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Bakersfield July 31st 2006
WCW Protests "In God We Trust-America" event in Bakersfield.


Join us for a screening of "Chicago 10"


(just out on DVD)

Sat., Sept. 27, 10 am

Peace Center

8124 W. 3rd St. (& Crescent Hts.), LA 90048

(Limited parking in alley behind Peace Ctr.)

If you missed "Chicago 10" before it quickly disappeared from the theaters, now's your chance to see this highly-relevant part-documentary, part-animation story of the historic 1968 anti-war protests in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention.  Preview it here.


TAKE ACTION against Political Repression at the 2008 DNC and the RNC!

We are seizing the opportunity to have our voices heard in unison, denouncing the fascist direction of this country. It is with the utmost urgency and for the sake of stopping the police state and reversing this course that WE WILL NOT BE SILENT.  

By signing this statement we pledge to do everything we can to call attention to, and demand justice for those unjustly arrested and charged at the Denver and St. Paul protests.

 

SIGN the petition: Protesters Are Not Criminals!


Cheers to the hundreds of students who protested Karl Rove's lecture

Cheers to the hundreds of students who protested Karl Rove's lecture at Claremont McKenna College on Sept. 16.  They braved pepper spray to detain Rove for an hour and attempt to deliver a citizen's arrest of this war criminal!



New MP3s


On Tuesday, September 16, 2008, Beneath the Surface with Michael Slate, 5:00 to 6:00 PM, Pacific Time on KPFK, 90.7 FM.  

Click here to listen to:

Dennis Loo, author and associate professor of Sociology at Cal Poly Pomona and member of the National Steering Committtee of WCW. "To Those Who Put Their Faith in Progressive Democrats and Obama," is his latest article here.

Bruce Wilson, writer and researcher on Christian Fascists, co-founder of Talk to Action, www.talk2action.org, on Sarah Palin and the intersection of her religious beliefs and politics.

Alan Goodman, writer for Revolution newspaper, on his most recent article, "RNC '08: Pit Bulls On Parade," here.



Los Angeles: Nancy Pelosi meets protest on book tour

WCW Orange resistance greeted commuters outside Nancy Pelosi's book signing in Los Angeles on August 11th.  About 50 people gathered with many banners demanding impeachment and calling out Nancy Pelosi for her complicity with the Bush Administration.  One activist was arrested after he spoke out inside and when released from jail the next day answered the question Was it worth it? - "Absolutely.  One of the best things I've ever done.  The look on her face was priceless.  Deer in the headlights X 10."



LOS ANGELES - FREEZE ATTACK ON IRAN - UNION STATION - 8/6/08


Fifty-three years after the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on a civilian population, a group of twenty from the LA area converged on Union Station to "freeze" against an attack on Iran.  Leading up to the planned meeting time, orange began to emerge through the station, with activists wearing ribbons and t-shirts getting out flagging-tape orange ribbons to bystanders eager to take up the color of resistance.

One of the participants brought his only orange t-shirt that featured Mickey Mouse, but he turned it inside out and it worked just fine. As people joined the group, preparing to initiate the "freeze," we learned that a number of the people heard came to the action from outlying areas, taking public transportation to get to Union Station.

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Aug. 2 - International forces in LA say Stop War on Iran!


Saturday, August 2nd: A crowd of 150 to 200 rallied in downtown LA's Pershing Square to oppose an attack on Iran, as part of a series of actions in the area over the summer to draw people from political complacency to a principled stand against another U.S. war of aggression.

Initiated by Stop War on Iran Coalition, World Can't Wait joined the International Action Center, Union of Progressive Iranians, BAYAN-USA, and others. Despite short notice, people did come forward—with a good measure of enthusiasm.  It was a very international crowd:  Iranian families, Filipinos, Aztec dancers, Palestinians, Spanish-speaking immigrants from Mexico, Central America, and the Basque region of Spain, and U.S.-born people of all nationalities from different progressive or revolutionary movements.  People walking through the area stopped to check things out and some stayed for the rally and march. A common view among many people was that an attack on Iran was likely at this point, "and I wouldn't be here if I didn't think so." Among the energetic youth and passers-by who joined us, there was the sense that it takes someone in the family or someone in a circle of friends who sees the importance of taking a stand, being vocal and encouraging others to be a part.

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Emergency Iran Forum Los Angeles 

June 25, 2008

World Can’t Wait-Los Angeles and the Westside Progressives co-sponsored an emergency Iran Forum at a community center in West Hollywood.  Out Against the War-LA, Topanga Peace Alliance, LGBT Greens, and the Union of Progressive Iranians endorsed and participated in the event.

Close to ninety people filled the room as the evening unfolded.  The first speaker, Gareth Porter, author of “Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam” laid out similarities of historical significance between the deceptive framework that this government used to justify the war in Vietnam and the more current unjustified invasion of Iraq. He drew attention to the similarities of dogmatic language used by government officials and the media as the question of Iran’s nuclear capabilities has been nationally discussed, and a case is built for the justification for an attack on Iran. Porter emphasized the need for civil dissent and debate around these issues throughout society, not discounting the effectiveness of petitioning and lobbying, but in conjunction with these things.

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From Los Angeles City Beat Newspaper, July 3 - 9, 2008


New RATM Wears Orange Videos

Click here to watch these amazing videos or go to the Spread the Resistance - Wear Orange Daily Page on your right


"We Won't Live in a Torture State!"

The Church at Ocean Park,
Santa Monica

Social Public Arts Resource Center (SPARC)
a non-profit art gallery and community space - located in Venice, CA

At a private home in Santa Monica

To purchase a No Torture banner for $35, contact us at 323-462-4771 or worldcantwait_la@yahoo.com


Pledge to resist attack on Iran –

Create a No Attack on Iran Network!

