Five Years Too Many
Commemorating the occupation of Iraq
When: Saturday, March 15, 2008, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Vera Cruz Park, S.B. Courthouse and downtown Library.
Cost: Free
Age limit: All ages
Categories: Citizen's Alert
Description: Beginning 10am in Vera Cruz Park, across from the Farmers' Market in the 200 block of East Cota Street, will be a "marketplace of ideas". At 11:30am there will be an energizing rally with music and speakers.
At 12 noon, a march of thousands will take to the streets, heading to the Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunken Garden. At 1pm participants will form a human peace symbol in the Garden, which will be filmed from the Courthouse tower.
Workshops and action groups will start at 2pm in the Faulkner Gallery, inside the downtown Public Library at 40 East Anapamu St. Among the issues addressed will be Constitutional Rights, the economics of war, torture, abuse of Executive Power, and the Israel-Palestine situation.
Arlington West, on the beach at Stearns Wharf, will hold an all-night vigil and a 24-hour exhibit of art related to the war. The memorial of 3,000 crosses will stand from Saturday until Sunday afternoon.
Sponsored by the Santa Barbara People's Coalition and endorsed by many local organizations. Help us make this 5th anniversary the LAST anniversary of this war!
Phone: 805-898-9260
Event posted Feb. 18, 2008
Last updated March 4, 2008
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More crap sponsored by the City in a time of war...oh the deluded holier-than-thou few...fraudulent "Arlington West" strikes again.
It remains amazing that soldiers still say they are defending the rights of these people. What selflessness on their part...a constant miracle. What a great country.
Who's the real problem Bush or Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hizbollah, Iran, and the crazy Takfirs in Afghanistan and Pakistan?
Another day of confusion coming all brought to you by the same sorry crew.
DonJosedelaGuerra (anonymous)
March 12, 2008 at 9:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Looks like it NOT sponsored by the city, rather the People's Coalition.
It is a great county. Our soldiers admirably do their duty, poorly served by the belligerent, pig-ignorant, Chicken-Hawk administration. Thank goodness the vast majority of our citizens have come full circle to abandon the bankrupt vision of the Executive Branch. Another good sign is the brain trust within active duty military also are jumping ship.
Hope to see you there, celebrating the rights of Americans to speak out. Good Day, DonJose!
binky (anonymous)
March 12, 2008 at 11:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I boycott any assembly of idiots...much too noisy and time consuming. Love those puppets though!
DonJosedelaGuerra (anonymous)
March 13, 2008 at 6:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)
By the way, your rendezvous is not at Vera Cruz PARK but PLAZA Vera Cruz...check your old maps...these newcomers know nothing of SB History...pff pff
DonJosedelaGuerra (anonymous)
March 13, 2008 at 10:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Don Jose,
Don Jose,
Are you enlisted? If you really want to serve the country by assisting with the war effort, that would be the best way to go about it. It's much more effective than criticizing people who exercise the right to free speech, or than posting inflammatory posts on some little comment board. Brave people put their actions behind their beliefs, instead of shooting off from the anonymity of cyberspace.
Suzie Null
Educator
UCCU (anonymous)
March 13, 2008 at 7:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Good evening Ms. Null educator. I have a son in the 82nd Airborne. He's been in the fight for seven years...from the caves of Tora Bora to the Green Zone.
Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He and his battle buddies hate "Arlington West"...They're all from Santa Barbara. He's on his way again.
You aren't doing him any favors.
Do I have the right to talk too?
DonJosedelaGuerra (anonymous)
March 13, 2008 at 9:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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