[Peace-discuss] Fw: JUNE 5: Protest the Massacre in Rafah

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From: ANSWER at InternationalANSWER.org
Sent: May 20, 2004 9:39 AM
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Subject: JUNE 5: Protest the Massacre in Rafah

June 5:
PROTEST THE MASSACRE IN RAFAH

May 19, 2004

Palestinians marching in protest today in the
Rafah refugee camp were attacked by Israeli forces
with helicopter-fired missiles, tank shells, and
machine gun fire. A large number were killed and
wounded, including many children. More than 30
Palestinians have been murdered in 48 hours as the
Sharon government - with the full backing of the
Bush administration - has waged a new full scale
assault against the people.

Today in Iraq, in the early morning hours, U.S.
aircraft killed more than 40 Iraqis who were
attending a wedding celebration in the northern
part of the country. Reporters described the
gruesome spectacle of vehicles transporting the
bodies of many children from the scene.

The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition urgently calls on
people to join the mass mobilization on June 5 and
to support the emergency protest actions
throughout the United States in the coming days in
solidarity with the Palestinian people. Thousands
of people will be demonstrating on June 5 in
Washington, DC - assembling at Lafayette Park in
front of the White House, as well as in San
Francisco and Los Angeles. This mass mobilization
is an urgent response by the people of the United
States to the criminal actions of the Bush
administration in Iraq and Palestine.

As the U.S. colonial occupation of Iraq also
reaches new and qualitative levels of destruction
against the Iraqi people, mirroring in its own way
the brutal Israeli occupation of Palestine, it is
a critical time for the people of the United
States to stand against all colonial occupations
and in support of the right of return of the
Palestinian people, who are being dispossessed
once again.

In the deliberate and systematic military policy
of erasing entire neighborhoods and villages from
existence by destroying large numbers of homes,
killing in the process a great many and sending
thousands of families into exile once again, the
Israeli government is continuing the atrocities
and massacres that began decades ago that amount
to ethnic cleansing. There are today 5.5 million
Palestinian refugees struggling for their right to
return, while the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are
being walled into collective prisons and turned
into disjointed Apartheid-style Bantustans.

We are also demonstrating on June 5 in support of
the Haitian people who are confronted daily with
state violence, backed by U.S. Marines. Today, 10,
000 demonstrators, who poured out of the working
class and poor neighborhoods demanding the return
of Haiti's democratically elected President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, were violently attacked.

The Israeli assault on the refugee camp of Rafah
in Palestine; the U.S. attacks on Fallujah, Najaf,
and Karbala in Iraq; the ongoing occupation of
Afghanistan; and the systematic violence inflicted
on the Haitian people at the hands of U.S.
-supported thugs, are all part of the violence of
an expanding empire that also reaches Colombia,
Cuba, the Philippines and beyond. The humiliating
torture, killings, home destruction and sending
into exile peoples throughout the world are the
norm of an expanding racist war machine that must
be stopped.

PLEASE SEE THE BELOW LINKS TO FIND OUT HOW YOU
CAN GET MORE INVOLVED:

GET ON THE BUS TO DC! A listing of transportation
centers can be found at
http://www.answercoalition.
org/campaigns/j5/transport.html
(Please check back frequently, as this list is
updated daily.)

If you are organizing a bus, van or car caravan
to be in DC, SF or LA, fill out the Transportation
Form at
http://www.answercoalition.
org/campaigns/j5/transportation.html

HELP SPREAD THE WORD! Multiple versions of flyers
for Washington DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles
can be found on the Downloads page at
http://www.answercoalition.
org/campaigns/resources/index.html

Read the June 5 Call to Action at
http://www.answercoalition.org/campaigns/j5/index.
html#call

ENDORSE the June 5 Call to Action at
http://www.answercoalition.
org/campaigns/j5/endorse.html

SUBSCRIBE to the A.N.S.W.E.R. email list at
http://www.ANSWERcoalition.org/subscribelist2.html

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A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
Act Now to Stop War & End Racism
http://www.ANSWERcoalition.org
info at internationalanswer.org
Washington 202-544-3389
New York 212-633-6646
Los Angeles 323-464-1636
San Francisco 415-821-6545


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