Stand Up to the RNC in NYC

Bay Area Mobilizing to RNC Meeting:
Sunday, July 18, Noon
New College of California, 777 Valencia, SF
(btwn 18th and 19th Sts.)

A meeting to discuss and plan direct actions against the
Republican National Convention in New York City, August 29 to September 2.

Find out more, get involved, come to NYC!

Downloadable flyer/more info at:
ActAgainstWar.org

EMPIRE OR DEMOCRACY?
One No and a Million Yeses

Hundreds of people from the Bay Area will join hundreds of thousands in the streets of NYC to confront the Bush administration and make history August 29 to September 3. Tuesday August 31st will be the day of mass nonviolent civil disobedience and direct action. Join us in NYC if you can!

ONE NO: EMPIRE is the framework for global control (accelerated, but not begun by the Bush Administration), combining US military dominance, corporate globalization, and domestic policies that promote fear, attacks on immigrants, and racial scapegoating, as well as undermine civil liberties, while transferring the world¹s wealth from the majority of the people in the world to big corporations and a rich minority.

A MILLION YESES: REAL DEMOCRACY means direct decision-making in which people participate and have direct control over the decisions and resources that matter in our lives: schools, hospitals, neighborhoods, workplaces, communities, and the state of the world we hand off to future generations. Meaningful democracy goes beyond voting to include all the directly democratic ways we assert our power; involvement in social movements, community organizations, and alternative institutions-- all are essential no matter who is elected. Direct democracy is voting with your feet, your hands, your voice and your imagination every day of the year.

Also coming up: Actions on November 3 - The Day After: because the crisis did not start with Bush and won¹t end with Kerry. This will be a day for popular outrage and widespread non-cooperation if Bush is elected and/or if there is overt election fraud again. If Bush is defeated it will be a time for celebration, and no matter who wins, we will go beyond voting to build pro-democracy movements in the heart of the empire which will uproot the system behind both Bush and Kerry and build a better world.

Direct Action to Stop the War
ActAgainstWar.org