Conghaileach
9th November 2002, 15:36
NO WAR IN IRAQ
Tens of thousands will converge in Washington DC
January 18-19, 2003 for a MASS DEMONSTRATION
and the Convening of the GRASSROOTS PEACE CONGRESS
We wanted to let everyone know that momentum is growing for the
January 18 Mass March and the January 19 Grassroots Peace Congress to
say "No War in Iraq." Buses, vans and car caravans are being
organized from communities, high schools and campuses all over the
East Coast, South and Midwest. More than 150 cities organized
transportation to be at the protest of 200,000 in DC on October 26 --
and those organizers left the protest pledging to continue to mobilize
for an even larger turnout on January 18-19.
Millions of people outside of DC watched the rally on C-Span or
listened to it on Pacifica Radio's live coverage. Many more found out
about it through other media coverage -- including a major article
that appeared in the October 30 edition of the New York Times (a much
better article than the biased article that appeared on October 27
after the Times received thousands of angry phone calls and emails) --
and are now beginning to organize. 50,000 people have registered on
the VoteNoWar.org website. This is in addition to the tens of
thousands who have filled out paper ballots/petitions on October 26
and in the days since. A.N.S.W.E.R. offices around the country are
daily being contacted by organizers and volunteers whose commitment to
mobilize makes us confident that January 18-19 will be a massive
outpouring of opposition to war in Iraq.
To ENDORSE the January 18-19 Mass Actions in DC, fill out the easy-to-
use form
at: http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j...dorse.html#endo (http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18endorse.html#endo)
If you plan to ORGANIZE TRANSPORTATION from your area to be in DC
January 18-19, fill out the form
at: http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j...rse.html#transp (http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18endorse.html#transp)
WHY YOU SHOULD BE IN DC JAN. 18-19:
When Congress rejects the will of the people, the people must act
themselves. Congress has rubber-stamped Bush's criminal war that
seeks to conquer the oil, land and resources of the Middle East. Bush
and Congress have shown that they represent the interests of Corporate
America rather than the people of the United States.
A people's movement is growing to stop them. On January 18 and 19
tens of thousands of people will participate in mass protest
activities on the Martin Luther King Jr. anniversary weekend.
Dr. King publicly condemned the U.S. war in Vietnam, providing a
powerful connection between the civil rights movement and the anti-war
movement. In his "Beyond Vietnam" speech at Riverside Church in 1967,
he stated, "The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today [is]
my own government. . . [F]or the sake of the hundreds of thousands
trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent."
Dr. King believed that it was impossible to successfully wage a war on
poverty at home while waging a war of aggression in Vietnam. The same
can be said today about George W. Bush's global war drive. Social
programs and services are being looted as Bush and Congress provide
record-breaking sums for weapons of mass destruction and war. Bush
has signed into law Congress's new defense budget that transfers a
billion dollars a day from the people into the hands of the military-
industrial complex.
The thousands who are coming to Washington, D.C., honor Dr. King and
his legacy by opposing a criminal war in Iraq -- this time not in
Vietnam, but in the Middle East -- and by demanding instead that these
hundreds of billions of dollars earmarked for war instead be spent on
jobs, education, housing, health care and to meet human needs.
The grassroots Peace Congress will be comprised of delegations from
all communities who are coming together in the streets and in a
People's Congress to forge the opposition necessary to stop the Bush
Administration's war drive: labor, students and youth, fighters for
civil rights and women's rights, the LGBT community and people of
faith.
Join with others around the country by bringing a diverse delegation
from your community to participate in the January 18 mass march and
the January 19th People's Congress.
To ENDORSE the January 18-19 Mass Actions in DC, fill out the easy-to-
use form
at: http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j...dorse.html#endo (http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18endorse.html#endo)
If you plan to ORGANIZE TRANSPORTATION from your area to be in DC
January 18-19, fill out the easy-to-use form at:
http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j...rse.html#transp (http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18endorse.html#transp)
*** Register your opposition to the war at
http://www.VoteNoWar.org ***
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.InternationalANSWER.org
http://www.VoteNoWar.org
Email: [email protected]
New York 212-633-6646
Washington 202-332-5757
Chicago 773-878-0166
Los Angeles 213-487-2368
San Francisco 415-821-6545
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Tens of thousands will converge in Washington DC
January 18-19, 2003 for a MASS DEMONSTRATION
and the Convening of the GRASSROOTS PEACE CONGRESS
We wanted to let everyone know that momentum is growing for the
January 18 Mass March and the January 19 Grassroots Peace Congress to
say "No War in Iraq." Buses, vans and car caravans are being
organized from communities, high schools and campuses all over the
East Coast, South and Midwest. More than 150 cities organized
transportation to be at the protest of 200,000 in DC on October 26 --
and those organizers left the protest pledging to continue to mobilize
for an even larger turnout on January 18-19.
