Come to Hofstra for the Presidental Debate Tuesday October 16!
Hofstra University, 1000 Fulton Street, Hempstead, NY.
3 p.m. and onwards
At 3 p.m. Meet at South corner of Hempstead Turnpike and California Avenue (South Campus) Here Veterans For Peace Long Island, World Can’t Wait, Occupy the Debates, and many other peace and social justice organizations, will make a presence outside, as close as we can be, to the debate venue to make our concerns known to the candidates, the press, and to the public. Bring your message with signs, banners, etc.
Transportation and Directions:
By car: Grand Central/Northern State Parkway to Meadowbrook Pkway So. to Exit M4 Hempstead Turnpike Westbound. Here is a link for more detailed directions.
By train: Take the LIRR to Hempstead Station and transfer to the N70, N71, N72 or the Hofstra Shuttle Bus. See map here.
OWS Bus Info Release:
“Occupy The Debate Bus 2012 would like to invite comrades to catch a ride to the Debate. The buses will be departing from NYC at 3pm sharp on Oct 16th. Full details on pick up location will be in your confirmation email. If you would like to join us and need a ride please RSVP with your full name to debatebus2012@gmail.com (seating is limited) Looking forward to seeing you there.”
Demand a stop to endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, war by drone in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, the use of Special Forces, with night raids and other covert operations, arrests without charges in Afghanistan, and with more (Iran) clearly in their sights. Beyond that repression at home: endless spying on citizens, suppression of the Occupy movement, militarization of the police, prosecution of whistleblowers like Bradley Manning and Julian Assange, wrongful surveillance of Muslim communities, more people imprisoned than any other country in the world, and, unfortunately, the list goes on and on.