PROTEST THE FIRST TEXECUTION IN 8 MONTHS: STOP THE EXECUTION OF DERRICK SONNIER!
Tuesday, June 3 at 5:30 PM Texas State Capitol, Street Steps at 11th and Congress.
Between September 2007 and May 2008 there were no execution in the United States, while the Supreme Court deliberated over the current method of lethal injection. In the end the court decided that the use of lethal injection is not cruel and unusual punishment. As abolitionist we say all executions are cruel and unusual. It's time to end the barbaric death penalty. Let's tell Texas there's…
NO RIGHT WAY TO DO THE WRONG THING!
Sponsored by Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Campus Progress, International Socialist Organization, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Texas Moratorium Network, Texas Students Against the Death Penalty
Join the Dallas Peace Center, Consumers for Peace, CLEAN (Citizens League for Environmental Action Now) and many concerned individuals in saying “EXXON ENOUGH!” tomorrow, May 28 at 8 am at the Meyerson Symphony Center.
This action has received a great deal of press including the Houston Chonicleand the Dallas Observer - it is crucial that we have a strong turnout! Please plan on being there, and invite your friends. Don’t have any friends? E-mail office@dallaspeacecenter. org and we’ll send you a list of 10 people you can call and invite to attend (and to be your friend). We’ll see you there! For more information on the Exxon Enough campaign visit www. DallasPeaceCenter. org/Exxon
As ExxonMobil shareholders gather for their annual meeting in Dallas, a coalition of environmental, faith and peace organizations will be holding environmental justice hearings, news conferences and a demonstration to increase shareholder and public awareness of the worldwide troubles wrought by this company. The Exxon Enough! coalition, comprised of the Dallas Peace Center, Consumers for Peace, CLEAN (Citizens League for Environmental Action Now) and many concerned individuals, are saying • Enough of your pollution that harms the health of people living near your refineries and plants on the Texas Gulf Coast; • Enough of your profiteering from the Iraq War, while people die, the wounded and displaced are neglected, and you engage our troops in your attempt to grab huge Iraqi oil reserves; • Enough of your excess, windfall war profits while we pay outrageous prices for gas prices and watch economies around the world crumbling; • Enough of the denial that burning petroleum products fuels global warming.
Wednesday, May 28 In front of the Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora St., Dallas 8:00 a.m. – The War Profiteering/Global Warming News Conference: A news conference will be held on Iraq war-profiteering, ExxonMobil’s dangerous goal in Iraq, excess profits and high gas prices; and on ExxonMobil’s lack of investment in clean renewable energy the morning of the ExxonMobil shareholders’ meeting. Meanwhile – The entire coalition, victims of refinery pollution and high cost of gas, as well as all in favor of ending war will gather with banners to loudly voice objections to the way ExxonMobil is doing business. Exxon Enough! Contact ExxonEnough
This is an annual event with participation from CEDP chapters across the US. The Austin CEDP will be organizing a week of activities including:
A People’s Tribunal Against the Death Penalty Tuesday, February 26 at 12 PM UT Campus, West Mall Steps We will present strong evidence against the continued use of the death penalty. Our verdict: the death penalty is dead wrong!
Is the Death Penalty on the Way Out? A CEDP Presentation Wednesday, February 27 at 7 PM At UT, NOA Room 1.116. From the Supreme Court moratorium due to a case about lethal injection, high profile cases like that of Kenneth Foster, Jr. in Texas, to abolition of the death penalty in New Jersey, support for the death penalty continues to slowly decline. Join the CEDP for a presentation that will describe these recent developments, as well as look at the CEDP's role in the struggle to end the death penalty.
Displays and tables on the West Mall Wed. the 27 in the afternoon, and at Wheatsville Co-Op on Friday early evening.
We Demand a New Trial for Rodney Reed! March and Rally in Downtown Austin Saturday February 2, Starting at 12PM at South Congress and Monroe, Northeast Corner March to City Hall Plaza Rally at City Hall at 1PM (Lavaca and Cesar Chavez)
Featuring speeches from the family and supporters of Rodney Reed.
Texas death row prisoner Rodney Reed’s case is in a critical phase, with the possibility of a new trial greater than ever. His case sits before the Court of Criminal Appeals (over which Texas' killer judge Sharon Keller presides) and oral arguments on the case are scheduled for March 19.
We need your help now to draw Austin's attention to this case and send a clear message to the Court: New trial for Rodney Reed!
In recent weeks, there has been a lot of media around the case. Rodney's defense has long posited that another suspect in the initial investigation is responsible. That suspect, Georgetown police officer Jimmy Fennell was recently indicted for rape and other charges.
Here is a good article on recent developments: http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/07/0107fennell.html
Rodney's case is currently in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and one goal of the CEDP has been to win a new trial. Your participation in the march is needed to bring us one step closer to winning justice for Rodney Reed!
Thanks for adding us. Your support is much appreciated.
What do you think of these newly discovered crime scene photos (viewed at Abu-Jamal-News.com)?
I have been personally contacting every mainstream media person I could find and still the only place that has published the actual photo is the national Black newspaper, The SF Bay View:
San Antonio, Tejaztlan- Bombasta hosts the "Fire In The Youth Tour 2007" featuring San Diego's own B-Side Players, Salvador Santana (son of the great Carlos Santana) and Hollywood's Cipes & The People at the historic Guadalupe Theater on San Antonio's Westside on Friday, October 26th at 7PM. The night's performance has quickly developed into a night of roots culture, consciousness and movement.
