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Standing Against the Murder
of Abortion Provider Dr. George Tiller!

Speak-Out in Los Angeles

On Saturday, June 6th, 80 people gathered at a busy corner on the outdoor Santa Monica Promenade to “Speak Your Rage” to honor Dr. George Tiller and to resolve to keep abortion doctors safe. It was initiated by World Can’t Wait-LA, Libros Revolucion bookstore and the Revolution Club-LA, and quickly gathered endorsements from several NOW chapters, a student group, representatives from Planned Parenthood Pasadena and the Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project, and UCLA Law Professor Frances Olsen, an international feminist legal scholar.

Rev. Ignacio Castueras, National Chaplain of Planned Parenthood

For almost two hours, in front of an attentive crowd, a variety of people stepped forward to speak, from students to long-time veterans in the struggle for a woman’s right to choose. There were 20 speakers, including Planned Parenthood’s National Chaplain Rev. Ignacio Castuera (who travelled two hours each way to participate) and 3 NOW chapter presidents, one of whom is also a West Hollywood councilmember. An attorney read the powerful statement that lawyer Gloria Allred sent from Wichita (see below). Carol Downer who co-founded the Feminist Women’s Health Centers is organizing women to publicly tell their stories, as part of creating an atmosphere in society where women feel no shame for having abortions. People brought to life how Dr. Tiller bravely and compassionately saved the lives of women, and even young girls, who came to his clinic when there was no else who would or could help. A number of defiant young women (as well as men) spoke, including a high school student who came with her mom; a student from the Feminist Alliance of Santa Monica College; a young religious Black woman who decided at the end to speak and directed her story about having two abortions at the anti-abortionists standing around; 2 volunteers from Libros Revolucion who spoke to the dangerous “common ground” that Obama is calling for; and 3 members of the Revolution Club-LA shared the mike and told about the controversy in a class of pregnant teen-aged moms who had never seen anything like the photo display “A Fetus is Not a Child” from Revolution newspaper. Several anti-war groups were represented including Veterans for Peace and the Topanga Peace Alliance.

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World Can't Wait protest outside Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills

30 people gathered at the very busy intersection in Beverly Hills with a 20' orange banner that read "Release the Torture Photos!  Prosecute the War Criminals!  worldcantwait.org".  Orange-jumpsuited "detainees" and people with white masks and orange ponchos saying "No Torture" and "Prosecute War Criminals" stood next to the new large WCW posters across from the Beverly Hilton where Obama spoke at a fundraiser.  Unlike the coverage of our press conference last Thursday at West Hollywood City Hall (next to Beverly Hills), all the local TV news, both English and Spanish-language, covered the protest, as well as several radio stations, AP, UPI, and Getty Photos.

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LA Marathon - May 25, 2009

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City of West Hollywood and World Can't Wait Hold Joint Press Conference:

"No Torture" Banner at West Hollywood City Hall

May 21—The large orange banner hung down from near the ceiling in the lobby of West Hollywood, California, City Hall read: "No Torture." The City of West Hollywood, a community between Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, had taken a stand. And in that lobby, an important press conference was held: "A Call to President Barack Obama urging him to release torture-related photos and prosecute war criminals, ex-top officials of the Bush Administration." The press conference was called by the City of West Hollywood and The World Can't Wait.

City Council Member and long-time defender of human rights, John J. Duran said, "President Obama must do what is right for our country's future and shed light on the last eight years of the Bush administration's half-truths, abuse of power and human rights both abroad and here at home. We will never be able to put this behind us if the truth is not fully revealed and if we don't atone for the way our country behaved." He was joined by: Debra Sweet, national director of The World Can't Wait, the MC for the event; Mark Rapkin, a Los Angeles attorney who represented a prisoner unjustly locked up at Guantánamo and has continued to speak out against the continuing torture and imprisonment at that prison; actor John Heard; director and writer Paul Haggis, whose films include Crash and In the Valley of Elah; and actor and director Mark Ruffalo.

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Also:
Here's a front-page article re West Hollywood press conference that came out May 28^th edition of the weekly Beverly Press:  http://www.parklabreanewsbeverlypress.com/pdf/5.28%20issue.pdf

NO TORTURE:
Paul Haggis - Guantanamo - America's Shame

More videos from the West Hollywood press conference

Michael Rapkin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBoNZenOQX8&feature=channel

Mark Ruffalo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyX3mP0dcRA&feature=related

Mark Ruffalo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGIDXRh6dHo

Photo: JOSHUA SUDOCK, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

April 23,2009

When the LA chapter of World Can't Wait joined others at Chapman University last Tuesday (April 21st) to protest Torture Lawyer John Yoo, hundreds of thousands saw photos of protesters in orange jumpsuits the following day, in the LA Times and the OC Register (see video here). Reports of our Teach-In Against Torture on Saturday even ran in the Chinese press!

Chapman Teach-In Against Torture

Teach-In Against Torture at Chapman University School of Law, April 18, 2009. Torture professor John Yoo is currently teaching at Chapman

Larry Everest

Larry Everest is autor of "Oil, Power and Empire" and writes for Revolution Newspaper.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Katherine Darmer

Catherine Darmer teaches at Chapman University School of Law

Part 1

Part 2

Michael Slate

Michael Slate is host of the Tuesday evening edition of Beneath the Surface on KPFK 90.7, and writes for Revolution Newspaper.

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

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