[Peace-discuss] Fwd:[ANSWER]: UPDATE: Feb. 14 details, NYC Council Proclomat

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A.N.S.W.E.R. UPDATE:
1) Friday, February 14 teach-in from 9 am to 5 pm
2) Friday, February 14 evening indoor rally at 7 pm
3) New York City Council proclamation declaring February  2003 to be Black Protest for Peace Month
4) Doctors and Nurses Against the War

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FEBRUARY 14 - TEACH-IN:
Building an anti-war movement that connects the struggle  against war on Iraq with the fight for social and economic  justice and civil rights at home

9 am to 5 pm
@ Community Church (35th St. between Park and Madison  Ave.)

SCHEDULE OF THE DAY:
*9-9:30 am: Registration
*9:30 - 11:30: Opening Plenary: An analysis of the Bush 
administration's plans for war and the anti-war movement's  next steps
*11:45 - 12:45: First Session of Workshop (see below)
*12:45 - 1:30: Lunch
*1:30 - 2:30: Second Session of Workshop (see below)
*2:45 - 3:45: Third Session of Workshop (see below)
*4:00 - 5:00: Closing Plenary: Reports on organizing from  around the country

FIRST SESSION OF WORKSHOPS:
1) What Impact Do Social Movements Have on Political 
Change?
2) The Role of Racist Ideology in Pro-War Propaganda
3) The relationship between U.S. Foreign Policy and Iraq's  history and political development
4) Is Regime Change a New Tactic for the U.S. Government?

SECOND SESSION OF WORKSHOPS:
1) The U.S. in the Middle East: A Tradition of 
Imperialism, from Colonialism to 2003
2) The So-Called "War On Terror": What country is the next  target?
3) The Cost of War at Home: Money for Social Programs Not  for War
4) The Role of the UN: Is This a Road to Peace?

The THIRD SESSION OF WORKSHOPS will include discussions on  organizing in your school, at your job, and in your 
community.

Additional information will be available on the 
A.N.S.W.E.R. web page at 
http://www.InternationalANSWER.org

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FEBRUARY 14 - MASS RALLY AGAINST THE WAR:
Linking the struggle against corporate globalization, war,  militarism and racism

7 pm
@ Community Church (35th St. between Park and Madison  Ave.)

SPEAKERS TO INCLUDE ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS, CIVIL RIGHTS  LEADERS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF STRUGGLES FROM KOREA TO  IRAQ TO LATIN AMERICA

Come hear speakers from the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition, the  civil rights movement, and representatives from struggles  around the world, including Korea and Latin America. 
Panels to include presentations on the next steps of 
building the antiwar movement, the domestic consequences  of war on Iraq, the role of youth, fighting racism, 
solidarity with the people of Iraq and Palestine, and 
more.

Come to get energized and ready to march on Saturday.

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NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL PROCLAMATION DECLARING BLACK HISTORY  MONTH "BLACK PROTEST FOR PEACE MONTH" IN THE CITY OF NEW  YORK

On February 7, the New York City Council announced a 
proclamation to make Black History Month "Black Protest  for Peace Month."  City councilmember Charles Barron, who  sponsored the action with councilmembers Bill Perkins and  Kendall Stewart, said that if he is successful in making 
the proclamation into a resolution, it will strengthen the  passage of other anti-war resolutions now pending in New  York and other cities.

The proclamation reads in part, "Black history is nothing  if not the history of struggle against what Dr. King 
called the three evils: racism, poverty and militarism; 
these social and societal ills, which are firmly in our 
thoughts during Black History Month, can all be connected  to the very real need to stop this war."