------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Sept. 5, 2002 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
STOCKTON, CA: LABOR, ANTI-WAR MOVEMENTS JOIN HANDS TO PROTEST BUSH Almost 300 protesters told President George W. Bush, "No new war against Iraq--keep the government off the docks!" in Stockton, Calif., Aug. 23. A Republican stronghold in the Central Valley, Stockton was Bush's first California stop in his West Coast sweep. In a very significant anti-war, pro-labor alliance, International ANSWER--the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism coalition--and San Francisco's International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 jointly called the protest. The demonstration's central demands were to stop a new war on Iraq before it starts and no government intervention in the ILWU port workers' struggle for a new contract. Many other issues were raised, from disability rights to saving the forests. Global Exchange activist Medea Benjamin briefly disrupted Bush's morning speech. She shouted "No new war on Iraq!" before she was tackled and detained by police. People mobilized for the protest from around Northern California. ANSWER, ILWU Local 10 and Global Exchange organized buses from the Bay Area. --Nancy Mitchell - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the voice of resistance http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
