[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [UFPJ] call for 3/19 day of action in Washington, DC

[Morton K. Brussel]

FYI: Shall we also have an event on that day?  --mkb



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> From: Leslie Cagan <lesliecagan at igc.org>
> Date: February 1, 2008 9:13:12 AM CST
> To: ufpj at lists.mayfirst.org
> Subject: [UFPJ] call for 3/19 day of action in Washington, DC
> Reply-To: lesliecagan at igc.org
>
> Dear UFPJ Member Groups,
>
> We know we've sent you a lot of email this week, more than usual.  
> We apologize for this, but we hope you've had a chance to read what  
> we've sent...we think it's all been important!
>
> Below is the call for the day of nonviolent civil disobedience and  
> direct action that will take place in Washington, DC on March 19th,  
> the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq. United for Peace and  
> Justice is coordinating this effort, along with several other  
> projects around the 5th anniversary.
>
> Please be sure to share this call as widely as possible. In  
> addition to whatever local actions your group is planning, we  
> encourage you to plan now to send at least a delegation of people  
> from your area to be part of this action in Washington. It is  
> important that we organize the largest turn out possible and we  
> want to make sure the action is national in that there are  
> participants from every part of the country.
>
> As always, call the UFPJ office if you have questions about the  
> plans for the action in Washington, DC on March 19th - or want to  
> discuss anything else!!
>
> peace,
>
> Leslie Cagan
> National Coordinator, UFPJ
>
> -------------------------------------------
>

> 5 Years Too Many!
> Take Action in the Nation's Capitol
> Wednesday, March 19
>
> March 19th will mark the beginning of the 6th year of the U.S.  
> occupation of Iraq. Enough is enough! We are organizing creative,  
> nonviolent acts of civil disobedience in Washington, DC, to  
> interrupt business as usual for those promoting and profiting from  
> war and empire building. Focusing on the pillars of war, our  
> actions will take place at multiple sites, demonstrating the real  
> costs of war and offering visions for a more just and sustainable  
> world, a world at peace.
>
> Five years of war and occupation in Iraq ... at what cost?
> A country in shambles with 650,000 to 1 million Iraqis dead or  
> wounded, 4,000,000 displaced, families and communities ripped  
> apart. Nearly 4,000 U.S. service people killed and over 40,000  
> wounded, many then neglected by our government. All the while U.S.  
> corporations reap huge profits as they plan to control Iraq's oil.
> Over $1.2 trillion spent on death and destruction, while at home  
> millions of uninsured have no access to affordable healthcare,  
> public infrastructure is collapsing, the housing mortgage crisis is  
> growing, unemployment is rising and the Gulf Coast has yet to be  
> rebuilt.
> Continued abuses on our natural environment with corporate greed  
> protected. The Arctic and Greenland melting before our eyes,  
> Indigenous cultures and peoples being destroyed, extreme climate  
> events -- all tied to the addiction to oil.
> Torture, illegal surveillance, domestic spying, erosion of civil  
> liberties. A criminal administration with a Congress and judiciary  
> no longer offering adequate checks and balances. The Constitution,  
> with its articles of impeachment, rendered irrelevant and disregarded.
> And now threats of an attack on Iran and escalation of the U.S.  
> military operation in Afghanistan. False claims of weapons of mass  
> destruction, while all along the WMDs have been right here in the U.S.
> These Are the Times in Which We Live.
> This Is Our Time to Respond.    We Will Not Be Silent!
> Join the Nonviolent Action and Civil Disobedience in Washington DC
> Wednesday, March 19
>
> United by common demands and organizing principles, groups are  
> encouraged to participate in nonviolent mass actions and/or  
> organize their own actions in coordination with others. There could  
> be sit-ins, die-ins, blockades, pray-ins, bike blockades, street  
> theater, poetry readings, puppets, speak-outs and more at  
> government agencies, war profiteers, corporate media, military  
> recruitment centers, or other pillars of war and empire in DC.  
> Unleash Your Imagination!
> Start organizing affinity groups and local meetings now. For more  
> information about the DC actions on March 19th contact: www. 
> 5yearstoomany.org or email dc at 5yearstoomany.org .
>
>
>
>
>

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