Dear members and friends

My friend Sherry Glaser is holding her Beasts Not Bombs Election Eve protest in Sacramento on the steps of the Capitol Building and has been given a permit.  She would like this to a theatrical protest with musicians, drummers, poets and dancers. Theatrical demonstrations as she is proposing have more protections under the law than just having the women protest topless. 

If you would like to stand with her and the other women in defense of the first amendment and say no to the Terminator's Special Election propositions, please give the following a read and let me know if you would like to join us. Performers do not have to be topless, but nothing is stopping you from doing so.

I have included a press release following Sherry's statement below

In peace,  Alan


RE:  Breasts Not Bombs
From:  mothersmilk@mcn.org (Sherry Glaser)

Hello dear sisters and brothers

We have been told by the Sacramento Capitol Police (a Division of California Highway Patrol) which makes them State Police, that if we go topless at the Capitol on November 7th we will be arrested in violation of two penal codes 314 & 647. Not only will we be arrested but our permit will be revoked immediately. Officer Troy has issued us a permit for the demonstration, but has summarily warned us of consequences.  We have since secured an attorney who says that we have a marvelous case for violation of  free speech. He is willing to file an injunction with the DA's office to keep them from interfering. This could be a landmark demonstration for our rights as well as a chance to define once again the indecencies of these oppressive and dominating systems. It's ironic that Arnold Schwarzenegger can grope and molest women's bodies and become Governor yet we stand in power exercising our 1st amendment rights and we get arrested. I Protest!

Sheba (my partner)  and I have decided to continue with the demonstration and give it more of a theatrical atmosphere. (The right to be nude/semi nude in artistic and theatrical performance is also protected) We already have a fairly obvious theatrical nature being that we have crafted our own soapbox and I stand atop it in the guise of Super Activist Mother. (S.A.M.) It would be exciting to gather the crowd as they anticipate our unveiling and make sure we get across all our VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGES before we disrobe. This could be a truly amazing theatrical and political demonstration We encourage you to come and witness if you are not willing to go topfree. We encourage you to bring your signs of what is decent and what is not. We encourage drums and bells and masks and costumes. We encourage you to participate.

Sherry Glaser


Breasts Not Bombs

For immediate Release:  Oct. 28, 2005

Breasts Not Bombs and Musicians and Fine Artists for World Peace are planning a topless peace demonstration on Monday, Nov. 7th in Sacramento from noon till 3 PM, on the West steps of the State Capitol Building in Sacramento the day before Arnold Schwarzenegger's special election. 

We invite everyone to join us to bare witness to the outrageous behavior of the governor and let the public know that we are paying attention and are unwilling to be silent or bullied into submission," said Sherry Glaser, the founder of Breasts Not Bombs. "We have a message for Mr. Schwarzenegger and will carry signs that state what really is the difference between what is descent and what is not. " 

Special Elections are indecent!  Groping women in elevators is indecent!  School budget cuts are indecent!  Violence against women is indecent!  Threatening teachers is indecent!  Disrespecting nurses is indecent!  Redistricting for political gain is indecent!  Driving a Hummer is indecent!  War is indecent!  Poverty is indecent!  Hunger is indecent!  Fixing elections is indecent!  Interfering with a woman's right to choose is indecent!  Discrimination because of sexual orientation is indecent!

"Many of us feel that the policies of our Hollywood Governor are offensive to good and decent working class people. It is clear that the millions of dollars spent on this "Special Election" could have been better spent on education, health care, housing, food banks, etc., etc.  Mr. Schwarzenegger has profoundly offended thousands of service providers in our state from nurses, to firefighters, to union members, to teachers. This ballot is one big insult to privacy and integrity in our social fabric. Muster your courage and join us to show Arnold that we have an extraordinary power and presence and our voices will be heard," said Glaser

"Glaser wants to make the point that breasts are not indecent," said Moore. "The baring of breasts, even being totally nude in a political demonstration, is protected by the First Amendment and affirmed by a US Appellate Court.

On October 27 Glaser was given a permit to demonstrate, but warned by State Highway Patrol Officer Troy that if the women go topless they will be arrested in violation of two penal codes -  314 & 647. "Not only will we be arrested but our permit will be revoked immediately," Glaser added.

