Empire Building Action Group

Event Description:

Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, is coming to Houston to speak.

Houstonians who do not appreciate her support of the war and empire machine want to remind her that she's supposed to represent the people of the US, not the lobbyists of the military-industrial-torture-prison-insurance complex.

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Gilad Atzmon, ex-patriot of Israeli, musician, composer, producer, educator, and writer, will give a musical performance followed by a discussion of the Israel/Palestine situation, in Houston. If you are reading this on the PAA home page, click on the event title for details.

Event Sponsor:
HCJPP

Lee Loe has finished putting together a "Palestine-Israel Notebook" -- an 8-page publication similar to the Iraq Notebooks http://paa-tx.org/node/670 we distributed a few years ago.

Night from Baghdad graphic

Iraq in Fragments documentary flyer for Nov. 2, 2007 showing at the Station Museum in Houston

This plaque was given to Cindy Sheehan by members of the Progressive Action Alliance, first at Camp Casey (just outside of Crawford, Texas), August 2005, then again in Houston for the Bring Them Home Now Tour, September 1, 2005: http://www.paa-tx.org/node/193

Photo taken March 20, 2007, during a special freeway blogging for the 4th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, in which different groups held signs on each of six bridges over the Southwest Freeway (US-59) in Houston.

Photo taken March 20, 2007, during a special freeway blogging for the 4th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, in which different groups held signs on each of six bridges over the Southwest Freeway (US-59) in Houston.

Event Description:

YOU and your friends are invited to a SIGN MAKING PARTY for PEACE

Why: Make giant signs and banners to use on Mar. 20 for the coordinated freeway blogging and candlelight vigil, on freeway overpasses for the 4th anniversary of the Iraq invasion. Make your own sign stressing the need for peace and for bringing the troops home now. And of course, you can use your sign later, or donate it to someone else who will, as the freeway blogging is a continuing activity as long as US troops are in Iraq.

This is a call to action. Please help increase the pressure on our government. Give more people a chance to speak out. Take blank, stamped post cards, clipboards, pens, and officials’ address lists everywhere you go.

House Resolution 413 would repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002: Sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)

Here are 3 main things this bill does:

Photo taken Nov. 15, 2006, evening rush hour
Southwest Freeway, Houston
Picture showing some of the signs in the "Stop Israel Agression/No war with Iran" theme
This theme is usually on Wednesdays.

Photo collage by Massoud Nayeri, from Iraq War Summit and March, organized by Congressperson Sheila Jackson-Lee

Event Description:

WHEN I CAME HOME is a film about homeless veterans in America: from those who served in Vietnam to those returning from the current war in Iraq. The film looks at the challenges faced by returning combat veterans and the battle many must fight for the benefits promised to them. 

Event Sponsor:
The Isis Pages

Event Contact Name:
Stephen Carter

Event Phone Contact Information:
281-748-1286

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.whenicamehome.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/8798-houston

Event Fee:
$10

Event Description:

Subject:  IRAQ WAR SUMMIT: WHAT NEXT?

Summit and Peace March

THE IRAQ WAR SUMMIT: WHAT NEXT?
 
Join A Constructive Dialogue On Saving Lives Of Americans, Securing The Homeland, And Bringing Our Troops Home With Dignity.
 
WHO:             Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, academician, veterans, clergy and other invited guests

Event Sponsor:
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

Event Contact Name:
Chonya Davis-Johnson

Event Phone Contact Information:
713.655.0050

Event Email Address:
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Event Description:

Check web site below for details.

To arrange carpooling from Houston, please post a note on the PAA discussion list, or come to the 4th Friday Flicks event http://www.paa-tx.org/node/2467 the evening before the Austin protest.

Event Sponsor:
American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee, Texans for Peace, Palestinian Solidarity Committee, International Socialist Organiz

Event Contact Name:

Event Phone Contact Information:
Karen Burke 512-659-4564, Martin Thomen 512-380-030

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.thirdcoastactivist.org/events.html#jan27

Sherry Glover read the following piece by Steve Young, with permission, at the Jan. 14, 2007 ceremony for the 3000th casualty memorial in Houston. She said, "I felt that it expressed what I could no longer find words for. I think it was most effective to read it while having the audience look toward those flags."