Millions of people outside of DC watched the rally on C-Span or
listened to it on Pacifica Radio's live coverage. Many more found out
about it through other media coverage -- including a major article
that appeared in the October 30 edition of the New York Times (a much
better article than the biased article that appeared on October 27
after the Times received thousands of angry phone calls and emails) --
and are now beginning to organize. 50,000 people have registered on
the VoteNoWar.org website. This is in addition to the tens of
thousands who have filled out paper ballots/petitions on October 26
and in the days since. A.N.S.W.E.R. offices around the country are
daily being contacted by organizers and volunteers whose commitment to
mobilize makes us confident that January 18-19 will be a massive
outpouring of opposition to war in Iraq.
To ENDORSE the January 18-19 Mass Actions in DC, fill out the easy-to-
use form
at: http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j...dorse.html#endo (http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18endorse.html#endo)
If you plan to ORGANIZE TRANSPORTATION from your area to be in DC
January 18-19, fill out the form
at: http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j...rse.html#transp (http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18endorse.html#transp)
WHY YOU SHOULD BE IN DC JAN. 18-19:
When Congress rejects the will of the people, the people must act
themselves. Congress has rubber-stamped Bush's criminal war that
seeks to conquer the oil, land and resources of the Middle East. Bush
and Congress have shown that they represent the interests of Corporate
America rather than the people of the United States.
A people's movement is growing to stop them. On January 18 and 19
tens of thousands of people will participate in mass protest
activities on the Martin Luther King Jr. anniversary weekend.
Dr. King publicly condemned the U.S. war in Vietnam, providing a
powerful connection between the civil rights movement and the anti-war
movement. In his "Beyond Vietnam" speech at Riverside Church in 1967,
he stated, "The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today [is]
my own government. . . [F]or the sake of the hundreds of thousands
trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent."
Dr. King believed that it was impossible to successfully wage a war on
poverty at home while waging a war of aggression in Vietnam. The same
can be said today about George W. Bush's global war drive. Social
programs and services are being looted as Bush and Congress provide
record-breaking sums for weapons of mass destruction and war. Bush
has signed into law Congress's new defense budget that transfers a
billion dollars a day from the people into the hands of the military-
industrial complex.
The thousands who are coming to Washington, D.C., honor Dr. King and
his legacy by opposing a criminal war in Iraq -- this time not in
Vietnam, but in the Middle East -- and by demanding instead that these
hundreds of billions of dollars earmarked for war instead be spent on
jobs, education, housing, health care and to meet human needs.
The grassroots Peace Congress will be comprised of delegations from
all communities who are coming together in the streets and in a
People's Congress to forge the opposition necessary to stop the Bush
Administration's war drive: labor, students and youth, fighters for
civil rights and women's rights, the LGBT community and people of
faith.
Join with others around the country by bringing a diverse delegation
from your community to participate in the January 18 mass march and
the January 19th People's Congress.
To ENDORSE the January 18-19 Mass Actions in DC, fill out the easy-to-
use form
at: http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j...dorse.html#endo (http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18endorse.html#endo)
If you plan to ORGANIZE TRANSPORTATION from your area to be in DC
January 18-19, fill out the easy-to-use form at:
http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j...rse.html#transp (http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18endorse.html#transp)
*** Register your opposition to the war at
http://www.VoteNoWar.org ***
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.InternationalANSWER.org
http://www.VoteNoWar.org
Email: [email protected]
New York 212-633-6646
Washington 202-332-5757
Chicago 773-878-0166
Los Angeles 213-487-2368
San Francisco 415-821-6545
------------------
Send replies to [email protected]
This is the IAC activist announcement
list. Anyone can subscribe by sending
any message to <[email protected]>
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