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Help us stop the US from exporting its failed drug war to 
Latin America!  On November 3-5, "Drug Czar" General Barry 
McCaffrey will host the Western Hemisphere Drug Czars 
Conference to further this agenda.  McCaffrey is currently 
lobbying Congress to send billions of dollars to Colombia 
for anti-drug aid to be used by the Colombian military, 
which has a notorious record for human rights abuses.  As 
part of a larger effort to respond to this conference, on 
November 4th hundreds of concerned citizens will protest at 
a park adjacent to the Omni-Shoreham Hotel, where the drug 
czars conference is taking place.  THIS IS A MAJOR EVENT 
INVOLVING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, SO PLEASE 
COME OUT IF CAN TO "JUST SAY NO" TO DRUG WAR VIOLENCE.

Visit http://www.stopthedrugwar.org for further information, 
flyers to download and distribute, embarassing exposes of 
Drug Czar McCaffrey's disinformational antics and more!  
Forward this alert to your contacts in the Washington area, 
or just tell them to go to http://www.stopthedrugwar.org to 
find out.

DETAILS

When:  November 4, 1999, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Where: Corner of Calvert Street & Connecticut Ave., NW, 
Washington, DC -- adjacent to the Omni-Shoreham Hotel, half-
block south of the Woodley Park Metro, Red Line

The Protest Includes:

-- Speakers in English & Spanish
-- Candlelight Vigil
-- Street Theatre
-- Press & Information Booths
-- Hot Coffee and Snacks

Themes: 

	-- Stop the Drug War
	-- Stop Drug War Violence
	-- Paren la Guerra Contra las Drogas
	-- No Vietnam in Colombia
	-- Drug War: A Bad Export
	-- Don't Export Drug Violence
	-- McCzar: Billions of Lies Served
	-- Drug Education, Not Incarceration
	-- Czars Sellout Human Rights
	-- Drug War Harms Environment

Signs will be available to protestors who arrive early. 
Please feel free to make your own signs.

Special Requests:

Dress conservatively and warmly.
Remember this protest is about opposing the War on Drugs and 
its exportation to Latin America.
Please do not bring other issues into protest.

What You Can Do:

-- ATTEND THE PROTEST
-- Please post this message or similar announcement to your 
organization's e-mail list or membership list.
-- Forward this message to others who may be interested
-- Promote the protest on your website
-- Print out the protest flyer from the PDF file available 
at http://www.stopthedrugwar.org and distribute it to 
churches, schools, etc. -- or contact us and we will mail 
flyers to you.
-- Make PERSONAL PHONE CALLS to encourage others to attend
-- Contact us with suggestions

Contact:  Chad Thevenot - (202) 312-2015, David Guard - 
(202) 682-4776, mailto:cjpf@igc.org

EXTRA:  Czar McCaffrey was protested and chased out of 
London yesterday by student and other activists.  If you get 
this message on time, you can watch an international news 
report online at http://www.itn.co.uk -- click on News on 
Demand and then Video on Demand, item five -- but go soon, 
because the old videos don't get archived.

ALSO IN WASHINGTON:  Tomorrow, Wednesday 10/27, 11:30am, 
STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY, supporting I-59, DC's medical 
marijuana initiative that is under attack by Congress, and 
other issues.  Assemble at One Judiciary Square, march to 
Capitol Hill at noon.  For further information, contact 
ACTUP DC, (202) 457-9404 or visit http://www.actupdc.org on 
the web.