.org/

OTHER IMPORTANT ACTIONS & EVENTS:

Wed, May 16, Sac: SENATE HEARING on Internat'l TRADE POLICY!!!
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The Senate Select Committee on International Trade Policy and State
Legislation and the Committee on Banking, Commerce and International Trade
will co-sponsor a hearing to examine the role of the state in international
trade agreements on Wednesday, May 16, 2001. The hearing will take place in
the Capitol, Room 3191, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. More info: Anne Blackshaw,
consultant to the Select Committee on International Trade Policy and State
Legislation, at (916) 322-8616, or Trudi Sprague, consultant to the
Committee on Banking, Commerce and International Trade, at (916) 445-6306.

Fri, May, 18, SF: Stopping the FTAA with Effective Media!!!
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Media Messaging Workshop with Susan Strong of the Metaphor Workshop!!! This
is a terrific workshop--its techniques can be applied to any issue, global
or local! Highly Recommended!!! 10 AM--1PM, Global Exchange, 2017 Mission,
near 16th (16th Street BART). www.metaphorproject.org

Fri. May 18, SF: Quebec City/FTAA Forum & Report-back
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May 18, Friday, 7:30PM. Eyewitness Quebec City FTAA Forum on the worldwide
battle against capitalist globalization. Speaking: Carlos Padilla & Aidya
Kines, Students for Justice, Evergreen College. Gerry Foley, Socialist
Action Newspaper. Socialist Action Bookstore, 3425 Cesar Chavez St. SF
'tween Mission and Valencia 2 blks from 24th St BART $3 donation requested
for info call 415-821-0459.

-Fri, May 18, INTERNAT'L: Register for Delegation to Guerrero!!!
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Groundbreaking Human Rights Delegation to Guerrero, June 2-10, 2001. In June
of 2001 the Mexico Solidarity Network will sponsor a groundbreaking
delegation to the conflict-ridden zone of Guerrero. The delegation will go
to the prisons of Guerrero to meet with some of the 67 political prisoners
in the state. Then we will visit villages in the war torn region of Tlapa.
Finally, the delegation will attend a conference in Ayutla commemorating the
third anniversary of the El Charco massacre. The cost of the delegation is
$500 which covers transportation in Mexico, housing, and logistical needs.
Participants will need to set up their own travel to Acapulco. The deadline
(May 18th) is coming up soon so if you are interested in attending this
delegation fill out the application. Scholarships are available for youth of
color. More info: Mexico Solidarity Network msn@mexicosolidarity.org
773-583-7728.

May 20, SF: CARNAVAL: Zapatista Carnaval Float Rehearsal!!!
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1 PM, Dolores Park. To be part of the Zapatista Float, you must come in
costume! Attending at least one rehearsal is also highly recommended! A $20
donation per participant toward the cost of the float is requested (gulp!).
Call SF Zapatista Committee for more info: 415-642-4079.

May 25-29, Nevada City: Earth First! Rendezvous!
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From Sierra Earth First: Hey comrad! Mark your calendar for the North West
Earth First! Rendezvous. It will take place Memorial Weekend, May
25th-29th...in the gorgeous Sierra Nevada Wilderness.. 3 hours from Nevada
City, California. Workshops, great music, Wolivers on tap. Detailed site
directions will be provided on May10th.Come self sufficient,w/ enough
food/water for 5 days.Temperatures will range from 70-80 during the day,cold
nights.Be prepared for rain.Site will be under 7,000 ft. You will be emailed
with specific directions, or can check website or email after May 10th.
Remember this is an Earth First gathering intended for Earth Firsters and
their supporters to peacefully network and relax together. For more info
and directions: www.geocities.com/sierraef (530)265-7714
sierraef@hotmail.com 228 Commercial St.#174 Nevada City, Ca. 95959 For the
wild!

May 27--30, DALLAS: Corporate Campaigner's Conference!!!
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Activists and organizations from all over the United States will come
together in Dallas, Texas, to the Empowering Democracy: Challenging
Corporate Power and Demanding Accountability Conference and Day of Action.
As corporate influence over the political process increases, it's becoming
harder to achieve traditional solutions for mending environmental, social
and other problems through legislative action. Campaigns to restrict the
growing power of corporations or to reform or make them accountable to the
public for their actions, called corporate accountability campaigns are
proving successful. Whether you are fighting a local corporate bully or a
giant transnational corporation, you can learn effective skills, tactics and
strategies needed to convince or require corporations to include social,
environmental and labor concerns as part of their bottom line. We can be
much more effective and powerful if we join together in planning campaigns
and/or support each other in our different campaigns and work.This is why we
are inviting you to participate in the conference. More info: Molly Rooke,
Conference Organizer (214) 369-6667, Home/ Work phone (214) 762-3163
Cellular/Voice Mail Molly@LaRosa-Ranch.com

May 27, SF: CARNAVAL: Join the Zapatista Carnaval Float!!!
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Carnaval is the biggest event in SF, attracting 200,000 people! Join the
Zapatista Float (see rehearsal and donation schedule above). Assemble at
24th and Bryant at 10AM, March to Mission and 14th. Festival at Civic Center
11--6PM. $5 admission (this is new :-().

