Tomorrow: VC carpool to LA protest against war in Gaza

[VC Stop the War]

Ventura County Caravan to National Day of Emergency Mass Action
Mass Regional Protest in LA at Westwood Federal Building (11000 Wilshire Blvd)

 

Ojai, 9:30 am at Full of Beans parking lot, 11534 N Ventura Ave
RSVP: hola2...@yahoo.com or 805-421-9708

Ventura, 10 am at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, 4360 E Main St (corner with Telephone Rd)
Call 805-641-1789 if you are interested. No calls, no ride! (Go to TO instead.)

Thousand Oaks, 10:30 am at TO Trans Center, Rancho & Hwy 101 (Map ...)
Contact us at 805-241-0708 or answ...@riseup.net for more info.

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LET GAZA LIVE!
Stop the U.S./Israeli War 
Against the Palestinian People!

Los Angeles Regional Mass March & Rally
Saturday, January 10, 12 noon
Westwood Federal Building
11000 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles (at Veteran)
Click here for map and directions 

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest the Israeli government's criminal aggression against the Palestinian people. This Saturday, January 10, will be the biggest mobilization yet. Jan. 10 is a National Day of Emergency Mass Action. Join us in Los Angeles for a Regional Mass Protest at the Westwood Federal Building. Gather at 12 noon. People are organizing to come from L.A., Orange, San Diego, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Bring all of your family, friends, coworkers, fellow students and everyone you know.

The Free Palestine Alliance; Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition; ANSWER Coalition, Palestinian American Women's Association, National Council of Arab Americans, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, Muslim American Society Freedom and others are calling on people to take to the streets to show solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza and to demand an immediate end to the murderous attacks carried out by the U.S.-backed Israeli military. On Jan. 10, along with the L.A. march, there will be a National March on Washington, D.C. and a major regional protest in San Francisco.

Click Here to Endorse & Volunteer     Click to Download Jan. 10 Flyer

If you are organizing transportation to Jan. 10 in L.A., fill out the Jan. 10 Transportation Form. If you are organizing carpools, buses, vanpools or meet ups to take public transportation, let us know by filling out the form.

Over 600 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed and thousands more wounded by the massive bombing campaign and ground invasion carried out by the Israeli government. On Jan. 6, Israeli warplanes bombed a U.N. school where Palestinians were told they could take refuge. The bomb killed 40 civilians. All of these acts by the Israeli government must be recognized for what they are: not a war, but a massacre of the Palestinian people. Because of the U.S.-backed Israeli blockade and strangulation of Gaza for the past 18 months, there is little or no medicine to treat the wounded, electricity for hospitals, or food or clean water for much of the population.

Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. aid in the world. It gets more than $15 million every day from the United States. The F-16 fighter jets and apache helicopters that have rained down hundreds of tons of bombs and missiles on Gaza are made in the United States by the Pentagon and provided to the Israeli government. It is inconceivable that this military equipment and the Israeli aggression in Gaza could have taken place without the explicit consent of the U.S. government.

For more info contact ANSWER at 213-251-1025 or answ...@answerla.org or Al-Awda at 949-510-2925 or mah...@al-awda.org.

Read Below for Logistical Information 
For Saturday's March & Rally

-Directions & Transportation to the Rally
-Parking Information
-Volunteers Meet at 11am
-Sponsors and Endorsers
-Donate to Help Build the Jan. 10 March

Directions & Transportation to the Rally

Driving Directions

The Westwood Federal Building is right off the 405 Freeway Wilshire exit going East. Click here for a map and directions. 

From 405 going North: If the Wilshire exit is closed (it should not be), take Santa Monica going East. From there, make a left on Westwood Blvd. and a right on Wilshire to get to the Federal Building. You can also do this from the 405 going South.

From the 10 Freeway (going East or West): Take the 405 North and exit Wilshire going East. The Federal Building will be on your right hand side directly off the Freeway.

From the 101 Freeway (going East or West): Take the 405 South and exit Wilshire going East. The Federal Building will be on your right hand side directly off the Freeway.