May 2009 Actions: Visible Resistance to US Torture - A War Crime!

Create your own event, below and be part of opening up the torture scandal further, demanding justice for those detained, and an end to the US torture state.

• NEW YORK CITY: Tuesday May 26 6 pm, Radio City Music Hall, 1260 6th Avenue, NYC. Karl Rove appearance will be protested. Warcriminalswatch.org 866-973-4463
• LOS ANGELES: Wednesday May 27: 3:30 pm Demand release of torture photos & prosecution of war criminals as Barack Obama speaks @ Beverly Hilton. Meet @ Wilshire & Whittier. 213.924.8571 • worldcantwait_la@yahoo.com
• NEW YORK CITY: Thursday, May 28 John Negroponte, Bush intelligence czar, presents an award to General David Petraeus, architect of the Iraq surge. Union League Club, 38 E. 37th Street (between Park & Madison), NYC. Orange jumpsuit gathering at Grand Central Station, 5 pm; march to Union League Club. Warcriminalswatch.org 866-973-4463
• ATLANTA Thursday May 28 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Protest of torture. Statue @ Little 5 Points MARTA Station, 53 Peachtree St. SW. atlanta@worldcantwait.org 866 370-5404
• BENTON HARBOR MI: Thursday May 28 George Bush speaking at Lake MichiganCollege. 4:00 pm flyer college; 5:00 pm protest on Napier Road. bfealk@wideopenwest.com 248 652 8781
• BOSTON: Thursday May 28 Harvard Square, Cambridge MA 2 pm - 4 pm. Protest Douglas Feith, a visiting scholar at Harvard, who admits he played a "major role" in Bush's decision to suspend Geneva Convention rights for detainees at Guantánamo. Warcriminalswatch.org 866-973-4463
• CHICAGO: Thursday May 28 Karl Rove at the Chicago Theater, 175 N. State Street, Chicago. 6 pm. Chicago@worldcantwait.org 773-227-2453
• CLEVELAND: Thursday May 28 6:00 pm Gather @ Coventry Peace Park, Cleveland Heights for protest. 7:00 pm discussion, videos @ Revolution Books, 2804 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights. revbookscle@hotmail.com 216 932 2543
• FRESNO CA: Thursday May 28 11:30am - 1:00 pm Demanding impeachment of Judge Jay Bybee and prosecution of war criminals. Fresno County Court House and 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Shaw & Blackstone. 229 4867
• GREENSBORO NC: Thursday May 28: Greensboro Stands Up to Torture. 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm 4200 block of W Wendover Ave near the intersection of Big Tree Way, east of the I-40 interchange. ncworldcantwait@yahoo.com 336-558-8066
• HONOLULU: Thursday May 28: March and Rally Against Torture. Gather at the State Capitol at 3:30 pm; march begins at 4pm and goes through the central downtown business district before ending with a rally at the FederalBuilding. Wear orange! Bring signs, drums and noisemakers. hawaii@worldcantwait.org
• HOUSTON: Thursday May 28 Freeze Against Torture. 3:00 pm Meet at the corner of Pressler & Fannin; 4:00 pm corner of Westhiemer & Post Oak; 5:30 pm @ MontroseBridge. Freeway blogging. Houston@worldcantwait.org.
• LOS ANGELES: Thursday May 28 6:00 pm Demand release of torture photos & prosecution of war criminals. Westwood Federal Building, Wilshire & Veteran Blvds. 213.984.8571 • worldcantwait_la@yahoo.com
• PHILADELPHIA: Thursday May 28: 5:00 pm Protest @ Philadelphia Inquirer for giving a regular column to torture professor John Yoo. Waterboarding demonstration. 400 N. Broad Street. philadephia@worldantwait.org 215-888-7563
• PORTLAND: Thursday May 28: 11:30am - 2:00 pm Individuals for Justice, veterans and non-veterans who care about the Bill of Rights and our Constitutions. We call for the resignation or impeachment of Judge Jay Bybee because of his involvement with the torture memos. 9th Circuit Court 700 SW 6th Avenue
• SEATTLE: Thursday May 28 Protest at CIA recruiters office, University of Washington. 12:00 noon at Red Square. Plans underway for protests June 13 when Defense Sec'y Robert Gates speaks at commencement, June 13. Seattle@worldcantwait.org
• SAN FRANCISCO: Thursday, May 28 1:00 pm. Protest of torture memo author Judge Jay Bybee, now federal judge on 9th District Court. Protest to demand prosecution of Bybee, other war criminals. James L. Browning Courthouse at Mission & 7th (the Ninth Circuit Court sits there) San Francisco.