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Protest
in
Washington:
Oppose
Drug
War
Militarization
in
Colombia,
Rally
Outside
Drug
Czars
of
the
Americas
Conference
Next
Week
10/29/99
Thursday, November 4,
at the Western Hemisphere Drug Czars Conference, Woodley Park, 5:30pm
Help us stop the US from
exporting its failed drug war to Latin America! On November 3-5,
"Drug Czar" General Barry McCaffrey will host the Western Hemisphere Drug
Czars Conference to further this agenda. McCaffrey is currently lobbying
Congress to send billions of dollars to Colombia for anti-drug aid to be
used by the Colombian military, which has a notorious record for human
rights abuses. As part of a larger effort to respond to this conference,
on November 4th hundreds of concerned citizens will protest at a park adjacent
to the Omni-Shoreham Hotel, where the drug czars conference is taking place.
THIS IS A MAJOR EVENT INVOLVING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, SO
PLEASE COME OUT IF CAN TO "JUST SAY NO" TO DRUG WAR VIOLENCE.
Visit http://www.stopthedrugwar.org
for further information, flyers to download and distribute, embarrassing
exposes of Drug Czar McCaffrey's disinformational antics and more!
Forward this alert to your contacts in the Washington area, or just tell
them to go to http://www.stopthedrugwar.org
to find out where and when.
DETAILS
When: November 4, 1999,
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Where: Corner of Calvert
Street & Connecticut Ave., NW,
Washington, DC -- adjacent
to the Omni-Shoreham Hotel, half-block south of the Woodley Park Metro,
Red Line
The Protest Includes:
-- Speakers in English &
Spanish
-- Candlelight Vigil
-- Street Theatre
-- Press & Information
Booths
-- Hot Coffee and Snacks
Themes:
-- Stop the Drug War
-- Stop Drug War Violence
-- Paren la Guerra Contra
las Drogas
-- No Vietnam in Colombia
-- Drug War: A Bad Export
-- Don't Export Drug Violence
-- McCzar: Billions of Lies
Served
-- Drug Education, Not Incarceration
-- Czars Sellout Human Rights
-- Drug War Harms Environment
Signs will be available to
protestors who arrive early. Please feel free to make your own signs.
Special Requests:
Dress conservatively and
warmly.
Remember this protest is
about opposing the War on Drugs and its exportation to Latin America.
Please do not bring other issues into protest.
What You Can Do:
-- ATTEND THE PROTEST
-- Please post this message
or similar announcement to your organization's e-mail list or membership
list.
-- Forward this message
to others who may be interested.
-- Promote the protest on
your website.
-- Print out the protest
flyer from the PDF file available at http://www.stopthedrugwar.org
and distribute it to
churches, schools, etc.
-- or contact us and we will mail flyers to you.
-- Make PERSONAL PHONE CALLS
to encourage others to attend
-- Contact us with suggestions
Contact: Chad Thevenot,
(202) 312-2015 or David Guard, (202) 682-4776, [email protected]
-- END --
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Issue #114, 10/29/99
Protest Mars McCaffrey's London Visit | Ten Million March for Peace in Colombia, Activists Decry US Counternarcotics Aid to Military | Protest in Washington: Oppose Drug War Militarization in Colombia, Rally Outside Drug Czars of the Americas Conference Next Week | Judge Accused of Heroin Use, Corruption | Corruption Investigation Widens at LAPD | More California Corruption | Governor Johnson to Participate in New Mexico Drug Policy Forums, November 2nd and 16th | San Francisco Beats New York at Crime Reduction | Newsbriefs | Dutch Drug Policy Discussions Online | Editorial: No Mas!
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