For more information contact Jeff Norman at 310.842.8794 or
[EMAIL PROTECTED], and visit www.ustourofduty.org
<http://www.ustourofduty.org/>
Last Saturday's Los Angeles rally with Maxine Waters, on the third
anniversary of the Downing Street Memo, was packed to beyond capacity
(1000+), with hundreds turned away. Hundreds of similar events, many of
which were also standing room only, took place around the country.
Momentum is building...
U.S. TOUR OF DUTY proudly presents Gold Star mom NADIA McCAFFREY, the
woman who defied President Bush by allowing the media to view her son's
coffin, for four big events in Southern California:
Saturday, July 30 - Anaheim
Sunday, July 31 - Venice
Monday, August 1 - San Pedro
Wednesday, August 3 - West Hills
Special guests (see below for dates) include "unembedded" journalist
DAHR JAMAIL (internationally acclaimed for his dispatches from occupied
Iraq), MARK MANNING (independent filmmaker who entered Falluja just
after U.S. forces destroyed the city), TIM GOODRICH (co-founder of Iraq
Veterans Against the War), comedian RICK OVERTON, JEFF KEY (Iraq
veteran) and NYC downtown monologist RENO ("Quirky, unpredictable,
inventive and uncensored comedian" - New York Post).
Come hear first-hand accounts and see exclusive, uncensored documentary
evidence of the war being fought in America's name.
Saturday, July 30 at 7:30 PM
Unitarian Church of Anaheim
511 S. Harbor Boulevard, Anaheim
NADIA McCAFFREY (Gold Star mom)
JEFF KEY (Iraq veteran)
VICKIE CASTRO (Gold Star mom)
DAN KELLY (Veterans for Peace)
Suggested donation: $5.00 (nobody turned away)
Co-sponsored by Orange County Peace Coalition
Sunday, July 31 at 5:30 PM
212 Sherman Canal, Venice
House party - Potluck
Hosted by RENO
NADIA McCAFFREY (Gold Star mom)
TIM GOODRICH (Co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War)
JEFF KEY (Iraq veteran)
RICK OVERTON (Comedian)
REV. THOMAS ZIEGERT (Venice United Methodist Church)
STEPHEN FISKE (Minstrel of Peace)
FRANK STRASSER (Singer/songwriter)
Monday, August 1 at 7:00 PM
Cabrillo Aquarium Auditorium
3720 Stephen M. White Drive, San Pedro
NADIA McCAFFREY (Gold Star mom)
DAHR JAMAIL ("Unembedded" journalist)
JEFF KEY (Iraq veteran)
MARK MANNING (Independent filmmaker)
RICK OVERTON (Comedian)
Plus a panel discussion/audience Q&A moderated by KPFK's JERRY QUICKLEY
Suggested donation: $5 (nobody turned away)
Co-sponsored by San Pedro Neighbors for Peace & Justice and The
Progressive Caucus
Wednesday, August 3 at 6:45 PM
Shomrei Torah Synagogue
7353 Valley Circle Boulevard, West Hills
NADIA McCAFFREY (Gold Star mom)
DAHR JAMAIL ("Unembedded" journalist)
JANE BRIGHT (Gold Star mom)
Suggested donation: $5-10 (nobody turned away)
Co-sponsored by The Progressive Caucus, Valley Grassroots for Democracy,
and Valley West Democratic Club RSVP
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
U.S. TOUR OF DUTY (USTOD) supports and promotes the anti-war advocacy of
Iraq veterans, military families, policy experts, activists, and
performers by organizing public forums, producing video news segments,
and maintaining a website (www.ustourofduty.org). USTOD is also making
a documentary called "Amazing Disgrace: The Betrayal of Soldiers and
their Families." USTOD is a non-profit project of SEE
(www.saveourplanet.org), a 501(c)(3) organization.
NADIA McCAFFREY is known at the mother who defied President Bush by
allowing the media to view the flag-draped coffin of her son, Patrick.
After Patrick was killed in the Iraq war, Nadia traveled to the Middle
East with filmmaker Mark Manning, who made a 30-minute documentary about
the trip. They sought answers to what causes wars, and met with Iraqi
mothers. Nadia explains her purpose: "I wanted to look them in the eye
and share their pain."
After he shot the above-referenced film, MARK MANNING became the only
"unembedded" western journalist to enter Falluja immediately following
the U.S. bombardment. He spent three weeks filming inside the ravaged
ancient city. His exclusive footage, which U.S. Tour of Duty will
screen as part of Nadia's talks, provides a rare glimpse of the innocent
victims' plight, and dispels the myths of war and the nature of the
"enemy."
DAHR JAMAIL spent eight months in Iraq as one of only a few independent
U.S. journalists in the country. His dispatches at
www.dahrjamailiraq.com are widely recognized as an important media
resource. He writes for such publications as The Asia Times, The Sunday
Herald, The Nation, and The Guardian. Dahr also serves as a special
radio correspondent for the BBC, Democracy Now!, and many other stations
around the globe.
TIM GOODRICH, the co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War, served in
the U.S. Air Force and was in the Middle East during the invasion of
Afghanistan. He also visited Iraq as part of a Global Exchange trip in
January of 2004, and he just returned from Turkey where he testified at
the World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI). After General Tommy Franks
inexplicably gave an unpublicized speech to Los Angeles elementary
school students in April of this year, Tim put his body in front of the
general's vehicle as its driver attempted to leave the scene. U.S. Tour
of Duty will screen exclusive footage of this dramatic encounter as part
of Tim's talk.
On March 31, 2004 Lance Corporal JEFF KEY, United States Marine, went on
CNN's "Paula Zahn Now" to say to five million people what he at one time
would not have said to one other person. Jeff had decided to finally
stop lying about his sexuality, and use the military's ban on gays to
exit the Marine Corps so as to avoid killing innocent people for
corporate gain. He later turned his story into a critically acclaimed
one-man show, "The Eyes of Babylon." LA Weekly calls Jeff "an
unstoppable force" and Backstage West says he "could some day change the
world."
RENO is a stream of consciousness style solo comedic performer living in
New York City. She adapted her show "Reno in Rage and Rehab" into an
ACE Award-nominated HBO comedy hour. Her show "Reno Once Removed" was
commissioned by Lincoln Center and sold out with rave reviews, before
moving to the Joseph Papp Public Theater and a national tour. Reno's
show "Rebel Without a Pause: Unrestrained Reflections on September 11th"
opened on October 4th, 2001 at La Mama ETC in New York City, where it
was extended several times due to critical acclaim. It later reopened
for a commercial run Off-Broadway, with Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner as
Executive Producers. "Rebel" is Reno's rapid-fire witness of the events
of September 11th, and how they affected her personally, in the context
of the world at large.
RICK OVERTON is a comedian, actor, writer, and creative consultant. He
recently guest-starred on "Joan of Arcadia," "According to Jim" and
"Curb Your Enthusiasm," and is a regular contributor to E!
Entertainment's "Most Sensational Crimes of Fashion." Rick won an Emmy
award for his work as the head writer of Dennis Miller's HBO series.
For more information contact Jeff Norman at 310.842.8794 or
[EMAIL PROTECTED], and visit www.ustourofduty.org.
Iraq veterans and military families demand the truth!
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