An eye-opening presentation was given at last week’s national conference about the VERY REAL POSSIBILITY of an attack, including use of tactical nuclear weapons, against Iran. This is only underscored by the ‘opposition’ candidates; Clinton vows to obliterate Iran, and Obama says he will not hesitate to respond forcefully if Iran attacks Israel . WCW says NO! – we must Pledge to Resist/Stop this Attack – See 20 minute download: www.iranisnottheproblem.org.

Contact us at worldcantwait_la@yahoo.com or 323-462-4771 to:

1) Build this No Attack on Iran network.

2) Organize Emergency Meeting & Presentation/forum. 


We Pledge: No Attack on Iran!

Bush and Cheney are committing war crimes in Iraq.

We refuse to be silent.

Bush and Cheney are readying another war on Iran,

We refuse to be complicit.

We declare now:

We will do everything possible to stop a war on Iran.

We pledge to bring business as usual to a halt if the US bombs Iran.

We will draw forward many others to act.

We pledge our resistance now because the world cannot wait.

Iraq – Get Out!
Iran – Stay Out!
Bush and Cheney – Drive Out!

This is the time to stop accepting what we are told: that nothing we do will make a difference in ending the global disaster represented by the Bush regime. 

Bush & Cheney can be driven from office by a movement independent of “politics as usual”, and waiting to vote in 2008 is too late!

Challenge the people you know to raise their voices and act.  Ask 3 people to Declare it Now by wearing orange (ribbons, buttons, bandanas, shirts) to make this determination visible.  Ask each of them to talk to 3 more people, and check back with them in 3 days.

Sign this pledge now

Click here to download the Pledge to distribute in either PDF or MSWord format.


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Donate generously to make that possible.

Send checks made out to "World Can't Wait" to our office at 5507 Santa Monica Blvd., #207, LA, CA 90038.  For tax deductible contributions of $100 or more, make the check out to "Alliance for Global Justice" (and put WCW in the reference field) and mail it to our office.  To donate online via PayPal (not tax deductible) by click on the donate button on this page


Winter Soldier Investigation: Iraq and Afghanistan

March 13-16, Winter Soldier Investigation: Iraq and Afghanistan was held in Washington D.C.  At these hearings, organized by the Iraq Veterans Against the War, almost 50 American veterans testified about what they had done to the people and land of Iraq and Afghanistan. The audience, about 350 people at any time, were mostly American veterans, military families, and parents whose children were killed in the war. The four-day event brought together veterans from across the country to testify about their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan—and present video and photographic evidence.  In addition, panels of scholars, veterans, journalists, and other specialists gave context to the testimony.  These panels covered everything from the history of the GI resistance movement to the fight for veterans’ health benefits and support. You can listen to testimony at ivaw.org/wintersoldier/testimony.


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The Call for Mobilization:

Sign The Call NOW!

Download
the latest version of the call here. Make copies, get it out far and wide.

Your government, on the basis of outrageous lies, is waging a murderous and utterly illegitimate war in Iraq, with other countries in their sights.

Your government is openly torturing people, and justifying it.

Your government puts people in jail on the merest suspicion, refusing them lawyers, and either holding them indefinitely or deporting them in the dead of night.

Your government is moving each day closer to a theocracy, where a narrow and hateful brand of Christian fundamentalism will rule.

Your government suppresses the science that doesn't fit its religious, political and economic agenda, forcing present and future generations to pay a terrible price.

Your government is moving to deny women here, and all over the world, the right to birth control and abortion.

Your government enforces a culture of greed, bigotry, intolerance and ignorance.

People look at all this and think of Hitler — and they are right to do so. The Bush regime is setting out to radically remake society very quickly, in a fascist way, and for generations to come. We must act now; the future is in the balance.

Millions and millions are deeply disturbed and outraged by this. They recognize the need for a vehicle to express this outrage, yet they cannot find it; politics as usual cannot meet the enormity of the challenge, and people sense this.

There is not going to be some magical "pendulum swing." People who steal elections and believe they're on a "mission from God" will not go without a fight.

There is not going to be some savior from the Democratic Party. This whole idea of putting our hopes and energies into "leaders" who tell us to seek common ground with fascists and religious fanatics is proving every day to be a disaster, and actually serves to demobilize people.

But silence and paralysis are NOT acceptable. That which you will not resist and mobilize to stop, you will learn — or be forced — to accept. There is no escaping it: the whole disastrous course of this Bush regime must be STOPPED. And we must take the responsibility to do it.

And there is a way. We are talking about something on a scale that can really make a huge change in this country and in the world. We need more than fighting Bush's outrages one at a time, constantly losing ground to the whole onslaught. We must, and can, aim to create a political situation where the Bush regime's program is repudiated, where Bush himself is driven from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking society is reversed. We, in our millions, must and can take responsibility to change the course of history.

This will not be easy. If we speak the truth, they will try to silence us. If we act, they will to try to stop us. But we speak for the majority, here and around the world, and as we get this going we are going to reach out to the people who have been so badly fooled by Bush and we are NOT going to stop.

The point is this: history is full of examples where people who had right on their side fought against tremendous odds and were victorious. And it is also full of examples of people passively hoping to wait it out, only to get swallowed up by a horror beyond what they ever imagined. The future is unwritten. WHICH ONE WE GET IS UP TO US.

Sign The Call NOW!

World Can't Wait LA

5507 Santa Monica Blvd., #207, Los Angeles
323-462-4771
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