Thanks to Elisabeth Clark, who sent me instructions, the line-break problem should now be fixed. Apologies for duplication to those who had no problem with the initial posting. If anyone wants me to send them any previous postings, correctly wrapped, let me know. -rkm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Brian Hill" <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Cc: "KMUD" <•••@••.•••> Subject: Fw: [] Oakland: Allies Needed Against The Drug War! Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 16:39:50 -0800 ALLIES NEEDED AGAINST THE DRUG WAR!!!!! OAKLAND, CA (CERJ) -- A coalition of organizations (15 - list below) concerned about criminal justice policies (police accountability, drug war & death penalty) have been pressuring Mayor Jerry Brown's office for a meeting. In the last week, we have suddenly gotten some very strong support from close associates of Mayor Brown, especially on the CIA-drug issue. There is indication that Mayor Brown will *come out publicly* on the drug war issue, but he needs to know that there is support for him! Any organizations who consider the Drug War a 'waste of time, money and people's lives', and who would have any affiliations with any >organization in Oakland, CA, please get them to contact me. If you do not have any affiliations, but have members of your organization living in Oakland, please inform them! A group of organizations (and many hundreds of individuals) are forming a loose coalition based on this one issue (STOP THE DRUG WAR) in order to show our Mayor - Jerry Brown - that we are against this war on the people of Oakland (and the world) and all its consequences that ravage our community. Any and all organizations are invited to PLEASE contact Lara Johnson <•••@••.•••>, (South-African-American activist, heroine and Amnesty International member) that we can form a HUGE coalition of organizations from every sector of our community; poor, rich, left, right, old, young, straight, queer, African, Asian, Chicano, Latin, European, criminal justice reform, prison related, hemp, gardening, youth, education, family, whatever type organizations. etc. The only requirement is that you think there is a *problem* with the War on Drugs! No demands have yet been made, and I think that is something that should be discussed once organizations have met, discussed, dialogued, debated, researched the issue, and can come up with some reasonable demands/suggestions and alternatives. For now - we have to create a broad coalition of organizations, within the Bay Area, focussing on Jerry Brown, and his Strong Mayor Proposal - Measure X (which I call Malcolm X!!! ;-). The only request presently being made of the Mayor is the following: ~~~~~~~Go public about the Drug War, and as such appoint a Mayoral Committee to investigate the local Oakland implications and effects of the Drug War, especially considering the recently released CIA Reports I and II which admitted CIA complicity in targetting inner city communities. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A 'source' says that *with enough public support/pressure* this is a 'reality'. Once he agrees to such an appointment, people can volunteer their time to such a committee and we can start work. Oakland can and will benefit from a large coalition of citizens and organizations united around this issue and dedicated to reforming the current drug policies. There is already a fax/email/phone campaign to Jerry's office, which is going strong! Oakland can - ONCE AGAIN - be the city that says "We have had enough"!!!! STOP THE WAR!!! Those organizations/individuals not in Oakland, but who would like to support our initiative in getting our *progressive* (ha, ha!) Mayor to denounce the Drug War and committ Oakland on a new path to peace, can fax/email/tel Mayor Browns office with your views. Details are: Tel: 238 3141 Fax: 238 4731 Email: "Jerry Brown" <•••@••.•••> Jerry Brown for President in 2002 For the moment I am the contact person for the coalition, up until such time as we can form a name, elect a steering committee, etc. To Help Form the Action Coalition, contact: Lara Johnson P O Box 24869 Oakland, CA 94623 Email: <•••@••.•••> Tel: (510) 451 4430 Pager: (510) 873 3699 -------------------------------------------------------- Organizations demanding meeting with mayor on criminal justice issues: - Campaign for Equity-Restorative Justice (CERJ) - Prison Moratorium Project - California - Amandla Awethu (Power to the People) - American Friends Service Committee - Pacific Institute of Criminal Justice - Pueblo (People United for a Better Oakland) - KPFA Radio - Urban League - East Oakland Development Corporation - Angry White Males For Affirmative Action - New Abolitionists - Bay Area PoliceWatch - Native American Network - African People Solidarity Network - National People's Democratic Uhuru Movement - KMEL radio - Various teachers and principals of Oakland public schools (as individuals, in their own capacities) - Various other individuals -------------------------------------------------------- While on this subject, the following is an event on this issue coming up! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CIA-THE DRUG WAR & criminal INjustice system Community Meeting: CRACK THE CIA Michael Ruppert ex-LAPD narcotics officer speaks about: CIA DRUGS AND CONSEQUENCES VOLUME II OF CIA DRUG REPORT CONNECTIONS TO IMPEACHMENT Mr. Ruppert is the editor of From the Wilderness and has written numerous articles on the CIA-DRUG issue, including: 'Blacks were targeted for CIA Cocaine - It can be Proven' <http://www.copvcia.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ II. [speaker(s) to be announced] (on Jury Nullification) from the AMERICAN ANTI-PROHIBITION LEAGUE and/or the FULLY INFORMED JURY ASSOCIATION (FIJA) <http://www.fija.org/> speaking about: Jury Nullification -- YOU [the juror] HAVE THE INALIENABLE POWER TO REFUSE TO CONVICT, regardless of the evidence presented, regardless of the law as written, and regardless of the judge and the judge's instructions. IF YOUR CONSCIENCE, your SENSE OF JUSTICE, OR your OPINION of the law DOES NOT PERMIT YOU TO CONVICT someone, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO! Followed by discussion and questions! Amandla Awethu Power to the People http://www.amandla.org •••@••.••• +------------------------------------------------------+ | I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for | | justice, no matter who it is for or against. 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