[Peace] FW: [indict-nato] 1000+ ENDORSE OCT. 26 NAT'L MARCH in WASHINGTON DC! - Add YOUR endorsement today

Wed Sep 18 09:14:05 CDT 2002

This is something else we may want to organize for locally:  the first
anniversary of the Patriot Act.  Perhaps we can consider and discuss at
the next meeting...

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Marianne Brun wrote:

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> Von: "International A.N.S.W.E.R." <nowardc at yahoo.com>
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> Datum: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 11:12:01 -0700 (PDT)
> An: dc at internationalanswer.org
> Betreff: [indict-nato] 1000+ ENDORSE OCT. 26 NAT'L MARCH in WASHINGTON DC! -
> Add YOUR endorsement today
> 
> 1000+ ENDORSE Oct. 26 Nat'l March in Washington DC!
> 
> OCTOBER 26
> NATIONAL MARCH on WASHINGTON DC
> with a joint action in San Francisco
> to STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ BEFORE IT STARTS!
> 
> ***Add your ENDORSEMENT today***
> To ENDORSE, go to
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/o26/o26endorse.html#endo
> 
> The Bush administration is rushing towards war. The
> time to act is now. The people of the United States
> can stop this madness.
> 
> World public opinion and almost every government
> opposes Bush's planned war of aggression.  But it will
> take a mass peoples' movement--in the streets,
> workplaces, communities, campuses and high schools--to
> stop the coming war.
> 
> On Saturday, October 26, 2002 -- the first anniversary
> of the signing of the so-called Patriot Act --
> anti-war, civil rights, labor, student and other
> forces are joining together to launch a massive
> international mobilization in opposition to a new war
> against the people of Iraq. Mass marches and rallies
> will be held in Washington DC and San Francisco in the
> U.S., and in many other countries.
> 
> As the Bush administration violates international law
> it has been systematically engaged in a campaign of
> division and repression in the United States including
> a wholesale assault on the Bill of Rights,
> institutionalization of racial profiling, and
> aggregation of near dictatorial powers to the
> Executive branch.
> 
> In articulating the so-called doctrine of preemptive
> war, the Bush administration is preparing to violate
> all existing international law and the UN charter
> which forbids countries to carry out war except in the
> case of self-defense. Preemption is merely a slogan to
> justify a foreign policy of armed aggression and
> military adventure.
> 
> Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and company are
> planning to send tens of thousands of young GIs to
> kill and be killed in another war for Big Oil.
> Simultaneously, the Bush Administration is diverting
> billions of dollars to feed military conquest and away
> from jobs, education, healthcare, childcare and
> housing.
> 
> The so-called debate that is opening now to public
> view from within the political establishment presents
> a necessity for all anti-war forces to become a major
> factor in generating an authentic opposition to U.S.
> war plans in the Middle East. The October 26 National
> March in Washington DC and joint action in San
> Francisco come just one week before midterm
> Congressional elections.
> 
> There won't be a real national debate on a planned
> invasion of Iraq until the people are in the streets.
> We can't leave it to the military establishment to
> decide when and how they will go to war and to define
> the debate. We must tell Bush and his corporate and
> Big Oil patrons that we will not allow this to happen.
> 
> This war can be stopped. Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney,
> Wolfowitz and company can be stopped.  But the
> essential element must be the mobilization of a
> massive new anti-war movement in the streets. We call
> for civilians and soldiers alike to exercise their
> political right to speak out against an illegal war.
> On October 26, there will be a National March in
> Washington DC, a West Coast march in San Francisco,
> and protests around the world.
> 
> ONLY THE PEOPLE CAN STOP THE WAR!
> JOIN US ON OCTOBER 26, 2002!
> 
> *** To ENDORSE the Call to Action, go to
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/o26/o26endorse.html#endo
> 
> GROWING LIST OF ENDORSERS!!!
> 
> *INITIATERS*
> - A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
> - Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation
> - National Lawyers Guild
> - Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general
> - Dr. Hans Christof von Sponek, former director of the
> UN Oil for Food Program
> - Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxillary Bishop, Catholic
> Archdiocese of Detroit
> - Rev. Graylan Hagler, Senior Minister, Plymouth
> Congregational Church
> - Dorothy Day Catholic Worker
> - IFCO/Pastors for Peace
> - Free Palestine Alliance
> - Muslim Student Association
> - Partnership for Civil Justice - LDEF
> - Mexico Solidarity Network
> - Nicaragua Network
> - Korea Truth Commission
> - International Action Center
> - Kensington Welfare Rights Union
> - Middle East Children's Alliance
> - Bayan USA-International
> 
> *PARTIAL LIST of ENDORSERS*
> - San Francisco Labor Council (AFL-CIO)
> - Howard Zinn, Peoples' Historian
> - Mumia Abu-Jamal