Sat, Jun 2, SJ: Globalization, FTAA, and World Debt Teach-In!!!
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Great speakers, such as Kevin Danaher, Anaraha Mittal, Jerry Mander, and
Victor Menotti. Afternoon workshops. 9am to 4:30pm, First Unitarian Church,
San Jose. $5.00 admission, but no one will be turned away for lack of
funds; box lunch available for another $5.00. To REGISTER: make checks out
to Southbay Jubilee Campaign and mail to Southbay Jubilee Campaign, 160 N.
Third Street, San Jose 95112. Tickets can be purchased at the door but your
advance registration helps us plan. More info: Billie Wachter at
408-258-0439 or Paul Burks at 650-960-1767. Register early since over 300
are expected!

Sun, Jun 3, Hum: RALLY for the MATTOLE!!!
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12 Noon - 5 pm, Monument Road Gate Just 10 minutes out of Rio Dell, CA (25
miles south of Eureka) Bring Family and Friends, Musicians and Speakers.
Earth First! mass public lawful rally for the Mattole to bring as many
people to the public side of Monument Gate. Stand up against the SLAPP
lawsuit filed against the Mattole Forest Defenders and stand up for the
forest!!! Directions: Scotia Exit off Highway 101. Turn toward Scotia then
immediate right onto green Scotia Bridge and head to Rio Dell. First left
after Bridge (in Rio Dell) is Monument Road (unmarked until you drive a few
blocks) Bear left follow Monument Road 4 1/2 - 5 miles (paved) Park on side
of the road -- monitors will guide you. Call 707/825-6598 for information or
to volunteer.

Jun 8-10, SC: World Social Forum 2002 Organizing Conference
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Presentation Center, Santa Cruz Mountains, near San Jose, California,
Friday, June 8th 3:30 pm-Sunday, June 10th, 4:00 pm. From Carol Brouillet:
The North American Mobilization Committee for the Next World Social Forum is
open to all who wish to participate in and help organize the next World
Social Forum to be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2002 (at the same time as
the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, January 31- February 5, 2002) or to
help organize a World Social Forum along the same theme, here in North
America, for those who cannot get to Brazil. (An Int'l Committee Meeting
will also be held in Sao Paolo, Brazil June 9-11). "Another World is
Possible" was the theme of the First World Social Forum held in Porto,
Alegre, Brazil, January 2001. More than four thousand delegates from 117
countries, came together in opposition to corporate globalization,
environmental devastation, injustice, militarization, and the neo-liberal
policies enforced by the World Bank, IMF and the WTO. More info:
650-857-0927 cbrouillet@igc.org http://www.worldsocialforum.org

Wed, Jun 20, HUM: Mega-mobilization for the Northern CA Forests!!!
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People can call NCEF! at (707)825-6598 if they want to get involved at the
ground floor of this potential "Redwood Summer II"!!!

Jun 22-27, Barcelona: Protest the World Bank!!!
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The Spanish organizers have an impressive line up of events and activities
for this resistance to the World Bank at their semi-annual meeting!!! To be
on their English listserve: bcn2001_en-subscribe@egroups.com. Other contact
info: logisticabm@hotmail.com "We'll arrange accommodation for all those who
want to come. If you talk latin languages, you can come to general mailing
list of the campaign: bcn2001@egroups.com, (list in catalan and spanish
languages)."

Ongoing, Long Beach: Support 1st Amendment Rights & May-Day Arrestees!
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Police in Riot Gear Arrested May Day Protestors and Celebrants en masse (per
the latest report, 60 were arrested, mostly youths) in Long Beach, using
intimidation and violence. Siu Hin and other Southern California activists
request solidarity and support per the following: Contact Long Beach
authorities to voice concern over Long Beach police conduct, demand they
immediately release all protesters, and drop their charges: Long Beach Mayor
Office: (562)750-680; Long Beach Police Department: (562)435-6711; Long
Beach District Attorney Office: (562)491-6301. Lawyers and other advocates
are also urgently needed!!! For legal support hotline, please contact:
(562)437-4300.

Ongoing, Internat'l: Save the Whales!!!!
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Yes, whales are STILL being killed. In fact, right now, there are Japanese
whalers on their way to the North Pacific to kill 160 of these great
creatures. Against the policies of th International Whaling Commission,
the Japanese government has allowed the commercial killing of whales to
continue. How? By misrepresenting commercial whaling as "scientific"
research. Send a letter by fax to Shunji Yanai, Ambassador of Japan and ask
that he stop the whale hunt http://junior.apk.net/~halder/poll.html
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RISE UP!!!!

Mary Bull
Save the Redwoods/Boycott the Gap Campaign
252 Frederick Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
chalicenew@earthlink.net 415-731-7924 http://www.gapsucks.org

FOR REDWOODS & WORKERS:
BOYCOTT GAP, BANANA REPUBLIC, & OLD NAVY!!!

FOR PEOPLE & PLANET: STOP THE FTAA!!! http://www.stopftaa.org

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