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LOCAL Announcement :: Housing

April 4: Organizing rally for "International Day of Action Against Caterpillar"

End Illegal Home Demolitions In Palestine!
Demand that CATERPILLAR stop selling bulldozers to Israel!
April4_stopcat.pdf
Organizing rally for 4/23 "International Day of Action Against CAT"
Sunday, April 4
4PM - 6:00 PM
Chicago Temple
77 W. Washington, Chicago
$5.00 Donation Requested
(No one will be turned away for lack of funds)

Special Guests: Cindy & Craig Corrie
(the parents of Rachel Corrie)
Musical Entertainment by Christie Phillips & friends

The Chicago chapter of the International Solidarity Movement and the "Stop Cat Coalition" (www.stopcat.org) invite you to join them on Sunday, April 4 for the organizing rally for the "International Day of Action Against Caterpillar" in Peoria (Illinois) on April 23. Craig and Cindy Corrie will be our special guests. As most of you are aware their daughter, Rachel Corrie, was murdered by Israeli Occupation Forces on March 16 of 2003 as she attempted to prevent an illegal home demolition in the Rafah district of Gaza. For further information on Rachel, please visit www.palsolidarity.org and www.distanceeddesign.com/rachel/ .

According to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (www.icahd.org/eng)
approximately 10,000 Palestinian homes have been illegally demolished by the Israeli military. Other organizations believe the number of Palestinian homes demolished in a collective punishment campaign is much higher. The vast majority of these homes have been demolished by using specially armored bulldozers manufactured by Caterpillar. Demolishing civilian homes is a crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention, which Israel has signed. Caterpillar management is guilty of aiding this gross violation of human rights. On Friday, April 23, the "Stop CAT Coalition" will conduct an "International Day of Action Against Caterpillar" at their corporate headquarters in Peoria, Illinois. We call on you to join us in demanding that Caterpillar cease all sales to the Israeli government. Please join us to demand that James Owens, Caterpillar CEO, meet with a small delegation (including Craig & Cindy Corrie) at 3PM on April 23.

For more details contact: "Stop CAT" Coalition or ISM-Chicago
312-491-1789, A23 (at) stopcat.org or ISMinChicago (at) aol.com
Visit: www.stopcat.org
 
 

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