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STOP THE NEXT WAR ON IRAQ BEFORE IT STARTS
*Money for jobs, housing, healthcare &
      education - Not war!
*Defend civil rights - Say no to racism
      and racial profiling!

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*OCTOBER 26, 2002: Internationally Coordinated Day of Mass  Actions*

On Saturday, October 26, 2002, the first anniversary of  the signing of the so-called Patriot Act bill, anti-war 
and civil rights forces are joining together to launch a 
massive international mobilization in opposition to a new  war against the people of Iraq.

The A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition is calling on organizers from 
campuses and communities around the U.S. and the world to  hold picket-lines, rallies, vigils, teach-ins and more in 
their local areas on this day.  

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*JANUARY 18, 2003: MARCH ON THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON  DC*

Martin Luther King Jr. spent the last year before his 
assassination linking the mass movements for civil rights  and freedom at home with the growing opposition to the  U.S. war in Vietnam.  This courageous stand constituted a  major political threat to the war makers.  Dr. King came  to the conclusion that the "greatest purveyor of violence  on the planet is my own government."

There is no better way than to truly remember the spirit  and legacy of Dr. King than to organize a bold, visible 
protest against war and racism in Washington DC on the  anniversary of his birthday.  We will not allow the war 
makers in the Bush administration and on Wall Street to  turn Dr. King into a harmless icon, rather than an 
inspiration for struggle.  

That weekend is also the anniversary of the start of the  1991 U.S./UN war against the people of Iraq. 
 100,000-200,000 Iraqis were killed as U.S./UN bombers 
dropped more than 88,500 tons of explosives on Iraq during  this 42-day assault.  In the years since, more than 1.5 
million Iraqi civilians have perished as a consequence of 
malnutrition and disease caused by economic sanctions.

People in the United States and everywhere have an 
obligation to stop the Bush administration's mad drive to  launch a new, all-out military aggression against Iraq. 
 The Bush administration has no right to wage war against  a country that is posing no threat to the United States. 
 Disregarding all international law, Bush, Cheney, 
Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and company are planning to send tens  of thousands of young GIs to kill and be killed in a war 
for Big Oil. 

The January 18, 2003, march on Washington DC will call for  civilians and soldiers alike to exercise their political 
right to speak out against an illegal war that will 
benefit only Exxon/Mobil, Texaco, Chase, Citibank, 
Raytheon, Lockheed, Boeing and George Bush's corporate  backers who are his real constituents.

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*If you would like SPEAKERS on the history of the 
U.S./Iraq conflict at your high school, college, union, or 
community center, email dc at internationalanswer.org

*For BACKGROUND INFORMATION on U.S. plans for a new war  against Iraq, please follow this link to read an article 
written by Sarah Sloan, youth organizer for A.N.S.W.E.R.:  http://www.internationalanswer.org/news/update/071102iraq.html

International A.N.S.W.E.R.
Act Now to Stop War & End Racism
http://www.InternationalANSWER.org

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
dc at internationalanswer.org
New York 212-633-6646
Washington 202-332-5757
Chicago 773-878-0166
San Francisco 415-821-6545

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