Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:36:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: nowardc@yahoo.com ("International A.N.S.W.E.R.")
Subject: [anti_war_protests_in_arizona] ACTION PLAN: Stop the war on Iraq before it starts
To: dc@internationalanswer.org
Reply-To: anti_war_protests_in_arizona@yahoogroups.com


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!



*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.  



*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.



*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@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@internationalanswer.org
New York 212-633-6646
Washington 202-332-5757
Chicago 773-878-0166
San Francisco 415-821-6545

*To receive email from A.N.S.W.E.R. directly (low
volume), email dc@internationalanswer.org with
"subscribe" in the subject line*



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