Go Home Bush!!! Canadians need your shoes!

[samplegirl]

George Bush is coming to Calgary! Send shoes to give Bush the boot.
Matthew Brett, March 3rd, 2009

George Bush’s first international speech after finishing his presidency will be to the Calgary Rotary Club on March 17th, the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, and the Calgary’s activist community would like to give him the welcome he deserves.


There will events throughout the week leading to Bush’s visit but for those outside Calgary we wanted to give you a chance to give him his due welcome. To that end the local activist community in Calgary is asking people from around Canada to send us your old shoes so they can be a symbol to boot Bush Out of Canada! We are hoping people will send shoes in from across the country to show solidarity.

Also, people can include notes or letters with their shoes and we will post them with the wall of shame or attach them to the shoes at the rally for people to see.

The sent in shoes will be displayed around the perimeter of the “George Bush Go Home Rally” and the conclusion of his trial. We are also going to build a shoe-cannon that will fire shoes at a picture of Bush.

The CUPW, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Calgary Local has enthusiastically agreed to have their Calgary office as a location where shoes could be sent and stored:

CUPW -Calgary Local
109 - 5621 - 11 St. N.E.
Calgary AB.
T2E 6Z7

After the rally, some shoes will be sent to George Bush’s best friends and local MP’s, Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney. We will donate the remaining ones to an appropriate clothes bank.

For people in the Toronto area please drop your shoes off at the Canadian Peace Alliance office at 427 Bloor St west so we can send a package to Mr Bush. Contact [e-mail] for more info.

Events listings

March 17th- George Bush Go Home Rally!!
(The Day of Bush’s Luncheon at the TELUS Convention Centre)

George Bush Go Home Rally!! and Conclusion of the Trial - “The People vs George Bush.”
When: March 17, 2009 - 11:30 A.M until 1:00 P.M.
Where: At 1 St S.E. on the east side of 8th Ave
Bring Banners, drums, placards,yourselves and friends. The actual address is 120 -9th Ave S.E. The Convention Centre is right beside the 8th Avenue or Stephen Avenue Mall Between 1St S.E. and Centre St.

Prior to the Day Bush arrives the following Events and Actions are being planned.

The Week of March 9th to 14th

Banner Displays downtown on the Stephen Avenue
The Banners will serve both as a “Memorial Wall of Shame” with images and messages contributed by all communities showing the legacy of the Bush administration, as well as a display to show proposed solutions to the current crisis and the vision of the just, sustainable and equitable world we are collectively working to create.

Trial - The People vs George W. Bush
When- Saturday March 14th
Where- Midday at a venue close to the TELUS Convention Centre in Downtown Calgary
Place- To Be Announced

George Bush and his administration will be tried for war crimes, crimes against the peace and crimes against humanity based on submissions of evidence from people around the world.

Public Forum - March 16th Evening - 7-9 P.M.
A public forum, with speakers, music, and information will look at issues brought forward at the trial. There will be music, speakers and information.
Location – TBA

http://www.canadiandimension.com/blog/2009/03/george-bush-is-coming-to-calgary-send-shoes-to-give-bush-the-boot/

For more information: [e-mail]
http://www.peoplevbush.ca/

[virgogal]

1. The 2009 Calgary Stampede. Very funny !

[Stevepol]

2. Could some of the activists practice throwing the shoes, please?

[femmocrat]

3. K & R

Thanks for posting. Great ideas! :)

[JohnnyRingo]

4. Leave it to the Canucks to come up with a shoe cannon.

Gotta love those people.