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UPDATED A.N.S.W.E.R. ACTION PLAN
NATIONALLY COORDINATED UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

Based on the discussion and feedback from the May 17-18  anti-war conference 
and afterwards, the ANSWER coalition has expanded its  action plan. The 
conference, attended by 850 organizers and activists from  around the 
country, and international delegations, was a critical 
meeting of people 
who have been organizing against U.S. militarism and 
empire and for social 
justice at home. The conference included far-ranging 
analysis and 
discussion of the most pressing issues in the struggle; it  included 
information sharing about strategies and tactics; and the  beginning of a 
multi-faceted discussion on how to further build the 
movement in the period 
to come.

One of the most important elements of the conference were  the breakout 
groups where organizers and activists from around the  country - who have 
assumed responsibility for mobilizing both local and 
national actions 
during the past year and a half - met with each other for  information 
sharing and free flowing discussions. During these 
discussions organizers 
proposed next steps, discussed a national action plan, and  began charting 
coordinated local organizing initiatives. New ideas were 
raised, and the 
process of deliberation and consultation has continued in  the past weeks. 
This email update reflects the power of the collective 
process that will 
strengthen all of our efforts for the coming period. The  action plan 
includes a national education campaign as well as various  national actions 
and nationally coordinated local actions. Some of the 
actions and 
activities are initiated by the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition, 
others are events 
that A.N.S.W.E.R. supports and endorses that are initiated  by other groups 
and coalitions.

While there are many important actions coming up, we 
believe that it is 
most important to keep the focus on the Bush 
Administration's war against 
the world, including against economic, social, and 
political rights at home.

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Friday, JULY 4:
THOUSANDS WILL MARCH TO PROTEST GEORGE W. BUSH IN  PHILADELPHIA

George W. Bush has been invited to the opening of the 
National Constitution 
Center. We need to be there to say No to U.S. Wars at Home  and Abroad; No 
to Colonialism and Empire; End the Occupation of Iraq; No  to Racism, 
Attacks on Civil Rights and Immigrants, the USA Patriot  Act and the 
Shredding of the Constitution; and to Call for Funding of 
Social Programs - 
not the Pentagon's War Machine.

The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition supports this initiative 
brought forward by 
local Philadelphia organizations who have come together to  issue a call for 
thousands of people to join in a national march on July 4 
in Philadelphia 
protesting U.S. wars at home and abroad. The A.N.S.W.E.R.  Coalition urges 
its Organizing Centers and all people of conscience to be  in the streets of 
Philadelphia. In addition to the July 4 national protest, 
a number of 
groups are sponsoring local and regional protests on that  weekend. 
Philadelphia organizations involved in the local, regional 
and national 
protests include Philadelphia A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to 
Stop War & End 
Racism), PRAWN (Philadelphia Regional Anti-War Network),  Minority 
Experience Network, Avenging the Ancestors Coalition 
(ATAC), Unite for 
Peace, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia  Abu-Jamal, and 
others.

To list your transportation to the July 4th protest:
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j4/index.html#transp

To find transportation in your area:
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campa