> - Student Liberation Action Movement (SLAM)
> - Kathy Kelly, Voices in the Wilderness*
> - Black Voices for Peace
> - Los Alamos Study Group, Santa Fe, NM
> - Center for Constitutional Rights
> - Committee in Support of the Iraqi People
> - International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia
> Abu-Jamal
> - Network in Solidarity with the People of the
> Philippines (NISPOP)
> - Sudanese American Society
> - Congress for Korean Reunification - U.S.A
> - Campaign to End the Sanctions
> - The Network of Arab-American Alumni & Professionals,
> NY, FL
> - Chuck Turner, City Councilor, Boston, MA
> - Dr. Pol De Vos, President of the Anti-Imperialist
> League, Belgium
> - Jean McGuire, Executive Director, METCO*, Boston, MA
> - College Voice, College of Staten Island, CUNY
> - Michigan State University Students for Economic
> Justice
> - Exploris Middle School United for Peace, NC
> - Chico Peace and Justice Center/Chico Peaceworks
> - Beloit College Womyn's Center
> - Asian Americans for Justice in Palestine
> - Campaign to End the Sanctions
> - Gray Panthers Metro Washington
> - Citizen Soldier
> - Quest for Peace / Quixote Center
> - Greens/Green Party USA
> - Michigan Emergency Committee Against War in Iraq
> - Committee to Protest War Against Iraq
> - Mid-Hudson National People's Campaign
> - The U.S. Greens Abroad
> - Gloria La Riva, President, Typographical Sector,
> Northern California Media Workers Union*
> - Leslie Feinberg, activist and author, NWU/UAW Local
> 1981*
> - Harlem Tenants Council
> - National Organization for Women at University of
> Houston
> - Muslim Student Association at Syracuse University
> - The Toronto Coalition Against War & Racism
> - ADC Fresno, CA
> - United Muslims of America
> - Students for Social Change, Silver Spring, MD
> - Bus Riders Union, Los Angeles, CA
> - San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Challenge
> - Pan-African News Wire, MI
> - Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice, KS
> - Conscience International, Atlanta, GA
> - Queers for Racial & Economic Justice
> - Indian Association of Lawyers, Bombay, India
> - collectif YA BASTA, St Ouen, France
> - Labor Committee for Peace and Justice (Bay Area)
> - I.L.W.U. Loc. 400, Vancouver, B.C.
> - NJ Independent Alliance
> - Workers World Party
> - Coastal Convergence Society of Huntington Beach,
> California 
> - Columbia Solidarity Committee, Chicago, IL
> - The United Peoples
> - Leftbooks.com
> - Turnwind, AZ
> - Vietnam Veterans Against The War Anti Imperialist
> National HQ
> - The Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois/Fellowship
> of Reconciliation
> - First Congregational Church, UCC
> - WESPAC (Westchester People's Action Coalition)
> - Organization of Iranian People Fadaee Gurrillas, VA
> - Columbus Campiagn for Arms Control/For Mother Earth,
> OH
> - Olympia Movement for Justice & Peace, WA
> - School of Americas Watch-San Jose
> - People's Coalition Against War, Los Angeles, CA
> - Falmouth Anti-war (Cape Cod)
> - The March For Justice
> - The American League For Justice and Peace
> - Outrage, NJ
> - Whatcom Peace & Justice Center, Bellingham, WA
> - Paramedics for Peace, NC
> - Gay-Straight Alliance of the University of
> Wisconsin, Stevens, WI
> - The Charlotte Fellowship of Reconciliation
> - TEA Society (Society for Teaching Educational
> Activism), MO
> - Australian ? Iraqi Friendship Association,
> Melbourne, Victoria
> - Grandmothers for a Just World, NC
> - Justice for Palestinians, CA
> - Vets Against War
> - Instant Anti-war Action Group, VT
> - Rainbow Flags for Mumia
> - Indian Association of Lawyers
> - Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North
> America
> - Women for Positive Change
> - Mothers for Peace-International
> - International Council for Peace and Justice
> - Collier County Anti-War Coalition
> - High Country Citizens for Peace and Justice
> - Tri-City Peace Action
> - El Dorado Peace & Justice Community
> - Marin Peace & Justice Coalition
> - Gray Panthers California
> - Joliet Anti-Racist Action
> - Parents for Peace
> - People Against Oppression and War
> - Ocean Beach Grassroots Organization
> - Voices of Palestine
> - Broward Anti-War Coalition (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
> & many more!
> 
> For the growing list of endorsers, go to
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/o26/endorsers.html
> 
> *** To ENDORSE the Call to Action, go to
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/o26/o26endorse.html#endo
> 
> ********************
> 
> JOIN the CAMPAIGN to
> STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ BEFORE IT STARTS!
> *Below are several ways that you can get involved*
> 
> BUSES, VANS and CAR CARAVANS are coming to DC from a
> growing list of cities:
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/o26/index.html
> (updated frequently)
> 
> If you are interested in ORGANIZING TRANSPORTATION
> FROM YOUR CITY, fill out the form at:
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/o26/index.html#list
> 
> If you would like SPEAKERS on the history of the
> U.S./Iraq conflict at your high school, college,
> union, or community center, email
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> 
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> before it starts:
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