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YOUTH AND STUDENT ACTION AGAINST WAR AND RACISM! January 18-19 in Washington D.C.

-Please post widely-

Over the next week, many students will be returning to  school. Now is a great opportunity to circulate the call 
for Youth & Student Action January 18-19. A downloadable  flyer is available to print, copy and circulate in your 
high school or on your campus.

Below you will find details on the Youth and Student 
planning meeting, march and rally taking place January 18  & 19 in conjunction with the January 18 National March on  Washington DC to Stop the War on Iraq.

Please fill out the Student Organizing Form (see below) to  let us know your plans!

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 19
Youth and Student Rally & March

-Gather at 11 am at the Dept of In-Justice (Pennsylvania  Ave. between 9th and 10th NW)
-March to the Presidential Palace (White House) for a 
Youth & Student Weapons Inspection

Gather at 11am at the Department of In-Justice 
(Pennsylvania Ave. between 9th and 10th NW) to protest the  attacks against the Arab and Muslim communities ? 
including the recent mass arrests in California.  Many of  these violations are taking place within our own school as  more and more universities are complying with FBI and INS  efforts to gather information, interrogate, detain and 
deport thousands of people.

March to the Presidential Palace (White House) for a Youth  and Student Weapons Inspection.  If George Bush believes  that the UN weapons inspectors have the right to look into  every building in Iraq, then we should have a right to 
check out his "Presidential Palace."  It's our schools 
that have gone without funding and it's our social 
programs that have been cut to pay for the U.S. 
government's weapons of mass destruction. A new war in  Iraq is estimated to cost almost $2,000,000,000,000 ($2  trillion, according to a recent American Academy of Arts  and Sciences study). Let's see if Bush provides full and 
complete disclosure!

JOIN US TO SAY:
No War on Iraq!
Disarm the Pentagon!
Stop the attacks on the Muslim and Arab communities!
SMASH War & Racism!

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 18
Youth & Student Planning Meeting

6 pm
@ the Church of the Brethren
(4th St. and North Carolina Ave. SE)
*walking distance from the demonstration*
(snacks will be provided)

Come to a youth & student meeting to discuss the January  19th actions and future actions against war and racism.

As you know tens of thousands of people will be converging  in Washington D.C. for the weekend of January 18th to take  a stand against War and Racism. On the buses traveling 
from all over the country will be anti-war activists, 
labor unionists, members of various religious communities,  long time fighters for civil rights and women's rights as  well as those who have never before been to a 
demonstration. Undoubtedly the majority of these diverse  participants will be students and young people. In 
addition to playing a vital role in the anti-war movement,  the January 18-19 weekend presents an opportunity for us  to take action and develop plans for future action.

Be a part of Youth and Student A.N.S.W.E.R. and, while you  work to stop a war against Iraq, build a movement that  upholds the right of self-determination for the people of 
the world and stands in solidarity with the struggles 
across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America 
against U.S. intervention and neo-colonial domination. 
 Help build a student movement that fights racism, police  brutality, attacks on education, and all manifestations of  oppression and exploitation.  We are fighting for a 
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