[WestMALocals] Forum w/ John Bonifaz on Downing St Minutes next Sat. @ MEF

[kate harris]

This event will take place in the Media Education Foundation's Community 
Room, which is on the first floor of the old firehouse on Masonic Street in 
downtown Northampton, behind the Woodstar Cafe. The entrance is on the left 
side of the building.

From: susie patlove <susiepatlove at yahoo.com>

PUBLIC FORUM ON THE DOWNING STREET MINUTES

Saturday, July 23rd, the third anniversary of the controversial meeting at 
Downing Street, London, John Bonifaz will speak at the Media Education 
Foundation, 60 Masonic Street in Northampton. At the 4pm gathering, Bonifaz 
will address evidence that the Bush administration planned during the 
summer of 2002 to attack Iraq and to use the United Nations to provide 
justification for their preemptive invasion.

The Downing Street minutes, documents recently leaked to the British media 
and reported around the world, clearly state that our government planned to 
"fix the intelligence around the policy." The administration denies any 
wrongdoing and the major media has chosen to ignore this stunning 
revelation which documents a plan to take our country into war with Iraq 
under false pretences.

Come hear John Bonifaz who testified on this issue at a Congressional forum 
in Washington DC on May 16th of this year. Bonifaz is a Boston based 
attorney specializing in constitutional law and is co-founder of 
AfterDowningStreet.org.  In February 2003, he represented US soldiers, 
parents of US soldiers and Members of Congress as lead counsel in John Doe 
v. President Bush, a constitutional challenge to President Bush's authority 
to wage war against Iraq absent a congressional declaration of war.

Mr. Bonifaz will speak at this public forum on the constitutional issues 
raised by the Downing Street minutes.  There will be an open discussion on 
how to instigate an inquiry into the issues raised by these documents, 
given the lack of investigative coverage.

This event is sponsored by the WMass chapter of Progressive Democrats of 
America. PDA is holding similar events around the nation on this the third 
anniversary of the secret meeting on Downing Street from which the minutes 
were generated.

For more information, contact Les & Susie Patlove at (413) 625-9388