Join us on Friday, as we fill the air at the Guadalupe Theater with firme beats and rhymes, música de la pasión y las buenas vibraciones- "Fire In The Youth Tour 2007."
Doors open at 7PM; Music starts at 8PM; All Ages Welcome Tickets Pricing: Presale- $10.00 Day Of- $12.00 Tickets available at: The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Hogwild Records Flipside Records www.brownpapertickets.com
The Campaign to End the Death Penalty invites you to spend this Saturday with Rodney Reed's family and friends in Bastop. We are headed there for an afternoon of solidarity and education in support of their struggle against the Texas death penalty.
Rodney Reed has spent 9 years on Texas' death row despite strong evidence in support of his innocence. Currently, his case is before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals which has the power to grant him a new trial. Please visit www.freerodneyreed.org for more information about this case.
We will start with a march through Bastrop, then gather in Kerr Community Park followed by music & spoken word, and end with a screening of the documentary State vs Reed. Food and drink will be available.
NEW TRIAL NOW! NO EXECUTION!
IN BASTROP, TEXAS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13TH STARTING AT 3 PM KERR COMMUNITY PARK AT MLK AND WALNUT From Austin take I-35 South and take Hwy 71 East toward Bastrop. About 25 miles. Take the Hasler/Childers and Loop 150 exit. Take a left at the second light (Loop 150). Go through downtown Bastrop and after you cross the railroad tracks, take a right on Martin Luther King. Go one block and take a right on Walnut to park.
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Carpool/Caravan with us! We will meet starting at 1pm at the parking lot to the west of the LBJ School, on the corner of Red River and Dean Keeton. Contact us for more information.
SPONSORED BY THE CAMPAIGN TO END THE DEATH PENALTY For more info contact 512-494-0667 or cedpaustin@gmail.com www.freerodneyreed.org myspace.com/cedpaustin
The final push is on to save Kenneth Foster, Jr. from execution on Thursday.
The Save Kenneth Foster Campaign -- a coalition of activists and Foster's extended family -- has been working to stop the execution of a man who killed no one -- who was convicted, essentially, for driving a car, for being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
The campaign has held several high profile demonstrations and other events in Austin and San Antonio. Major Texas newspapers -- including the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, the Dallas Morning News, the Waco Tribune, the San Antonio Express News, the Austin American-Statesman, among others -- have run editorials against the execution.
The campaign has done everything in its power to bring public attention to this egregious case and to give the Board of Pardons and Parole and Governor Perry every reason to do the right thing. Kenneth and his comrades on death row are in struggle with us, refusing to comply with their own executions.
On August 29th, another death row prisoner, Joseph Amadour is scheduled to be executed. Since, the 22nd of August, Kenneth and Joseph have been fasting in protest of their scheduled executions. Come join us in this 11th hour for Kenneth Foster and all death row prisoners!
In Austin ---
Wednesday, August 29, 5:00 PM, Governor's Mansion (Lavaca at 11th) RALLY AND PRESS CONFERENCE FOR KENNETH FOSTER, RESPONDING TO BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES' RECOMMENDATION TO GOVERNOR PERRY AND IN OPPOSITION TO THE EXECUTION OF JOSEPH AMODOUR AT 6PM.
Thursday, August 30, 5:00 PM, Governor's Mansion (Lavaca at 11th) EXECUTION PROTEST AND VIGIL Even in the eleventh hour things could turn for Kenneth. If you can't make it to Huntsville, come out to stand with others against the execution.
In San Antonio this weekend? In Austin? You can drive down- carpool down with your friends to hear some real hip hop and support Kenneth Foster Jr, a Texas death row inmate whose execution is set for 8/30.
A Night In Solidarity with Kenneth Foster
Hosted By: Thou Shalt Not Kill
When: Saturday Aug 18, 2007 at 5:00 PM
Where: Carver Cultural Community Center 226 N Hackberry San Antonio, TX 78201 United States
Musical Performance, Spoken Word, Speaker Mario Africa of MOVE and AWOL Magazine...
THOU SHALL NOT KILL: A Night of Solidarity with Kenneth Foster Jr August 18. 2007 Carver Cultural Community Center doors open at 5pm $5 admission at the door all-ages
The Save Kenneth Foster Campaign will be hosting a night in solidarity with Kenneth Foster. This will be an evening of spoken word and musical performance in support of Kenneth and his family. It will also be an opportunity for the people of San Antonio to learn about our state's criminal justice system and the impact it has on our community.
Our speaker for the evening will be Mario Africa of MOVE and AWOL Magazine.
Musical performers will include San Antonio's own Get Money Click, Throwedville Entertainment, SLYKAT, poet and lyricist Sincere, Do It Big Entertainment, DJ Boys and Crew. In addition, all the way from the Netherlands, Dutch hip-hop artist Jav'lin will be performing her song for Kenneth "Walk with Me" featuring Kenneth's daughter Nydesha Foster.
More to come so stay tuned.
Admission is $5 and will benefit the Save Kenneth Foster Campaign.
Come join us for a night of pure entertainment and knowledge in solidarity with Kenneth. Don't forget to visit www.freekenneth.com for more about Kenneth's case and what you can do to save his life.
DEATH FOR DRIVING A CAR?!!- SAVE KENNETH FOSTER! www.freekenneth.com
