[Peace-discuss] FW: [indict-nato] BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED / MARCH 20 UPDATE

Fri Nov 14 00:09:53 CST 2003

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Von: "International A.N.S.W.E.R." <nowardc at yahoo.com>
Antworten an: indict-nato at yahoogroups.com
Datum: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:00:03 -0800 (PST)
An: info at internationalanswer.org
Betreff: [indict-nato] BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED / MARCH
20 UPDATE

In this email:
I. VOTE TO BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
II. March 20 - list your event and endorse
III. Apology about email problem

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NEXT STEP FOR THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT:
Bring the Troops Home Now! Referendum

*Cast your vote online at http://www.VoteNoWar.org
*Form a Bring the Troops Home Now committee in your
area
*Circulate the paper ballot at your workplace, school,
union, place of worship and city

The next initiative for the antiwar movement was
launched on October 25th with the announcement of the
Bring the Troops Home Now! campaign.

The goal is to form local Bring the Troop Home Now!
committees in hundreds of cities, college campuses,
high schools, unions, and religious institutions. This
is an exercise in classic grassroots democracy and it
will help to continue the dramatic re-shaping of the
political climate. Around the country, local Bring the
Troops Home Now Committees are already meeting and
heading out into their communities.

Click here to learn about signature gathering efforts
in DC and to find an online "how to" kit for getting
started in your city:
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/bthn/dcBTHN.html

By engaging the broader population with the Bring the
Troops Home petition, by collecting hundreds of
thousands of signatures, by confronting all elected
officials and candidates with the simple demand that
the occupation be brought to end -- this grassroots
movement will become an irresistible force impacting
the political scene in a way similar to that of the
peace movement during the Vietnam war.

We will continue to demonstrate, rally and intervene
everywhere, but the Bring the Troops Home Referendum,
available at the VoteNoWar.org site, is be a simple
method of engaging in a country-wide dialogue with
people in their communities, workplaces and schools.
Millions of people are at the beginning of their own
political process. They have become convinced that
Bush lied and that thousands died. They are frustrated
and angry with a government that is transferring the
social wealth of society from programs that meet human
need in order to finance a ghoulish vision of endless
war, a vision which benefits only the corporations
that make super-profits from the production of ever
more lethal weapons. And an ever-growing number of
people are fearful that cherished rights are being
ripped to shreds under the banner of national
security.

We have an opportunity, a challenge and an obligation
to reach out to this growing section of the population
and help bring them into the movement for peace,
social justice and civil liberties.

Please help launch this new campaign in every way that
you can. Form a Bring the Troops Home Now! Committee
in your town or school. We need your help to make this
vision a powerful reality - your financial
contributions help us continue this important work
Please use the secure server to donate on line at
http://www.VoteNoWar.org, or to get address
information to send a check.

*** RESOURCES ***

CAST YOUR VOTE ONLINE
http://www.VoteNoWar.org

PAPER BALLOT
http://internationalanswer.org/pdf/BTHNpaperballot.pdf

EXPLANATORY FLYER
http://internationalanswer.org/pdf/BTHNflyer.pdf

A.N.S.W.E.R. BROADSHEET
with "Why we say Bring the Troops Home Now" article
http://www.internationalanswer.org/pdf/o25tabloid.pdf

ONLINE "HOW TO" KIT
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/bthn/dcBTHN.html

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MARCH 20, 2004

GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION
on the FIRST ANNIVERSARY
of the U.S. BOMBING and INVASION of IRAQ

On March 20, 2004, protests will take place all around
the world on the one year anniversary of the U.S.
bombing and invasion of Iraq. Begin planning now to
hold a demonstration in your city on March 20, 2004.
Hundreds of cities around the world will be issuing,
circulating and joining this call.

We will have flyers, stickers and other organizing
material available in the coming days.

TO LIST YOUR CITY'S OR CAMPUS'S EVENT, fill out the
easy-to-use form at
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/m20/index.html#event
(if the link does not take you directly to the form,
just scroll down)

A full listing of March 20 activities will be
available on the A.N.S.W.E.R. website in the next
days.

To ENDORSE the call, fill out the form at
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/m20/index.html#endorsement

* BRING the TROOPS HOME NOW!
* END the OCCUPATION of IRAQ!
* MONEY for JOBS, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE and HOUSING -
NOT WAR!

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APOLOGY ABOUT EMAIL PROBLEM

Due to a technical glitch, an email sent out Monday
night was received by some A.N.S.W.E.R. e-mail
subscribers many, many times. As soon as we realized
this was happening we took immediate steps to stop the
problem and correct it. We do not believe it will
happen again. As much as we are enthusiastic about
reporting to all the many A.N.S.W.E.R. supporters and
participants about upcoming anti-war work - our
enthusiasm does not extend to junking up your email
boxes. Please accept our apologies, and delete the
extras.

- All of us at A.N.S.W.E.R.

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