"We have since secured an attorney who says that we have a marvelous case for violation of  free speech. He is willing to file an injunction with the DA's office to keep them from interfering. This could be a landmark demonstration for our rights as well as a chance to define once again the indecencies of these oppressive and dominating systems. It's ironic that Arnold Schwarzenegger can grope and molest women's bodies and become Governor yet we stand in power exercising our 1st amendment rights and we get arrested," said Glaser

In case the police actually plan to go through with their threat, Moore ordered butterfly pasties so the women who don't want to risk arrest can cover up even though even totally nude protests are a constitutionally protected right.

In a similar situation in West Palm Beach, Florida, a federal court judge barred the state of Florida from trying to block plans by a group of women to gather in a state park, strip nude and form a peace symbol with their bodies in protest of the U.S. war on Iraq.

U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks wrote an eleven-page order stating that "nude overtly political speech in the form of a 'living nude peace symbol' is expressive conduct well within the ambit of the First Amendment."  Middlebrooks also ruled, however, that the state could erect signs to notify the public that the protest would be taking place, or it could put screens around the demonstrators.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida went to court in defense of a naturist and a videographer who planned to record the event. The demonstration finally went ahead on February 14, 2003, at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park on Singer Island, north of West Palm Beach.

Glaser held three previous Breasts Not Bombs demonstrations where the women were not threatened at all with arrest.  The first on May 30, 2005, in front of the Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, the second on June, 30, 2005 in front of Macy's in Union Square in San Francisco that even had a totally nude woman, and the last on September 24, 2005, in Washington, DC during the mass protest against the Iraq War.

Alan Moore, one of the event organizers and director of the 1200 plus member Musicians and Fine Artists for World Peace, organized 10,000 children to raise butterflies in their classrooms for Earth Day in 1999 as a program sponsored by Butterfly Gardeners Association.  According to Moore, "Imagine how many children we could reach if we had the educational funds to do more and got the Sacremento Police Department and State Highway Patrol to cooperate with us so we could proceed with this simple and symbolic act of peace and love unencumbered and not threatened with arrest. We plan to proceed as planned," Moore stated.

Men are welcome as they have breasts too.

There are websites documenting similar actions at www.baringwitness.org , www.sfheart.com/naked_for_peace.html and www.sherryglaser.net/Breast-Not%20-B-News.html

For more information, please contact

Alan Moore
Musicians & Fine Artists for World Peace - Founder & director
POB 1511, Vallejo, Ca  94590
707-552-9886 
bflyspirit@aol.com
www.butterflyspirit.org

or

Sherry Glaser
Breats Not Bombs
(707) 937-2646
mothersmilk@mcn.org



Mon. Nov. 7  12-3 pm      Breasts Not Bombs Special Election Protest w. Sherry Glaser - Sacramento

Sherry Glaser is having a Breasts Not Bombs demo on Monday, Nov. 7th in Sacramento at noon, the day before Arnold Schwarzenegger's special election.  She would like this to a theatrical protest with musicians, drummers, poets and dancers. Theatrical demonstrations as she is proposing have more protections under the law than just having the women protest topless. 

If you would like to stand with her and the other women in defense of the first amendment and say no to the Terminator's Special Election propositions, please give the following a read and let me know if you would like to join us. Performers do not have to be topless, but nothing is stopping you from doing so.

Location:  West steps of the State Capitol Building, Sacramento

A Demonstration to show what is the difference between what is descent and what is not.

We have a message for Mr. Schwarzenegger.  Please bring signs such as:

Special Elections are indecent!  Groping women in elevators is indecent!  School budget cuts are indecent!  Violence against women is indecent!  Threatening teachers is indecent!  Disrespecting nurses is indecent!  Redistricting for political gain is indecent!  Driving a Hummer is indecent!  War is indecent!  Poverty is indecent!  Hunger is indecent!  Fixing elections is indecent!  Interfering with a woman's right to choose is indecent!  Discrimination because of sexual orientation is indecent!
Expose the real boobs among us!

Breasts are not indecent!   Baring our breasts, even being totally nude in a political demonstration, is protected by the First Amendment and affirmed by a US Appellate Court

We invite you to join us to bare witness to the outrageous behavior of the governor and let the public know that we are paying attention and unwilling to be silent or bullied into submission.

Join us in a display of simple emotional theater as a nonviolent response to the buying and selling of Democracy in this country.


Please feel free to add your own special message and join us in Sacramento.
RSVPs are appreciated at  bflyspirit@aol.com & mothersmilk@mcn.org

Men are welcome as they have breasts too.