Neighbors for Peace and Justice



		*BRING THE TROOPS HOME* PROTEST VIGILS Every Friday 5-7 PM Silverlake / Los Feliz in front of the Vista Theater where Sunset, Hollywood, Virgil and Hillhurst intersect (map) Echo Park / Silverlake (east) at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Echo Park Avenue (map) more vigils » NPJ MEETINGS other NPJ branches » ARLINGTON WEST Santa Monica Pier A powerful memorial by Veterans for Peace that dramatically and graphically depicts to the thousands of visitors to the pier the human costs of the war and occupation of Iraq. Volunteers needed weekly to help put up and take down the memorial: contact Ed Ellis 323-934-345 email: ehe3@msn.com

FEBRUARY 21

Arlington West

In March 2004, just as the insurgent movement strengthened, several members of one National Guard unit arrived in Iraq, with cameras. Straight from the front lines in Iraq, THE WAR TAPES is the first war movie filmed by soldiers themselves. Armed with minicams mounted on their gun turrets, helmets and dashboards, three National Guardsmen capture an unprecedented perspective of the Iraq war in this powerful documentary culled from more than 1,000 hours of footage. Deftly interlaced with harrowing film of ambushes, explosions and severed limbs are the soldiers' complex reactions to the conflict and interviews with the women they left behind.

Thursday March 20th, 7 PM
at a new location:
Tribal Café
1651 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Just west of Glendale Blvd, one block south of the Hollywood freeway in Echo Park - map

Visit Tribalcafe.com for their great menu of coffees, smoothies, and sandwiches!

FRIDAYS

NEIGHBORHOOD VIGILS
ECHO PARK
Fridays on the corner of
Sunset and Echo Park
5-7 pm
SILVER LAKE / LOS FELIZ
Fridays at the intersection of
Sunset, Hollywood and Hillhurst
5-7 pm

The Weekly Echo Park Peace Vigil »
Ross Plesset / EPIAn Ways

Friday vigil feature on KNBC (YouTube) »

MORE VIGILS »



		For the last several weeks, the Montrose vigil has been encountering counter demonstrators (about 30) from the local VFW. They tend to be rather belligerent--and the vigil organizers encourage people not to respond to their provocations. *They could use as much help as possible.* Thank you. TIME: Fridays 5:00pm to 7:00 LOCATION: Oceanview and Honolulu (in Montrose)



		AFSC’s widely acclaimed exhibition on the human cost of the Iraq War features a pair of boots honoring each U.S. military casualty ... a field of shoes ... as well as a Wall of Remembrance to memorialize the Iraqis killed in the conflict, and a multimedia display exploring the history, cost and consequences of the war – www.afsc.org/eyes »



		Photos from Los Angeles demonstrations March 2006 Hollywood » Thousands march ... don't seem too happy with Bush. Sept. 2005 downtown LA » The mainstream media said at least 15,000 marched ... so you gotta figure something like what ... 20, 25 thousand? That would seem about right. There was a *lot* of people there and they didn't seem too happy with the Bushies at all. March 2005 protest in rainy Hollywood » Some 4000 Angelenos braved the elements (no small feat around here) and turned out in force to demonstrate against the Iraq war on a day which saw protests taking place in cities all around the world – more than 800 in the United States alone. Special thanks to ANSWER Coalition for putting these marches together Miscovering Anti-War Protests (Again) » Common Dreams

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